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A two-part detailed analysis of the June 20, 1943 Detroit race riot, including Thurgood Marshall's condemnation of the white police brutality. A total of 34 people were killed (25 of them black) and most at the hands of the police force; some 433 (mostly African-Americans) were wounded.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: White, Walter, 1893-1955 (Author), Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 (Author)
Corporate Author: Alexander Street (Firm)
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: New York City : National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, July 1943.
Series:Black thought and culture.
Subjects:
Detroit Race Riot, Detroit, Mich., 1943.
Race riots > Michigan > Detroit.
African Americans > Violence against > Michigan > Detroit.
African Americans > Michigan > Detroit > Social conditions.
African Americans > Michigan > Detroit > Economic conditions.
Detroit (Mich.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations.
Police brutality > Michigan > Detroit.
Police-community relations > Michigan > Detroit.
Discrimination in law enforcement > Michigan > Detroit.
Émeutes raciales > Michigan > Detroit.
Noirs américains > Michigan > Detroit > Conditions sociales.
Noirs américains > Michigan > Detroit > Conditions économiques.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
Brutalités policières > Michigan > Detroit.
Relations police-collectivité > Michigan > Detroit.
Discrimination dans l'application des lois > Michigan > Detroit.
African Americans > Violence against
African Americans > Economic conditions
African Americans > Social conditions
Discrimination in law enforcement
Police brutality
Police-community relations
Race relations
Race riots
Michigan > Detroit
United States
1900-1999
Electronic books.
pamphlets.
History
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Description
Summary:A two-part detailed analysis of the June 20, 1943 Detroit race riot, including Thurgood Marshall's condemnation of the white police brutality. A total of 34 people were killed (25 of them black) and most at the hands of the police force; some 433 (mostly African-Americans) were wounded.
Item Description:Cover title.
Physical Description:1 online resource (37 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.