Around 62 buildings were damaged and/or destroyed during the Glenville riots (totaling approximately $2.6 million in damages) as instances of looting, arson, and violence occurred as a result of community outrage, frustration, and rebellion against the negative socioeconomic conditions, lack of opportunity, racism, segregation, violence, and police brutality they faced. In this image, a former black nationalist headquarters burns as fires raged in damaged buildings throughout the Glenville area. Though Glenville suffered from urban decay, police violence, and neglect by city government prior to the shootout, the neighborhood rapidly declined afterward as many damaged buildings were not repaired or rebuilt, policing in the area increased, and many began to associate the Glenville area with violence. | Date: 1968 | Source: The Cleveland Memory CollectionDownload Original File
