DETROIT (AP) — It wasn’t sweet music that brought Martha Reeves to the microphone at the Fox Theatre that day in July 1967; it was brutal reality. Detroit was burning. In this Wednesday, June 28, 2017 photo, singer Martha Reeves stands outside the Fox Theatre in Detroit. Fifty years after the 1967 Detroit riots, the […]
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The 50th Anniversary of the Detroit Riots
Gun battles raged in Detroit’s streets. Snipers clashed with National Guardsmen and police. Many residents huddled for safety in their homes, while others — both Black and White — looted businesses. Many of the businesses were then set ablaze. FILE – In this July 24, 1967 file photo, multiple fires burn in a section of […]