Third Thursday Speaker Series: The Algiers Motel Murders

Please note venue change! Our popular Third Thursday speaker series continues this month at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. Attendance is free, but pre-registration is encouraged, as space is limited. To register for a presentation, please contact Charnae Sanders, Public Programs Coordinator, at 313.833.0277 or charnaes@detroithistorical.org.

The Algiers Motel Murders and the Infrastructure of Injustice
by Danielle McGuire, Wayne State University

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 6–8 P.M.

Danielle McGuire is an Associate Professor in the History Department at Wayne State University and the award-winning author of At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance – a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power and Freedom Rights: New Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement. During this presentation, McGuire will discuss the murder of three teenagers at the Algiers Motel on July 26, 1967 by Detroit police, how a group of disparate individuals worked to hold them accountable for their actions and how the police got away with it.