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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