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Bereft Mother Is CityBeat's Person of the Year

By AAN Staff
february 15, 2002  09:55 am
Bereft Mother Is CityBeat's Person of the Year
Angela Leisure, whose son's killing by police sparked April riots, rose above her grief to become the icon of the city during a troubled time. For this, Cincinnati CityBeat names her 2001 Person of the Year. "At Cincinnati's defining moment in 2001, the world looked not to the city fathers for signs and hope but to a grieving woman whose poise and strength made her the closest we have to a mother of the city," writes Gregory Flannery.
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