Clevelandurbannews.com looks back on its 2020 news coverage and unforgettable articles: Biden and Harris win presidency and vice presidency respectively, President Trump is impeached, Coronavirus plagues the country, Congressman John Lewis dies, Women's March Cleveland holds rally and march, Congresswoman Fudge nominated for HUD secretary by Biden, Riots break out in Cleveland, nationally over Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, Activists and Black leaders oppose Judge John O'Donnell's bid for the Ohio Supreme Court, City of Louisville settles Breonna Taylor police killing case for $12 million, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies, Ohio House votes 90-0 to remove Republican House speaker Larry Householder relative to a $60 million pay-to-play scheme, 'Hidden Figures' mathematician Katherine Johnson dies at 101, Kobe Bryant dies at 41, and more....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest
From left: Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, President-elect Joe Biden, Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, who has also been nominated by Joe Biden for HUD secretary, the late George Floyd, the late Breonna Taylor, the late U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the late Georgia Congressman John Lewis, and the late former NBA superstar and Los Angeles Laker basketball player Kobe Bryant
Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the 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.
By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor in chief. Coleman trained for 17 years as a reporter with the Call and Post Newspaper and is an investigative and political reporter with a background in legal and scientific reporting. She is also a former 15-year public school biology teacher.CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio-The year 2020 was a year of political discourse, coronavirus mishaps and racial strife, among other issues. Thousands died across America from a still raging pandemic that hit the nation with a vengeance and a new Civil Rights movement emerged behind excessive force killings by mainly White cops of so many innocent and unarmed Black people, a problem that remains out-of-hand.
Our most read article of 2020 is a digital article published online on May 28 announcing Cleveland's May 30 justice for George Floyd protest, which ultimately broke out in riots that day, and night, an article read by thousands that drew more than 7,400 Facebook likes and is titled: Cleveland activists to protest May 30 for justice for Minneapolis police murder victim George Floyd as riots erupt in Minneapolis....Floyd was Black and his killing by White cops follows Eric Garner by Staten Island police, and 12-year-old Tamir Rice by Cleveland police...
As the 2021 new year approaches Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com take a look back on 20 more of our most unforgettable articles of 2020 as follows (Click on the below article title to read the respective article):
Kamala Harris elected the first woman and first Black woman vice president of America as Democrat Joe Biden unseats President Donald Trump via a historic election....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com
Cleveland Channel 5 News TV coverage of the 500-person women's march in Cleveland on Oct 17, 2020 led and organized by Cleveland activist and Women's March Cleveland organizer Kathy Wray Coleman, and one of several marches nationwide this day (clevelandurbannews.com)
MAR10
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders cancel March 10 rallies in Cleveland after coronavirus hits Cleveland area, some 3 people infected to date in Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com
MAY
31
Riots breakout in downtown Cleveland during the rally for justice for George Floyd as police cars are torched and Mayor Frank Jackson calls for the National Guard and issues a curfew for residents....One protester was seriously injured (clevelandurbannews.com)
SEP
16
Louisville settles wrongful death lawsuit with Breonna Taylor's family for $12 million, which is double the amount that Cleveland settled the wrongful death lawsuit with the family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, Taylor and Rice gunned down by cops (clevelandurbannews.com)
Kobe Bryant dead at 41: The country, LeBron James, other fellow Black NBA greats mourn the passing of Kobe Bryant, an NBA basketball legend....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com
SEP 7
Cleveland activists, Black leaders oppose Judge John O'Donnell's bid for the Ohio Supreme Court, led by Councilman Kevin Conwell, O'Donnell a common pleas judge who acquitted former Cleveland cop Michael Brelo of manslaughter charges in a bench trial (clevelandurbannews.com)
DEC
23
Common Pleas judges in Cleveland illegally vote to suspend felony jury trials indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic as Black defendants who cannot afford bail remain locked down in a Cuyahoga County jail plagued with COVID-19 (clevelandurbannews.com)
DEC
9
Biden to nominate Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge for secretary of HUD after overlooking her for Agriculture secretary....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com
NOV
11
Inmate murdered in troubled Cuyahoga County Jail in Cleveland where more than 10 inmates have questionably died in the last two years or so....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com
SEP
19
Liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is dead at 87 and will there be a Republican rush to replace her before President Trump possibly leaves office next year? (clevelandurbannew s.com)
AUG
28
2020 March on Washington is today, the 57th anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington led by MLK....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com
JUL 30
Ohio House votes 90-0 to remove speaker Larry Householder, Householder and 4 others accused of a $60 million pay-to-play scheme steeped in claims of bribery and money laundering (clevelandurbannews.com)
JUL
18
Civil Rights icon Congressman John Lewis is dead at 80, Lewis the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom from then president Barack Obama and the son of sharecroppers who rose to become one of the most distinguished members of Congress (clevelandurbannews.com)
Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the 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.
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