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As a strikingly controversial project in 1941, Sojourner Truth Project set precedents for Detroit housing project policy through the next decade. Created by the Detroit Housing Commission (DHC) and United States Housing Authority (USHA), the proposed 200 units would alleviate housing shortages caused by the wartime climate of World War II.
George Floyd protests in Michigan. Protesters marching in Monroe Center in Grand Rapids, a march in East Lansing, Michigan, a demonstration outside of the Grand Rapids Police Department, Michigan National Guard in Kalamazoo. This is a list of protests that took place in Michigan in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd .
The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street Riot, and the Detroit Uprising, was the bloodiest of the urban riots in the United States during the "long, hot summer of 1967". [ 3] Composed mainly of confrontations between black residents and the Detroit Police Department, it began in the early morning hours of Sunday July 23, 1967, in ...
DETROIT (Reuters) -Donald Trump ventured on Saturday where few Republican presidential candidates tread – the city of Detroit, attending a community forum as part of a push to peel Black voters ...
A man was shot and killed Friday evening in Detroit after a man driving a van fired into a crowd of protesters. Detroit police said that the incident took place around 11:30 p.m. A suspect driving ...
Growing protest movement. The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam was a massive demonstration and teach-in across the United States against the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. It took place on October 15, 1969, [ 1] followed a month later, on November 15, 1969, by a large Moratorium March in Washington, D.C.
A Detroit police lieutenant has been placed on administrative duties after a shouting match in which he told a pro-Palestinian protester to “go back to Mexico.” The encounter Sunday outside ...
The first riot, social unrest related to enabling fugitive slaves to escape to Canada, was recorded in 1833. Other riots were related to business protests, unions, and other issues. In the late 20th century, the 1967 Detroit riot broke out, fueled by African-American frustration with continuing racial discrimination and injustice. A total of 43 ...