Download or read book What Caused the Detroit Riot? written by Walter White and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A two-part detailed analysis of the June 20, 1943 Detroit race riot, including Thurgood Marshall's condemnation of the white police brutality. A total of 34 people were killed (25 of them black) and most at the hands of the police force; some 433 (mostly African-Americans) were wounded.