(26050) Riots, Rebellions, Clean-up, Salvage, 1967

Posted July 8th, 2011 by eclemens

Detroit (Mich.) -- Riot, 1967
Detroit's 1967 Civil Unrest
Detroit--race relations
Detroit--social conditions
United States. Army. 82nd Airborne Division
Urban Affairs

Caption by photographer: “As conditions improved in this riot-torn city, workers started cleaning up and salvaging what they could. These workers are collecting copper wire from this burned out area while two members of the 82nd Airborne Division guard the area.”

Courtesy Detroit News Collection.