The unrest that tore through Over-the-Rhine in 2001 was, on the surface, about the death of Timothy Thomas and other Black men at the hands of police. But its roots went much deeper, some activists say, involving economic frustrations among Cincinnati's Black residents that continue to this day.
While the city has made some efforts to bridge a yawning wealth and income gap between its white and non-white residents, some question whether economic development that occurred after 2001 in places like Over-the-Rhine has helped or hurt the Black communities in those neighborhoods.
Joining Cincinnati Edition are Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley; New Prospect Baptist Church's Rev. Damon Lynch III; Over-the-Rhine Community Housing Executive Director Mary Burke-Rivers; 50-year Over-the-Rhine resident Georgia Keith; and University of Cincinnati Department of Sociology Associate Professor Derrick Brooms, PhD.
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