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National NAACP president, 5 others arrested after sit-in over Trump attorney general nominee U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions as Cleveland NAACP officers will be sworn in January 10....Some 700 Cleveland protesters (pictured) previously rallied over Trump's transition team and cabinet picks, a rally led by Marty Krebs with activist and journalist Kathy Wray Coleman leading chants and speaking and calling for Trump to diversify his cabinet picks with consequential people of color and women....By www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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View image on Twitter National NAACP CEO and President Cornell William Brooks, (top at far left) and five others were arrested Jan 3 following a sit-in at the Mobile, Alabama office of U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, the attorney general nominee of President-elect Donald Trump, and of whom national Civil Rights organizations like the NAACP say is 'hostile' towards Civil Rights gains Hundreds gathered at Public Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio Nov. 18, 2016 to rally against United States President-elect Donald Trump. The protesters said they were angry over Trump's insensitive campaign rhetoric and the lack of diversity and people of consequence as to Trump's transition team and cabinet nominees ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Edito

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

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

Congresswoman Fudge, CBC call for an end to racial profiling following Zimmerman verdict, Cleveland NAACP supports her, National NAACP President Ben Jealous calls for federal Civil Rights criminal charges against Zimmerman

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Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge  (D-11), Cleveland  NAACP President The Rev. Hilton Smith and National NAACP President Ben Jealous   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 who trained for some 15 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, a Black weekly with distributions in Cleveland, Columbus and  Cincinnati   Reach Coleman by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com Cleveland, Ohio- In the wake of an acquittal last weekend of night watchman George Zimmerman, who followed, stalked and then gunned down unarmed Black teen Trayvon Martin in a Florida suburb last year, and even after police dispatchers directed him to back off, Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman

National NAACP passes resolution supporting President Obama's endorsement of same sex marriage, citing the equal protection clause of the14th Amendment, polls show Americans closely divided, most Blacks still oppose it, 31 states ban it, six states and the District of Columbia allow it

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By Kath y Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) MIAMI, Florida-The national NAACP at its meeting yesterday passed a resolution backing President Obama's recent endorsement of gay marriage, saying that it is a Civil Right protected under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, though the equal protection clause, while recognizing people because of race, age, religion, national origin and gender as members of a protected class that can seek court redress for discrimination because of it, does not on its face pertain to sexual orientation. “The mission of the NAACP has always been to ensure the political, social and economic equality of all people,” said Roslyn M. Brock, chairman of the board of directors of the NAACP, in a press release. “We have and will oppose efforts to codify discrimination into law.” Benjamin Jealous, the

Imperial Women want NAACP to investigate Cleveland mainstream news media for ousting Black women anchors Ramona Robinson, Stacey Bell, Kimberly Gill

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Former Cleveland Channel 3 News Anchor Ramona Robinson Former Cleveland Fox 8 News Anchor Stacey Bell Former Cleveland News Net 5 Anchor Kimberly Gill 19 Action News Anchor Sharon Reed, who is not currently on the air From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) (Editors note: Since the debut of this article Anchor Ramona Robinson has joined Cleveland's 19 Action New Team as a 6:00 pm anchor). CLEVELAND, Ohio-The Imperial Women call for an investigation by the Cleveland NAACP on whether Black women anchors at local Cleveland mainstream television news stations are being discriminated against and wrongly ousted in the predominantly Black major metropolitan city of Cleveland. Cleveland News Net 5 Anchor Kimberly Gill, Cleveland Channel 3 News Anchor Ramona Robinson, and Cleveland Fox 8 News Anchor Stacey Bell all left their posts last year. Robinson was r