Ashes to Hope

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In the summer of 1967 chaos broke out in the streets of Detroit. After five days of violence 43 were dead, thousands were injured and over 4000 people had been arrested. In the summer of 2007 – forty years later – Michigan Radio takes an in-depth look at the deadliest riot of the 1960’s. Why did th…

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