In Detroit, an estimated 10,000 people participated in the riots, with an estimated 100,000 gathering to watch. Thirty - six hours later, 43 were dead, 33 of whom were black and 10 white. More than 7,200 people were arrested, most of them black. Mayor Jerome Cavanagh lamented upon surveying the damage, "Today we stand amidst the ashes of our hopes. We hoped against hope that what we had been doing was enough to prevent a riot. It was not enough. ''
who was the mayor during the detroit riots
Mayor Jerome Cavanagh