Chronology
The crimes reported to police included looting, arson, and sniping and took place in many different areas of Detroit: on the west side of Woodward Avenue, extending from the 12th Street neighborhood to Grand River Avenue and as far south as Michigan Avenue and Trumbull, near Tiger Stadium. East of Woodward, the area around East Grand Boulevard, which goes east/west then north/south to Belle Isle, was involved. However, the entire city was affected between Sunday, July 23, and Thursday, July 27.
The city enacted a citywide curfew, prohibited sales of alcohol and firearms, and business activity downtown was informally curtailed in recognition of the serious civil unrest engulfing sections of the city. While both blacks and whites participated in the rioting, it was widely perceived as a race riot.
Read more about this topic: 1967 Detroit Riot