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MLK Holiday: Interview with Ralph Abernathy III, whose late father, Ralph Abernathy Sr., marched with MLK.....Abernathy III, who has since died, said "my father and Uncle Martin [King] were like twins, and they even dressed alike sometimes, and Uncle Martin died in his arms" ....Read the one-on-one interview by Kathy Wray Coleman and Marc Churchill here as we remember the life and legacy of MLK.....Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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From left: The late Ralph David Abernathy III, his father, the late Ralph David Abernathy Sr., and the late Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. By Marc R. Churchill, staff reporter, and Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 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 LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Marc R. Churchill and Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio-Today, is Jan 17, 2020, a national holiday in observance of the late iconic Civil Rights leader the Re

Women to rally and march in Cleveland March 8, 2020 for International Women's Day before Ohio's primary election on March 17 with keynote speakers state Senator Sandra Williams, CCDP Chair and County Councilwoman Shontel Brown, state Representative Bride Rose Sweeney, and activist and CNN Hero Laura Cowan....Other speakers are state Senator Nickie Antonio, state Representative Juanita Brent, Billy Sharp of the Greater Cleveland Urban League Guild, activists Chaerima Chungag, Ayat Amin, Tammy Kennedy, Genevieve Mitchell, Art McKoy, Yvonne McKoy, and Alfred Porter Jr., and CNN Hero Brandon Chrostowski of Edwin's Restaurant.....Cuyahoga County Poet Laureate Honey Bell Bey will perform as well as drummers from the Cleveland Federation of Musicians Local 4....By head organizer Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also at the top in Black digital news in the Midwest

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From left: State Senator Sandra Williams, CCDP Chair and Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Shontel Brown, state Representative Bride Rose Sweeney, and activist and CNN Hero Laura Cowan. Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also at the top in Black digital news in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY MARCH CLEVELAND- 3 PM SPEECHES, MARCH 8 ON OUTSIDE STEPS OF CITY HALL WITH A 4PM MARCH TO PUBLIC SQUARE. INFO TEL AT (216) 659-0473: CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY MARCH CLEVELAND ON MARCH 8, 2020 CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chair Shontel Brown, the first Black woman to hold the post and also a Cuyahoga County council woman, state Rep Bride Rose Sweeney of Cleveland and activist and CNN Hero Laura Cowan will join State Sen Williams of C

Charter amendments to reduce Cleveland city council and slice members salaries are cancelled but will remain on the ballot with no votes tallied that come in regarding the initiative, the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections has said...Ohio's primary is March 17, 2020, and will include the Democratic primary election for president....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog

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Cleveland City Hall Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659 0473. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio -  The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections will not count any votes relative to  two charter amendments on the ballot for the March 17,  2020 primary election that would reduce Cleveland City Council and cut members salaries But the measures will remain on the ballot, election officials said Tuesday, because it is too late to remove them from the  ballot. The announcement comes after the group leading the initiative sought to withdraw the ballot measures beyond the 70-day time period required under state law, and city council, in turn, passed an ordinance on Monday that was signed by Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson that, in effect

Charter amendments to reduce Cleveland City Council and cut members salaries are withdrawn from ballot for Ohio's March 17, 2020 primary election that will include the election for Ohio's presidential primary....Cleveland remains the second most segregated city in the nation behind Boston....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog

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Cleveland City Hall Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659 0473. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio -Two charter amendments initially on the ballot in Cleveland for March 17,  2020, which is Ohio's presidential primary,  have been withdrawn, the effort to reduce the 17-member Cleveland City Council and cut council members salaries now history, at least for now. Clevelanders First, led by Cleveland restaurateur and Lakewood businessman Tony George and some activists, many of them suburbanites, made the announcement after meeting with east side Black pastors who were concerned the move could set up an east side-west side split in the city, a city divided along racial lines. The group, led by George, had collected the nece

President Trump to rally campaign supporters in Ohio on January 9, 2020.... By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also at the top in Black digital news in the Midwest

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United States President Donald Trump Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also at the top in Black digital news in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 As to the one-on-one interview by Coleman with Obama  CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief President Donald Trump will hold his first campaign rally of the New Year in the pivotal state of Ohio, the Republican incumbent president scheduled to rally supporters in the city of Toledo as the U.S. Senate prepares for an impeachment trial, and as the November 2020 presidential election nears. His

Cleveland Collinwood, Jane Addams and MLK high schools to be closed as will 4 other Black east side schools, some city councilmen, parents and community activists upset, activist Donna Walker -Brown saying the east side schools always take a hit while school officials make excuses for white schools to stay open on the west side....Walker-Brown joins State School Board Member Meryl Tolbert Johnson in calling the school closings recommendations by schools CEO Eric Gordon racist....Now under mayoral control, the largely Black school district was once under a desegregation court order for discriminating against Black children and their families....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blogs

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Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also top in Black digital news in the Midwest. We are also the most read women's rights digital newspaper and blog in Ohio, and in the Midwest Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio- The slated closings of historic public schools in Cleveland, Oh, a largely Black major American city, are causing an uproar, Collinwood, Jane Addams and Martin Luther King Jr high schools and some four k-8 schools, namely Case, Iowa Maple, Michael R. White and  Willow, the schools recommended by Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon for closing, all of them located on the city's largely Black east side. Cleveland voters approved a $200 million bond issue for school construction in 2014.