Cincinnati could be sign of unrest to come, as city burns after white cop kills unarmed teen

CINCINNATI�The violent uprising that erupted here late April 9 after a Cincinnati police officer shot and killed an unarmed Black man was the result of years of racial tensions between Blacks and the police. But Black residents say inequality in housing, employment and schools also are underlying factors that sparked three days of civil unrest and caused the mayor to declare a state of emergency and implement a citywide curfew in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati: 
The Country's Best Kept Secret
by James Clingman
-Guest Columnist-

I was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. I have watched it move through various stages of evolution. I saw segregation��whites only� restaurants and parks�and the urban renewal process, which destroyed several Black neighborhoods. I have seen our city go from a population of over 500,000 to less than 370,000. I have seen Cincinnati move through national recessions with the greatest of ease and maintain unemployment rates below that of the national average. It was rated the Most Livable City in 1993.