A Guide to Detroit Coverage of the 1967 Riot Anniversary

For the past few weeks, journalists across Michigan have poured a tremendous time, hard work and creativity into producing all kinds of high-quality content on the impact, legacy and remembrance of the 1967 riots.

Deadline Detroit has compiled much of the '67 coverage in one place, with an emphasis on local writers and outlets.

Background

• A quick guide to the 1967 Detroit Riot / Bill McGraw / Bridge Magazine/Detroit Journalism Cooperative
   
• See the maps from the 1930s that explain racial segregation in Michigan today / Dustin Dwyer / State of Opportunity on Michigan Radio

Opinion/Commentary

• Video: My Father's Bar, the '67 Detroit Riot and a Different Blind Pig/ Allan Lengel/ Deadline Detroit 

• The new Detroit’s fatal flaw / Heather Ann Thompson / The Washington Post
   
• A call to action after 1967 Detroit riot goes largely unheard / Nancy Kaffer / Detroit Free Press
   
• How understanding Detroit in 1967 can heal our regional divide / Nancy Kaffer / Detroit Free Press
   
• Don’t Let Detroit’s Revival Rest on an Injustice / Bernadette Atuahene / The New York Times

• Video: A Detroit Homicide Cop Talks About Life as a Kid During the '67 Riot/ Deadline Detroit​

• Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh 'Was Never the Same' After the '67 Riot, Son Says/ Detroit Free Press

• A Detroit Firefighter's Son Recalls Scary News of Arson and Snipers in July 1967/ Deadline Detroit

• 50 Years Ago Today, Thousands of Detroiters Poured Into the Streets to Clean Up/ Deadline Detroit

• 'I Will Never Forget:' A Detroit Cop's Post-Riot Memory from Childhood/ Deadline Detroit

• 1967 Riot: I Was a Skinny White Kid, 11, Living in a Mostly Black Neighborhood/ Deadline Detroit

‘Detroit’ Film

• ‘Detroit’ trailer / Annapurna Pictures
   
• Review: 'Detroit' Riot Film Is Compelling and Gut-Wrenching / Allan Lengel / Deadline Detroit

• Podcast: New York Film Reviewer Discusses 'Detroit' and Its Oscar Chances/Deadline Detroit
   
• Review: In ‘Detroit,’ Black Lives Caught in a Prehistory of the Alt-Right / A.O. Scott / The New York Times
   
• Stars of 'Detroit' Reflect on Race, Racism and Their Hopes for Film's Impact / Jacob Meschke / Deadline Detroit
   
• Gallery: The Motor City Goes Hollywood for the Premiere of 'Detroit' / Jacob Meschke / Deadline Detroit
   
• “Detroit” film seeks to start discussion about past, present — and future / Gary Graff / The Macomb Daily

Series

• Detroit 67 / Detroit Free Press
   
• Looking Back at Detroit 1967 / Michigan Radio
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• Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward / Detroit Historical Museum
   
• Detroit ’67: A Reflection / WDET
   
• The Detroit uprising: 50 Years Later / Bridge Magazine
   
• Detroit Riot 1967 / MLive

Social media

• Detroit 1967 / Detroit Free Press (Facebook)
   
• #detroit67 (Twitter)
   
• Detroit 67 Project / Detroit Historical Society (Twitter)
   
• Today in 1967 / Stateside on Michigan Radio (Twitter)
   
• Detroit 1967 / Detroit Free Press (Twitter)
   
• Detroit_1967 / Detroit Free Press (Instagram)

Other

• Dying for a smoke: The first fatality of the ’67 riot / Neal Rubin / The Detroit News
• Video: Romantics Co-Founder Produces New Song, "'67 Riot'"/YouTube