The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street riot or the 1967 Detroit rebellion, was one of 159 race riots, that swept cities in the US during the "Long Hot Summer of 1967",it lasted five days and surpassing the violence and property destruction of which event that occurred just 24 years earlier, that  took place in Detroit, Michigan, from the evening of June 20 through the early morning of June 22?