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How Detroit Lost Its Way
A look back at what brought this iconic American city to its knees
White Flight
Latent racial tensions exploded into rioting in July 1967, killing 43 people and sending thousands of white Detroiters to the suburbs. The exodus institutionalized racial divisions that have only hardened since
See pictures of the Civil Rights movement from Emmett Till to Barack Obama.
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