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Women's March Cleveland, activists to host Seymour Avenue 5th -year anniversary rally at 5 pm on May 6, 2018, 2207 Seymour Avenue in Cleveland with keynote speakers women's rights activists Laura Cowan, Kimberly F. Brown and Melissa Svigelj Smith of Badass Teachers Association, the rally of which will be led by activist Kathy Wray Coleman, a former Cleveland John Marshall High School biology teacher, and on the 58th-year anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1960....Other speakers include family members of raped and murdered women and girls, and activists Marion Clarke of Planned Parenthood, Olga Rosado of the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Rev Cynthia Smith of Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, Khalid Samad, Genevieve Mitchell, Patrice Brown, Angela Y. Davis, Don Bryant, Alfred Porter Jr, Dr. Stewart and Valerie Robinson,and Princess Dicee Moore....Call 216-659-0473 for more information....The 5th year anniversary is regarding the escape 5 years ago from decade long captivity of kidnapping victims Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight.... By 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 are Seymour Avenue kidnapping victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who now goes by the name Lily Rose Lee. May 6, 2018 marks the 5th-year anniversary of their escape from decade-long captivity from the 'House of Horrors' on Seymour Avenue on Cleveland's west side.  Keynote speakers for the Seymour Avenue 5th-year anniversary rally on May 6, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio are, from left, activist and CNN hero Laura Cowan, activist and public school teacher Melissa  Svigelj   Smith,  state Representative Nickie Antonio (D-13), and activist and journalist Kimberly F. Brown of the Brown Report Newspaper. (Editor's note: Antonio was a no show for the rallyt who failed to notify organizrs ahead of time that show would not be attending). 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: edit...