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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

Front -runner Hillary Clinton wins first Democratic presidential debate with poise, while Bernie Sanders holds his own....All 5 candidates court the Black vote and say that Black Lives Matter, and Clinton promotes her womanhood and said that a Democrat must succeed President Barack Obama....Clinton said that when Democrats stay home and do not vote, Republicans win the White House....By Cleveland Urban News.Com Editor-in-Chief Kathy Wray Coleman www.clevelandurbannews.com

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email:  editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 22-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under six different editors,  at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) LAS VEGAS, NEVADA-Poised, confident, and on point, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton (pictured) won the first Democratic presidential debate held Tuesday night in Las Vegas, Nevada, say political pundits, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (pictured) held his own.  Both were, by many accounts, a breath a fresh air from the Republicans, and they showed the depth of intellect and sensitivity to issues,  from poverty, to racism, to women's rights and voting rights, that have traditionally draw