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Cleveland Lee Harvard-Miles Heights community to host annual family unity day event on Saturday, September 1, 2018 at the Arthur Johnson Park in Ward 1, Councilman Joe Jones saying he will attend in support of the key organizer, "Ms. Dionne 'Lady D' Buchanan, who has been active and dedicated to the community for over 40 years."....."Ms Buchanan is wonderful to the community and strong in her conviction to what she believes to be helpful to those in need," sad Elaine Gohlstin, president and CEO of the Harvard Community Services Center, who is also president of the Black Women's PAC of greater Cleveland....Others associated with the annual unity day event that began in 1988 are Arvin Pratt, Marie Foster, Vernon and Wendy Henderson, and Gloria Little....Buchanan spearheaded the Lady D Drill Team and Drum Corp for decades to give Black children and teens a venue to express their talents and to stay out of trouble...Ward 1 has Cleveland's largest Black voting bloc....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of 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.

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Dionne "Lady D" Buchanan (far right) poses with some members of the Lady D Drill Team and Drum Corp of Cleveland Dionne "Lady D" Buchanan (far left) at a community event with her youngest daughter, April Buchanan (fourth from feft) 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 Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio-  The community will host its annual Miles Heights Community Family Day on

Mamie Till awards are given to Cleveland activists (from left) Mariah Crenshaw, Latonya Goldsby of Black Lives Matter, Betty Mahone and Donna Walker Brown, Crenshaw saying to the establishment in her acceptance speech that "we will fight you in the streets and take you down before you take everything that belongs to us.".....Walker Brown called Mamie Till, the late mother of famously lynched teen Emmett Till, her hero....Cassandra McDonald of the Euclid NAACP was the keynote speaker and Cherima Chungag, who leads the Black Women's Center, and Mikki Smith were the mistresses of ceremonies....The event was produced by activist Genevieve Mitchell and sponsored by the Black Women's Center in cooperation with the Cleveland African-American Museum....Others involved include activists David and Marva Patterson, Karen Abdul Nafi, Art McKoy, and Frances Caldwell of the African-American Museum, and Pastor Barbara Elkins...By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of 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

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From left: Greater Cleveland activists Mariah Crenshaw of East Cleveland, Latonya Goldsby of Black Lives Matter Cleveland, Betty Mahone of the Black Women's Federation and Donna Walker Brown of the Republican Inner City Movement of Cleveland pose  at an event on Aug 28 at the African-American Museum on Crawford Road in Cleveland  as recipients of the  Mamie Till Community Memorial and Courage Award 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

Black Mayor Andrew Gillum wins Florida's Democratic nomination for governor and could become Florida's first Black governor in November, the Bernie Sanders- endorsed Gillum pushing a progressive platform that includes a $15-an-hour minimum wage and medicare- for- all.... By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of 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

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Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum 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 Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief FLORIDA- Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, after winning an upset victory Tuesday night in  Florida's  Democratic gubernatorial primary, could become the state's first African-American governor if he wins the general election in November against U.S Florida Democratic primary. Rep. Ron DeSantis, the Trump-end

Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur comments on President Trump's proposed trade deal with Mexico, a new NAFTA the president says he will rename if congress approves the deal.....A Toledo Democrat whose ninth congressional district extends to Cleveland, Kaptur, the longest serving woman in congress, told Clevelandurbannews.com that "we must end the job outsourcing bonanza that has taken hold since NAFTA's passage in 1994, and details and the fine print matter more than a hasty self-proclaimed victory."....The congresswoman said that "any new NAFTA must raise wages and create a level playing field across the board"....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of 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.

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Ohio 9th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, a Toledo Democrat whose congressional district extends to Cleveland   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 Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- Ohio 9th Congressional District  Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, dean of the Ohio Delegation and the longest-serving woman in the U.S. House Representatives whose congressional district extends to Cle

Funeral arrangements announced: Retired Cuyahoga County Common Pleas judge Carl J. Character is dead at 88, and was a law partner with the Stokes brothers and a past president of the National Bar Association.... The late congressman Louis Stokes, whose late brother Carl Stokes was a former Cleveland judge and the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major American city, once described Judge Character on the floor of congress as a distinguished member of the judiciary and a former trial attorney who "represented a variety of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to welfare recipients and professional athletes." .... Character's daughter, Dea Character, told Clevelandurbannews.com that her father was "a great man and an unimaginable role model".... By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of 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

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Retired Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas judge Carl  J. Character, a past president of the National Bar Association, and his wife of many years, Dee Ann Character.  Judge Character, of Shaker Heights, passed away Aug. 24 at Veterans Hospital following a longtime battle with Lou Gehrig's disease 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 Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief REMEMBERING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF JUDGE CARL J. CHARACTER