Glenville Shootout Begins

Date: July 23, 1968 • Location: Glenville, United States

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1968–1968.

A shootout between police and a Black power group began in Cleveland, Ohio, sparking three days of rioting.

The Glenville shootout was a gun battle that occurred on the night of July 23–24, 1968, in the Glenville section of Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. Gunfire was exchanged for roughly four hours between the Cleveland Police Department and the Black Nationalists of New Libya, a Black Power group. The battle led to the death of three policemen, three suspects, and a bystander. At least 15 others were wounded.