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... once again in the high millions. By 1967 forty five were dead and property damage was up to almost one billion dollars. During the summer of 1967 riots intensified in Detroit. By the end of one week 41 were dead, 350 injured, 3,800 arrested, 5,000 homeless (mostly blacks), 1,300 buildings completely destroyed, and 2,700 businesses ransacked. Property damage reached an astonishing ... ...
... a tender heart." Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963. "If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live." Martin Luther King, Jr., speech, Detroit, Michigan, June 23, 1963. "Being a Negro in America means trying to smile when you want to cry. It means trying to hold on to physical life amid psychological death. It ... ...
... odd jobs in Boston un til he went to Harlem, where he learned to survive in the ghetto as a hustler. Due to his reddish hair colour, his street name was "Detroit Red'. He became dependent on drugs, got into trouble and returned to Boston to organize a burglary ring. In 1946, he was caught, convicted and sentenced to ten years even though ... ...
... a student at the University of Michigan, where several of his dramatic efforts were rewarded with prizes. In 1937, during his senior year, one of his early plays was presented in Detroit by the Federal Theatre Project. In 1944 his, The Man Who Had All the Luck won a prize offered by New York City's Theatre Guild. J. D. Salinger Jerome David Salinger was born ... ...
