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Cleveland's Black activists support Judge Michael Nelson's call for a federal takeover of the Cuyahoga County Jail with activists protesting May 23 after 9 recent jail deaths, Nelson also calling for a consent decree for jail reforms....Community activists Brenda Bickerstaff, Frances Caldwell and Alfred Porter Jr. of Black on Black Crime Inc. comment....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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From left: Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Michael Nelson Sr., also a former Cleveland NAACP president, and Black greater Cleveland activists Brenda Bickerstaff, Frances Caldwell, and  Alfred Porter Jr. of Black on Black Crime Inc. 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@clevelandurbanne ws.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 Kathy Wray Coleman, investigative reporter, editor-in-chief Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com -CLEVELAND, Ohio-   Black Cleveland com

Ohio Governor John Kasich signs legislation to block union-pushed $15 an hour minimum wage increase effort, a wage increase that Mayor Jackson, City Council President Kevin Kelley opposed with Councilman Jeff Johnson, who backed the wage increase measure, vowing to unseat Jackson next year.....Cleveland NAACP President Michael Nelson Sr. blasted Jackson and Kelley over the issue at a recent Ohio Democratic Party meeting in Cleveland....Jackson and Kelley called the issue impractical and against economic recovery efforts.....Greater Cleveland Black state legislators, namely State Senator Sandra Williams and state representatives Barnes Jr, Patmon, Howse and Boyd, voted against the new law that blocked the minimum wage increase effort....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Ohio Governor John Kasich Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley Cleveland Ward 10 Councilman Jeff Johnson Cleveland NAACP President Michael Nelson Sr. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-24-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now 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 .  (Note: A former biology teacher and longtime Cleveland activist, Coleman is the most read reporter in Ohio on Google Plus with some 3.5 million views). CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, COLUMBUS, Ohio

African-American Museum of Cleveland to host capital improvement fundraiser moderated by 19 Action News Anchorman Harry Boomer on April 15, 2016....Supporters of the event include community activists, Cleveland councilmen Conwell, Dow, Polensek and Jeff Johnson, Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Yvonne Conwell, and former Ohio senator Shirley Smith...The event is from 5 pm to 8 pm and is not at the museum but at 1575 East 108th Street in Cleveland at the University Circle Bed and Breakfast....Donations will be accepted at the door also.....Call museum executive director Frances Caldwell at 216-374-2899 for more information.....The program, for purposes of media attendance, will begin at 5:45 pm....By Editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Executive Director Frances Caldwell stands in front of the temporarily closed African-American Museum of Cleveland in the Huff area on the city's largely Black east side. A capital improvement fundraiser is scheduled for Friday, April 15 from 5 pm -8 pm at the University Circle Bed and Breakfast in Cleveland to raise monies for insurance for a $150,000 grant allocated in the state budget for much needed repairs to the historical building, a Cleveland landmark www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com, We have more than three million projected Internet viewers via Google Plus, Facebook, our website and blog, Twitter, and elsewhere. Thanks for reading us. Cleveland 19 Action News anchorman and reporter Harry Boomer By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio- The African-American Museum of Cleveland will host a ca