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Vivian Goodman
It's the 40th anniversary of the Glenville riots

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

On the 40th anniversary of the Glenville riots a black man running for president speaks of hope. But despair grips much of Cleveland's inner city where random shootings ended three lives in the last month. Those deaths as well as recent controversy over police shootings and this month's killing of a police officer evoke a part of our region's most troubling history.

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Del Donahoo


WKYC-TV's Del Donahoo relates his experience as one of the first reporters on the scene of the Glenville riots.


WKYC's Del Donahoo interviews one of the merchants whose businesses were destroyed during the riots.




George Forbes


George Forbes says Cleveland's business community supported Carl Stokes and hoped the nation's first black mayor would quell racial unrest in Cleveland but deserted Stokes when he was blamed for funds from a city program being diverted for gun purchases by black nationalists.


George Forbes, who represented Glenville on Cleveland City Council for almost three decades, was in his early 30s when the riots occurred. He says it taught him a valuable lesson about urban politics.




Roldo Bartimole


Roldo Bartimole, a freelance journalist, investigated the cause of the riots and found discrepancies in the official accounts. He believes media coverage was biased in favor of the police.


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Roldo Bartimole article on Glenville riots impact on the legacy of Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes

Roldo Bartimole writes about an alleged suppression of the truth about the Glenville riots



Mayor Carl Stokes' Press Conference

The morning after the Glenville riots, Mayor Carl Stokes held a press conference. Later that day he held a second press conference to introduce the black community leaders who would replace white officers on patrol in the riot area that second night of the disturbances in Glenville.


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Listener Comments:

I AM 35 YRS OLD. BORN, RAISED, AND SCHOOLED IN THE GLENVILLE AREA AND I HAVE NEVER EVER HEARD ABOUT THE GLENVILLE RIOTS TILL JUST THE OTHER DAY AT A COOK OUT. THIS WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.
THANK YOU.


Posted by: MACK (GLENVILLE/ST.CLAIR) on September 14, 2008 1:16PM
Nice job Vivian, very interesting subject about a dark side of Cleveland history, I learned alot about the riots especially since I grew up in Cleveland during that time, and you posted some very interesting photos, audio, and video about the riots- I hope this type of history never repeats itself.


Posted by: Jim D. (Northfield) on July 24, 2008 12:52PM
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