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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

Dick Peery, a retired Plain Dealer Newspaper journalist, former longtime president of the writer's Guild union at the Plain Dealer, former Call and Post Newspaper reporter and current community activist, is among honorees at Fairfax Business Association affair on Saturday, December 7, at 6 pm at Fairfax Place in Cleveland, keynote speaker is Woodmere Mayor Charles E. Smith, also read much of this article in this week's print edition of the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's most prominent Black press, Call and Post to cover event

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CLEVELAND, Ohio- Retired Plain Dealer reporter Richard Peery, also a former reporter for the Call and Post Newspaper, is among eight attendees that will receive community service awards on Saturday, Dec 7 at the annual community affair of the Fairfax Business Association (FBA). The event will be held at Fairfax Place in Cleveland, 9014 Cedar Avenue. Tickets are $50. For more information contact Betty Mahone at 216-926-8003. Since retiring Peery, who was also a longtime president of the writer's Guild union at the Plain Dealer, has continued his activism in the community, rallying with community activists and others around violence against women issues in  greater Cleveland, a stand your ground bill in the Ohio State General Assembly, and police brutality. Woodmere Mayor Charles E. Smith The keynote speaker is Charles E. Smith, the mayor of Woodmere Village in Ohio. Other award recipients include Wesley Toles, Jackie Sutton, Shirley Thompson, Tim Willis, Leon