<P> In Detroit , an estimated 10,000 people participated in the riots , with an estimated 100,000 gathering to watch . Thirty - six hours later , 43 were dead , 33 of whom were black and 10 white . More than 7,200 people were arrested , most of them black . Mayor Jerome Cavanagh lamented upon surveying the damage , `` Today we stand amidst the ashes of our hopes . We hoped against hope that what we had been doing was enough to prevent a riot . It was not enough . '' </P>
<P> In Detroit , an estimated 10,000 people participated in the riots , with an estimated 100,000 gathering to watch . Thirty - six hours later , 43 were dead , 33 of whom were black and 10 white . More than 7,200 people were arrested , most of them black . Mayor Jerome Cavanagh lamented upon surveying the damage , `` Today we stand amidst the ashes of our hopes . We hoped against hope that what we had been doing was enough to prevent a riot . It was not enough . '' </P>
who was the mayor during the detroit riots
who was the mayor during the detroit riots
Mayor Jerome Cavanagh
Mayor Jerome Cavanagh