MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History, July 23, 1968: The Glenville shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurred. Three white cops, three black nationalists, and one black bystander died. The shoot-out precipitated a riot five-day riot. The militant organization was called the Black Nationalist of New Libya, led by Fred (Ahmed) Evans. The organization formed in order to combat white supremacy, discrimination, and racist violence against black residents. Evans, who survived the gun battle, and who never fired a shot, was later convicted of murder by an all-white jury, in a trial marred by illegalities and bias. He died of cancer in 1978, while serving a life sentence.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cleveland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cleveland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Riot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Riot</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policebrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policebrutality</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/acab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acab</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fredevans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fredevans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/blacknationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blacknationalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMastadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastadon</span></a></p>