In April 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. launched a drive in Cleveland to prevent another riot in Hough and help elect the city's first Black mayor. "Our power does not lie in Molotov cocktails," he told crowds at Glenville High School. "Our power lies in our ability to unite around concrete programs. Our power lies in our ability to say nonviolently that we aren't going to take it any longer. You see, the chief problem with a riot is that it can always be halted by superior force. But I know another weapon that the National Guard can't stop. They tried to stop it in Mississippi, they tried to stop it in Alabama, but we had a power that Bull Connor's fire hoses couldn't put out. It was a fire within." Today we honor Dr. King's Legacy by revisiting this 2012 oral history in which aides and local leaders such as Carl Stokes, Jesse Jackson and Andrew Young recall the struggles and tensions from 57 years ago. 🔗 Read more at the link in bio. 🖊 Erick Trickey 📸 Trikosko, Marion S., Pu...