Sue Williams
Title
Sue Williams
Description
Sue Williams had moved just before the events of July 1967. She remembers seeing the door of her old apartment on the news "riddled with bullets."
Publisher
Detroit Historical Society
Date
09/16/2016
Rights
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
Format
Text
Language
en-US
Type
Written Story
Coverage
E. Jefferson
Indiandale
Text
I was a young woman of 25 in 1967, and my partner and I had moved from 2276 Indiandale to 8200 E. Jefferson a short time before the riots broke out. We were Caucasians, and friends and family were worried that we lived in a mostly Black neighborhood. We had no trouble there except the apartment we lived in had very little heat in the winter, and we had to use the stove to keep warm. Shortly after our move to the Shoreline East apartments, the riots started. My family called and asked us to pick up my grandmother and take her to my parents' home in Grosse Pointe Woods. While transporting my grandmother, we passed members of the National Guard driving tanks down E. Jefferson. It seemed surreal. Once back to the Shoreline, we saw on the TV news the actual door to our old apartment riddled with bullets. We had moved just in time! The Shoreline was still under construction and several of us who had already moved in went up to the penthouse roof. From our vantage point, we saw fires burning and smoke billowing all over the city.
Original Format
Email
Submitter's Name
Sue Williams
Submission Date
09/10/2016
Files
Collection
Citation
“Sue Williams,” Detroit Historical Society Oral History Archive, accessed September 10, 2024, http://detroit1967.detroithistorical.org/items/show/385.