Since its founding, Detroit has been a place of perpetual flames. Three times the city has suffered race riots and three times the city has burned to the ground. The city's flag acknowledges as much. Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus: We hope for better things; it shall rise from the ashes.


Detroit: An American Autopsy (ed. Penguin, 2013) - ISBN: 9781101605882

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Since its founding, Detroit has been a place of perpetual flames. Three times the city has suffered race riots and three times the city has burned to ...

Since its founding, Detroit has been a place of perpetual flames. Three times the city has suffered race riots and three times the city has burned to ...

Since its founding, Detroit has been a place of perpetual flames. Three times the city has suffered race riots and three times the city has burned to ...

Since its founding, Detroit has been a place of perpetual flames. Three times the city has suffered race riots and three times the city has burned to ...