later, 43 people were dead and 7000 have been arrested. president lyndon b. johnson said send in 5000 troops and property damage was estimated at more than $30 million. affected areas still bear the scars today. are lingering questions about how far depart detroit has come in addressing the issues that led to the writing. rioting. we are joined by professor heather nan heather and thompson and we will be live for the next two hours taking her calls, tweets, and facebook posts. can we start with definitions in the sense that we hear this event that took place described as a riot, would you describe describe it as such or is there a better way to define what happened? that term connotes chaos and suggests everyone showed up and destroyed the city for no reason and it suggests how we should understand how what happened and the impact of it was. we prefer to think about it like a rebellion because all of the energy and anger act and activism that went into that mome
spaces mark where a thriving commercial district once stood. there are lingering questions and issues that led to the rioting. we are here with the detroit free press. and we are joined by heather and thompson and detroit page editorial editor. we will be live for the next two hours taking your calls, tweets, and facebook posts. can we start with definitions in the sense that the event is described as a riot. would you describe it as such or is there a better way to define what happened? that term connotes chaos and it is suggested everyone showed up and destroyed city for no reason. it also suggests how we should understand what happened and the impact it had. we prefer to think about it like a rebellion because all of the energy and anger at that went into that moment had long been predicted. the economic discrimination, that frustration cannot be understood as chaotic and incoherent. it was a rebellion. the word i have come to over some time is uprising which capture
earlier today, american history tv was live from detroit to look back 50 years. our guests joined us at a detroit free press room to talk about what happened and why and to answer viewer questions. this is about two hours. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. 50 years ago today, riots erupted in the city of detroit, michigan, sparked by a police raid on an illegal bar known locally as a blind pig. five days later, 43 people are dead and 7000 have been arrested. president lyndon b. johnson sent 5000 federal troops. property damage was estimated at more than $30 million. the affected areas still bear the scars of the riots today. green spaces mark where a thriving commercial district once stood. there are lingering questions about how far detroit has come addressing the issues that led to the rioting. we are here with the detroit free press. and we are joined by professor heather ann thompson a detroit editor.ss we will be live for the next two hours taking your c
were destined for the high country of central vietnam. last week, some of them came home. their lives were the proof of victory in ia drang valley. cbs news correspondent morley safer was there. morley: this is where it all began, the special forces camp. on the night of october 19 at 11:00 p.m., the first mortar rounds fell. at the beginning, it was sibley another guerrilla attack simply another guerrilla attack. but then, command decisions were made, almost by accident, that turned the battle into the campaign for not only the highlands, but perhaps all of the vietnam. the battle of announcer: the battle of ia drang valley, introduced by morley safer with a special commentary by walter cronkite. walter: good evening. the american people resulted by an announcement, the average weekly date of the dead and wounded in the vietnam war exceeded the korean war. 240 americans were killed and 470 were wounded. the american people did not know then as they do now. this is a full
a lot of men died, but strategically, it was a victory. i characterize this entire campaign is being the most successful of this conflict thus far. its success is unprecedented. we are seeing americans come to grips with large-scale the enemies units. is is going to be a pattern of the war? it seems evident that the leadership in hanoi has sent down to south vietnam regular forces. how many more, we do not know. it was a bitter and valuable experience. it taught us the value of mobility in fighting a guerrilla war. it has also pointed out the brutal fact that hanoi intends to commit a filled army to vietnam. communists are massing in south vietnam, and so are we. they feel we are divided. there impressed by student demonstrations. in hanoi, a student is a rare and honored member of society. the enemy knows he cannot defeat us in the field, but by killing americans, he hopes to demoralize us at home. that is what happened to france in 1954. our armed forces are willing