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View of Detroit's new Renaissance Center; a derelict building and cars in a parking lot are in the foreground.

Group of African American children watch a mobile puppet show sponsored by the Detroit Department of Parks and Recreations.

Detroit mayors, Roman S Gribbs and Coleman A. Young smile together on stage with sign in background reading, "Detroit toward a new future."

African American man stands in doorway of burned-out building. "The Detroit Riot of 1967 began when police vice squad officers executed a raid on an after hours drinking club or “blind pig” in a predominantly black neighborhoods located at Twelfth…

African American men stand on sidewalk near fence, with uniformed police officer wearing riot helmet faces them in foreground.

Six children stand on sidewalk in African American neighborhood of two-story sided houses, in Detroit, Michigan.

Group of people, primarily African Americans, gather to protest the actions of a Detroit Police Department undercover decoy unit called S.T.R.E.S.S. (Stop the Robberies Enjoy Safe Streets).

Bird's-eye view of smoke rising from houses and gutted buildings, in a Detroit, Michigan neighborhood (identified as 12th and Linwood) during the 1967 riots. "The Detroit Riot of 1967 began when police vice squad officers executed a raid on an after…

View of smokestacks at the Ford Motor Company River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan designed by Albert Kahn. "Wasting no time on architectural niceties, he [Kahn] employed a steel frame with broad spans and walls that were unbroken expanses of…

A dense crowd of striking General Motors workers, some flashing victory signs.