Carmel "Chuck" Vella

Collection:: Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward
Title:: Carmel "Chuck" Vella
Publisher:: Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Historical Society
Date of Original:: 2018-10-12
Subject:: Race riots--Michigan--Detroit
Civil rights movements--Michigan--Detroit
Nineteen sixty-seven, A.D.
Location:: United States, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit, 42.33143, -83.04575
Medium:: oral histories (literary works)
Type:: MovingImage
Format:: video/mp4
Description:: In this interview, Vella discusses life in Detroit as an immigrant from Malta. He recounts his neighborhood in the Vernor-Springwells area of the city, his days at St. Gabriel High School, and his first impressions of Detroit. Vella also discusses the time he served in the National Guard, particularly during the events of the 1967 “riots”.
Metadata URL:: http://detroit1967.detroithistorical.org/items/show/741
Language:: eng
Additional Rights Information:: Detroit Historical Society
Contributing Institution:: Detroit Historical Society
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