The Algiers Motel Incident by John Hersey

The Algiers Motel Incident

John Hersey

432 pages first pub 1968 (editions)

nonfiction classics history race informative slow-paced

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On the evening of July 25, 1967, on the third night of the 12th Street Riot, Detroit police raided the Algiers Motel. Acting on a report of gunfire, officers rounded up the occupants of the motel's annex--several black men and two white women--and...

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