Nabeel Abraham, October 31st, 2016
In this interview, Dr. Abraham discusses his memories of the summer of 1967 as an Arab teenager living in Detroit. He remembers his relationships with his peers and the reactions of the people around him. Abraham was more interested in international politics at the time and discusses at length his memories of the War of 1967 between Israel and Palestine and the ramifications of that summer.
Detroit Historical Society
09/08/2017
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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Oral History
Eide Alawan, October 3rd, 2016
In this interview, Alawan discusses his family’s emigration from Syria and what it was like to grow up in the Muslim community in Dearborn in the 1960s. He mentions his perception of the global political and social tension that pervaded his youth. Alawan describes his memory of seeing people in the streets during the uprising in 1967 as he and his family headed home to Dearborn from a Muslim community picnic. He also touches on the way he felt the media sensationalized the events of 1967. He ends with a discussion on the Arab- Israeli war of 1967 and what his identity as Arab-Muslim means to him today.
Detroit Historical Society
11/29/2016
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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Oral History
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.
Barbara Aswad, March 25th, 2017
In this interview, Barbara Aswad discusses her life as a professor of Anthropology and the Middle East. She recounts a trip through the Middle East as a 19-year-old and how that changed the course of her life and how relations have changed on subsequent trips. She talks at length about the relationship between Zionists and Arabs and the War in 1967. She also discusses her memories of the summer of 1967 in Detroit as a professor at Wayne State and similarities between the situation in the United States and the Middle East.
Detroit Historical Society
10/13/2017
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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Oral History