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

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