<p>Cleveland's accelerating racial division in the 1960s and economic slide in the 1970s inspired CEOs from Eaton, Standard Oil, TRW, and others to create a new civic consensus. Hear about how Cleveland's default sparked an effort that aimed to include folks of color.</p>

Cleveland's accelerating racial division in the 1960s and economic slide in the 1970s inspired CEOs from Eaton, Standard Oil, TRW, and others to create a new civic consensus. Hear about how Cleveland's default sparked an effort that aimed to include folks of color.

I: No Seat at the Table

It's 1981. Reagan was just inaugurated. Cleveland is emerging from default. We're reeling from manufacturing losses. Racial division abounds. 

The Greater Cleveland Roundtable, a coalition of CEOs and community leaders, is searching for ways to regain their region's growth and struggling with ways to include folks of color. 

81/61 reckons with their effort by exploring the organization's lost document archive and to tell a story about where we have been in the last 40 years and how we might achieve racial equity in the next 40. 

81/61 is an original series from the Greater Cleveland Partnership. New episodes are released every two weeks between June 7th and August 16th, 2021. 81/61 is generously supported by the George Gund Foundation.

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It's 1981. Reagan was just inaugurated. Cleveland is emerging from default. We're reeling from manufacturing losses. Racial division abounds. The Greater Cleveland Roundtable, a coalition of CEOs and community leaders, is searching for ways to regain their region's growth and struggling with ways to include folks of color. 81/61 reckons with their effort by exploring the organization's lost document archive and to tell a story about where we have been in the last 40 years and how we might achieve racial equity in the next 40. 81/61 is an original series from the Greater Cleveland Partnership. New episodes are released every two weeks between June 7th and August 16th, 2021. 81/61 is generously supported by the George Gund Foundation.

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