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The 1943 Detroit race riot took place in Detroit, Michigan, from the evening of June 20 through to the early morning of June 22.It occurred in a period of dramatic population increase and social tensions associated with the military buildup of U.S. participation in World War II, as Detroit's automotive industry was converted to the war effort.
June 20–22 - The Detroit race riot of 1943 took place. The rioting began among youths at Belle Isle Park on June 20, 1943; the unrest moved into the city and was exacerbated by false rumors of racial attacks in both the black and white communities. It continued until June 22.
Its scale was the worst since the 1863 New York draft riots, even surpassing the 1943 Detroit race riot; it would remain the worst until the 1992 Los Angeles riots, which was also then surpassed by the 2020–2021 United States racial unrest.
The conflict at Selfridge came to a climax on May 5, 1943 — as racial tensions were climbing just over a month before the Detroit Race Riots in 1943 — when Colonel William Colman, a commandant ...
1943 – Detroit race riot of 1943, June 20–21, Detroit, Michigan; 1943 – Harlem riot of 1943, August 1–3, New York City, New York (race riot) 1946 – Columbia race riot of 1946, February 25–26, Columbia, Tennessee; 1946 – Battle of Athens (1946), August, revolt by citizens against corrupt local government, McMinn County, Tennessee
June 15–17 – Beaumont race riot of 1943 in Texas. June 20–22 – 1943 Detroit race riot. June 22 – The U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division lands in North Africa, prior to training at Arzew, French Algeria.
On the evening of 24 June 1943, some soldiers from the 1511th Quartermaster Truck Regiment were drinking with the English villagers in Ye Olde Hob Inn. Details of how the incident developed differ between sources. Two MPs, Corporal Roy A. Windsor and Private First Class Ralph F. Ridgeway, responded to a report of trouble at a local pub.
The site of a transient motel in Detroit where three young Black men were killed, allegedly by white police officers, during the city's bloody 1967 race riot is receiving a historic marker. A ...