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
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
public service by america s cable television companies and i brought to is in 1967, african-americans rioted in cities across the country, including detroit, to protest the lack of opportunity and the protection of civil rights. president lyndon b. johnson appointed the kerner commission to investigate what led to the riots. next on american history tv, a panel of journalists convened in discussed the riots, the kerner report, and how those impacted journalism. this is about an hour and 45 minutes. hello, everyone. ok, my name is marlo stoudemire. i m the project director of the detroit 67 project, looking back to move forward, i m here today on the hacks of our ceo and staff,ve director, our and our board of trustees to invite you to a very wonderful panel today and welcome you to the detroit historical museum in midtown detroit, founded in 1928, and our mission is telling detroit stories and why they matter. lookingoit 67 project back to move forward is a multi-your c
veterans programs. these are bills that are popular among republicans. it should be a fairly partisan exercise. the package is not expected to get a lot of democratic support, if any. so it should be a pretty partyline vote. there will be a lot of amendments, i think it will go late into the night, several nights. we have a busy week ahead of us on appropriations. one thing you talk about when it comes to the lack of support from democrats, is that because of the border wall? talk about that and how it factors into the package. ryan: it is a big part of it. i think this probably would have been a fairly partisan package regardless of the wall, because the spending bills are written at spending levels that the democrats do not agree with. but the border wall is probably the most controversial part of this. the package includes $1.6 billion to begin construction of the border wall on the u.s. mexico border, obviously one of president trump s signature campaign promises. so re
spaces mark where a thriving commercial district once stood. there are lingering questions and issues that led to the writing. we are here with the detroit pre - detroit free press. joined by heather and thompson and detroit page editorial editor. taking your calls, tweets and facebook posts. can we start with definitions in the sense that the event is described as a riot. you go first. that term connotes chaos and it is suggested everyone showed up and destroyed city for no reason. we prefer to think about it like i rebellion because all of the energy and anger and act this and that went into that moment had long been predicted. the economic discrimination, that is frustration. it was a rebellion. the word i have come to realize that was the buildup to what happened in 1967. you also have lots of other kinds of pushback. people looting stores were pushing back against the economic depression. they were pushing back against the housing discrimination. one of the things th