Until recently, Glenville — an African-American neighborhood on Cleveland’s economically depressed East Side — was best known for its 1968 rebellion against poverty and police brutality. On July 23, 1967, a gun battle between members of the Republic of New Libya — who had purchased weapons for self-defense after repeated attacks by police — and white police left three officers, three RNL members and an African-American bystander dead. Mayor Carl B. […]
