Videos

David Maraniss talked about his book Once in a Great City, in which he profiles the people and recalls the events that defines the city of Detroit in 1963. He spoke with Mark Cavanagh, son o…

Conrad Mallett, Jr., who was a paperboy for the Detroit Free Press during the 1967 Detroit Riots, talked about his experience that first morning, as well as race relations and economic condi…

Police officer Anthony Fierimonte recounts the early morning arrests on July 23, 1967 that led to widespread looting, violence and the arrival of federal troops in Detroit, Michigan. A polic…

Tracy Irwin gave a tour of the Detroit Historical Museum’s exhibit “Detroit 67” and talked about the unrest that occurred between July 23 and August 1, 1967. She talked about what the city w…

Journalists talked about the 1967 riots in cities across the country, the Kerner report, and how those events affected the practice of journalism. In 1967, African Americans rioted in cities…

Panelists discussed Detroit’s civil rights movement of the years 1954-1967, focusing on the late 1950s through early 1960s and discussing what led Detroit to the “Insurrection” of 1967 and i…

A discussion of Detroit’s civil rights movement. Speakers focus on the years following the Civil War through the Great Migration-- a period when millions of blacks moved from the South to ar…

This year is the Bicentennial of the start of the War of 1812. Next, we hear from Donald Hickey, the author of Don’t Give up the Ship! Myths of the War of 1812. Mr. Hickey attempts to dispel…

Descendants of former slaves who traveled the Underground Railroad to freedom in Michigan talked about their slave ancestors, the symbolism of their journey, and what they encountered along …

Descendants of former slaves who traveled the Underground Railroad to freedom in Michigan talked about their slave ancestors, the symbolism of their journey, and what they encountered along …