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Seymour Avenue survivor Michelle Knight to speak at 5 pm today, May 6, 2017, at 2207 Seymour Avenue anniversary rally of the escape of the Seymour Avenue rape and kidnapping victims, her lawyer tells activist Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition via email... Coleman said that "we are excited and pleased to have a survivor and women's and children's advocate of Ms. Lee's (Michelle Knight) caliber to join us on this most worthy date for such a necessary remembrance event"....Call (216) 659-0473 for more information....By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Michelle Knight (  who now goes by the name of Lillian Lee) From left: Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and  Michelle Knight Convicted child rapist the late Ariel Castro www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper. By editor-in-chief Kathy Wray Coleman CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio-Seymour Avenue rape victim survivor Michelle Knight will join community members, led by community activist women, to remember the abduction, decade-long rape and escape of the Seymour Avenue victims from the wrath of convicted rapist Ariel Castro at an anniversary rally and march at 5 pm on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 2207 Seymour Avenue on the west side of Cleveland. (Editor's note: Bring protests signs and candles please and call the Imperial Women Coalition at 216-659-0473 for more information). Knight now goes by the name of Lillian Lee

Third-year anniversary of release from decade long captivity of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight was May 6.... Activist Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition led the last two anniversary rallies but did not lead one this year due to University Heights police harassment and threats, harassment from others involved in Cuyahoga County public corruption, and her attendance at the Kentucky Derby.....By www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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From left: Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight Serial rapist and child kidnapper Ariel Castro, who hanged hinself in prison while serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-23-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 Kathy Wray Coleman is the most read reporter in Ohio on Google Plus.  CLICK HERE TO GO TO GOOGLE PLUS WHERE KATHY WRAY COLEMAN HAS 2.7 MILLION READERS OR VIEWERS UNDER HER NAME AND IS OHIO'S MOST READ REPORTER ON GOOGLE PLUS  alone CLEVELAND URBAN

Press release: Rally May 6, 2015: Imperial Women Coalition, other activists groups, Cleveland councilpersons Mamie Mitchell and Brian Cummins, victims of violence to rally against violence against women and children on May 4, 2015 at 4:30 pm, at 2207 Seymour Avenue in Cleveland, the second anniversary of the rescue of Ariel Castro victims Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight and Amanda Berry....Call Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition at (216) 659-0473 for more information....A woman is raped every two minutes, data show....By Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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From left: Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-Chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com,  O hio's Most Read Online Digital Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com  K athy Wray Coleman is a community activist, legal and political reporter, and a 22- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio- Led by the Imperial Women Coalition, greater Cleveland community activists, elected officials (Cleveland councilpersons Mamie Mitchell and Brian Cummins), victims of rape and other violence, and others will rally at 4:30 pm Wednesday, May 6 at 2207 Seymour Avenue on Cleveland's west side where the home of convicted kidnapper and child rapist Ariel Castro once stood. For more information

East Cleveland serial killer's trial delayed until January over Prosecutor McGinty's objection, McGinty accused of getting the Cleveland Plain Dealer to do a negative article on Judge McDonnell, who refused his request for a trial this month, McDonnell had double lung transplant surgery in 2009 at the Cleveland Clinic

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Suspected serial killer Michael Madison  From left: Angela Deskins,  Shirellda Terry and  Shetisha Sheeley, the alleged victims of suspected serial killer Michael Madison  By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray 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 ) Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty CLEVELAND, Ohio-Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Nancy McDonnell last week set the trial date of accused serial killer Michael Madison for January 12, 2015, and over the objection of County Prosecutor Tim McGinty, who angrily told the judge that prosecutors were ready to go forward this month. The lawyers for Ma

Joan Rivers refuses to apologize for joke about Ariel Castro victims

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Famed Comedian Joan Rivers From left, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog  K athy Wray Coleman is a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com CLEVELAND, Ohio-Famed Hollywood comedian Joan Rivers has refused to apologize for a joke she made on Twitter and the Today Show on Tuesday where the 80-year-old compared living in the guestroom of her  daughter Melissa as part of their reality show  WEtv series “Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best?’’     to the captivity and small rooms that serial rapist and kidnapper Ariel Castro held victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight in for a decade.  "Those women in the basemen

By Kathy Wray Coleman: Ariel Castro Victim Michelle Knight to appear this week on "Dr Phil," Imperial Women, other local Cleveland activists groups applaud her courage, want town hall in Cleveland with Knight, Dr. Phil on violence against women issue, Knight canceled an appearance at the 4th Anniversary of the Imperial Avenue Murders Rally and Vigil just last week, activists call for Gina DeJesus and Amanda Berry to speak out too on violence against women

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From left, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight 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 ). Reach us by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com Dr. Phil CLEVELAND, Ohio- In her first highly publicized appearance since convicted serial rapist and kidnapper Ariel Castro, 53, hanged himself with a bed sheet from his prison cell at a southern Ohio prison  Michelle Knight, 32, whom Castro held captive for a decade along with Gina DeJesus and Amanda  Berry at his since demolished home on  Seymour Avenue on Cleveland's predominantly  White west side, will sit down for an interview with psychologist Phil McGraw on the popular syndicated NBC television show  " Dr. Phil ." The highly anticipated episodes will air at 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 5-6, on  WKYC Channel 3 . Ariel Castro at sentencin