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Community Activist Kathy Wray Coleman speaks to reporters Friday night, November 29, 2013, at Heritage Middle School in East Cleveland at a first anniversary rally and vigil for justice for Malissa Williams and Tim Russell, both Black, both unarmed, and both shot at 137 times and killed by 13 White Cleveland police officers, photo by Community Activist Laura Cowan, at the rally Coleman called for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine to push for an indictment of criminal charges against the police officers or to 'step down' from their political jobs, Plain Dealer Newspaper, the Northeast Ohio Media Group, and Cleveland news channels 5, 3, 8 and 19 cover event

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Photo by Community Activist Laura Cowan, a domestic violence and rape survivor and computer analyst at the Cuyahoga County Metropolitan Housing Authority in Cleveland.  CLEVELAND, Ohio-Community Activist Kathy Wray Coleman speaks before reporters on Nov. 29, 2013 at Heritage Middle School in East Cleveland, Ohio at the first anniversary rally and vigil for gunned down unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Tim Russell, both shot with 137 b ullets heading at them following a Cleveland police car chase that began in downtown Cleveland and ended in neighboring East Cleveland on Nov. 29, 2012.  Read the story on this event at  www.clevelandurbannews.com . Pictured to the right of Ms. Coleman in the red hat is the mother of Malissa Williams, and in the wheelchair is Malissa Williams' grandmother. Also pictured is Community Activist Ernie Smith, in the yellow shirt, of the Oppressed People's Nation, who led the rally and vigil, both organized by several groups including Black on Blac

Plain Dealer and NOMG article on November 29 first anniversary rally and vigil of deadly 137 shots tragic shooting of unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Tim Russell by 13 all non-Black Cleveland police officers, also get this Plain Dealer article on the stands today, November 30, 2013

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By  Cory Shaffer | Northeast Ohio Media Group   (NOMG) Email the author  |  Follow on Twitter   on November 29, 2013 at 2:30 PM, updated  November 29, 2013 at 9:40 PM Malissa Williams and Tim Russell CLEVELAND, Ohio – The number 137 is standing out to many community groups in Cleveland like few others. That’s the number of shots 13 Cleveland  police officers fired at Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams a year ago Friday , ending a 25-minute police chase across Cleveland into neighboring East Cleveland. And 365 days later, some of those  community groups  say they have seen little done to correct “the worst catastrophe in the police department’s history.” ( Read on below or  CLICK THIS LINK HERE TO READ THE FULL PLAIN DEALER STORY AT CLEVELAND.COM AND TO WATCH THE ASSOCIATED VIDEO  ) “Ninety percent of the people we talk to in the community feel that Malissa and Timothy have not gotten any justice,” said Art McKoy, founder of Black On Black Crime. The r

Updated Press Release: Yvonne Pointer, Imperial Avenue Murder victim's sister are among keynote speakers at Imperial Women Coalition of Imperial Women and other activists groups' 4th Anniversary of the Imperial Avenue Murders Rally and Vigil at 5:30 pm on Imperial Avenue in Cleveland on October 29, 2013 with community activists, victims, victims families , elected officials, Black clergy

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From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black news venues  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 Convicted rapist and serial killer of 11 Black women Anthony Sowell, who sits on death row while his convictions are on appeal. Tuesday, October 29, 2013 marks the fourth anniversary of the day the first of the 11 bodies was removed from his since demolished home on Imperial Avenue on Cleveland's largely Black east side in 2009. CLEVELAND, Ohio-The Imperial Women Coalition of the Imperial Women and other local community activists groups, with support from the Baptist Ministers Conference of greater Cleveland and other area Black clergy, will host "The 4th  Anniversary  o f the  Imperial Avenue Murders Rally  And  Candlelight Vigi l And Universal Call To Find Missing Women And Children&q

Activist Kathy Wray Coleman, rape victim Christine Wilson to guest on WZAK's 93.1 FM Woman to Woman radio talk show hosted by Kym Sellers at 6:30 am on Sunday, October 20, 2013, Coleman to discuss the upcoming 4th Anniversary of the Imperial Avenue Murders Rally and Vigil on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 5:30 pm at E. 123rd St and Imperial Avenue in Cleveland, serial killer Anthony Sowell sits on death row

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Kym Sellers (Host of  Woman To Woman On WZAK 93.1 FM and "The Quiet Storm.") By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black news venues  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )   Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio- Community Activist Kathy Wray Coleman and rape victim Christine Wilson, whose daughter and granddaughter were also allegedly raped, are the guests on WZAK 93.1 FM radio in Cleveland on the Kym Sellers radio show of Woman to Woman ( Woman To Woman On WZAK 93.1 FM )  at  6:30 am on Sunday, October 20, 2013. Coleman discusses the epidemic of rape and murder against women of greater Cleveland across racial lines and the upcoming 4th Anniversary of the Imperial Avenue Murders Rally and Candlelight Vigil, which is at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, October 29 at  East 123rd Street and Imperial Ave

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East Cleveland City Council candidates to debate issues on October 5, 2013 at 1 pm at the East Cleveland Public Library

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black news venues  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio-The Ohio Eighth District Caucus group, an organization founded by former East Cleveland City councilman Charles Bibb, a longtime affiliate of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, will host a candidates debate forum on community issues for those seeking election or reelection to one of three of five city council seats up for grabs in November in East Cleveland on  Saturday, October 5, 2013.The event begins at 1 pm at the East Cleveland Public Library, 14101 Euclid Avenue. A majority  impoverished suburb of Cleveland, the city has some 18,000 residents. For more information contact Senior Spokesman Charles E. Bibb at 216-659-4619. The election is November 5 as no pr

President Obama leads 50th anniversary ceremony of Civil Rights March on Washington, Congressional Black Caucus chair Rep. Fudge of Ohio among speakers, Fudge said that Congress must pass a jobs bill to help Blacks, all Americans and that "it is up to Congress to make sure no child goes hungry to school or bed," Bill Clinton said that "a Democracy does not make it harder to vote than an assault weapon"

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President Barack Obama and Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-11) of Ohio, who is also chair of the Congressional Black Caucus of  Blacks in Congress By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland  Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ). Reach us by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at  editor@clevelandurbannews.com .  Kathy Wray   Coleman is a former biology teacher and a 20-year investigative Black journalist who trained for some 15 years at the Call and Post Newspaper . "Because they marched, America changed, the doors of equal opportunity swung open...."  President Barack Obama  at the 50th  anniversary ceremony on the March on Washington on August 28, 2013 "But a great Democracy does not make it harder to vote than an assault weapon..." Former President Bill Clinton  at the 50th  anniversary ceremo

Congresswoman Fudge among speakers for Cleveland march and program at 6 pm at Public Auditorium on August 28 to commemorate 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, sponsors include Urban League, NAACP, NAN, SCLC

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland  Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ). Reach us by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at  editor@clevelandurbannews.com .  Kathy Wray   Coleman is a former biology teacher and a 20-year investigative Black journalist who trained for some 15 years at the Call and Post Newspaper . Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) CLEVELAND, Ohio-The  Greater Cleveland Urban League, Greater Cleveland National Action Network, Cleveland NAACP, and the Cleveland Chapter Southern Christian Leadership Conference will sponsor a symbolic march on Washington to commentate the 50th anniversary  of the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 beginning a 6 pm at Mall A at Public Auditorium in downtown Cleveland. After a 6:15 pm rally participant

Press Release: Press conference, rally and balloon launch, Friday, August 2, 2013, 5 pm by greater Cleveland community activists with Black clergy, Black elected officials, family members of fallen and raped women, intersection near Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland

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From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read online Black newspaper. ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com    To: All Media, For Immediate Release, From Kathy Wray Coleman, Imperial Women activists group.  (Note-The women will lead the rally with support from the men since it is a women's issue)    What: Re: Press Conference, rally and balloon launch on behalf of fallen and raped women and women subjected to other acts of violence and to call for federal, state and county assistance from President Obama, Governor Kasich and Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald by community activists, Black women and victims families with support from Greater Cleveland Black clergy.  When/Where: Friday, August 2, 2013 at 5 pm  near the intersection of Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland where the bodies of

Press Release: 5pm press conference, balloon launch and rally on Friday, August 2, 2013 near intersection at Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland where the bodies of 3 Black women were found for greater Cleveland Black clergy, the Cleveland NAACP, community activists, Black elected officials, others to call for President Obama and Ohio Gov. John Kasich to declare a state of emergency as to missing women and violence against women in Cleveland and East Cleveland, groups want Obama and Kasich to bring in national guard to search abandoned and vacant buildings for missing women, groups also want other resources, and for a countywide missing persons unit and center, rally organizers include the United Pastors in Mission, the East Cleveland Concerned Pastors for Progress, the Baptist Ministers Alliance, Imperial Women, Audacity of Hope Foundation, Oppressed People's Nation, Peace in the Hood, the Task Force for Community Mobilization, the Carl Stokes Brigade, the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, the Women's Federation

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From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read online Black newspaper. ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com    CLEVELAND, Ohio- The United Pastors in Mission, East Cleveland Concerned Pastors for Progress, and the Baptist Ministers Conference will hold a press conference, balloon launch and rally with Cleveland NAACP officials, community activists and Black elected officials on Friday August 2, 2013 at the southwest corner of the intersection of Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland near where the bodies of 3 Black women were found two weeks ago by police in a fetal position and in plastic bags.  Greater Cleveland's Black clergy, led by Bishop Tony Minor of Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry in Cleveland, Pastor David Hunter of Bright Star Missionary Baptist Church in East Cleveland,  Pastor Shawn Braxton of Ne

Ariel Castro to be sentenced to life in prison August 1 for kidnapping raping and holding Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight captive in his Cleveland, Ohio home for more than nine years

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Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight CLEVELAND, Ohio- Serial rapist and kidnapper Ariel Castro, 52, who held Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight captive at his west side home on Seymour Avenue in Cleveland, Oh. for more than nine years. will be sentenced to life in prison plus one thousand years without the possibility of parole on August 1. He is expected to speak as is one of his victims, all three of whom were fed only one meal a day and allowed two to three showers a week, court documents reveal.  Kidnapper and Serial  Rapist Ariel Castro DeJesus was 14 when Castro kidnapped her, Berry's was nearly 17 and Knight, who is disabled, was 21. All three were lured into his van and DeJesus was a friend of Castro's daughter, who has disowned him. Her mother died during the captivity period and was allegedly a victim of his domestic violence. Berry has a daughter by Castro, who has asked to see her as part of his life-in-prison plea deal.  DeJesu