Violence in the Model City: The Cavanagh Administration Race Relations and the Detroit Riot of 1967

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On July 23 1967 the Detroit police raided a blind pig (after-hours drinking establishment) touching off the most destructive urban riot of the 1960s. It took the U.S. Army the Michigan National Guard the Michigan State Police and the Detroit police department17 000 menmore than a week to restore order. When all was done the riot had claimed 43 lives (mostly Black) and resulted in nearly 700 injuries. Over 7 000 individuals were arrested with property damage estimates over $75 million. Yet Detroit had been lauded nationally as a "model city" in the governance of a large industrial metropolis. On the 40th anniversary of this nation-changing event we are pleased to reissue Sidney Fines seminal worka detailed study of what happened why and with what consequences.