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A Black History Moment From ClevelandUrbanNews.Com: Barack Obama became America's first Black president when he was elected in 2008, and Michelle Obama the country's first Black first lady....Kamala Harris is the first Black vice president of America and Lloyd Austin, the first Black secretary of defense....Crispus Attucks was the first Black man to die in a major American war, and Blacks still feel the vestiges of slavery through high unemployment and illegal incarceration rates, etc....Blacks were once deemed 3/5 of a person....Carl B. Stokes was the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major American city, and the late pop icon Michael Jackson remains a legendary figure....Blacks were first enslaved by their African ancestors before being brought to America in chains.... Other Black greats include Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, Nat King Cole, Maya Angelou, Garrett Morgan, Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge of Ohio, and former congress persons the late Louis Stokes and the late Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio....By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com editor-in-chief Kathy Wray Coleman, Ohio's most read Black newspaper and Black blog....Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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  Vice President Kamala Harris U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Former United States president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama Former president Barack Obama, the first Black president of the United States of America The late pop icon Michael Jackson The late former 11th congressional district congressman Louis Stokes, the first Black congressperson from Ohio The late Carl B. Stokes, the former mayor of Cleveland  and the first Black mayor of a major American city Current 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat The late Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the former congresswoman of the 11th congressional district of Ohio 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 C

A Black History Moment From ClevelandUrbanNews.Com: Barack Obama is America's first Black president and Michelle Obama is the country's first Black first lady, Crispus Attucks was the first Black man to die in a major American war, and Blacks still feel the vestiges of slavery through high unemployment and high incarceration rates....Blacks were once deemed 3/5 of a person....Carl B. Stokes was the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major American city, and the late pop icon Michael Jackson remains a legendary figure....Blacks were first enslaved by their African ancestors before being brought to America in chains.... Other Black greats include Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Nat King Cole, Maya Angelou, Garrett Morgan, Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge of Ohio, and former congress persons the late Louis Stokes and the late Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio....By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com editor-in-Chief Kathy Wray Coleman....Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Former United States president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama Former president Barack Obama, the first Black president of the United States of America The late pop icon Michael Jackson The late former 11th congressional district congressman Louis Stokes, the first Black congressperson from Ohio The late Carl B. Stokes, the former mayor of Cleveland  and the first Black mayor of a major American city Current 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat The late Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the former congresswoman of the 11th congressional district of Ohio 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

Basheer Jones and Soul Science Lab hip hop duo among performers in Cleveland for the Carl and Louis Stokes commemorative event, a free concert and stage production on the Civil Rights Movement and the legacy of the Stokes brothers at Tri-C metro auditorium on September 15, 2017 at 7:30 pm that is sponsored by University Hospitals, among others, and will also include performances by a host of local artists like Lucretia Bolden.... The late Carl B Stokes was the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major American city, and his older brother, the late Louis Stokes, was the first Black congressperson from Ohio....This year marks the 50th anniversary of Carl B. Stokes' historic election in 1967 as the nation's first Black mayor of a major city... By ClevelandUrbanNews.Com and KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog....Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email us news at: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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The  hip hop musical duo Chen Lo (left) and Asante Amin, who make up the  Brooklyn-based  hip hop group the Soul Science Lab, will perform in Cleveland on Sept 15, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. on Tri-C's main campus, a free and open-to-the public concert and stage production sponsored by  University Hospitals in partnership with the  initiative  “Stokes: Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future" Cleveland's Basheer Jones, a Morehouse graduate and community activist who is among the performers at the commemorative event on the legacy of Carl and Louis Stokes in Cleveland on Sept 15 Cleveland songster Lucretia Bolden is also among the performers at the commemorative event on the legacy of Carl and Louis Stokes in Cleveland on Sept 15 at Tri C, a local community college The Stokes brothers. The late Louis Stokes (left), a Civil Rights attorney and the first Black congressperson from Ohio, and the late Carl B. Stokes, a former Cleveland judge a

Black community prays for retired Ohio congressman Louis Stokes, who is seriously ill with lung and brain cancer, Stokes is Ohio's first Black congressperson and the brother of the late Carl B. Stokes, the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major American city....State Representative Bill Patmon comments, says Louis Stokes is a legend and is irreplaceable....By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor of Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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Retired 11th congressional district congressman Louis Stokes, and his wife, Jay Stokes. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 22-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under five different editors,  at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ).  SHAKER  HEIGHTS, Ohio-  Retired U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes of Shaker Heights, Ohio, the state's first Black congressperson and the only sibling of the late Carl B. Stokes, the first Black mayor of Cleveland and of a major American city, is battling lung and brain cancer, and is reportedly seriously ill. "I've made it my career in fighting for the people of Ohio, but now I must devote my time and