- From the Detroit riots of 67 came the Detroit 1967 Project. The project is essentially 'remembrance to forget'. It is a museum setting that allows people to confront the damages of the Detroit 1967 riots in order to move on from them and such a racist time period.
- From the riots of 1968, we have gained insight on how to influence the government. According to npr.org, "What 1968 demonstrated was that protest could be an effective tactic for bringing about social change," he says. "So important new protest tactics were invented: the sit-in, the large demonstration. And people learned that this was a way they could effectively influence the government."