A spotlight on Detroit and its history will be broadcast nationwide next month, courtesy of C-SPAN.

The cable network is in Detroit through Thursday as part of its Cities Tour, C-SPAN said in a news release. Partnering with Comcast, the tour consists of producers traveling around the United States, visiting various literary and historic sites, interviewing local historians, non-fiction authors and elected officials, as well as conducting community outreach.

Mark Farkas, C-SPAN executive producer for special projects, said Detroit is filled with history, from the 1967 riots to the decline of the auto industry. Along with the headlining stories the city is known for, he also hopes to present new information about Detroit that viewers may not know.

"We like to come to cities that have a story, and Detroit definitely fits that," Farkas said. The city has changed a lot in the last 20 years, and we wanted to show what Detroit is like now."

The Detroit segments will be aired June 15 and 16 on Book TV, or C-SPAN2, and American History TV, or C-SPAN3 during a special feature Detroit weekend.

Programming highlights on Book TV will include:

Journalist Charlie LeDuff, author of "Detroit: An American Autopsy"

Drew Philp, author of "A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City"

Writer Aaron Foley, author of "How to Live in Detroit Without Being a Jackass"

Historian Heather Ann Thompson, author of "Whose Detroit?: Politics, Labor, and Race in a Modern American City"

Poet M.L. Liebler, editor of "Heaven Was Detroit: From Jazz to Hip-Hop and Beyond"

American History TV highlights include:

Detroit Historical Museum's "America's Motor City" exhibit and "Frontier to Factories: Detroiters at Work, 1701-1901" exhibit

The Henry Ford "Made in America: Power" exhibit

Tour of Detroit's African American Historical Sites

Detroit/Windsor Border Crossing

For Comcast customers, C-SPAN2 is on channel 104 and C-SPAN-3 is on channel 105.

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