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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson names Attorney Michael Bowen as his new campaign manager as the November general election nears....Bowen is Black and will take a temporary leave from his law practice to run Jackson's campaign.....He is the son of a late Shaker Heights councilperson, and he assisted with ousted Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty's campaign, and worked formerly for former Lakewood mayor Ed FitzGerald, also a former Cuyahoga County executive and unsuccessful 2014 gubernatorial candidate...Mayor Jackson faces councilman Zack Reed in November for a non-partisan runoff, Reed also choosing a new campaign manager this week....Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson (left) and his newly appointed campaign manager, Michael Bowen Clevelandurbannews.com  and  Kathywraycolemanonlinenews blog.com ,  Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one  when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTI RE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEA DER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-Cleveland, Ohio - Expanding and enhancing his campaign for the final weeks leading up to the Nov. 7 general election, where he will face Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed in a non-partisan runoff, Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson has named key additions to his campaign's leadership te
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East Cleveland mayoral primary election candidate Una Keenon to sue after board of elections refuses to place her name on the November ballot to oppose Mayor Brandon King, whom she came in second place to as a Democrat in the primary, Keenon and her attorney arguing that a city charter amendment mandates the top two candidates, without regards to partisanship, advance for the November election, the board of elections agreeing that the charter language is conflicting but saying a partisan primary election has precedence....For now, Mayor King faces Green Party candidate and community activist Devin Branch for the November election....East Cleveland is an impoverished Black suburb of Cleveland....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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Una H R Keenon waves to supporters at a campaign event at her campaign headquarters in East Cleveland prior to the Sept 12 primary election for East Cleveland mayor Pictured are  candidates for the 2017 Sept. 12 East Cleveland mayoral primary of Democrats Mayor Brandon King, Una H.R. Keenon, and Mansell Baker and Green Party candidate and community activists Devin Branch (Not pictured-Dana Hawkins Jr.). That election is now in discrepancy  per a city charter amendment in 2002 that has what some argue has conflicting language as to whether primary elections are partisan relative to primary elections in the 95 percent Black city, an impoverished suburb of Cleveland  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years a
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Dwyane Wade signs with the Cavaliers and reunites with LeBron James

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Dwayne Wade CLEVELAND, Ohio- It is worth remembering, as Dwyane Wade and LeBron James embark on their reunion in Cleveland, that Wade recruited James to join him in Miami seven years ago. As the headliners in a collective that also featured Chris Bosh, Wade and James crammed greatness into their four seasons as teammates on the Heat: four consecutive trips to the N.B.A. finals and two championships. It almost felt inappropriate, unbefitting of their excellence, that their run ended with a loss.  CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ARTICLE AT NEW YORK TIMES.COM Clevelandurbannews.com  and  Kathywraycolemanonlinenews blog.com ,  Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one  when he was campaignin
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Video where former Cleveland City Council president George Forbes vigorously curses and threatens investigative Cleveland TV reporter Carl Monday years ago at Cleveland City Hall until the late Hough councilwoman Fannie Lewis intervenes, Forbes of whom is also a former longtime Cleveland NAACP president....Remembering the antics of the once powerful George Forbes, also a Cleveland attorney, though part time since Forbes is now 86-years-old.... Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Video where former longtime Cleveland City Council president George Forbes vigorously curses and threatens investigative Cleveland TV reporter Carl Monday years ago (1984) at Cleveland City Hall until the late Hough councilwoman Fannie Lewis intervenes, Forbes of whom is also a former longtime Cleveland NAACP president. Remembering the antics of the once powerful George Forbes, also a Cleveland attorney, though part time since Forbes is now 86-years old.  Clevelandurbannews.com  and  Kathywraycolemanonlinenews blog.com ,  Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one  when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBA
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North Korea does not want war, but wants a deal like the Iran Nuclear Deal that Iran got under the Obama administration in 2015, some GOP federal lawmakers say as President Trump threatens to "totally destroy North Korea if necessary"....The Iran Nuclear Deal, pushed by Obama and supported by all of Ohio's congressional Democrats, including representatives Fudge, Kaptur, Beatty and Ryan, and Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Cleveland, is one of Obama's signature policy initiatives that President Trump wants scrapped, saying it is too lenient.... French President Emmanuel Macron warns against scrapping the Iran Nuclear Deal, a deal reached between the United States, Iran and five of the world powers, including France, as to Iran's controversial nuclear weapons program....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of ClevelandUrbanNews.Com and KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog....Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email us news at: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Former United States president Barack Obama  Clevelandurbannews.com  and  Kathywraycolemanonlinenews blog.com  ,  Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one  when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEA DER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- As tensions between the United States and North Korea increase, some GOP federal lawmakers, such as  Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona, say North Korea is really not looking for war but for a deal similar to the Iran Nuclear Deal reached under the Obama administration.  The con
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Memorial services for retired Cleveland judge Jean Murrell Capers announced...Capers, 104 at her death, was Black and also a community and women's rights activist, and the first Black councilwoman in Cleveland... By ClevelandUrbanNews.Com and KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog....Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email us news at: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Retired Cleveland Municipal Court judge and community activist Jean Murrell Capers who dies July 17, her memorial services set for Monday, September 25 in Cleveland Clevelandurbannews.com  and  Kathywraycolemanonlinenews blog.com  ,  Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one  when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEA DER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio -Memorial services for  retired Cleveland Municipal Court judge Jean Murrell Capers are set for  Monday, Sept 25 at 6 pm at Holy Trinity Baptist Church in Cleveland, 3842 Eat 131st Stre
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Basheer Jones and Soul Science Lab hip hop duo among performers in Cleveland for the Carl and Louis Stokes commemorative event, a free concert and stage production on the Civil Rights Movement and the legacy of the Stokes brothers at Tri-C metro auditorium on September 15, 2017 at 7:30 pm that is sponsored by University Hospitals, among others, and will also include performances by a host of local artists like Lucretia Bolden.... The late Carl B Stokes was the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major American city, and his older brother, the late Louis Stokes, was the first Black congressperson from Ohio....This year marks the 50th anniversary of Carl B. Stokes' historic election in 1967 as the nation's first Black mayor of a major city... By ClevelandUrbanNews.Com and KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog....Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email us news at: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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The  hip hop musical duo Chen Lo (left) and Asante Amin, who make up the  Brooklyn-based  hip hop group the Soul Science Lab, will perform in Cleveland on Sept 15, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. on Tri-C's main campus, a free and open-to-the public concert and stage production sponsored by  University Hospitals in partnership with the  initiative  “Stokes: Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future" Cleveland's Basheer Jones, a Morehouse graduate and community activist who is among the performers at the commemorative event on the legacy of Carl and Louis Stokes in Cleveland on Sept 15 Cleveland songster Lucretia Bolden is also among the performers at the commemorative event on the legacy of Carl and Louis Stokes in Cleveland on Sept 15 at Tri C, a local community college The Stokes brothers. The late Louis Stokes (left), a Civil Rights attorney and the first Black congressperson from Ohio, and the late Carl B. Stokes, a former Cleveland judge a
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