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WCGreen

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Sat Apr-03-10 10:04 AM
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69. Only because I conflated the Black Panthers with the riots that were

going on in Cleveland at the time.

I also remember vividly meeting Carl Stokes, then a state rep, as he was running for Mayor. He went to this Italian Festival my aunt took me to just so I could see him. The West Side of Cleveland, at that time, was 99.99% white and yet waded right through the crowd shaking hands and meeting people.

This was right after the one riot and before another.

Yes, the News anchors did have a calming effect on me because they were larger than life and had a lot more gravitas than the newsreaders of today.

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