Why Did It Happen Detroit Riot Explodes on 12th Street
Detroit confronts a race and class crisis as urban renewal razes Hastings Street and a once integrated city erupts. The riot leaves 38 dead, 2,000 wounded, and 3,500 arrested with $1 billion in damage. Leaders blame unemployment and neglect, while youths push for change amid tensions between haves and have-nots.
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Austen Scott
Detroit
Enger
Chrysler
Hastings Street
12Th Street
Sun Strip
Helterskeltep
Harold Brown
West Central
Saul Alinsky
Robert Tindall
Detroit National Association
Vth Street
U.S
Conyers
Tindall
S.o.b
Girardin
White Samaritans Faced with Threatening Phone Calls
Detroit families who sheltered a displaced Negro family after rioting report threats from white callers. A white housewife recounts alarming notes and vows to set an example by helping others, while the sanctuary family stresses their privacy amid the unrest on a quiet northwest Detroit street.
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James KR
Norman Detroit
Detroit
United States
Services Slated July 31 At Mont Belvieu Church
Mont Belvieu First Baptist Church will hold services on July 31 conducted by Rev. Neal School ey in the absence of interim Pastor Ton Cole. Schooley, a chaplain intern at Memorial Baptist Hospital, studies with Chaplain Cole in clinical pastoral education. He is a graduate of Tyrone High School and the Southwestern Theological Seminary in Port Okla. Oklahoma State University Worth. He and his wife Shirley Ann have a son, David Christopher. Sunday School begins at 9:45 a.m., morning worship at 11, Training Union at 8:39 p.m., and night worship at 2:30 p.m.
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Mont Belvieu
First Baptist Church
Neal Schooley
Ton. Cole
Schooley
Memorial Baptist Hospital
Cole
Rev
Situ
Southwestern Baptist
Tyrone High School
Tyrone
Theological
Port J Okla
Oklahoma State Univer Worth
Shirley Ann
Ipere Oe
David Christopher
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Alexander Drive
Charles W. Suesse
Baytoun Certified Public Accountant
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Holiday Inn
Development Council
Baytown Community Hospital
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Penney’s Wit Son
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Cord
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Fiat
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