Michigan National Guardsmen during 1967 riots

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Description

View of Michigan National Guardsmen during 1967 riots in Detroit. Fire in background. Printed on front: "7/24/67, Detroit. Michigan National Guardsmen push rioting Negros [sic] back from a burning building with fixed bayonets on Detroit's westside here 7/23. Four persons have been killed and 178 have been injured. Looting and burning of buildings continued through the night. UPI telephoto." Handwritten on back: "Race riots, Det. Nat'l Guard."

Details

Creator:: United Press International
Resource ID:: bh007325
Subject:: Riots--Michigan--Detroit; Michigan. National Guard; Photographic prints
Date:: 1967-07-23
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8.75 x 11 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Location:: D/Riots-1967
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.