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ACLU, League of Women Voters sue over new Ohio state law that reschedules Ohio's primary election and precludes in person and poll voting....They say it is unconstitutional and disenfranchises Blacks, other Ohio voters....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , the most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, COLUMBUS, Ohio- Led by the Ohio ACLU and the League of Women's Voters of Ohio, a coalition of voting rights advocates filed suit Monday in federal district court in opposition to a new state law adopted last week that precludes in person and poll voting and extends Ohio's primary election to April 28 via mail-in voting, an election delayed by Gov Mike DeWine for the March 17 primary in response to the coronavirus outbreak The lawsuit plaintiffs say the new state law, House Bill 197, is unconstitutional and disenfranchises voters by rushing the primary and denying in person voting and access to the polls, and that disenfranchised groups like Blacks are not accustom to mail-in v

Civil rights icon Rev. Joseph Lowery has died, Lowery a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama in 2009 and a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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The Rev Joseph Lowery is honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 by President Barack Obama, America's first Black president Rev. Joseph Lowery, a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a social justice icon often hailed as the “dean” of the American civil rights movement,  died on Friday night . He was 98 years old. A family representative  said  Lowery died of natural causes. During a lifetime devoted to civil rights activism, Lowery worked alongside leaders like Revs. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesse Jackson, and played a prominent role in organizing the protests, civil disobedience, and political pressure campaigns that helped combat institutionalized racial segregation in American life in the 20th century. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS FULL ARTICLE AT VOX.COM . Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest.Tel: (216) 659-0473 an

Cancelled due to coronavirus: Community to host 7th Anniversary of Cleveland E. 93rd St Serial Murders rally and vigil at noon on March 28, 2020, a stand-six-feet-apart rally and march at the intersection of E. 93rd St and Bessemer Avenue in Cleveland....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest

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THE BELOW E VENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS AND THE STAY HOME ORDER BY OHIO GOV MIKE DEWINE WE WILL RALLY NEXT YEAR. THANKS TO ALL ANYWAY.....KATHY WRAY COLEMAN, ORGANIZER, IMPERIAL WOMEN COALITION. STAY SAFE!!! Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. 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 . CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio-  Activists, family members of the murdered victims, and the community in general will hold a stand-6 feet apart-rally -and- vigil to remember Cleveland East 93rd Str

Paid for ad: Vote Donna Walker-Brown for State Central Committee District 21. Vote in Ohio's primary election, which has been extended to April 28 and permits mail-in voting . Paid for by the Committee To Elect Donna Walker Brown State Central Committeewoman

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -Vote Donna Walker-Brown for State Central Committee District 21 for Ohio's primary election, which has been extended to April 28 and permits mail-in voting. Paid for by the Committee To Elect Donna Walker -Brown State Central Committeewoman 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. Contact us for advertisements or otherwise at: Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com for ads or otherwise

The Ohio Senate passes legislation that turns Ohio's delayed primary into a no poll voting mail-in election, with a lawsuit possible...Voters rights advocates say the absence of poll voting disenfranchises voters...Governor DeWine stopped Ohio's March 17 primary due to the coronavirus, a decision Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, who is Black, condemned as irresponsible and problematic...The Ohio House must now vote on the measure...By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest

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Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , the most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, COLUMBUS, Ohio- The Republican-dominated Ohio Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed legislation that precludes the polls from opening since they were shut down by Gov Mike DeWine for the March 17 primary election but extends voting by mail until April 28, a bi-partisan deal reached between party leaders and proposed legislation that also does things such as prevent disconnection of water services during the coronavirus outbreak and makes provisions for high school students to graduate. Voters rights groups, who say the legislation is unconstitutional and disenfranchises voters by denying access to the polls, vow to sue. The measure, House Bill 197, now heads to the largely Republican

Ohio Supreme Court refuses to disqualify Black Cleveland Judge Pinkey Carr from hearing cases but orders her not to hold court during the coronavirus outbreak, a win for Carr, who, as a then assistant Cuyahoga County prosecutor, got Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell convicted on 82 of 83 counts after he murdered 11 Black women and raped 3 others at his since demolished home on Imperial Avenue in Cleveland...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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Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Pinkey Carr 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 Editorial by Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio- Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, via a journal entry issued on Wednesday, denied an affidavit of prejudice filed by Chief Cuyahoga County Public Defender Mark Stanton on behalf of his clients to permanently suspend Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Pinkey Carr from hearing any and all criminal and traffic cases for holding court during the coronavirus outbreak but did rule that Carr cannot hold court during the outbreak as ordered by Cleveland Administrative and Presiding Judge Michelle Earley, who is Black like Carr.  The state law or statute (R.C. 2701.031) for disqualifying a munic

Kamala Harris tops the list as Joe Biden's vice presidential running-mate choice and would be the first Black woman to run on a major party ticket in America....A former 2020 presidential candidate, Harris was endorsed for president by Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge....U.S. Rep James Clyburn of South Carolina says he wants a woman on the Democratic ticket and preferably a Black woman....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest

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U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, a California Democrat and former presidential candidate now on the short list purportedly by Joe Biden as a vice presidential running-mate Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest.   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  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, associate publsher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio- U.S. Sen Kamala Harris of California, the only Black woman to seek the 2020 Democratic nomination for president, though she suspended her campaign late last year, is at the top of the list for possible selection as the vice presidential running-mate for Democratic presidential front-runner former vice presid

Editorial: Temporarily suspended Cleveland Judge Pinkey Carr had authority to hold court during coronavirus outbreak, activist Kathy Wray Coleman says on WERE AM 1490 radio today on the Art McKoy radio show...Read why here....Her enemies say that because chief Cleveland Judge Michelle Earley ordered the court shut down, Carr allegedly violated an order when she held court anyway, though Earley had no such authority to make such an order and is, for the most part, Carr's judicial colleague, and not her boss....By 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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Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Pinkey Carr 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 Editorial by Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio- Community activist Kathy Wray Coleman, who leads imperial Women's Coalition, Women's March Cleveland and International Women's Day March Cleveland, discussed the temporary suspension this week from hearing cases of Black Cleveland Judge Pinkey Carr by the Ohio Supreme Court today on the Art McKoy University Show, WERE 1490 AM radio in Cleveland. The Ohio Supreme Court ordered her to stop hearing cases during the coronavirus outbreak until requests to remove her from several traffic and criminal cases are addressed by the court , requests made by the public defender's office with support fr