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1967 Detroit riots photo gallery

Images from the 1967 Detroit riots, which started after a police raid on an unlicensed bar and happened within the context of a nationwide civil rights movement that was met by white and government resistance and seen by many blacks as moving too slow.

12th Street one week before the riot
Twelfth Street looking south towards the boulevard
Police Department; Tactical Mobile Unit In action when dispatched to near riot a
Police Department; Tactical Mobile Unit
Governor George Romney making TV speech
 the first contingent of Guardsmen assemble outside St. Mark’s for their initial
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Police & Guardsmen Protect Fire Fighters
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