Violence in the Model City : the Cavanagh administration, race relations, and the Detroit Riot of 1967 / Sidney Fine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fine, Sidney, 1920-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Riots--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.

Riots.

Violence--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.

Violence.

African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Detroit (Mich.).

Detroit (Mich.)--Social policy.

Cavanagh, Jerome P.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (669 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On July 23, 1967, the Detroit police raided a blind pig (after-hours drinking establishment), touching off the most destructive urban riot of the 1960's. It took the U.S. Army, the Michigan National Guard, the Michigan State Police, and the Detroit police department - 17,000 men - more than a week to restore order. When all was done, the riot had claimed 43 lives (mostly Black) and resulted in nearly 700 injuries. Over 7,000 individuals were arrested, with property damage estimates over 75 million. Yet, Detroit had been lauded nationally as a ""model city"" in the governance of...

Contents:

Contents; I. ""Phooie on Louie""; II. The Model City; III. The ""Divided City""; IV. Detroit's War on Poverty; V. ""The Single Most Important Problem"": Police-Community Relations; VI. ""The Riot That Didn't Happen""; VII. ""A Little Trouble on Twelfth Street"": July 23, 1967; VIII. ""They Have Lost All Control in Detroit"": July 24, 1967; IX. ""Law and Order Have Been Restored to Detroit"": July 25-August 2, 1967; Illustrations; X. Rioters and Judges; XI. ""A Night of Horror and Murder""; XII. ""The Worst Civil Disorder""; XIII. ""A Rough Community Division of Labor""

XIV. Rioters, Counterrioters, and the Noninvolved XV. The Meaning of Violence; XVI. The Polarized Community; XVII. The Law Enforcement Response; XVIII. The Ameliorative Response; XIX. ""God Help Our City""; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 607-621) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-60917-029-6

OCLC:

774285373