Government or official record
Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
U.S. Government Publishing Office
Where this source supports the record
Each entry separates the article’s editorial relevance note from its exact, section-level claims. A bibliography link without a direct claim is labeled plainly.
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Political unrest · 23–28 July 1967Open article references →
The Detroit Rebellion of 1967
12th Street uprising area and former Economy Printing building · United States
Why editors use it hereKerner Commission evidence and findings on Detroit, policing, housing, employment, and national causes.
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A police raid on an after-hours club early on 23 July 1967 triggered five days of rebellion in Detroit.
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Trigger and conditions
Police expected a small group at a blind pig on 12th Street but found eighty-two people celebrating returning Vietnam veterans.
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Uncertainty
The established toll is forty-three, but responsibility must be assessed death by death rather than assigned collectively to 'the riot.' Descriptions of snipers were often unverified and shaped security-force behavior.
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Why it matters
Calling 1967 either a riot or rebellion changes emphasis but not the evidence that a police incident ignited accumulated structural grievances.
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