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

Likens the Detroit revolt of July 1967 to the early revolts of slave Negroes and white indentured servants.

In Negro Year Book, a Review of Events Affecting Negro Life, 1941-1946

Wayne County Prosecutor describes arrest and trial procedures for offenders as view by his office, in the 1967.

Describes and interprets "Detroit's recent past and to some extent its chaotic present."

Interview results of arrestees made ten days after Riots started, showed more than half were over twenty-five, some 85% had some high school education, 75% were employed, and "moderates" outnumbered "militants."

"Attempts to provide a partial picture of the economic and social background of 496 Negro men arrested during the July 23, 1967, Riot

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.

Considers various interpretations of the meaning of the Riots.

Criticizes recommendations of William J. Norton (Survey Graphic, 1943) for "piping down on stentorian drives for total equality," and outlines alternative program.