Detroit riots: 50 years ago, mayhem tore apart the motor city's fabric and set streets aflame
Riots in Detroit started after a 23 July police raid on an illegal after-hours’ club. In the days that followed, 33 blacks and 10 whites were dead
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Riots in Detroit started after a 23 July police raid on an illegal after-hours’ club. In the days that followed, 33 blacks and 10 whites were dead, and more than 1,400 buildings burned. AP
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During the Detroit riots, the city lost more than 2,000 shops to fires or looting, many of them owned by blacks. AP
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Some of the major reasons behind the riots were high levels of frustration, resentment, and anger that had been created among unemployed African Americans. AP
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The Detroit riots resulted into deindustrialisation and the exodus of whites from the city. AP
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The riots accelerated a decline of the industrial city. Detroit was USA’s fourth biggest city in 1960, but would rank 21st by 2016. AP
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The Detroit riots prompted departure of white residents and businesses. Three years after the riot, Detroit’s unemployment rate was just over 7 percent. It reached 25 percent by 1990. AP
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