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Ohio, national political strategist Arnold Pinkney dead at 83, Pinkney was campaign manager for the Rev Jesse Jackson's bid for U.S. president, he help make Cleveland politicians, spearheaded successful campaigns for schools levies, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, retired congressman Louis Stokes, Judge Angela Stokes, Cleveland NAACP President the Rev Hilton Smith, Cleveland SCLC Executive Director Rev E. T. Caviness were among those who made recent visits to Pinkney to say farewell, Congresswoman Fudge, State Representatives Barnes, Patmon comment

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The Rev Jesse Jackson (left) and Political Strategist Arnold Pinkney during Jackson's unsuccessful bid for U.S. president in 1984. Pinkney, who was Jackson's campaign manager that year and a political guru who help make and break Cleveland politicians, and who spearheaded  a  successful Cleveland schools operating in 1996 over all odds, died earlier today at the Hospice of the Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio. 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 MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio- Democratic pol

Obama, Rep. Fudge, Congressional Black Caucus members say U.S. Supreme Court decision to weaken Voting Rights Act hurts Blacks, poor people, is egregious, ..Ohio state Rep. Barnes Jr, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald comment against it too,.... a state lawmaker calls Justice Clarence Thomas an "Uncle Tom" around 5-4 ruling that strikes down provisional requirement under the Voting Rights Act for 15 states, including Ohio, to get federal approval to change state voting laws,... Fudge targets Republican Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted as reason for needing the provision,.... Ohio Gov. John Kasich is quiet on controversial issue

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Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge of Ohio (D-11), a Warrensville Hts.  Democrat  who also chairs the  Congressional  Black Caucus, speaks during a press conference with CBC members following the U.S. Supreme Court decision handed down on Tuesday  that   weakens  the Voting Rights Act, a federal law  enacted  in the 1960s to address   egregious  racial discrimination in voting. Pictured  behind  Fudge is seasoned Rep. John Conyers of Michigan. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 President Barack Obama WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a 5-4 ruling that President Obama and congressional Black Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-11