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John LeRoy

Case from Detroit, MI dated Jul 26, 1967

Victim Details

John LeRoy

Male

Detroit

MI

1967-07-26

30

John

LeRoy

06/25/2026

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In the turbulent summer of 1967, amidst the chaos of the Detroit Uprising, a 30-year-old African American man named John LeRoy lost his life in a hail of gunfire. On the night of July 24th, LeRoy was a passenger in a station wagon with four other men, including the driver Charles Dunson and his step-brother Ronald Powell. They were trying to get Powell home to his pregnant wife, who was due to give birth at any moment.

Their journey took them through a city under curfew and teeming with p ...
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  • Remembering the Casualties · Detroit Under Fire: Police Violence, Crime Politics, and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Civil Rights Era · HistoryLabs Omeka S
  • 1967 Detroit riot - Wikipedia
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