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History Of The Detroit Riots
It has been found over and over in U.S history that when American citizens have a problem addressing social and civil right issues, they will take to the streets to have a voice. This is a practice that most civil right leaders and activists have put in an order, dating back to 1863 to the New York Draft Riot. As well as the 1967 Detroit Riot, The Detroit riot surpassed in the United States only by the 1863 New York City draft riots during the U.S. Civil War and the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

Unfortunately, the well planned rally ends up being a riot when the street loses their cool and demand justice. The Riot was brought on due to blacks moving to Detroit in the Great Migration in the early 20th century, the city had a rapidly increasing population

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