9780814343777-0814343775-The Detroit Riot of 1967 (Great Lakes Books)

The Detroit Riot of 1967 (Great Lakes Books)

ISBN-13: 9780814343777
ISBN-10: 0814343775
Author: Hubert G. Locke
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Format: Paperback 352 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780814343777
ISBN-10: 0814343775
Author: Hubert G. Locke
Publication date: 2017
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Format: Paperback 352 pages

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The Detroit Riot of 1967 (Great Lakes Books) (ISBN-13: 9780814343777 and ISBN-10: 0814343775), written by authors Hubert G. Locke, was published by Wayne State University Press in 2017. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Black & African Americans (United States History, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Detroit Riot of 1967 (Great Lakes Books) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Black & African Americans books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.52.

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During the last days of July 1967, Detroit experienced a week of devastating urban collapse-one of the worst civil disorders in twentieth-century America. Forty-three people were killed, over $50 million in property was destroyed, and the city itself was left in a state of panic and confusion, the scars of which are still present today.

Now for the first time in paperback and with a new reflective essay that examines the events a half-century later, The Detroit Riot of 1967 (originally published in 1969) is the story of that terrible experience as told from the perspective of Hubert G. Locke, then administrative aide to Detroit's police commissioner. The book covers the week between the riot's outbreak and the aftermath thereof. An hour-by-hour account is given of the looting, arson, and sniping, as well as the problems faced by the police, National Guard, and federal troops who struggled to restore order. Locke goes on to address the situation as outlined by the courts, and the response of the community-including the media, social and religious agencies, and civic and political leadership. Finally, Locke looks at the attempt of white leadership to forge a new alliance with a rising, militant black population; the shifts in political perspectives within the black community itself; and the growing polarization of black and white sentiment in a city that had previously received national recognition as a "model community in race relations."

The Detroit Riot of 1967 explores many of the critical questions that confront contemporary urban America and offers observations on the problems of the police system and substantive suggestions on redefining urban law enforcement in American society. Locke argues that Detroit, and every other city in America, is in a race with time-and thus far losing the battle. It has been fifty years since the riot and federal policies are needed now more than ever that will help to protect the future of urban America.

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