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Clevelandurbannews.com reprint of one-on-one interview with John Legend by Kathy Wray Coleman as he campaigned for Barack Obama's presidential reelection bid in Ohio, Legend winning an Emmy for 'Jesus Christ Superstar' on September 9, 2018 to become the first Black man to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony ....Our interview herein is a one-on-one interview that reveals Legend's intellectual depth and his sensitivity to social ills impacting the Black community and others, and it was undertaken per the Obama campaign....Legend is a native of the pivotal state of Ohio....This reprint interview is by editor Kathy Wray Coleman and reporter Marc Churchill 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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Former United States President Barack Obama (left) and  singer songwriter and producer John Legend, the first Black male artist to earn and Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony and thus, EGOT status. 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 . Below is a reprint of our one-on-one interview with music legend John Legend when he was campaigning in Ohio for Obama's reelection as the nation's first Black president. It was originally published on S

President Obama to speak in Selma today at 4:00 pm to commentate the 50th anniversary of the voting rights march there across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed months later....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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President Barack Obama in March 2007 as a then junior senator from Chicago, Illinois during the annual anniversary of the 'Bloody Sunday' march in Selma, Alabama. Selma protesters were viciously attacked and beaten by police 50 years ago on March 7, 1965,  for  attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma in protest of  voting rights issues. Months later, in August 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which is now under attack, say Obama, and Black Civil Rights leaders and some Democratic politicians from across the country. (Photo compliments of Getty Images). By Kathy Wray Coleman , editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's leaders in Black digital  news.     Coleman is a 22-year investigative journalist and political and legal reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com

Oscars 2015: The full list of winners, John Legend talks incarceration of Black men and voting rights during his Oscar acceptance speech, Legend also talked voting rights in a one-on-one- interview with Cleveland Urban News.Com in 2012 as he campaigned in Ohio for the reelection of President Obama....Watch the moving Oscar performance of 'Glory' by Legend and Common here at Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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John Stephens (John Legend) (right) and Lonnie Lynn (Common) won the Oscar for best original song for 'Glory,' from the film Selma. During his acceptance speech, Legend spoke on voting rights and the high rate of incarceration of Black men in America. Selma lost in the category of best picture to Birdman. (Photo by Getty Images). Watch the 2015 Oscars performance of 'Glory' by Legend and Common in the video below, a moving performance that drew a standing ovation . By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473.  Coleman is a community activist and 21-year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  LOS ANGELES, California- Ohio native John Legend and hip hop artist Com

President Obama sworn in on MLK holiday for second term, president mentions Civil Rights, women's rights, gay rights in inaugural speech, First Lady Michelle Obama simmers in red at inaugural ball, Congressional Black Caucus Chairperson Marcia L. Fudge says Obama's election and reelection as the first Black president signifies the 'strength of the American democracy,' Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Stevie Wonder among stars that performed, Ohio native and Grammy award winning artist John Legend was there too, Legend said that had Romney won for president women and the economy would have suffered tremendously

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United States President Barack Obama takes the oath of office for a second term as president next to First Lady Michelle Obama at a swearing in ceremony on Jan 21, the day that Americans also celebrated the national holiday of slain Civil Rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.     By Johnette Jernigan and Kathy Wray Coleman, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.cleve landurbannews.com ) WASHINGTON, D.C.- Before over a half a million people that took to the nation's capital for inaugural activities on the holiday commemorating the birthday of slain Civil Rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Democratic President Barack Obama, the first Black president of the United States of America, took the oath of office for a second term yesterday with First Lady Michelle Obama by his side and daughters Malia and Sasha a stone's throw away. The late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King J