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Fine Art
Many artworks were created in response to the '67 rebellion of Detroit. Many of have included in the "Art of Rebellion: Black Art of The Civil Rights Movement" exhibition curated by Valerie J. Mercer. Black Attack (1967) was painted by Detroit abstract artist Allie McGhee immediately following the uprisings of the 1967. The work includes "broad strokes of color that appear spontaneous, give form to the artists memories of strength and resolve of black people facing intense opposition to change."

In 2017, Detroit based artist Rita Dickerson created 1967: Death in the Algiers Motel and Beyond. In the work Dickerson "depicts the Algiers Motel and portraits of three young Black men killed there by police

Joe's Record Shop
Joe's Record Shop on 8434 12th Street, owned by Jon Van Battle, was one of the businesses that was destroyed in the 1967 Detroit Rebellion. The business was founded in 1945, on 3530 Hastings Street, where Battle sold records and recorded music with artists like John Lee Hooker, The Reverend C.L. Franklin and Aretha Franklin. He operated from the Hastings store until 1960 when the street was razed in order to build the Chrysler Freeway. Battle Along with other business owners on Hastings St., moved to 12th Street, where his shop operated until the events of July 23, 1967. During the '67 riots, Battle stood guard in front of his shop with his gun and his "Soul Brother" sign. After the first day of rioting, police authorities no longer permitted business owners to guard their shops. Days later, Battle returned to his record shop with his daughter Marsha Battle Philpot and they were met with "wet, fetid debris of what had been one of the most seminal record shops in Detroit." Joe's Record Shop and much of the stock within -- including tapes and recordings of artists - were ruined. Ultimately, Battle's store was unable to reopen due to the damaged caused by the 1967 riot.

Arrests

"People during the uprising in 1967 were arrested en masse, huge numbers of people, hundreds and hundreds, maybe thousands of people were arrested. They were held in every police lockup in the city of Detroit," Goodman said. "Wayne County Jail was overflowing, Detroit police headquarters was overflowing, and then they were held on buses, in the bathrooms at Belle Isle and other parks, and they were crowded in every possible way and they stayed there for many days under those kinds of conditions."

Race Relations in Detroit, 1860-1915

The civil War involved large numbers of northern whites and African Americans volunteering to fight to restore the southern states in the Union. In addition to thousands of whites who volunteered, 1,673 African Americans served in the 1st Michigan Colored Infantry Regiment, later renamed the 102nd Regiment, US Colored Troops.

The only major riot to take place in Detroit between the Civil War and 1930 became known as the Great Trolley Strike of 1891. It came in response to union organizing activity by drivers and conductors on the city's twenty-two hundred horse drawn streetcars. The privately owned Detroit City railway Company paid very low wages and forced employees to work at least twelve hours a day with one day off every