28 Jul Working Together to Move City Forward
The Detroit 67 project has convened conversations across the city to help the region come together for the next 50 years. An event bringing together civic, business, and community leaders...
28 Jul Detroit 67 Oral History Feature: Lucile Watts
The Detroit Historical Society collected over 500 oral histories as part of the Detroit 67 Project. Today's Detroit Free Press features the oral history of Lucile Watts, a Detroit lawyer...
28 Jul Emotional Premiere Brings Detroit to the World Stage
Hollywood came to Motown on Monday night for the world premiere of director Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit. The Detroit Free Press has the emotional response to the riveting depiction of the...
26 Jul Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward Trailer to be Featured in Metro Theatres
Detroit Historical Society and Emagine Entertainment Partner to Encourage Audiences of Detroit Film to Visit Detroit 67 Exhibition to Gain Perspective on Detroit’s Civil Unrest DETROIT, MI – The Detroit Historical...
25 Jul Citylab: Revisiting the Detroit Uprising, 50 Years Later
Citylab, a publication dedicated to those building America’s future cities, examines Detroit’s future on the 50-year anniversary of Detroit’s 1967 uprising. In examining the language used to describe the events...
25 Jul Origins of Crisis, Solutions for the Future
Detroit was the Model City in 1967. Model in housing, economy and integration. At least that is what the world thought. However, long-time problems festered. Melba Joyce Boyd was an...
24 Jul “Detroit” Movie Stars Join Detroit 67 Project for Dialogue
The writer and several stars of the upcoming Hollywood movie, "Detroit" joined the Detroit Historical Society and community members for a discussion of the movie, its meaning and how it...
23 Jul Remembering Detroit ’67
From left to right: Congressman John Conyers, PNC Vice President and Client & Community Relations Director Gina Coleman, Brothers Always Together President Lamond Causey, Mayor Mike Duggan, Police Chief James...
23 Jul Words Matter
Ron Fournier says a vocabulary lesson is coupled with a history lesson as he looks about at Detroit 1967...
23 Jul Reflection: Riot or Rebellion?
The Free Press's Bill McGraw discusses what we call the events of July 1967 and how a look back on history can change perspective....