Ms. Eraqi

Police Abuse Lack of Affordable

Housing Urban Renewal

Projects• Black Bottom & 1-75 Economic Inequality

Rapid Demographic Change

More African-Americans

Black Militancy

Police raided an all black “Blind Pig” at 12th Street and Clairmount Avenue.

83 African-Americans were celebrating the return of a Vietnam Vet.

Police tried to arrest all on the spot.

Angry crowds gathered outside

National Guard was mobilized within 2 days

On 4th Day of Riots 82nd Airborne was called by President Johnson

7,000 Arrests

1,189 Injuries

43 Deaths Over $5,000,000 in damages

Blacks still facing housing crisis

Lack of Jobs No transportation Declining

population