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Helen McQueery, August 4th, 2016
In this interview, McQueery discusses living with racism in Detroit and how it affected her employment. She talks about being the first black, and first woman, working in the field of photography in the Detroit area. Helen also offers her…
Judith Brown
Judith Brown was a 23-year-old student at Wayne State in July 1967. She recalls her experiences living in the Jeffries Housing Project including interactions with the police and local businesses.
Karl Mantyla, September 9th, 2016
In this interview, Mantyla discusses growing up in Detroit, the racial situation of 1967 and his feelings about Detroit today. Also, he speaks of his time as a reporter, focusing on the fatal shootings at the Algiers Motel in Detroit.
Tags: 1967 riot—Detroit—Michigan, 1968 World Series, Algiers Motel, Associated Press, Detroit Community Members, Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Detroit Tigers, Governor George Romney, Kercheval Incident, Mayor Jerome Cavanagh, Michigan National Guard, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Recorder's Court - Detroit, White Flight
Michael Thompson
Michael Thompson was a teenager who delivered the Detroit Free Press around his neighborhood in July, 1967.
Monica Stuhlwier, December 6th, 2016
In this interview, Stuhlwier discusses her experiences of the unrest as a Sister and teacher, as well as its lasting impact. She recollects looting, smoke, looming helicopters, and tanks and soldiers at Central High School where she was taking…
Reverend Dan Aldridge, June 22nd, 2016
In this interview, Aldridge describes growing up in Harlem and moving to Detroit as a young man. He tells of his involvement in Black Nationalism movements, how he heard about the unrest in ’67, and his involvement in the Algiers Motel incident. He…
Stephan French
Stephan French remembers growing up in Northwest Detroit in 1967. He recalls regular visits to the Twelfth Street district before the unrest and the changing of the neighborhood afterward.
William Pannill
William Pannill was a reporter with the Detroit Free Press. When Governor George Romney flew over the city to survey the events, Pannill was chosen by the other reporters to accompany him and share his observations.