It's since become known as the "Long Hot Summer." Throughout the middle months of 1967, the United States experienced more than 150 race riots in cities across the country.
And perhaps the worst rioting of the entire summer erupted in Detroit between July 23 and July 27.
Despite the gains made by the civil rights movement, many African-Americans in Detroit — and across the United States as a whole — were frustrated with the slow pace of progress. Despite the passage of legislation like the Voting Rights Act two years before, relatively little had changed in the lives of most African-Americans, who still faced discrimination in housing, education, employment, and the criminal justice system.
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