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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church on Cleveland's largely Black east side and brings former Ohio senator Nina Turner and Dr. Cornel West with him....Olivet senior pastor the Rev Dr. Jawanza Colvin also spoke as did Dr. Rhonda Y. Williams, an associate professor and director of the Social Justice Institute at Case Western Reserve University and co-chair of the Cleveland Community Police Commission....Turner and West, who were recognized but did not speak at the forum, spoke one-on-one with Cleveland Urban News.Com at the event....The majority Black audience gives Sanders several standing ovations....By Rhonda Crowder and Kathy Wray Coleman, www.clevelandurbannews.com

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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, speaks in Cleveland, Ohio at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church on the city's largely Black east side on Saturday, March 5, 2016, just 10 days before Ohio's March 15 primary. To the left of Sanders is the Rev. Dr. Jawanza Karriem Colvin, senior pastor at Olivet. (Photo by Rhonda Crowder) The tentative audience  gives Sanders a standing ovation as he leaves the stage after speaking  to a crowd at the prominent Olivet Institutional Baptist  Church in Cleveland, Ohio  (Photo by Rhonda Crowder) The Rev. Dr. Jawanza Karriem Colvin, senior pastor at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio Dr. Rhonda Y. Williams, an associate professor of history at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio, founder and director of the Social Justice Institute at CWRU, and co-chair of the Cleveland Community Police Commission. Williams also spoke at the town