Riots, looting, and arson during an outbreak of urban racial violence in Detroit, Michigan. Entire blocks of homes on fire as seen at night. 36 are dead, over a thousand injured during period of unrest in the civil rights movement. A fire truck arrives at the scene. A house on fire. Firemen put out fire. A building engulfed in flames. Sniper groups keep watch outside shops to prevent looting. A looted and trashed shop. Storefront window glass is shattered. People walk on the trashed streets of Detroit. Firemen use jets of water to put out fire. President Lyndon B. Johnson denounces the riots and urges national law and order. “Pillage, looting, murder, and arson have nothing to do with civil rights” President Johnson said.
Detroit riots in Detroit, Michigan, United States. U.S. Army soldier on guard in a street. Ground views - demolished buildings and wrecked autos. A building. Two soldiers patrol the street. Vehicles move on road. Vehicles in front of a building. Soldier walks out from the building. Men carry out cartons from the building.
Detroit riots in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Ruined buildings. Piles of rubble, smoldering ruins. Sign on a shop:'Custom tailoring'. Store after store completely burned out. U.S. troops board a truck and move down a street.
Detroit riots in Detroit, Michigan. Pedestrians walk on a street. U.S. soldier in jeep passes along street in the background. Demolished buildings and a damaged telephone booth.
Aftermath of Detroit riots in Detroit, Michigan. Ruins with fires still burning. Damaged buildings.
aftermath of Detroit riots in Detroit, Michigan. Ruins and damaged stores. U.S. soldiers on guard in jeep. Vehicles move in the background. A soldier speaks on radio in the jeep. Another soldier seated with a rifle. Vehicles pass along a road. Damaged buildings in the background.
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