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Highland Hills Mayor Michael L. Booker announces community event to honor former mayor Robert Nash and to celebrate the history of the largely Black village that borders Cleveland and Warrensviille Heights where U.S. Rep. Marcia L. Fudge's district office is located.....Nash was Black like Booker and was the village's first mayor who served 28 years in office....The six-member, all-Black village council consists of council members Lillian R. Moore, Michael L. Goodwin, David Mills, Cassandra Pride, Derrick A. Williams, and Dawn S. Davis....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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Village of Highland Hills Mayor Michael L. Booker, former longtime mayor the late Robert Nash, the village's first mayor who served 28 years in office, and Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief  at   Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog.  Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.   Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 As to the one-on-one interview by Coleman with Obama   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-HIGHLAND HILLS, OHIO —  Village of Highland Hills Mayor Michael L. Booker this week announced a community event scheduled fo

Congresswoman Marcia Fudge endorses Una Keenon for mayor of East Cleveland and Charles E. Bibb Sr., who introduced Fudge at the event, tells Clevelandurbannews.com that the endorsement by Fudge, who last year chaired the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, is crucial....Some 150 people, including Black clergy, community activists and members of the Black Women's PAC, joined Fudge, one of two Blacks in congress from Ohio, at Keenon's campaign headquarters for the endorsement announcement.....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com, Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, and Imperialwomencoalition.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (left) and East Cleveland mayoral candidate Una H.R. Keenon, whom Fudge, one of two Blacks in congress from Ohio, endorsed on Tuesday at Keenon's campaign headquarters in East Cleveland. Both Fudge and Keenon are Democrats. ClevelandUrbanNews.Com and the   KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 4.8 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the ClevelandUrbanNews.Com website stats reveal some 26 million hits since 2012. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former 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 LEA DER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.CO

Former New Orleans mayor sentenced to prison, Ray Nagin was mayor during the Hurricane Katrina tragedy and said then that the city would remain a "Chocolate City"

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Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin 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 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana- Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin, who served during the Katrina Hurricane tragedy and caused an uproar when he said then that in rebuilding the city it would remain a 'Chocolate City,' was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison following jury convictions on a host of corruption-related charges relative to his time as mayor.  Nagin, 58, faced 20 years, which prosecutors sought, but the judge opted for only 10, saying he is not a danger, and citing his age. He was convicted in