a city and
port in northeastern
Ohio, United
States. On July 18, 1966 rioting
broke out on
Cleveland's east side where thousands of blacks had been crowded together in recent years in one of the nation's most decayed slum areas.
Ohio National Guardsmen were
sent out to aid the
police, but by the
time order had been restored, four blacks had been killed by gunfire and more than fifty people had been injured.
—SHSBC Binder 33 Approved Glossary, —PTS-SP Approved Glossary