Cleveland 1966

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Murray, K. Previous Previous post: Cincinnati Riots of Next Next post: Flint, Michigan Riot On July 23, , in what became known as the "Glenville Shootout," police officers and a number of African-American men confronted each other in Cleveland's Glenville neighborhood, which was also on the city's east side. After an hour of violence, four blacks and three police officers had been killed. This incident set off forty-eight hours of additional violence, as looting, arson fires, and beatings occurred.

Local authorities reestablished order in the city. Many African-American residents in the eastern part of Cleveland believed that the city, state, and federal government officials were not meeting their needs. African Americans in other large cities across the country shared these sentiments.

For much of the twentieth century, Cleveland's eastern neighborhoods had lacked business development and a declining population, as many residents, especially white ones, sought better lives in the suburbs. Many remaining residents developed a sense of hopelessness as their communities declined and the various levels of government failed to assist them. The Hough Riots, the Glenville Shootout, and Ohio's several other racial disturbances of the s illustrate the lack of opportunity for many people, especially African Americans, in Ohio's major cities during this era.