On the corner of East 79th St. and Hough Ave., a crowd of community leaders and neighborhood residents recently gathered to celebrate the unveiling of the Hough Uprising Trail Marker.
The marker, which commemorates the Hough Uprising of 1966, is part of the Cleveland Civil Rights Trail, a project initiated by the Cleveland Restoration Society to preserve and highlight Cleveland’s significant civil rights history. The trail is composed of 10 civil rights markers in Cleveland which includes the African American Cultural Garden, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s office – where Terry V. Ohio took place – and Cory United Methodist Church – one of Cleveland’s oldest African American churches.
The Cleveland Restoration Society — a nonprofit that implements different initiatives in the city to protect and preserve Cleveland’s historic buildings — hosted the event two weeks ago, which included a capella performances from Hue People, remarks from Cleveland Restoration Society’s Board Chair Dione Alexander and Councilwoman Stephanie Howse-Jones, along with community reflections and remembrances.