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A firefighter sprays water on the furniture store set on fire by rioters last night in Croydon, south London, on Tuesday August 9, 2011
Photo: Sang Tan/Associated Press

A firefighter sprays water on the furniture store set on fire by rioters last night in Croydon, south London, on Tuesday August 9, 2011

Photo: Sang Tan/Associated Press

(Source: The Atlantic)

10.08.11    11 notes   
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IMG_6833 by Simon Chester on Flickr.

IMG_6833 by Simon Chester on Flickr.

16.06.11    1 note   
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Detroit, MI, US
July 1967
Photos by Lee Balterman of LIFE Magazine

Aftermath of Detroit race riots.

Wikipedia: 1967 Detroit Race Riots


19.06.10   
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Detroit, MI, US
June 20, 1943
Gordon Coster/LIFE Magazine
Bloodied African American man who was one of many blacks rounded up following wartime race riots between blacks and whites which swept the city and required the use of Army troops and martial...

Detroit, MI, US
June 20, 1943
Gordon Coster/LIFE Magazine

Bloodied African American man who was one of many blacks rounded up following wartime race riots between blacks and whites which swept the city and required the use of Army troops and martial law to quell.

Just one of the two notorious race riots that hit Detroit – though the 1967 riots are more well known and were more destructive, lasting a total of five days.

1943 Detroit Race Riots
1967 Detroit Race Riots

19.06.10    3 notes   
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