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July 23rd

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  1. 1967
    The Record

    Detroit uprising

    A police raid on a Black-owned after-hours club at Twelfth Street and Clairmount in Detroit ignites five days of unrest. Governor George Romney calls in the National Guard and President Lyndon Johnson sends the 82nd and 101st Airborne. Forty-three die, over a thousand are injured, and 7,200 are arrested. Johnson appoints the Kerner Commission.

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