Professor John Mogk wrote an article, “Aftermath eclipses Detroit’s riots,” that was featured in the July 25, 2007 edition of The Detroit News (detnews.com). For details, click here.

Professor John Mogk wrote an article, “City must take action to prevent blight,” that was featured in the Aug. 12, 2007 edition of the Detroit Free Press (freep.com). For details, click here.

In an op-ed piece, Professor John Mogk contends that it wasn’t the 1967 riot that caused the destruction of Detroit neighborhoods so much as what occurred thereafter. He cites a number of factors, including a lengthy teachers strike in 1973, ill-conceived federal neighborhood rebuilding policies that led to abuses, and neighborhood opposition to building auto plants that would help stimulate the city’s economy, among others.
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