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Relations. We had horrible relationships with the black community in particular. A lot of people had been beaten up. I was one of the people severely beaten by the police and made the decision i was going to become a police officer. This was commonplace in detroit. It was probably around that time the naacp attentive to integrate , and Thee DepartmentPolice Department went on strike. We had all these things occurring. In the 1950s and 1950s, people had been shot and killed by the police. All of these things festered. We had a great deal of people that moved up from the south who wanted to get jobs in detroit because of the big three. They found things were probably as bad here as they were in the south. They were getting frustrated in terms of the things going on. Watch the entire program on the 1957 detroit riots at 8 00 a. M. And 8 00 p. M. Eastern on monday. Up next, ....
Ladies and gentlemen, madames et messieurs, brothers and sisters. [applause] dont let this cane fool you. The hips still work. [laughter] [applause] just saying. I am so excited to be here. They said to say your name, but they did not that tell me what it was. [laughter] my name is Kinshasha Holman conwill. [applause] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It is so wonderful to see you. And it is so wonderful to be in such a warm and welcoming assembly in washington, d. C. Its a rare thing these days. [laughter] you are in for a treat. I am supposed to say some things and i will, but i am so excited and so privileged to be introducing my sister today. For those of you who do not know her, your mind will be blown. Lets get real. She is amazing. And she is beautiful ok whatever. , whatever. And i worked with her, so you may talk about what you know about zena howard. But did you work with her for eight years . I dont think so. I dont th ....
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