Following Evans’ trial, members of the Black Nationalists of New Libya and other black nationalist groups in Cleveland protested the injustice Evans’ murder conviction, police brutality, and injustices they faced at the hands of white authorities and the Cleveland Police Department. Though Evans’ death penalty conviction was later changed to a life sentence, many continued to feel that justice had not been served. Following Stokes' loss of public support, successor Ralph Locher was elected mayor of Cleveland for much of the 1970s. Locher's administration cracked down on black nationalism in the city while increasing instances of police aggression and brutality towards black Clevelanders, coinciding with larger national trends towards 'law and order' administration and heavy policing that primarily targeted nonwhite communities. | Creator: Ted R. Schneider | Date: 1968 | Source: The Cleveland Memory ProjectDownload Original File
