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The 'long, hot summer of 1967'

Fifty years ago, a wave of violent riots exposed the dark reality of America's race problem

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by Kelly Gonsalves
August 2, 2017
Policemen in riot gear

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.

Michigan National Guardsmen

July 1967

Michigan National Guardsmen stand at the ready as firemen battle one of numerous blazes in riot-torn Detroit.

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A man hurls a shoe at police

July 23, 1967

A man hurls a shoe at police in Detroit.

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A Michigan state officer searches a young man

July 24, 1967

A Michigan state officer searches a young man in Detroit.

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National Guardsmen escort a fire truck

July 25, 1967

National Guardsmen escort a fire truck into the riot area of Cambridge, Maryland, as debris from a fire continues to smolder.

A man is taken into custody

July 23, 1967

A man is taken into custody in Detroit.

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A Youth Patrol

June 15, 1967

A Youth Patrol, created to help restore order to the riot-torn sections of Tampa, meet with a city administrator.

Captured men peer from under a garage door

July 26, 1967

Captured men peer from under a garage door, guarded by an Amy trooper, in Detroit.

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Picketers calling for the removal of National Guard troops

July 16, 1967

Picketers calling for the removal of National Guard troops from Newark march near City Hall.

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National Guardsman standing watch

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.

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A man is forced to lie on the pavement

July 15, 1967

A man is forced to lie on the pavement as New Jersey state police stand guard in Newark.

Women and children stroll past the remains of homes

July 25, 1967

Women and children stroll past the remains of homes caught in the path of the rioters in Detroit.

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A Detroit shop owner tries to keep his storefront clean.

July 1967

A Detroit shop owner tries to keep his storefront clean.

Pallbearers carry the tiny casket of Tanya Blanding

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

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A white woman stands in protest with a Confederate flag

Aug. 14, 1967

A white woman stands in protest with a Confederate flag as a group of civil rights marchers pass through Hammond, Louisiana.

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A Youth Patrol

June 15, 1967

A Youth Patrol, created to help restore order to the riot-torn sections of Tampa, meet with a city administrator.

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