Joe T. Darden is Professor of Geography at Michigan State University and former Dean of Urban Affairs Programs (1984–1997). Richard W. Thomas is Professor Emeritus of History at Michigan State University.

• Contents List of Tables Acknowledgments Preface Chapter 1. Historical Causes and Consequences of the 1967 Civil Disorder: White Racism, Black Rebellion, and Changing Race Relations in the Post–Civil Disorder Era Chapter 2. Conflict between the Black Community and White Police: Before and after the 1967 Civil Disorder Chapter 3. Racial Conflict over School Desegregation Chapter 4. Racial Conflict over Employment Discrimination Chapter 5. The Emergence of Black Political Power after 1967: Impact of the Civil Disorders on Race Relations in Metropolitan Detroit Chapter 6. City and Suburban Conflict over Residential Sharing of Neighborhoods Chapter 7. The Declining Auto Industry and Anti-Asian Racism: The Murder of Vincent Chin Chapter 8. African American and Middle Eastern American Relations after 1967 Chapter 9. Old Minority and New Minority: Black- Latino Relations in a Predominantly Black City Chapter 10. Economic Restructuring, Black Deprivation, and the Problem of Drugs and Crime Chapter 11. Measuring the Racial Divides in Metropolitan Detroit Chapter 12. Interracial Cooperation and Bridge Building in the Postriot Era Chapter 13. Alternative Futures for Residents of Detroit Appendix. Method of Computation of the Index of Dissimilarity References Index

This well-researched book gives the post-1967 racial and ethnic cauldron of Detroit its fullest expression as it explores points of conflict and cooperation in public policy and in daily life.--Angela D. Dillard is Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan