It seemed at times during the 1960s that America was caught in an unending cycle of violence and disorder. Successive summers from 1964-1968 brought waves of ur

Readers of Detroit history and urban studies will be drawn to and enlightened by these powerful essays.

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Analysis of the urban riots of the 1960s with a focus on the Detroit riot of 1967.

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