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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457386503321

Autore

Fine Sidney <1920->

Titolo

Violence in the Model City [[electronic resource] ] : the Cavanagh administration, race relations, and the Detroit Riot of 1967 / / Sidney Fine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-60917-029-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (669 p.)

Disciplina

977.4/3400496073

Soggetti

Riots - Michigan - Detroit - History - 20th century

Violence - Michigan - Detroit - History - 20th century

African Americans - Michigan - Detroit - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Detroit (Mich.) Race relations History 20th century

Detroit (Mich.) Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 607-621) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. ""Phooie on Louie""; II. The Model City; III. The ""Divided City""; IV. Detroit's War on Poverty; V. ""The Single Most Important Problem"": Police-Community Relations; VI. ""The Riot That Didn't Happen""; VII. ""A Little Trouble on Twelfth Street"": July 23, 1967; VIII. ""They Have Lost All Control in Detroit"": July 24, 1967; IX. ""Law and Order Have Been Restored to Detroit"": July 25-August 2, 1967; Illustrations; X. Rioters and Judges; XI. ""A Night of Horror and Murder""; XII. ""The Worst Civil Disorder""; XIII. ""A Rough Community Division of Labor""

XIV. Rioters, Counterrioters, and the Noninvolved XV. The Meaning of Violence; XVI. The Polarized Community; XVII. The Law Enforcement Response; XVIII. The Ameliorative Response; XIX. ""God Help Our City""; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

On July 23, 1967, the Detroit police raided a blind pig (after-hours drinking establishment), touching off the most destructive urban riot of the 1960's. It took the U.S. Army, the Michigan National Guard, the Michigan State Police, and the Detroit police department - 17,000 men



- more 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...