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Michael Eric Dyson to speak in Cleveland at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church at PJPC event on July 15, three days before the July 18 opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland....Dyson is a Black academic scholar, motivational speaker and radio host who has commented on both President Obama and Hillary Clinton....Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders spoke at Olivet in March, days before Ohio's March, 15 Democratic primary....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper

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Dr. Michael Eric Dyson ( 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 TO SEE THE 2.9 MILLION READERS AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM AND THE KATHY WRAY COLEMAN ONLINE NEWS BLOG.COM ON GOOGLE PLUS AND THIS IS IN ADDITION TO FACEBOOK, TWITTER, EMAILS AND MILLIONS OF READERS ON OUR WEBSITE AND BLOG CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio - American  academic , author, and radio host Dr. Michael Er

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church on Cleveland's largely Black east side and brings former Ohio senator Nina Turner and Dr. Cornel West with him....Olivet senior pastor the Rev Dr. Jawanza Colvin also spoke as did Dr. Rhonda Y. Williams, an associate professor and director of the Social Justice Institute at Case Western Reserve University and co-chair of the Cleveland Community Police Commission....Turner and West, who were recognized but did not speak at the forum, spoke one-on-one with Cleveland Urban News.Com at the event....The majority Black audience gives Sanders several standing ovations....By Rhonda Crowder and Kathy Wray Coleman, www.clevelandurbannews.com

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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, speaks in Cleveland, Ohio at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church on the city's largely Black east side on Saturday, March 5, 2016, just 10 days before Ohio's March 15 primary. To the left of Sanders is the Rev. Dr. Jawanza Karriem Colvin, senior pastor at Olivet. (Photo by Rhonda Crowder) The tentative audience  gives Sanders a standing ovation as he leaves the stage after speaking  to a crowd at the prominent Olivet Institutional Baptist  Church in Cleveland, Ohio  (Photo by Rhonda Crowder) The Rev. Dr. Jawanza Karriem Colvin, senior pastor at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio Dr. Rhonda Y. Williams, an associate professor of history at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio, founder and director of the Social Justice Institute at CWRU, and co-chair of the Cleveland Community Police Commission. Williams also spoke at the town

Updated: Funeral services for Call and Post Editor Connie Harper are Saturday, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority to hold ceremony on Friday, NNPA president and former national NAACP executive director Ben Chavis talks one-on-one with Cleveland Urban News.Com on Harper, calls Harper a 50-year Civil Rights advocate who understood the significance of the Black press, Chavis was an assistant to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Connie Harper 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. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative and political journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years under five different editors at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's most prominent Black press)   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- Funeral services for  Call and Post Newspaper Assoc. Publisher and Exec. Editor Constance "Connie" Harper are Saturday, Nov 1 at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, 8712 Quincy Avenue, on Cleveland's largely Black east side, a family spokesperson said earlier today. The wake is at 9:30 am and funeral services are at 10:30 am. Arrangements are entrusted to E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home. ( www.efboyd.com ). Also, Harper's sorority sisters o

Updated: Arnold Pinkney laid to rest, Olivet Church Pastor Dr. Jawanza Colvin gives dynamic eulogy, Rev Moss, retired Congressman Stokes among keynote speakers, Congresswoman Fudge, former Governor Celeste, Governor Kasich, Ed FitzGerald, U.S. Sen Sherrod Brown, Mayor Frank Jackson, former Cleveland Mayor Michael R. White among dignitaries there, Cleveland Urban News.Com gets separate comments from Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty, Cleveland Councilman Jeff Johnson, State Senator Shirley Smith, State Representative Bill Patmon and Bill 'Silver B' Richards

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Arnold Pinkney By  Kathy Wray Coleman 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  (Cleveland Urban News.Com Reporter Johnette Jernigan contributed to this story)   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Johnette Jernigan is a reporter at Cleveland Urban News.Com and  K athy Wray Coleman is  an editor at Cleveland Urban News.Com and   community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black  press with  print  newspapers  in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio (Read the article below for the list of dignitaries that attended the funeral of Political Strategist  Arnold  Pinkney, including mayors, governors, state and federal lawmakers, members of Cleveland  City  Council, and Black clergy) The funeral of Political Strategist Arnold Pinkney d

Funeral services for renowned political strategist Arnold Pinkney are Saturday morning at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland, Mayor Jackson comments on his passing, Mayor Jackson, George Forbes, Rev Caviness, retired congressman Stokes, Cleveland NAACP President the Rev Hilton Smith, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald, Governor Kasich, Bill Pickard, State Senator Shirley Smith, State Representatives John Barnes Jr., Bill Patmon and Armond Budish, and Call and Post Associate Publisher and Executive Editor Connie Harper are among those slated to attend, Rev Jesse Jackson, Rev Al Sharpton likely not to attend

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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    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press with  print  newspapers  in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio Arnold Pinkney CLEVELAND, Ohio- Funeral services for Democratic political strategist Arnold Pinkney, a former Cleveland school board president and Cleveland mayoral candidate who was the campaign manager for the Rev Jesse Jackson's campaign for president, and who help make local Cleveland politicians and also  spearheaded successful schools levy campaigns,  are Saturday, January 18 at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church  in Cleveland, 8712 Quincy Ave. Family visitation