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Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody J. Stewart is sworn in by Chief Justice O'Connor as the first Black and first Black female elected to that court....O'Connor said that Stewart "has forever earned a place not only in this court's history but in the history of the state of Ohio."....Stewart is a former judge of the 8th District Court of Appeals, which serves Cuyahoga, which includes Cleveland.... Justice Stewart said at her swearing-in that "in being the first Black or African-American woman elected to the supreme court of Ohio I join other historic firsts here, starting with Florence Ellinwood Allen, who, in 1922, was the first woman elected to this court."....Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor is the first female chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black

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Justice Melody J. Stewart, an Ohio 8th District Court of Appeals judge out of Cuyahoga County who won one of two open seats on the Ohio Supreme Court in November,  was sworn in Jan. 31,  becoming the first Black and first Black woman elected to Ohio's high Court  Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody J. Stewart  is swore in on Jan. 31 at the Moyer Judicial Center in Columbus, the state's capital. Justice Stewart is the first Black and first Black woman elected to the Ohio Supreme Court. To Stewart's far right is Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, who srown in Justice Stewart, and the first female chief justice elected to Ohio's high court.  Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody J. Stewart (bottom row at second from left)) is saluted before she is sworn in on Jan. 31. Justice Stewart is the first Black and first Black woman elected to the Ohio Supreme Court. Directly behind Justice Stewart in the top row and to her direct left is Chief Justice Maureen O'Con

Judge Melody Stewart sworn in to Ohio Supreme Court and is the first Black elected to that court...Stewart was an 8th District Court of Appeals judges out of Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland, ....The seven-member Ohio Supreme Court was all -White and all-Republican before the November election and now adds two Democrats to its conservative bench, , Stewart, and Judge John O'Donnelly, a former Couahoga County Court of Common Please.....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman ofClevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Democratic Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael P. Donnelly and Democratic 8th District Court of Appeals Judge Melody Stewart of Cuyahoga County, who won the two open seats on the Ohio Supreme Court relative to Tuesday's general election, Stewart becoming the first Black and first Black woman elected to Ohio's high Court and the duo joining five Republicans, all of them White, to add two Democrats to the seven-member Ohio Supreme Court bench. Cuyahoga County includes the largely Black city of Cleveland and is roughly 29 percent Black. Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and 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

Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper, Cleveland activists endorse Democratic Judge Melody Stewart for the Ohio Supreme Court, which is currently all -White and all-Republican....."It's long over due that a qualified Black is elected to Ohio' s highest court," said activist Ada Averyhart, 84...."We have researched this issue and Judge Melody Stewart, who is Black and scholarly, has a judicial record of fairness and competence on the bench," said Cleveland activist Kathy Wray Coleman. "We support her bid for the Ohio Supreme Court without reservation and if she wins she would become the first Black elected to the Ohio Supreme Court".... In endorsing Stewart, an Ohio 8th District Court of Appeals judge of nearly 12 years, the Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest newspaper, said Stewart is a "superlative judge, knowledgeable in the law and focused on fairness and equity in the judicial process".....Also a classical pianist, Judge Stewart holds a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University....Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Judge Melody Stewart Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and 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 .   Share CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest newspaper, has endorsed Democratic Ohio 8th District Court of Appeals Judge Melody Stewart, who is Black, for one of two open seats on the Ohio Supreme Court, which is currently all-White and all-Republican.  CLICK HERE THE PLAIN DEALER ENDORSEMENT OF JUDGE MELODY STEWART FOR THE OHIO S