While last year was the 50th anniversary of the 1967 rebellion, this year we mark the 75th anniversary of 1943 race riots. In fact, today, June 20.

It appears this riot was much more inter-race related than 1967. While 1967 was about black anger against racist policies, 1943 was nearly a race battle. Southern whites trying to put down southern and Detroit-born blacks and the fact blacks could only live in one public housing project or live in squalid conditions in the Black Bottom area.

I simply cannot imagine the brawls that happened. Blacks beat by white mobs. Brawls on Belle Isle. It makes little sense to me. Summers in Detroit don't often bode well.

Read more here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_Detroit_race_riot

https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rs...sRiots1943.htm

Listen:
http://livedetroit.tv/audio/1943DetroitRaceRiots.html

Anyone have any personal stories about this one? The generation who lived through this one is quickly going but perhaps you heard something about it when growing up...