DETROIT (AP) — A stage play remembering the 1967 riots in Detroit will be told from the perspectives of girls and women who witnessed the event unfold.
"After/Life" is scheduled to run Thursday through Saturday and July 27-28 at the Joseph Walker Williams Recreation Center on Rosa Parks Boulevard.
Tickets are free, but seating is limited.
The riots — also called a rebellion — started July 23, 1967 following a police raid and arrests at an illegal after-hours' club.
More than 40 people were killed and over 7,000 arrested over five days of violence. More than 1,400 buildings in the city were burned.
The riots accelerated the flight of white residents to the suburbs and led to decades of disinvestment in city neighborhoods.
- Posted July 18, 2017
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Play to tell of 1967 riots from female perspective
headlines Macomb
- Macomb County judge honored
- Mount Clemens woman pleads no contest to charge stemming from threats sent to Mount Clemens mayor
- MDHHS seeks applications for Rural Health Transformation Program Workforce for Wellness Initiative
- Prosecutor warns of fake jail bond scam targeting families
- Governor welcomes new unemployment protections for survivors of domestic violence
headlines National
- Chemerinsky: Supreme Court leaves many Second Amendment issues unresolved
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- After emergencies mar bar exam, New York State Bar Association aims to add new procedures
- When you get blasted by your own canon
- Ex-lawyer seeks bar reinstatement after US House primary win
- Trump selects newly confirmed federal judge for open seat on 5th Circuit
