Roy Banks

In the tumultuous summer of 1967, amidst the chaos of the Detroit Uprising, a 46-year-old African American man named Roy Banks tragically lost his life. On the early morning of July 25th, as the city was gripped by civil unrest, Banks was simply trying to make his way to his factory job. A deaf man since childhood, he was walking to catch the 4:30 a.m. bus, a routine act that on this day would have fatal consequences. Unarmed and posing no threat, his path was tragically intercepted by National ...

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