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23 Jul Words Matter

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Ron Fournier says a vocabulary lesson is coupled with a history lesson as he looks about at Detroit 1967...

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23 Jul Reflection: Riot or Rebellion?

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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....

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23 Jul The End of Joe’s Record Shop – Casualty of The Model City

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This photo is of the looting of my father's record shop, on 12th St. It was my first time, last year, seeing an image of my father's store during the...

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22 Jul Local Priest’s Seminary Days Changed by Riots

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Don Archambault started the seminary attempting to understand the black community better., but five days in 1967 changed his ministry and life....

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22 Jul Reliving the Riots

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WXYZ's Carolyn Clifford relives July 1967 with former colleague and reporter Erik Smith...

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22 Jul Paradise, and a Whole Lot More, Lost

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Tearing down Paradise Valley and Black Bottom were supposed to bring Detroit. Kirk Pinho's story in Crain's Detroit Business says the opposite happened....

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21 Jul Hour Detroit Looks Back at 1967

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Richard Bak looks back on when the "Model City" for the United States erupted into a war zone....

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21 Jul Lending a Voice to History

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Steve Wilke of Hour Detroit explains how the Detroit Historical Society talked to hundreds of people about their experiences during the civil disturbances in July 1967....

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21 Jul Street Beat goes to 12th and Clairmont

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CW50's Street Beat takes its June 16 episode to look at some events around town recognizing Detroit 1967, including a new play, The Dream Deferred-Detroit....

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21 Jul PBS NewsHour with Soledad O’Brien Examines Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward

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Riot? Rebellion? Revolution? PBS Newshour examines the causes and impacts of Detroit’s Long Hot Summer of 1967 and the civil unrest that changed our community forever. Tune in to Detroit...

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