kerner commission

"Separate and Unequal" looks at race relations 50 years after Kerner Report

Stateside Staff

Fifty years ago, on Feb. 29, 1968, a presidential commission released a report on why there had been so many uprisings, civil disturbances, and riots by…

The civil unrest began in the early hours of July 23, 1967 following a police raid on an unlicensed after-hours bar on the corner of 12th and Clairmount.

Community

Historian: Divide between “White Detroit” and “Black Detroit” led to city’s 1967 rebellion

Stateside Staff

In 1967, a series of civil disturbances in cities across America rocked the country. The unrest, called a rebellion by some and a riot by others, made its…

A 2015 survey found that many police agencies devote significantly more time to firearms training than de-escalation techniques.

Politics & Government

New film “Do Not Resist” asks if police militarization has gone too far

In 1967, President Lyndon Johnson established a commission to investigate the causes of the urban uprisings in Detroit and other cities over that summer.…