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Congresswoman Fudge among speakers for Cleveland march and program at 6 pm at Public Auditorium on August 28 to commemorate 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, sponsors include Urban League, NAACP, NAN, SCLC

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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.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ). Reach us by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at  editor@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 . Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) CLEVELAND, Ohio-The  Greater Cleveland Urban League, Greater Cleveland National Action Network, Cleveland NAACP, and the Cleveland Chapter Southern Christian Leadership Conference will sponsor a symbolic march on Washington to commentate the 50th anniversary  of the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 beginning a 6 pm at Mall A at Public Auditorium in downtown Cleveland. After a 6:15 pm rally participant
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Clevelanders, community activists, massive crowd join Rev Sharpton and his National Action Network at the 50th Anniversary of March on Washington, voting rights center stage, Rep Fudge, other Black women of Ohio shine as speakers, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says equality not yet reached and will not be reached until "all are treated equally and fairly in the eyes of the law," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi praises Obama, Rep Fudge, calls the Congressional Black Caucus the "conscience of Congress," MLK III says "we ain't gonna let nobody turn us around," Rep. John Lewis, 73, still fighting for voting rights for Black America

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The 50th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, held Saturday August 24, 2013, brought a melting pot of people to the nation's capital in Washington, D.C.  to pay tribute to the legacy of the late Civil Rights Icon The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Led by the Rev Al Sharpton,  the march was one of the most successful  Civil Rights marches on American soil  in decades, drawing hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.   The Late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. By Johnette Jernigan, staff reporter, and 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.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ). Reach us by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at  editor@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
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Cleveland Urban News.Com supports the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington and the efforts of the Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network, march and rally with Rev. Sharpton at the capital to keep Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's dream alive, Saturday morning August 24, 2013, 8 am to 4 pm, Capital Hill Grounds, Washington D.C.

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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 .  Reach Coleman by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com
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What have we learned about the 2013 Cleveland Browns offense?

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By Karl Kimbrough, Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter. Reach Kimbrough at kimbrough@clevelandurbannews.com. Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter Karl Kimbrough CLEVELAND, Ohio-The Cleveland Browns have begun the 2013 preseason with two wins. First stopping the St. Louis Rams 27-19 and the jumping all over the Detroit Lions 24-6. Is this enough reason to be excited about the new season when the games don't count? Should Browns fans temper their enthusiasm until teams crank it up to play for real in two weeks? The answers are yes and no. Yes playing well in preseason is enough reason for fans to be excited and no, they don't need to temper their enthusiasm. Win or Lose there is a lot we can learn from preseason and training camp play. Those who follow the Browns closely are using adjectives like disciplined, aggressive, and efficient when talking about what they have seen from this years team. These are not quite the superlatives that we would like to hear such
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Cleveland Councilman Zack Reed convicted by Cleveland jury of DUI, talks to Cleveland Urban News.Com about conviction, state Rep Bill Patmon says Reed needs treatment not jail, that he supports Reed's candidacy for reelection, and that the judge that heard the case should have come from Cuyahoga County, retired, visiting, White male judge Larry Allen of Willougby, Ohio in Lake County was handpicked and assigned by Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, community activists again call for Ohio state legislature to adopt House Bill 216, sponsored by Patmon, a bill that calls for random draw assignments and reassignments of Ohio trial court judges to cases

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Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed 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.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ). Reach us by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed was convicted of DUI this afternoon by an eight-member majority White Cleveland Municipal Court jury before retired, visiting former Willoughby, Oh. judge Larry Allen, whom Republican Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor personally handpicked out of Lake County to hear the case after the original judge, Cleveland Judge Pinkey Carr, refused it. Carr, who is a Black Democrat like Reed and was an assistant county prosecutor and a  lead attorney for the prosecution in the 2011 capital murder trial of since convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell, said that Reed had cont
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Rally rescheduled to August 22, Press Release: 4:45 pm August 22 rally and press conference at Chateau with Sowell victims families, Imperial Women activist group, Black on Black Crime Inc., Oppressed People's Nation, other activists groups, Black clergy, family members of 137 bullets Cleveland fatal shooting victim Malissa Williams on courts branding claims around murder and rape of Black women, including Sowell's victims, "frivolous," and to send a message that violence against women and other people is not frivolous, and neither is negligence by Cleveland police, city officials of missing persons reports

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 Convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell,  who strangled and murdered 11 Black  women at his then home on Imperial Avenue i n Cleveland, Ohio  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ). Reach us by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com RALLY..RALLY...RALLY!!!!!!!...PASS THIS ON PLEASE PEOPLE..BRING PROTEST SIGNS COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS.. TO ALL MEDIA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...................................Contacts are Imperial Women activist group at 216-659-0473 and Black on Black Crime Inc at 216-704-5036 What:/When/Where: Rally and press conference at 4:45 pm on August 22, at the Chateau Mansion, 13124 Euclid Ave, to address the fact that the courts have branded violence against innocent Black women raped and murdered, through the dismissal last week of claims around negligence by Cleveland police, city officials  of missing persons reports, other actions,  as to the Imperial Avenue Murders by convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell,  "FRIVOLOUS."
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Press Release: Imperial Women, Carl Stokes Brigade, Black on Black Crime members, Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, other community activists groups, clergy, rape and murder victims families to meet and hold press conference at Chateau on Thursday, August 22, 4:45 pm, to address Prosecutor McGinty, dismissal of Sowell victims lawsuit claims, inequities against Black female victims of crime and their families, Cleveland Council Safety Committee Chair Kevin Conwell, handpicking of judges by Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor

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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.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ). Reach us by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Imperial Women, the Carl Stokes Brigade, Black on Black Crime Vice President Al Porter, the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, other activists groups and family members of Blacks murdered and raped will  hold  a public meeting and press conference on Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 4:45 pm at the Chateau Mansion, 13124 Euclid Avenue, to legally deal with Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty, inequities against the Black community on violence against women, and whether Black elected officials and other leaders have done all they can to help. For more information contact Imperial Women at 216-659-0473. Speakers include c
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