Hi Detroit_Uke,

All of those would be great details for a future song or short story. If you do not in some way remember the pain, then future generations will never know what happened. Art helps people remember, just like a history book would. Should the jews forget Auschwitz because it was painful, or not be allowed to write a symphony about it?

The Detroit riots were just one piece. There were also race riots in Cleveland and Newark, New Jersey in 1967. Are all these events and the conditions that spawned them unfit raw materials for art? Or maybe their jaggedness and sharpness make them perfect for art? For remembering, re-experienceing, processing and moving forward?