quote:Originally posted by idlt4:
does the name black day in july mean that the riot happened at night?

Probably the word "black" is used to describe
the horrific nature of the crimes. But, the
riots went on day and night.

quote:Originally posted by idlt4:
does the name black day in july mean that the riot happened at night?

Probably the word "black" is used to describe
the horrific nature of the crimes. But, the
riots went on day and night.

quote:Originally posted by Aime_41:
Can remember an interview (in fact have it on tape) where Gord made reference to the fact that he thought that because he was Canadian, and the riots took place in the US, that he should keep rather a low profile
when speaking about it.

i'm sure there was a predjudice on him as aresult of him being Canadian. some in the Detroit area might of also have been bugged by it bcause this had been going on nationwide through the mid to late 60s and 1 might of wondered and bothered by the fact he chose their cityfor his song. it was probably the fact he was from south-western Ontario probably not to far from the US Can. border witch was why he wrote about Detroit. > i inquired about this once not long after i joined and it's posted back a ways that the song was released a little before Martin L. King's assasination and many might of been afraid thew song would cause more trouble perhaps even futher riots witch already happened as a result of you know what.

quote:Originally posted by Aime_41:
Can remember an interview (in fact have it on tape) where Gord made reference to the fact that he thought that because he was Canadian, and the riots took place in the US, that he should keep rather a low profile
when speaking about it.

i'm sure there was a predjudice on him as aresult of him being Canadian. some in the Detroit area might of also have been bugged by it bcause this had been going on nationwide through the mid to late 60s and 1 might of wondered and bothered by the fact he chose their cityfor his song. it was probably the fact he was from south-western Ontario probably not to far from the US Can. border witch was why he wrote about Detroit. > i inquired about this once not long after i joined and it's posted back a ways that the song was released a little before Martin L. King's assasination and many might of been afraid thew song would cause more trouble perhaps even futher riots witch already happened as a result of you know what.

i was just wondering amyone knoe the exact date the song was released. i know with this month comming to an end and April 4th is the date Martin L. King was killed and while i just check the CBC archives of his radio interview and while the footnote says released after King's death, i think he it might of been released shortly before according to the interview.

i was just wondering amyone knoe the exact date the song was released. i know with this month comming to an end and April 4th is the date Martin L. King was killed and while i just check the CBC archives of his radio interview and while the footnote says released after King's death, i think he it might of been released shortly before according to the interview.

with this being July I wonder if now was the time the larest race riot of the 60s occured.

with this being July I wonder if now was the time the larest race riot of the 60s occured.

No,the biggest riot of the 1960's (correct me if I'm wrong) were the L.A./Watts riot of 1964. For info. on that go to a search engine and type in "Watts Riots 1964".

As for the Detroit riot,I found a site by typing in 1967 Riots July and it took me right to it. This riot started 38 years ago on Sunday,July 23rd (yesterday) and lasted until Thursday,July 27th.

I have to disagree. I have a book and say Detroit was the worst unless you have some other info that says differently. Watta was in 65.

I have to disagree. I have a book and say Detroit was the worst unless you have some other info that says differently. Watta was in 65.

The Watts Riots were indeed in 1965. When Barry White was 18, like the rest of us in The Rumblers, I used to take him home. He lived in Watts then.

Barry always had a friend come out and meet us at the edge of the war zone. His buddy would take him the rest of the way in.

Even before the riots, Barry would say, "As long as I'm in the car, you're OK. But if you drop me off at home, you'll never make it out of Watts alive." That was dangerously more true after the riots.

A little funny:

Cornell Gunter, then alive and leader of The Coasters made a good gag the first night of the Watts Riots. The Rumblers backed up Cornell and The Coasters at the Hollywood Cinnamon Cinder (Bob Eubanks' place.) The Coasters were late. When they took the stage w/ us, Cornell said, "Sorry to be late, but I was just standin' around w/ a brick in my hand and I had to figure out something to do w/ it."

The Rez

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