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Cleveland TV 5 evening and nightly news anchor Danita Harris reassigned to morning news anchor and Black activists want to know if her evening and nightly replacement will be a Black woman too...."We look forward to watching Danita Harris on the morning news and are watching to see who will replace this Black woman as evening and nightly news anchor at Channel 5 in Cleveland," said community activist Kathy Wray Coleman, who leads Imperial Women Coalition, Women's March Cleveland and International Women's Day March Cleveland. "And we call for more Black female anchors at mainstream television stations that serve Cleveland, a largely Black major American city"

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Cleveland Channel 5 News Anchor Danita Harris Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog, which are also top in the Midwest in Black digital news.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELANDURBANEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, OHIO — Longtime Cleveland Channel 5 news anchorwoman and reporter Danita Harris, who is Black, has been reassigned and will anchor Good Morning Cleveland, effective March 23, station officials announced Monday, which is  less responsibility from anchoring the 5, 6, and 11 p.m. newscasts where Harris worked alongside co-anchor Rob Powers and Power of 5 Chief Meteorologist Mark Johnson. A spokesperson for Channel 5 told  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com  that Harris' replacement for the evening and nightly news has not yet been chosen.  “Our viewers have had a relationship with Danita that runs 20-plus years, and her co