The Algiers Motel incident

Hersey, John 1914-1993 (Author).

Summary: Thirty years ago, three black men were killed and nine other people brutally beaten by, as John Hersey describes it , an "aggregate of Detroit police, Michigan State Troopers, National Guardsmen, and private guards who had been directed to the scene." Responding to a telephoned report of sniping, the police group invaded the Algiers Motel and interrogated ten black men and two white women, none of whom were armed, for an hour. By the time the interrogators left, three men had been shot to death and the others, including the women, beaten.

Record details

ISBN: 9780801857775
ISBN: 0801857775
Physical Description: print
xx, 397 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Publisher: Baltimore ; London : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [1998].
Copyright: ©1968

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: New York: Knopf, 1968. With new introduction.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages xix-xx).
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: John Hersey and the tragedy of race / Thomas J. Sugrue -- The odor of a case: July 26-31 -- Three cops and three days: July 23-5 -- Auburey and his circle -- Confession: July 31 -- The Algiers Motel incident: July 25-6 -- Aftermath: July 31 and after.