Detroit On Fire
This photo of a Chaldean-owned liquor store appeared in the August 4, 1967 issue of Life Magazine, detailing individual stories about the unrest in Detroit that summer. Jerry Yono operated Imperial Market at 9739 Linwood in the city. The sign in the window says “soul brother” because he was so involved in the Detroit community that the residents considered him important. They hung the sign and stood guard to watch his store. Yono knew the two men; they did not work for him, and he can’t remember their names, but they were from the community and shopped at his store. While he was standing outside the store talking with everyone, rioting went on around him. The drug store across the street was looted completely. He saw people carry out a safe, put it into a Cadillac, and drive away; other people then went in and took everything they could carry before burning the store down. That drug store was owned by a Jewish family.