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AP/Wide World Photos [5991756]
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Detroit, 1943 |
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During the summer of 1943, more than 250 racial disturbances occurred in forty-seven American cities, including Detroit, Michigan; Mobile, Alabama; Beaumont, Texas; and New York City's Harlem. In Detroit, twenty-five African Americans and nine whites were killed during a riot that erupted on June 20 following fights in an amusement park. Seventeen African Americans were killed by police in the worst race riot of the period. Damage was estimated at $2 million. A fact-finding committee appointed by the governor blamed blacks for the violence. In response to the riots, however, Mayor Jeffries formed the Interracial Committee to investigate racial discrimination. Here, a man, who has been shot in the stomach, is assaulted by whites as police escort him.
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Image ID: | 09_083 |
Title: | Sam Mitchell, a 46-year-old black janitor, is assulted by George Miller as police escort Mitchell after he was shot in the stomach during rioting in the edge of the downtown area of Detroit, Mich., June 21, 1943; U.S. Troops were called in swhen police were unable to stop the fighting, June 21, 1943. |
Source: | AP Photo; The Associated Press. |
Name: | Associated Press () - Copyright Holder |
Name: | Wide World Photos, Inc. () - Distributor |
Depicted: | 21 June 1943 |
Location: | AP/Wide World Photos [5991756] |
Subjects: | African Americans -- Michigan |
| Detroit (Mich.) |
| Janitors |
| Police -- United States |
| Race discrimination -- United States |
| Race riots |
| United States. Army -- Armored troops |
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Keywords: | Detroit |
| Mitchell, Sam |
| Police - United States |
| Riots - Detroit |
| Violence |
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