The Algiers Motel Incident: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The Algiers Motel Incident is the title of a book by John Richard Hersey. Published in 1968, the book describes an alleged incident during the 12th Street Riot in Detroit, Michigan in 1967. According to the book, three black youths were killed and nine other brutally beaten by police and United States National Guards in the Algiers Motel, but nobody was brought to justice.

The Algiers Motel (now demolished) once stood at the intersection of Woodward Avenue and Virginia Park in the geographic center of Detroit.