Richard Rybinski, July 25th, 2015
In this interview, Rybinski discusses growing up in the Warrendale neighborhood in Detroit as it grew during the post–World War II housing boom as well as his parents’ employment histories in Detroit during the forties, fifties, and sixties. He also discusses his experiences touring Twelfth Street and other streets impacted by looting and arson after the 1967 civil disturbance broke out not far from his apartment in the Midtown area of Detroit.
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<b>***NOTE: This interview contains profanity and/or explicit language</b>
Detroit Historical Society
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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William Chope, July 25th, 2015
1967 riot—Detroit—Michigan
Grosse Pointe—Michigan
Jefferson Avenue—Detroit—Michigan
Kean’s Detroit Yacht Harbor
National Bank of Detroit
In this interview, Chope discusses taking the Jefferson Avenue bus to and from his home in Grosse Pointe to work at the National Bank of Detroit during the 1967 civil disturbance. He discusses the destruction of property he witnessed and the reaction of some members of the Grosse Pointe community to the civil disturbance.
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Dr. Carl Lauter, July 7th, 2015
Detroit Receiving Hospital—Detroit—Michigan,
1967 riot—Detroit—Michigan
In this interview, Dr. Lauter describes working at Detroit Receiving Hospital in July 1967 and taking care of patients that were injured in the civil disturbance, some of whom were under arrest, and being followed on his rounds by a military detail. He also discusses the changes that occurred in Detroit following the unrest.