Dbq Riots Of 1967

To some people, the riots of 1967 were the falling point of Detroit; however, to others, the rebellion was a result of years of racism, and the dehumanization of black people and “It has been said that the cities downhill trajectory began way before the event of that week and for many Detroiters, by 1967 hopeless and despair has replaced the cities sense of promise. “according to "Summer of Rebellion: 1967 in Context.”. It’s not only what happened, but why it happened that matters. In the context of a storyline, the rebellion was the climax; and here are some of the many rising actions that resulted in it. Blacks started to migrate from the south knowing that jobs were scarce, and that discrimination was happening, but it in their eyes, it was better than how they were being treated in the south. The large influx of migration to Detroit led to a housing shortage and would get worse. Blacks were redlined, a practice where blacks were purposefully denied housing in mostly white areas, and denied loans; even if they had the same income as whites.

Those who could afford to leave did and those who couldn’t were left to deal with the repercussions. The city had a police force that was 95% white, with a city that was majority black. Police brutality and racial profiling were ordinary occurrences in Detroit’s African American neighborhoods; it was proven guilty until proven innocent, and sometimes innocence didn’t cut it. Black residents were prone to police