1967 Detroit Riots Facts
1967 Detroit Riots Facts
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The rioting began around four am at the corner of West Grand Boulevard and 12th Street. |
Jerome Cavanaugh was the mayor of Detroit at the time. He was an Irish-American Democrat, who unlike many mayors of his generation championed many civil rights causes. Cavanaugh believed that since he was more liberal on racial issues than many other mayors of the time and his police force had successfully stopped a race riot as it began in 1966, that Detroit would not suffer the same fate as many other American cities in 1967. |
Republican George Romney was the Governor of Michigan at the time. He is the father of Utah Senator Mitt Romney. |
The "Long, hot summer of 1967" began with race riots in June in the cities of Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati, and Buffalo, and Tampa. |
Although the Detroit Riots were part of the larger phenomenon of black riots that were taking place across the United States at the time, the city's local culture also played a role. Despite being located in the north where there was no legalized segregation, Detroit was known as one of the most segregated cities in terms of its neighborhoods. |
Detroit was also an immigrant city in the early to mid-twentieth century. Many European immigrant groups competed with black Americans for jobs, housing, and in the case of youth gangs, "turf." All of these factors caused resentment between the two communities. |
The 1967 Detroit Riots were the worst racial riots in American history until the 1992 L.A. Riots. |
By the second day of the rioting, the state police and National Guard were deployed and there was a city-wide curfew. |
The Airborne troops entered the city on July 25. |
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