From the bestselling author of Hiroshima, a searing account of
police brutality, white racism, and black rage in 1960s Detroit. 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 proceeded to beat
them and repeatedly threaten to kill them. By the end of the night,
three of the men were dead. Three police officers and a private
security guard were tried for their deaths; none were convicted. In
The Algiers Motel Incident, first published in 1968, Pulitzer
Prize-winning author John Hersey strings together interviews,
police reports, court testimony, and news stories to recount the
terrible events of that night. The result is chaotic and sometimes
confusing; facts remain elusive. But, Hersey concludes, the truth
is clear: three young black men were murdered "for being, all in
all, black young men and part of the black rage of the time." With
a new foreword by award-winning author Danielle L. McGuire, The
Algiers Motel Incident is a powerful indictment of racism and the
US justice system.
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