On this day 47 years ago, Detroit police raided a blind pig, precipitating a riot that spread across the city and killed 43 people, mostly black. More than 2,500 stores were looted or burned down, accelerating white flight to the suburbs.
It was considered the most destructive riot of the 1960s, and its impact still resonates today.
Many black residents characterize the conflict as an uprising against a brutal police force and racist housing and employment practices.
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