DETROIT (NEWSnet/AP) — The site of motel in Detroit where three young Black men were killed during a race riot in 1967 is receiving a historic marker.

A dedication ceremony is scheduled for Friday north of downtown where Algiers Motel once stood.

On July 26, 1967, parts of Detroit burned as police and members of National Guard raided the motel and its adjacent Manor House, after reports of gunfire.

Later, the bodies of Aubrey Pollard, 19, Carl Cooper, 17, and Fred Temple, 18, were found. A half-dozen others had been beaten.

Five days of violence left about three-dozen Black people and 10 white people dead and more than 1,400 buildings burned. More than 7,000 people were arrested. Several trials were held in connection with the case, but no one was convicted.

“A historical marker cannot tell the whole story of what happened at the Algiers Motel in 1967, nor adjudicate past horrors and injustices,” historian Danielle McGuire said. “It can, however, begin the process of repair for survivors, victims’ families and community members through truth-telling."

For years, McGuire collaborated with community members and Michigan Historical Commission to get a marker installed.

Algiers was demolished in the late-1970s. A park is located at the site.

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