We Hope for Better Things; It Will Rise from the Ashes

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• Rosa L. Parks Boulevard Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
  Raymond Parks, a civil rights activist, barber, and husband of Rosa Parks, owned a barbershop that was looted during the unrest. Both he and Rosa were deeply affected by the destruction. In response, Detroit residents petitioned to rename the street in her honor. On July 14, 1976, Twelfth Street was officially renamed Rosa L. Parks Boulevard during a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Mayor Coleman Young. The photo depicts Rosa Parks alongside Louise Tappes, Mary Sims, and an unknown reporter at the event.