Joel Smith, August 22nd, 2016
In this interview, Joel Smith talks about his memories of growing up in the Detroit area and cruising down Woodward with his friends. They often spent time in the city and enjoyed the concerts and the parks. In the summer of 1967, he and his friends drove around the city and talked with members of the Michigan National Guard and witnesses of a tank rolling over a car. He discusses the changes he noticed the city in the sixties and after the summer of 1967 and the social changes and drug culture of the time.
Detroit Historical Society
09/08/2017
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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Oral History
Marcia Suminski
Marcia Suminski was 12 years old in the summer of 1967 and remembers driving down to Plum Street and later seeing police cars patrolling.
Detroit Historical Society
07/15/2016
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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Plum Street
Jay Williford
Jay Williford had just graduated from high school the summer of 1967 and remembers watching nearby shop owners prepare to defend their stores.
Detroit Historical Society
07/01/2016
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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