Cavanagh recalls how the '67 riots changed his father, Detroit
State Rep. Phil Cavanagh, D-Redford Township, was the sixth of former Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh’s eight children. The first-term state representative from the 17th District was just five years old when the late Jerome Cavanagh faced his greatest mayoral crisis — the 1967 Detroit riots. In the lead up to Father’s Day, Phil Cavanagh was … Continue Reading →