Chapter 12: "The Guard was called in"

In Chapter 12, Barb receives a letter from her mother that mentions the 1967 riots in Detroit, when 33 Black people were killed.

Below you will find a trailer for Detroit, the 2017 movie about that event, directed by Katherine Bigelow.

For this question set, watch the movie (available via various streaming services), and draw any connections you see between the events depicted in the movie and the events depicted in the novel.

After watching the film, you may want to do some research (cite reliable sources!) on whether the film accurately depicts the events that took place in Detroit in the summer of 1967.

Is this an event that you are familiar with? Why do you think Hannah includes a reference to it in the novel?