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A one-on-one interview with Peter Corrigan, candidate for Cuyahoga County executive, Corrigan supported by grassroots Black Cleveland activists upset over the overcrowding of the county jail, heightened county taxes, disarray and corruption in the offices of the county clerk of courts, auditor, and recorder, high Black unemployment, rampant foreclosure theft, legal system malfeasance, and a department of Job and Family Services that sees a plethora of poor Black children under its purview erroneously murdered each year....Corrigan's campaign manager, activist Donna Walker Brown, says his opponent, incumbent County Executive Armond Budish, who is the subject of an FBI and county public corruption probe, "has done nothing for Black people but to pontificate".....By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor 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. To advertise call us at Tel: (216) 659-0473 and email us at Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Peter Corrigan (pictured center and holding dog), candidate for Cuyahoga County executive relative to the November 6, 2018 election, poses with community activists and other community members supporting his campaign for office in front of the Zelma George Community Center on Cleveland's largely Black east side.  CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE OF PETER CORRIGAN FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY EXECUTIVE     CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE PETER CORRRIGAN FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY EXECUTIVE WEBSITE Peter Corrigan, candidate for Cuyahoga County executive B y Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone. To advertise call us at Tel: (216) 659-0473 and email us at Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW BY KATHY WRAY COLEMAN WITH PETER CORRIGAN, WHO IS RUNNING FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY EXECUTIVE RELATIVE TO T

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

Cleveland Councilman Jeff Johnson wins county Democratic party endorsement after board of elections rules his opponent Councilman Eugene Miller's vote that stopped it invalid because Miller changed his address, Miller faces another hearing August 27 as Johnson seeks to have his candidacy invalidated

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Cleveland Councilman Jeff Johnson By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Kathy Wray   Coleman is a former biology teacher and a 20-year investigative Black journalist who trained for some 15 years at the Call and Post Newspaper .  Reach Coleman by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com    CLEVELAND, Ohio-East side Cleveland Councilman Jeff Johnson has won the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party endorsement for the new ward 10,  a ward drawn earlier this year through redistricting to reduce city council from 19 to 17 seats effective next year and after the upcoming November election. The victory for Johnson from the Democratic party's executive committee comes after the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections deemed an endorsement vote by Councilman Eugene

Cleveland New Black Panther Party, Urban Education Justice League to hold anti-Cleveland schools property tax levy forum today at CSU, schools levy debate featuring Councilman Johnson, Donna Walker Brown and Kim Brown is Thurs, August 30, 6 pm, Lil Africa, 6816 Superior Ave. in Cleveland

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From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-The education committee of the Cleveland Chapter of the New Black Panther Party in cooperation with the Urban Education Justice League will host an educational forum in opposition to the Cleveland schools property tax levy from 6 pm to 8 pm on Monday, August 20, at Cleveland State University's Main Classroom Building, room 134, 2121 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland. For more information contact Al Porter at 216-704-5036. Donna Walker Brown, a community activist who says she will run for Cleveland mayor in 2013, told Cleveland Urban News.Com that she will speak at the event and  that she is against the schools levy because it is "the same ole levy with the same ole crooks to misappropriate the levy money." (Editor's Note: Walker Brown and Kimberly Brown will debate Cleveland Ward 8

Black leaders, activists, teachers, parents, oppose Mayor Jackson, Kasich's education plan, Activist to run for mayor in 2013

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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson (Photograph by The Cleveland Plain Dealer at Cleveland.com www.cleveland.com ) Donna Walker -Brown, below center, with community activist and Oppressed People's Nation Leader Ernest Smith , as Smith talks to a reporter at an educational rally. A Cleveland schools parent who has announced that she will run for mayor in 2013, Walker- Brown has led community protests against Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's recent educational plan and against the state law that gives the mayor control of the Cleveland Municipal School District. U.S. Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) Cleveland Teachers Union President David Quoke The late Federal District Court Judge George White The late Federal District Court Judge Frank Battisti Cleveland schools CEO Eric Gordon Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed Cleveland Ward 8 Councilman Jeff Johnson Educational activist and former Cleveland School Board Member Gerald C. Henley The Rev. Al Sharpton Kelley Williams-Bolar Ohio Gov.