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Describes effects of newspaper void on race relations in Detroit following July 1967.

Partial Contents: Smith, John W. and Smith, Lois H. First Amendment Freedoms and the Politics of Mass Participation; Komisaruk, Richard and Pearson, Carol E. Children of the Detroit Riots; Handley, Jame R. The Dynamics of Recent Ghetto Riots; Corsi,…

Appears also as pg. 126-137 of Bosken, Joseph, Urban racial Violence in the Twentieth Century. Beverly Hills, Calif., Glencoe Press, 1969.

The sociologist and the psychologist at Jackson Prison report on studies of ninety-seven Negroes, eight whites committed after the 1943 Riot. Reprinted as pg. 298-304 of Grimshaw, Allen D. Racial Violence in the United States. Chicago, Aldine, 1969.

Describes the Riot weekend and its aftermath.

Concludes "there was no justifiable reason for the inadequate procedures (to safeguard civil rights) utilized in Detroit."

Contents: Planning Indicated in City Race Riots, p.1+; Local, International Plot Clues Plentiful, p. 1+; Oriental Influence in Riot Background, p. 13; Race Riots Brewing Years before Break, p.3; Anti-Semitism Cited as a Prelude to Riot, p. 7; Norris…

Reports interview with Police Commissioner Girardin, Rev. Albert Cleage, and Richard Henry.
pg. 47-60: "Riot" or War?
pg. 116-133: Guerrillas

Synthesizes information in Detroit Riot made available to National Advisory Commitee on Civil Disorders p. 67-100 Detroit

Describes the Riot, its background and its aftermath. Appendix contains texts of documents issued during Riot at various governmental levels.