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Black elected officials shun Sharpton's 100 cities Cleveland rally for Trayvon, local mainstream media refuse to mention NAN and NAACP's call for Florida boycott, federal charges against Zimmerman at rally, Cleveland News Channels 5 and 3 ignore Saturday's Cleveland rally completely, President Obama at issue, Black elected officials say

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Greater Cleveland National Action Network President Marcia McCoy ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Kathy Wray   Coleman is a former biology teacher and a 20-year investigative Black journalist who trained for some 15 years at the Call and Post Newspaper .  Reach Coleman by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com    CLEVELAND, Ohio- The mainstream majority White media in Cleveland, Oh virtually ignored the call by  the Greater Cleveland National Action Network, a local chapter of the national group founded by Civil Rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton, for a national boycott of Florida businesses and for federal Civil Rights charges against George Zimmerman during a 300-persons rally and vigil held Saturday at the federal court house in downtown Cleveland, though both issues were the focus of the event, and of national rallies held across the country the same day.   And aside from Cleveland Municipal Court Judg

Community activists, Clevelanders rally locally for justice for Trayvon Martin, rally led by Community Activist Art McKoy of Black on Black Crime Inc., activist groups also include the Oppressed People's Nation, Imperial Women, Knowledge, the Carl Stokes Brigade, the Underground Railroad, the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, Revolution Books, ...137 bullets Cleveland police fatal shooting of two unarmed Blacks mentioned by activists at rally

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Led by Community Activist Art McKoy, activists in  in Cleveland rallied on July 15 at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center in the city's downtown area for Trayvon Martin and said that more rallies around the racially temperamental controversy are being organized. Protesters hold up a giant size poster of slain Black teen Trayvon Martin after a Florida jury on Saturday acquitted night watchman George Zimmerman of all charges,  including second degree murder. The jury verdict has sparked racial unrest across America, highlighting to some, community activists say, that a young Black life means little or nothing.  By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and 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 ).  Kathy Wray   Coleman is a former biology teacher and a 20-year investigative Black journalist out of the  Cleveland, Oh

Press Release: Local community activists to rally for justice for Trayvon Martin at Justice Center in Cleveland, Ohio at noon on Monday, July 15, alleged killer of Martin George Zimmerman is on trial, jury in second day of deliberations

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Trayvon Martin, left, and his killer George Zimmerman By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and 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 ).  Kathy Wray   Coleman is a former biology teacher and a 20-year investigative Black journalist with more than a decade of those years under current Call and Post Associate Publisher and Editor Constance Harper, with nationally known boxing promoter Don King as the print newspaper's publisher. Cleveland, Ohio-Cleveland area community activists will rally at noon on Monday, July 15 in front of the Justice Center on Lakeside Ave. in downtown Cleveland for justice for Trayvon Martin, whose killer  George Zimmerman is on trial for second degree murder after  stalking and gunning down the unarmed Black teen last year in a  gated community in a Sandford, FL suburb.  (For more information on the ra

Press release of program for Justice For Trayvon Martin Rally, Sun., April 15, 3-6pm. 2nd New Hope Baptist Church, 2917 E. 116th St at Buckeye Ave. in Cleveland, hosted by the Vision of Angels Youth Dance Troop in cooperation with elected officials, clergy, Cleveland NAACP, SCLC and United Pastor's in Mission officials, Imperial Women Coalition, Black on Black Crime and grassroots with keynote speakers State Sen. Turner, Cleveland New Black Panther Party Chairman Qahhar , State Rep. Patmon, and performances by the Visions of Angels and other youth performing arts groups, speeches also by Ohio State Representatives John Barnes Jr. and Bill Patmon, Cleveland City Council Members

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Trayvon Martin "JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON MARTIN WEAR YOUR HOODIES RALLY" HOSTED BY THE VISION OF ANGELS DANCE TROOP AND OTHER YOUTH GROUPS IN COOPERATION WITH CLEVELAND AREA CLERGY, ELECTED OFFICIALS, GRASSROOTS FACTIONS, CLEVELAND NAACP, SCLC AND UNITED PASTOR'S IN MISSION AFFILIATES, THE IMPERIAL WOMEN COALITION, THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSWOMAN MARCIA L. FUDGE,  BLACK ON BLACK CRIME  INC., THE OPPRESSED PEOPLE'S NATION, THE CARL STOKES BRIGADE, CLEVELAND JOBS WITH JUSTICE, OCCUPY CLEVELAND, GODDESSES BLESSING GODDESSES, SURVIVORS/VICTIMS OF TRAGEDY, THE FAMILY CONNECTION,  STOP TARGETING OHIO'S POOR, 100 BLACK MEN, THE EAST CLEVELAND COALITION,  THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WITH PERFORMANCES BY THE VISION OF ANGELS AND OTHER YOUTH GROUPS AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS THE HONORABLE STATE SENATOR NINA TURNER (D-25) AND CLEVELAND CHAPTER OF THE NEW BLACK PANTHER PARTY LEADER ABDUL QAHHAR , SPEECHES ALSO BY OHIO STATE REPRESENTATIVE BILL PATMON (D-1