Nation Jul 21 Watch 9:54 How the 1967 riots reshaped Detroit, and the rebuilding that still needs to be done In the summer of 1967, the simmering unrest in cities across America exploded. In Detroit, tensions between the police and the African-American community reached their limit, unleashing five days of full-out violence -- riots or a rebellion, depending on whom… By PBS News Hour
Poetry Jul 17 The rage and rebellion of the Detroit riots, captured in one poem Fifty years ago this month, a protest in Detroit turned into a riot, which turned into five days of violence that left dozens dead, thousands arrested and a city engulfed in flames. The poem "They Feed They Lion" chronicles the… By Elizabeth Flock