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Congresswoman Marcia Fudge's Senate committee hearings for her nomination for HUD secretary to resume this week....Fudge's largely Black congressional district includes Cleveland....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest

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Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH)   Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest, and the most read independent digital news in Ohio.   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 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, WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will resume committee hearings on Monday morning

Iconic actress and Civil Rights advocate Cicely Tyson is dead at 96....The Oscar-nominated actress won Emmy, Tony and other prestigious awards, including the Presidential Metal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2016

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     President Barack Obama bestows the Presidential Medal of Freedom on iconic actress and Civil Rights advocate Cicely Tyson in 2016. Tyson died Jan 28. She was 96. NEW YORK -Emmy and Tony-award winning actress  Cicely Tyson , a Civil Rights advocate and pioneer and pacesetter for Black women in theater, film and television who is best known for starring roles in iconic films such as  “ Sounder ,”  and  “ The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman .”  died on Thursday.    She was 96. Funeral arrangements are pending Tyson's career spanned some 65 years. Sounder brought her a nomination for best actress. In addition to her Screen Actor Guild Award, her Tony Award, her Emmy Awards, and her Black Reel Awards, Tyson received several other honors, including  induction into the  Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame .  In 1980, she received the Golden Plate Award of the  American Academy of Achievement Tyson was a recipient of the prestigious  Kennedy Center Honors  in 2015 and  was awarded the Un

Senate committee hearings begin for HUD secretary nominee Marcia Fudge, a Democrat whose largely Black 11th congressional district includes Cleveland and who has support from both of Ohio's U.S. senators, namely Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman...By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of clevelandurbannews.com and kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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  Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH)   Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest, and the most read independent digital news in Ohio.   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 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, WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs senate committee hearings began on Thursday for

Michelle Obama named the most admired woman in the world, ahead of Kamala Harris, Melania Trump and Oprah.... By Clevelandurbannews.com and-Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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  Former first lady Michelle Obama Clevelandurbannews.com and- Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog. 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 - Former first lady Michelle Obama, the nation's first Black first lady who graced the White House from 2009-2017 with her husband Barack Obama, a two term former president and the nation's first Black president, is the most admired woman in the world,    according to a recent Gallup poll .   She placed ahead  of Vice President Kamala H

$15 federal minimum wage increase bill introduced by U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown of Cleveland, Bernie Sanders, some other Democrats, a bill dubbed the Raise the Wage Act of 2021.... By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown, a Cleveland Democrat, and Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Democrat 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. 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 . B y Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-WASHINGTON, D.C . – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), a Cleveland Democrat and senior member of Congress, is joining some fellow Democrats, including Sen Bernie Sanders of Vermont, in pushing for federal legislation that would raise the fed

Felony bond set for Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's grandson

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  Frank Q. Jackson, the grandson of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, the city's third Black mayor 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. 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, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Oh io- Frank Q. Jackson, the 24-year-old grandson of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, turned himself in to Parma police at 3 am Sunday morning in response to a warrant issued last week out of Cleveland, and in r