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Deadline Detroit 'I'm more scared now than I was' during Detroit's 1967 riot -- Willie Horton
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Detroit riots of 1967: Remembering Willie Horton, tank outside window
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Willie Horton in . . . the All-Time Franchise All Stars
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How 1968 Detroit Tigers soothed city's racial tension
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