Alton Myers is a retired minister and teacher who experienced the Detroit riot as a graduate student living there in the summer of 1967. He has written a book of historical fiction, “Calico Dance,” and now presents readers another opportunity to explore historical fiction through the events of 1967. The author finds fiction a good way to tell his stories about life and the changes it brings into the lives of people who live the times. He has attended a number of universities, having been a science and mathematics teacher before becoming a minister and an author.