Demonstrators in Baltimore, Maryland, celebrated the end of the citywide curfew on Sunday by gathering at City Hall for a rally of prayers and song.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Sunday morning that officials would no longer enforce the curfew instituted on Tuesday after riots erupted following the funeral of Freddie Gray last Monday.

"My goal has always been to not have the curfew in place a single day longer than was necessary," the mayor wrote on Twitter. "I believe we have reached that point today."

Under the curfew, residents were barred from traveling in city streets from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

To celebrate the lifting of the curfew, demonstrators prayed and sang civil rights songs at the City Hall rally. However, speakers emphasized the need to continue demanding change and the conviction of the six police officers charged in Gray's death.

"We've got to see this all the way through, until all six officers trade in their blue uniform for an orange uniform," the Rev. Jamal Bryant said, according to ABC News. "Let them know: Orange is the new black."

Gray, a 25-year-old black man, died of an unexplained spinal injury on April 19, exactly seven days after he was apprehended by Baltimore police. According to officials, Gray made eye contact with an officer and then fled the scene on the morning of Sunday, April 12. He was then chased by the officers, some of whom were patrolling the neighborhood on bike. Once they caught up to him, he was taken into custody for carrying a switchblade knife, which was later determined to be legal.

However, in cellphone footage captured by witnesses, Gray's legs appear to be limp as he was being dragged into a police van. Another witness at the scene said that Gray was screaming in pain, and that his legs folded like "origami."

"The officer had their knee in his neck. And he was just screaming -- screaming for life," said Kevin Moore, according to Vox. "He couldn't breathe. He needed an asthma pump, which he let them know. ... They ignored it."

Once police arrived at their destination, they discovered that Gray was unresponsive. He was then transported to the University of Maryland Medical Center's Shock Trauma Center, where he died one week later.