The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street Riot and the Detroit Uprising, was the bloodiest of the urban riots in the United States during the "long, hot summer of 1967". [3]

Sep 27, 2017 · The so-called 12th Street Riot was considered one of the worst riots in U.S. history, occurring during a period of fever-pitch racial strife and numerous race riots across …

The Uprising of 1967 is also known as the Detroit Rebellion of 1967 and the 12th Street Riot. It began following a police raid on an unlicensed bar, known locally as a “blind pig.”

Jul 23, 2017 · National Guardsmen patrolled Linwood Avenue at Hazelwood on the first day of one of the worst weeks in Detroit's history in July 1967. The blind pig, also known as the …

12th Street and Clairmount: July 23, 1967 (Morning) The Detroit Uprising began after the DPD's Tenth Precinct vice squad raided an unlicensed drinking establishment, known as a "blind pig," …

Nov 7, 2016 · In 1967 one of the nation’s biggest and most destructive riots broke out on what is now known as Rosa Parks Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan, lasting for nearly five days. The …

Jul 23, 2017 · Sgt. Arthur Howison, the man who leads the Livernois Station cleanup squad that made yesterday morning’s raid, has plunged through countless doors into blind pigs in the …

Jul 23, 2017 · Hundreds of people charge down 12th Street on Detroit's westside July 23, 1967, throwing stones and bottles at store fronts and looting them. The Detroit riot was touched off …

Jul 21, 2017 · The riot in Detroit in 1967 was a national crisis—and, behind the scenes, national political figures had their eyes on an upcoming election.

Jul 22, 2012 · Reportedly sparked by a police raid on an unlicensed bar on July 23, the conflagration lasted four terrifying days and nights, left scores dead and hundreds injured, …