Kalangi walton. Panelist isrent dr. David goldberg who is associate professor at Wayne State University. Who is the detroit president president of the detroit chapter and tour leader and historian of all things africanamerican detroit. Communityincredible scholar out of detroit. A wonderful set of folks who will help us think about think about politics in detroit and michigan. I am going to throw it over to the panel. Thank you for being here. Thank you. Chair. E i have a couple of remarks really quick. I want to thank everybody for detroitnd hearing about politics in particular is radical. I think my panelists for being here. About theking the20th century up until beginning of the 21st century there is a span of influence of rosa parks, john conyers, and mayor Coleman Young. The radical black politics began in the 1800s. A couple of things that happened that really sets the stage for detroit being this hotbed of radical black politics is the uprising in 1833. 400 black people lead an
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There are lingering questions about how far detroit has come in a half century in addressing the issues that led to the rioting. We are here at the Detroit Free Press where it won a Pulitzer Prize for its 1967 riot coverage. Were joined by Heather Ann Thompson and Detroit Free Press page editor steve henderson. Well be live for the next two hours taking your calls, tweets and facebook posts. Can we start with the definitions in the sense that the events that took place 50 years ago described as a riot. I would say its absolutely not a riot. Because that term connotes chaos and it suggests that everyone just showed up and destroyed the city for no reason. It also suggested how we should understand what happened and what the impact of it was. We prefer to think about it like a rebellion. Because all of the energy and anger and activism that went into that moment had long been predicted. People had been begging for some remedy, for the housing discrimination. The Police Brutality. The eco
I hate to be the cause of reduction in buys, but good evening. Im herald holzer, director of roosevelt house and on behalf of the Hunter College president to his in the room tonight im delighted to welcome you all to the home of franklin d. Roosevelt and eleanor roosevelt. One of them is going to be talking about gubernatorial administrative work today, he was the new york state governor before he came president and his wife was the conscience of the empire state just as she later became the conscience of the country and the world, who was never afraid to confront challenging and uncomfortable issues like the one we are going to discuss this evening, even if her own confronting husband, privately of course because this was the 1930s. I think you all know as well, the history of this amazing space. Was originally a wedding gift to franklin and eleanor from his mother sarah, and it came to the newlyweds with only one stipulation. Sarah herself moved in and stayed in residence for the nex
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 moment had long been predict