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The Algiers Motel incident (also called the Algiers Motel Murders) occurred in Detroit, Michigan, United States, throughout the night of July 25–26, 1967, during the racially charged 12th Street Riot.
25 lip 2024 · The private park where the Algiers Motel in Detroit once stood now has a Michigan historical marker, which will be introduced to the public Friday to acknowledge the police raid and tragedy...
24 lip 2024 · A new historic marker will be placed at the former location of the Algiers Motel, which was the site of police violence during the 1967 Detroit riot. A ceremony on Friday will honor the 57th anniversary of the motel raid that resulted in the deaths of three Black teenagers and the beatings of at least six others.
26 lip 2024 · Detroit — Nothing remains of the Algiers Motel on Woodward Avenue, where three unarmed Black teens were allegedly brutalized, shot and killed by police during the 1967 Detroit uprising.
26 lip 2024 · What happened at the Algiers Motel on July 25, 1967, still haunts family members who spent decades fighting to expose the reality of what happened that day.
30 lip 2024 · The Algiers Motel tragedy occurred on the night of July 25, 1967, during the height of the Detroit rebellion — also known as the 12th Street Riot. It was one of the most brutal episodes in a five-day period of violence that shook Detroit to its core.
26 lip 2024 · On July 23, 1967, it boiled over after a police raid on an illegal after-hours club about a dozen or so blocks from the Algiers. Five days of violence would leave about three dozen Black people and 10 white people dead and more than 1,400 buildings burned. More than 7,000 people were arrested.
