Prior to the shootout, Evans ran an 'Afro culture' bookstore in Glenville where he communicated a message of black power, black nationalism, spiritualism, and militancy to the neighborhood's residents. Evans’ bookstore was a meeting place for members of the Black Nationalists of New Libya and was the target of police harassment on numerous occasions throughout the late 1960s as a result police fears of Evans’ black nationalist affiliation. The building was destroyed during the course of the Glenville riots. Following the shootout and Evans' imprisonment, New Libya was without leadership and disbanded. | Creator: Van Dillard | Date: 1967 | Source: The Cleveland Memory ProjectDownload Original File
