No Kings movement in Cleveland called out as racist and divisive by Women's March Cleveland...Black-led groups are shunned...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital new leader
Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio- "No Kings, Vote Early" rallies and marches were held across the U.S. On Sat., Oct., 17, 2026, including in Cleveland, a largely Black major American city. Some Black Cleveland activists, however, say the events sponsored in Cleveland are becoming increasingly questionable and run by White people who do not have a vested interest in the city. An event organized by the Cuyahoga Democratic Party and its White-led affiliates that was held at Market Square Park in the Ohio City on Saturday drew hundreds, down from the thousands that originally participated in other events. But no doubt, the No Kings movement that began in 2025 is losing its gusto as crowds are diminishing and Black groups, who ruled during the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s, are uninvited in place of upper-middle-class White suburbanites who do not have a vested interest in ...