Race Riot In Detroit: Newspaper Analysis
DetroitApril Woodson
4 February 2013
Newspaper analysis
Tara Saunders
Race riot in Detroit (June 20, 1943)
The Detroit Riots, an article from The Chicago daily tribune was published three days after the riots. It talks more about the aftermath of the riots, after troops were ordered in and how it portrays the United States to the international community. The tone the article takes on is almost shameful and gives the vibe that not only should Detroit be embarrassed by the United States as a whole because the riots did spark racial tension in other cities like Los Angelas as well. Though the article is short the intensions of the message are very clear as it reads, “…the race riots which had brought deep disgrace upon that community …show more content…
for Troops in Detroit” which was also published by the Chicago tribune was written two days after the riots and it seems as though its attacking Roosevelt’s decisions to call upon the militia to help stop the riots or explain the reasoning being doing so. He does give the crowd a chance to disperse before he sends out the troops, “Now, therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, do hereby command all persons engaged in said unlawful and insurrectionary proceedings to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes immediately and here after abandon said combinations and submit themselves to the laws and constituted authorities…” (pg 2). I think this is important to note because a lot of people think it was just an attack on innocent …show more content…
One-article titled Detroit Tragedy begins with, “No American can escape a feeling of shame as well as sorrow over the race riots…such an outbreak is at its ugliest when it stems from race hostility.” Just like the New York times, the Washington post also suggest that the main cause of the riots was “the inadequate living facilities of a community which has become desperately overcrowded as a result of the war.” (pg 3) When reading through this article words like, ugly, disgrace, dangerous, shame and enemy really stick out, these are the words that best describe the riots and the impact it had on the
4 February 2013
Newspaper analysis
Tara Saunders
Race riot in Detroit (June 20, 1943)
The Detroit Riots, an article from The Chicago daily tribune was published three days after the riots. It talks more about the aftermath of the riots, after troops were ordered in and how it portrays the United States to the international community. The tone the article takes on is almost shameful and gives the vibe that not only should Detroit be embarrassed by the United States as a whole because the riots did spark racial tension in other cities like Los Angelas as well. Though the article is short the intensions of the message are very clear as it reads, “…the race riots which had brought deep disgrace upon that community …show more content…
for Troops in Detroit” which was also published by the Chicago tribune was written two days after the riots and it seems as though its attacking Roosevelt’s decisions to call upon the militia to help stop the riots or explain the reasoning being doing so. He does give the crowd a chance to disperse before he sends out the troops, “Now, therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, do hereby command all persons engaged in said unlawful and insurrectionary proceedings to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes immediately and here after abandon said combinations and submit themselves to the laws and constituted authorities…” (pg 2). I think this is important to note because a lot of people think it was just an attack on innocent …show more content…
One-article titled Detroit Tragedy begins with, “No American can escape a feeling of shame as well as sorrow over the race riots…such an outbreak is at its ugliest when it stems from race hostility.” Just like the New York times, the Washington post also suggest that the main cause of the riots was “the inadequate living facilities of a community which has become desperately overcrowded as a result of the war.” (pg 3) When reading through this article words like, ugly, disgrace, dangerous, shame and enemy really stick out, these are the words that best describe the riots and the impact it had on the