Photo Essay : Written on Glass – Detroit ’67 - Failed Architecture
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https://failedarchitecture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Maqueta_Revised_Page_header.jpg Insurrection. Rebellion. Revolution. Uprising. Riot.
In the Detroit Historical Society’s Detroit 67: Perspectives exhibit, these terms were provided as possible answers to the question: “What word do you use to describe the events of July 1967?” Yet one word alone cannot define, enclose or master the force unleashed in the early hours of Sunday 23rd July, when police raided an unlicensed after-hours bar at the corner of Clairmont and 12th, where a crowd was celebrating the return of two local Vietnam War veterans. Although raids on “blind pigs” (as they were called) were a regular occurrence, the unusual distress of the crowd alerted neighbours who began to surround the police wagon and challenge their attempts at making arrests. As officers continued to apprehend people, and more bystanders joined the turmoil, aggression between police and protestors escalated, and tension began to spread throughout the city.
