Down below is a table of various dimensions which comprised the Detriot Riot of 1943 and a citation of the source used in the initial research for this project. The most clearly defined events in this source were the initial causes of tensions that caused this riot which consisted of racial animosity, discrimination, immigration, and a perceived encroachment by whites that blacks are somehow impeding on their communities. The source provided very good context not only to the background and underlying stresses in these communities but also a very thorough seemingly unbiased playback of what happened the day the riot broke out. In my estimation, the language used was not loaded, it was very clinical and descriptive.

Based on this initial research I would not label this event a Pogrom as that would imply a more organised effort to eradicate or expel a certain group even by officials. To call it a Rebellion or an Uprising is too much as it was not an attempt to overthrow the government and to call it a mere disturbance is too little given the scale of the event but rather this is a very clear-cut example of a Race Riot. This was a widespread series of civil disturbances across Detroit which resulted from racial animosity, clear causes rooted in racial discrimination and clear instances of violence taking place on the basis of race with racially charged rumours further fueling the flames. Based on this reading and my own research I’m inclined to say the violence was mostly committed against the black community, not entirely by them; but regardless the event clearly fits the label of Race Riot as outlined earlier in the course.

Source: Rucker, Walter C., and James N. Upton. Encyclopedia of American Race Riots. Greenwood Press, 2007.