We hoped against hope that what we had been doing was enough to prevent a riot. It was not enough.

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In the face of this optimism Cavanaugh was re-elected overwhelmingly in 1965. He is buried in Mt. "Accustomed to years of adversity to decades of drabness and civil immobility Detroiters are naturally exhilarated.

[citation needed]. He was the first mayor to reside at Manoogian Mansion donated to the city by the industrial baron Alex Manoogian. Jerome Patrick Cavanagh (June 16 1928 – November 27 1979) was the mayor of Detroit Michigan from 1962 to 1970.