Tip 7145 · Wednesday 30 September 2026 · Rosa Parks archival
Rosa Parks Finding #43: Montgomery Avenue 1986 Dedication
LOC original Montgomery program schedules a July 26, 1986 Rosa Parks Avenue dedication, ribbon-cutting, and street-sign reveal. NPR’s 2005 transcript reports former Cleveland Avenue was renamed in 1965. The 1986 program is not evidence of the original legal renaming.
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What the sources say
- LOC Montgomery program: schedules July 26, 1986 dedication / ribbon-cutting / street-sign reveal for Rosa Parks Avenue.
- NPR 2005 transcript: reports former Cleveland Avenue renamed in 1965.
So the 1986 ceremony materials document a later dedication event, not the ordinance that first changed the name. Ordinance date, Parks’s attendance at the 1986 event, and whether the ceremony completed remain unverified.
Desk discipline
- Schedule/program ≠ attendance proof (same rule as #41 COMTO luncheon, #40 Providence plan, #42 ACLU banquet).
- Do not collapse 1965 rename and 1986 dedication into one fact.
- Series continuity: #36 WICS · #37 New St. James · #38 Public Theatre · #39 Howard Rainbow · #40 Providence Freedom Express · #41 COMTO · #42 ACLU SoCal · #43 Montgomery Avenue 1986.