Turning Point: The Detroit Riots of 1967, a Canadian Perspective

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The Detroit Riot of 1967 marked a turning point in the attitudes and behaviour of people in all walks of life in the Border Cities. As the citizens of Windsor watched their nearest neighbour burn, the way they felt about Detroit changed radically. Perceptions of race relations, of the city across the river, and indeed of themselves, were altered in ways many had not thought possible. For the City of Detroit, the riots created an irrevocable change. Throughout its history the city has struggled with concerns of labour, social and racial justice, but today Detroit is experiencing a renaissance as it continues to address the outcomes of the conflagrations of 1967. This book, written in the present tense as if the story is unfolding before the reader's eyes, analyses one small portion of Detroit's history: the events leading up to, and immediately following, the Riot. Taken largely from first-hand accounts of the people who lived it, Detroit's racial history is viewed through the eyes of its nearest neighbour, at perhaps the city's darkest, but most poignant, moment.