Ike McKinnon was 14 when he left junior high school at the end of the school day, when an infamous “Big Four” car, a terrorizing police unit consisting of four officers who roamed the streets of Detroit, pulled up and officers jumped out and beat...
After the success of our first Detroit Design 2067 Youth Immersion Program in Spring 2018 and Detroit 67 Youth Summit in Fall 2018, the Detroit Historical Society is recruiting high school students aged 14-18 to serve on its first-ever Youth Advisory Council. As a leadership...
July 24, 2017- Thomas Sugrue was celebrating his fifth birthday on July 24, 1967, and his big surprise was a trip to a parade near his home on Asbury Park. The parade would be like none other, as National Guard vehicles rolled down Fenkell on...
Original article from BBC News by Courtney Subramanian Darryle Buchanan was approaching his 12th birthday when he awoke on the morning of 23 July 1967 to the sounds of what appeared to be a raucous party outside. As the young altar boy rose from his bed and...
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 killing of three African-American men at the Algiers Motel, a pivotal incident during the events...
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 relates to the 50-year anniversary of Detroit's civil unrest. The writer and cast shared powerful stories...
Detroit Historical Society staff were the first to see a new state historic marker that will commemorate the civil unrest that broke out along 12th street in Detroit on July 23, 1967. Months in the making, the new marker will be installed on Sunday, July...