The 'long, hot summer of 1967'
Fifty years ago, a wave of violent riots exposed the dark reality of America's race problem
Sept. 1, 1967
Policemen in riot gear enforce a citywide ban on demonstration as the NAACP Youth Council attempts to march to their burned-out "Freedom House" in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
July 1967
Michigan National Guardsmen stand at the ready as firemen battle one of numerous blazes in riot-torn Detroit.
July 23, 1967
A man hurls a shoe at police in Detroit.
July 24, 1967
A Michigan state officer searches a young man in Detroit.
July 25, 1967
National Guardsmen escort a fire truck into the riot area of Cambridge, Maryland, as debris from a fire continues to smolder.
July 23, 1967
A man is taken into custody in Detroit.
June 15, 1967
A Youth Patrol, created to help restore order to the riot-torn sections of Tampa, meet with a city administrator.
July 26, 1967
Captured men peer from under a garage door, guarded by an Amy trooper, in Detroit.
July 16, 1967
Picketers calling for the removal of National Guard troops from Newark march near City Hall.
July 28, 1967
With National Guardsman standing watch, women arrested during the rioting in Detroit board a bus for transfer to a nearby detention home.
July 15, 1967
A man is forced to lie on the pavement as New Jersey state police stand guard in Newark.
July 25, 1967
Women and children stroll past the remains of homes caught in the path of the rioters in Detroit.
July 1967
A Detroit shop owner tries to keep his storefront clean.
Aug. 1, 1967
Pallbearers carry the tiny casket of Tanya Blanding, 4, a victim of riots in Detroit. The girl was killed as a hail of police and National Guard bullets swept an apartment building where she
Aug. 14, 1967
A white woman stands in protest with a Confederate flag as a group of civil rights marchers pass through Hammond, Louisiana.
June 15, 1967
A Youth Patrol, created to help restore order to the riot-torn sections of Tampa, meet with a city administrator.
