Allen Adinoff
Title
Allen Adinoff
Description
Allen Adinoff was 16 years old and living in Southfield, Michigan in July 1967.
Creator
Alan Adinoff
Publisher
Detroit Historical Society
Date
06/23/2015
Rights
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
Format
Text
Language
en-US
Type
Written Story
Text
I was 16 years old and a sophomore at Southfield [High School]. We were seeing reports of the riots on TV, and nothing looked too bad. A few houses were burning and several folks were running around on the streets. So a few of us figured we would drive down and check it out. We headed down the Lodge freeway and got to around Livernois, and holy [expletive deleted]: the entire city was burning! Then we saw tanks and armored personnel carriers crossing the overpass; shooting was everywhere.
It was then that we realized that this was bigger than we could have imagined, and we had made a horrible mistake. We turned around and drove the wrong direction on the highway to get the hell out of there. Needless to say, there was little traffic.
It was then that we realized that this was bigger than we could have imagined, and we had made a horrible mistake. We turned around and drove the wrong direction on the highway to get the hell out of there. Needless to say, there was little traffic.
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Submitter's Name
Allen Adinoff
Submission Date
06/09/2015
Search Terms
arson, Southfield High School, Lodge Freeway, Livernois, Michigan National Guard
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Collection
Citation
Alan Adinoff, “Allen Adinoff,” Detroit Historical Society Oral History Archive, accessed October 4, 2024, https://detroit1967.detroithistorical.org/items/show/6.