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Judge Sara Harper to lead strategy meeting with Imperial Women, community activists on White employees of office of Cuyahoga County prosecutor doing polls on whether Blacks should be called "nigger", saying to have slave-type hanging parties of Blacks and to "hang him high," meeting will also involve issues around excessive force by Cleveland police, alleged county foreclosure impropriety, the legal system, etc, meeting is Wednesday, July 10, 5:30 pm at the Chateau Mansion, 13124 Euclid Ave.

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Judge Sara J. Harper, a former Cleveland Municipal Court judge and retired Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals judge who is currently the third vice president of the Cleveland NAACP By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 .  Kathy Wray   Coleman is a former biology teacher and a 20-year investigative Black journalist with more than a decade of those years under current Call and Post Associate Publisher and Editor Constance Harper, with nationally known boxing promoter Don King as the print newspaper's publisher. CLEVELAND, Ohio-Judge Sara J. Harper, a former Cleveland Municipal Court judge and a retired Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals judge, will spearhead a strategy meeting with community activists on White empl
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Cleveland council members, candidates, NAACP officials to speak at event today, July 6, at Luke Easter Park in Cleveland sponsored by the PowerHouse S.A.R.C. and Pastors A.J. and Cheryl Thompson of The House of Prayer Ministries, keynote speaker is City of Cleveland Public Health Director Karen Butler

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T HE   P OWER H OUSE S piritual  A dvancing   & awareness  R esource  C enter       "Filled With Food For Your Soul"     By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 .  Kathy Wray   Coleman is a former biology teacher and a 20-year investigative Black journalist with more than a decade of those years under current Call and Post Associate Publisher and Editor Constance Harper, with nationally known boxing promoter Don King as the print newspaper's publisher. Cleveland,Ohio- The PowerHouse SA.R.C. will host its second annual "Getting Smart in the Park" community empowerment event on Saturday, July 6  beginning at noon in Luke Easter Park in Cleveland. The keynote speaker is City of Cleveland Public
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Mayor Jackson launches reelection campaign, wins county Democratic party endorsement, Community Relations Board Director Blaine Griffin takes leave from City Hall job to run campaign

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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson From The Metro Desk Of Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio-Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson kicked off his reelection campaign on Saturday afternoon at his campaign headquarters on Prospect Ave flanked by some key Black elected officials including Councilman Jeff Johnson and state Sen. Nina Turner (D-25), who also spoke, and who introduced the Black mayor earlier that day before he won the endorsement from the powerful Cuyahoga County Democratic Party.   The two term mayor says that he has earned four more years. "Four more years," Jackson said to chants to a crowd of supporters at his campaign headquarters. Turner is out front lately after agreeing to forgo reelection to her state senate seat to run
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Press Release: Family members, community to hold memorial to remember Daniel Ficker and to raise money for his 2 surviving children on Sunday, June 30 from 1 pm-5 pm at Coe Lake behind Berea Commons in Berea, Ohio

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Daniel Ficker By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio- The family and friends of slain 27-year-old Daniel Ficker, who left behind two young children and a fiance, will host a fundraiser for his children and a memorial to remember him as the second anniversary of his July 4, 2011 death by Cleveland police that occurred outside of his home in Parma, Oh. nears. Parma is a middle-class suburb of Cuyahoga County that is some 15 miles south of Cleveland.  The event will be held on Sunday, June 30, 2013 at Coe Lake behind Berea Commons from 1:00 pm-5:00 pm in Berea, Ohio, a suburb some 20 miles south of Cleveland.  Tickets for the fundraiser for Ficker's two small children are $10 and the Breakfast Club 
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U.S. Supreme Court upholds same-sex marriage in two cases, striking down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in one case and upholding same-sex marriage in California in the other case, gay rights activists, President Obama , Senator Sherrod Brown, Congresswomen Fudge, Beatty, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald applaud landmark decisions,.... decisions come on heels of support of gay marriage by Obama, Cleveland NAACP, 5-4 split decisions in high profile U.S. Supreme Court cases are becoming routine

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 WASHINGTON, D.C-The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday issued two celebrated rulings to bolster the gay rights movement, historical decisions that come on the heels last year of President Obama's announcement of his support of gay marriage, and the echoing of that posture by the NAACP, the nations' oldest and most respected Civil Rights organization. One case gives federal benefits to spouses of same-sex marriage and the other in essence struck down Proposition 8   through the court's refusal to hear the appeal of a lower court ruling that invalidated it.  Adopted by California voters in 2008 that outlawed gay marriage, the defeat of Proposition 8 became a baby of the gay rig
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Obama, Rep. Fudge, Congressional Black Caucus members say U.S. Supreme Court decision to weaken Voting Rights Act hurts Blacks, poor people, is egregious, ..Ohio state Rep. Barnes Jr, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald comment against it too,.... a state lawmaker calls Justice Clarence Thomas an "Uncle Tom" around 5-4 ruling that strikes down provisional requirement under the Voting Rights Act for 15 states, including Ohio, to get federal approval to change state voting laws,... Fudge targets Republican Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted as reason for needing the provision,.... Ohio Gov. John Kasich is quiet on controversial issue

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Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge of Ohio (D-11), a Warrensville Hts.  Democrat  who also chairs the  Congressional  Black Caucus, speaks during a press conference with CBC members following the U.S. Supreme Court decision handed down on Tuesday  that   weakens  the Voting Rights Act, a federal law  enacted  in the 1960s to address   egregious  racial discrimination in voting. Pictured  behind  Fudge is seasoned Rep. John Conyers of Michigan. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 President Barack Obama WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a 5-4 ruling that President Obama and congressional Black Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-11
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Ohio State Senator Shirley Smith is first Black, first female to formally announce run in 2014 for Cuyahoga County Executive, has support from state Rep. Patmon, Cleveland, East Cleveland City Council members, other Black leaders... county council president C. Ellen Connally likely not running,....Smith faces to date a Democratic primary against Democrats state Rep. Armond Budish and former county sheriff Bob Reid, whom county executive Ed FitzGerald fired earlier this year, ....Congresswoman Fudge, Mayor Jackson quiet on whom they will endorse for county executive

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Ohio State Sen. Shirley Smith (D-21), a Cleveland Democrat and the first Black and first female to formally  announce  that she will run for Cuyahoga County Executive next year. To date Smith faces a 2014 Democratic primary against state Rep. Armond Budish (D-9), and former county sheriff Bob Reid, whom county executive Ed FitzGerald  fired  earlier this year. From The Metro Desk Of Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio – Ohio state Sen. Shirley Smith (D-21), a Cleveland Democrat who this month formally announced her candidacy for Cuyahoga County Executive, a seat held now by 2014 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald, would be the first Black and first female to hold the post if she wins the 2014 Democratic primary and goes on to
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