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| Identifier | glenville053 |
| Title | Member of 112th. Engineer Battalion in underground garage |
| Subject | Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio)
Glenville Shootout
Riots & demonstrations
Cleveland Police Department
Black militant groups
Radicalism
Engineer Battalion
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| Description | "Unsolid comfort- This unidentified member of the 112th Engineer Battalion was able to catch a nap even through the bottom had fallen out of his cot in the Underground Mall Garage, where the unit is based for riot duty."-- The events surrounding the Glenville Shootout occurred from July 23, 1968 to July 28, 1968 in Cleveland's Glenville neighborhood. Beginning as a gunfire exchange between Cleveland Police officers and radical militant group leader Fred (Ahmed) Evans, the shooting erupted into an all out riot as angry crowds gathered resulting in further gunfire leaving seven dead and fifteen wounded. Over the next several days tensions grew as rioting, looting and arson prevailed. The National Guard was called in and by July 28th. order was restored. Fred Evans was later tried and found guilty of murder, sentenced to life in prison. |
| Creator | Seid, Herman
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| Location Depicted | Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Time Period | Decline and Comeback: 1960-1990
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| Date Original | 1968 |
| Object Type | black-and-white photographs
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| Size of Original | 10 x 8 in. |
| Collection | Cleveland Press
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| Collection Homepage | http://www.clevelandmemory.org/press/ |
| Digital Collection | Legal Landmarks in Cleveland History
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| Donor | Cole, Joseph E.
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| Copyright | http://www.clevelandmemory.org/copyright/ |
| Format | jpeg
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| Repository | Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
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| Repository Homepage | http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/ |
| Digital Publisher | Cleveland Memory Project |
| Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Entry | http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=GS1 |
| Further Reading | http://scholar.csuohio.edu/record=b1279523~S0 |
