45 Years After The Riot, Detroit's Blind Pigs Still Thrive

Bust At The Blind Pig

It was muggy early Sunday morning and about 160 men and women drank and listened to music inside a “blind pig” at a social hall on Detroit’s west side.

Then police raided the joint. It attracted little attention.

It was also sticky almost 45 years ago to the day when cops raided a blind pig about five miles away, at 12th and Clairmount. That raid ignited a week-long riot that changed the landscape of Detroit.

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