History of the United States II / Unit 14 USH2 1993 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Detroit, 1967
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The idea
In the summer of nineteen sixty-seven riots struck one hundred twenty-seven cities, Digital History records; in Detroit forty-three people died and fourteen square miles were gutted by fire.
In practice
The Yawp's pattern for Watts, Newark and Detroit: a clash between White police and Black residents spiralling into days of destruction.
Where people slip
The anchor does not detail Detroit's toll; the figures are Digital History's.
Your place on the trail
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