During the tumultuous summer of 1967 in Detroit, a 19-year-old Black teenager named Ernest Roquemore tragically became the final fatality of the city's infamous uprising. On the evening of July 29th, amidst ongoing civil unrest, Roquemore found himself in the midst of a chaotic scene on St. Jean Street. Accounts from that day piece together a harrowing narrative of his final moments, suggesting he was an unintended victim caught in a wave of violence that had engulfed the city.
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