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{{Quote|Black day in July The streets of Motor City are now are quiet and serene. But the shapes of gutted buildings strike terror to the heart. And you say, 'how did it happen'? And you say, 'how did it start'? Why can't we all be brothers? Why can't we live in peace? But the hands of the have-nots Keep falling out of reach.|Gordon Lightfoot, "Black Day in July"}}

The '''1967 Detroit riots''', also known as the '''Detroit Rebellion''' and the '''12th Street Riot''', was the bloodiest incident in the "Long, hot summer of 1967". 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, Michigan.

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 {{Quote|Black day in July<br>The streets of Motor City<br>are now are quiet and serene.<br>But the shapes of gutted buildings<br>strike terror to the heart.<br>And you say, 'how did it happen'?<br>And you say, 'how did it start'?<br>Why can't we all be brothers?<br>Why can't we live in peace?<br>But the hands of the have-nots<br>Keep falling out of reach.|Gordon Lightfoot, "Black Day in July"}}
 The '''1967 Detroit riots''', also known as the '''Detroit Rebellion''' and the '''12th Street Riot''', was the bloodiest incident in the "Long, hot summer of 1967". 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, Michigan.