Detroit 67 is the story of Motor City in the year that changed
everything. Twelve chapters take you on a turbulent year-long journey
through the drama and chaos that ripped through the city in 1967 and
tore it apart in personal, political and interracial disputes. It is the
story of Motown, the break-up of The Supremes and the damaging disputes
at the heart of the most successful African-American music label ever.
Set against a backdrop of urban riots, escalating war in Vietnam and
police corruption, the book weaves its way through a year when soul
music came of age and the underground counterculture flourished. LSD
arrived in the city with hallucinogenic power and local guitar band
MC5 - self-styled holy barbarians of rock - went to war with mainstream
America. A summer of street-level rebellion turned Detroit into one of
the most notorious cities on earth, known for its unique creativity, its
unpredictability and self-lacerating crime rates.
The year 1967 ended in social meltdown, rancour and intense legal
warfare as the complex threads that held Detroit together finally
unravelled.
Features the true story of DETROIT, now a major motion picture.