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Book

Eyes on fire : witnesses to the Detroit Riot of 1967

Call Numbers

  • 977.434 E975 (CEN)
  • H 977.434 E975 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Detroit : Aquarius Press, c2007.

Physical Description

80 p. ; 26 cm.

Contents

  • Introduction / Teresa Kimble
  • Annmarie Thomas
  • Riot 101: 1967 / Sylvia McClain
  • 12th Street & The Grapes of Wrath / Sharon Stanford
  • Mercy, mercy, me (Things ain't what they used to be / Wanda Kimble Keys
  • The Detroit War of 1967? - Who really won? / Brenda Cornish
  • The buffalo & the National Guard
  • The riot act / Rayne Showers
  • William Campbell
  • The 1943 riot: trouble on the homefront / Elder Minor Palm, Jr.
  • Riot 1967: Burn, Baby, burn / Elder Minor Palm, Jr.
  • 1967 Detroit riot / Mono D'Angelo
  • Mary Moceri
  • The catalyst / Dorothy Jackson Kimble
  • About the authors.

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