Remembering C|M|LAW Alumnus Stanley Tolliver

The C|M|LAW community mourns the passing of alumnus Stanley Tolliver.  According to a Gavel article by Dean Emeritus Steven Steinglass,

Stanley Tolliver ’51 was a leader in the struggle to secure the rights of Cleveland school children to equal educational opportunity, and … represented many of the black citizens falsely accused of criminal acts during the race riots of the late 1960s.

Tolliver also represented Fred Ahmed Evans, who led a black nationalist group in a shootout with police, which precipitated the Glenville riots.   See Richard M. Perry, Stanley Tolliver Dies; was School Board President and Leading Lawyer , The Plain Dealer, Jan. 3, 2011.

Thanks to Richard Koloda for the article.