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Obama's Christmas Interview With Oprah And His Fallout With Congressional Black Caucus Leader Barbara Lee, And Where Does Rep. Fudge Of Ohio Stand?
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama U. S. President Barack Obama Media Personality Oprah Winfrey U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee of California's Ninth Congressional District (D-Cali.) U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio's 11th Congressional District (D-Oh.) Posted Sunday, December 13, 2009 (National and Cleveland, Ohio Area News) By Kathy Wray Coleman Editor of the Determiner Weekly.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network President Barack Obama told Oprah Winfrey in a before Christmas interview that aired Sunday evening on ABC that his Christmas gift to his fellow Americans is his message that America is not cheap and its got to be earned, and that it “must return to its seriousness of purpose.” The president also took the opportunity to promote his universal health care initiative, which passed the House of Representatives last month. The controversial health care bill is now before the Senate and Obama has announced publicly that it should pass the Senate floor by Chris
The Black Community Fools The Mainstream Establishment, Coming Together To Resolve The Controversy Around The Call And Post Aunt Jemima Cartoon
Posted Thursday, December 10, 2009 (National and Cleveland, Ohio Area News) By Kathy Wray Coleman Editor of The Determiner Weekly. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network The United Pastors in Mission on Tuesday buried the hatchet with the Cleveland Call and Post, a historical Black newspaper that targets the Black community, seemingly putting to rest a controversy that the mainstream media sought to dub as dividing the Black community. At issue was a stinging cartoon of Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner (D-25) published by the paper two weeks ago with an accompanying editorial linking the former Cleveland Ward 1 councilwoman as a token for the White establishment. The cartoon was not just a cartoon but one that had Turner dressed in aunt jemima attire, a reference that the United Pastors in Mission, a group of Black Cleveland area preachers, said was stereotypical and anti Black. But the paper's associate publisher and editor, Connie Harper, and its legal couns
Imperial Women And Other Grassroots Organizations To Protest Across From Home Of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson
Cleveland, Ohio Mayor Frank G. Jackson Posted Sunday, December 6, 2009 (National and Cleveland, Ohio Area News) From the Metro Desk of The Determiner Weekly and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network At its meeting on Dec. 6, 2009 the Imperial Women voted to protest across from the home of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson (2327 E. 38th St. in Cleveland) with other grassroots organizations on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 at 2 pm. The reasons are as follows: 1) The mayor's refusal to get back with the Imperial Women as to the demands presented around the Imperial Ave. Murders as to a meeting of the women on Nov. 16, 2009 where Cleveland Director of Community Relations Blaine Griffin promised a response; 2) The mayor's refusal to initiate the firings and an investigation of Cleveland Chief of Police Michael McGrath, Law Director Robert Triozzi, Safety Director Martin Flask, Chief Prosecutor Victor Perez (all non-Black and non-female), the health department and polic
Plain Dealer And Call And Post Newspapers Spar Over Aunt Jemima Caricature Of State Sen. While Journalist Says Mayor Got Her To Get At Call And Post
Ohio State Senator Nina Turner (D-25) Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes Plain Dealer Editor Susan Goldberg Cleveland, Ohio Mayor Frank G. Jackson Call and Post Associate Publisher and Editor Connie Harper (center), and Call and Post former and current reporters and staffers Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Kathleen Ann Keough Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason Ohio State Representative Barbara Boyd (D-11) Journalist Kathy Wray Coleman From the Metro Desk of The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com). The Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper and the Call and Post, a historical Cleveland weekly that targets the Black community, are at blows over a front page caricature cartoon and editorial in last week's Call and Post that links State Sen. Nina Turner (D-25), who is Black, as an “Aunt Jemima” for the White establishment. Aunt Jemima is a stereotype and cultural icon to many Whites, and a racist caricature to many African
Press Release To All Media As To Sunday Meeting Of Imperial Women Around Imperial Ave. Murders
Posted Sunday, November 29, 2009 (National and Cleveland, Ohio Aea News) From the Metro Desk of The Determiner Weekly and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog and Media Network The Imperial Women met Sunday, Nov. 29 and voted unanimously to present its demands at the press conference set for Monday Nov. 30. 2009 on the steps of Cleveland City Hall between 7:20 pm - 7:30 p.m. All 13 women at the meeting voted following a request by activist Donna Brown for a representative at the meeting to speak at Monday's press conference. The Imperial Women (more that 13) will sit in solidarity at the silent protest at Cleveland City Council meeting prior to the press conference and will present to the media and also in writing our demands which we voted on in a unanimous fashion at the meeting today that include the following: 1) The firings by Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson of Chief of Police Michael Mcgrath, Law Director Robert Triozzi, Safety Director Martin Flask and Chief Prosecutor Vict