1967 Detroit riot

the bloodiest episode in the race riots erupted in the USA during the summer 1967, a series of confrontations between black residents and the Detroit Police Department, begun in the early morning hours of Sunday July 23, 1967, in Detroit, Michigan
Event ethnic_riot Q768155
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1967 Detroit riot

Summary

1967 Detroit riot is an ethnic riot[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of ethnic_riot entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (995 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1967 Detroit riot is in the country of United States[3].
  • 1967 Detroit riot's image is recorded as West Grand Blvd at Rosa Parks (12th Street) 2008.jpg[4].
  • 1967 Detroit riot's instance of is recorded as ethnic riot[5].
  • 1967 Detroit riot's part of is recorded as Long Hot Summer of 1967[6].
  • 1967 Detroit riot's Commons category is recorded as 1967 Detroit riot[7].
  • 1967 Detroit riot's start time is recorded as +1967-07-23T00:00:00Z[8].
  • 1967 Detroit riot's end time is recorded as +1967-07-28T00:00:00Z[9].
  • 1967 Detroit riot's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.376388888889, 'lon': -83.099444444444}[10].
  • 1967 Detroit riot's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01vcy6[11].
  • 1967 Detroit riot's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+43'}[12].
  • 1967 Detroit riot's number of injured is recorded as {'amount': '+1667'}[13].
  • 1967 Detroit riot's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as event/Detroit-Riot-of-1967[14].
  • 1967 Detroit riot's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[15].
  • 1967 Detroit riot's BlackPast.org ID is recorded as african-american-history/detroit-race-riot-1967[16].
  • 1967 Detroit riot's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987013778229005171[17].

Why It Matters

1967 Detroit riot ranks in the top 5% of ethnic_riot entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (995 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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