Title The Algiers Motel incident / John Hersey ; foreword by Danielle L. McGuire

Edition Revised edition Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource Summary "In July 1967, on the third night of a race riot, Detroit police raided the Algiers Motel, a black-owned business located about a mile from the epicenter of the unrest. The police responded to a report of sniper fire from the motel and proceeded to round up its occupants. They beat them and threatened to kill them. Three black men were killed that night, and no one was convicted for their deaths. First published in 1968, John Hersey's book strings together interviews, police reports, court testimony, and news reports to give an account of the events and their aftermath."--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed July 3, 2019) Subject Riots -- Michigan -- Detroit African Americans -- Violence against -- Michigan -- Detroit African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Social conditions -- 20th century African Americans -- Violence against African Americans -- Social conditions Race relations Riots Detroit (Mich.) -- Race relations -- 20th century Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 20th century Michigan -- Detroit Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author McGuire, Danielle L., writer of foreword. ISBN 9781421432984 1421432986

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