Free Republic

Article discusses the April, 2002 black race riot that occurred in Cincinnati, and which enjoyed a media white-out. The author puts the newest race riot in the context of its April, 2001 predecessor, and discusses how such riots have been institutionalized as a regular feature of urban life.

Wednesday, May 08, 2002 Group offers to end boycott But list of changes must be met, it says By Kevin Aldridge, kaldridge@enquirer.comand Robert Anglen, ranglen@enquirer.com The Cincinnati Enquirer A civil-rights group calling for entertainers not to play in Cincinnati unveiled a five-page proposal Tuesday on how the city can end the 11-month-old boycott. Some members of the Coalition for a Just Cincinnati want City Council, Hamilton County commissioners, the Cincinnati business community and other social activists to sit down in a mediation process. The proposal centers on expanding minority participation in city contracts, more civilian control over police and firing...

Sunday, May 05, 2002 Clinton offers to help city Racial peace would be visit's aim By Rosemary Goudreau rgoudreau@enquirer.comand Tim Bonfield tbonfield@enquirer.comThe Cincinnati Enquirer NEW YORK — Former president Bill Clinton said Saturday that he would like to come to Cincinnati to help mediate a solution to the city's racial divisions. The former president was speaking at an AIDS conference at Columbia University. After the event he shook hands with some of the journalists and researchers in the audience. In greeting an Enquirer editor, he asked how things were going with Cincinnati's racial situation. Mr. Clinton said he had planned...