{"exhibit":{"title":"July 23 - August 4, 1967","description":"
Rumors of an uprising swirled throughout the city for the better part of the summer of 1967. Radicalism was on the rise, and talk of self-determination and separatism became more commonplace. Though Detroit thought of itself as a progressive \u201cmodel city,\u201d Black Detroiters still lagged behind in nearly every respect.<\/p>\n
The spark that set off the Civil Unrest was the arrest of 82 Black party-goers during a random raid at a \u201cblind pig,\u201d a community gathering place without a license to serve alcohol, on 12th Street in the early hours of Sunday, July 23. Outraged by the treatment of those arrested, someone threw a brick at a police cruiser. Soon after, someone smashed a clothing store window and the looting began.<\/p>\n