July 1967: Detroit erupts


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Police watch as chaos spills into the intersection of 12th and Clairmount in Detroit following a predawn police raid on a blind pig -- an illegal drinking establishment. It is Sunday, July 23, 1967. When the violence ended five days later, 43 people had died. The racial unrest became known as the nation's worst.


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