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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 most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659-0473.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Community activists,  academicians and officials  of the OHIO ACLU  will host an open-to-the public town hall meeting on police brutality, racism, equity for women and police reform on Saturday, January 24 from 1 pm to 4 pm at the Cleveland Public Library Martin Luther King Jr. Branch, 1962 Stokes Boulevard. A large crowd is expected and speakers include family members of police brutality victims,  a women's panel, Ohio ACLU representatives, youth affiliates,  and community activists.  Light refreshments will be served and the media are invited beginning at 2 pm. The event comes on the heels of findings by the U.S.  Department of Justice of systemic problems in the largely Whit

By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659-0473. Kathy Wray Coleman is a community activist, educator and 21-year investigative journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  WASHINGTON, D.C. -During his sixth State of the Union address Tuesday night before the two chambers of Congress, and for the first time before a Republican controlled Congress, President Barack Obama (pictured), among a host of other issues, called for free tuition for community college, decried racism, sexism, and religious and gay persecution, and spoke on the outcries out of Ferguson, Missouri. Those outcries have  spurred anti-police brutality protests across the country. "Man, woman, Black and White, Latino, Asian, immigrant,

Cleveland Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com, and the Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and newspaper blog.  Tel: (216) 659-0473. Kathy Wray Coleman is a community activist, educator and 21-year investigative journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com )  CLEVELAND, Ohio -  The final meeting of four scheduled open-to-the public community sessions sponsored by Cleveland City Council's safety committee in response to a U.S. Department of Justice report that found systemic problems in the Cleveland Police Department will be held in Cleveland Ward 9 on Tuesday, January 20, at 6 pm at Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church, 1161 East 105th Street. Ward 9 is located on the city's largely Black east side and is represented by Councilman Kevin 

( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio - Free events in greater Cleveland today, January 19, that honor the life of slain Civil Rights leader the Rev Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.,  are as follows: Cleveland Museum of Natural History.  1 Wade Oval Drive. 216-231-4600 or cmnh.org. noon-5 p.m.  Cleveland Orchestra.  Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave. 216-231-1111 or clevelandorchestra.com. Concert previews are presented in Reinberger Chamber Hall one hour before each concert. MLK Jr. Community Open House. Noon today. Cleveland Public Library.  Martin Luther King Jr. branch, 1962 Stokes Blvd. 216-623-2921 or cpl.org. MLK Day celebration. Noon today. Greater Cleveland Aquarium.  2000 Sycamore St. 216-862-8803 or greaterclevelandaquarium.com. Features more than 40 exhibits, including a walk-through shark exhibit. Strollers and wheelchair accessible. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Each guest who chooses to donate $1 or more to the Unite

The late Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. (left) and United States President Barack  Obama, the nation's first Black president. (January 15 is the day King was born ,  the year of 1929) THE JULY 2, 1964 SIGNING INTO LAW  OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 BY PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON. DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PRESIDENT IS CIVIL RIGHTS ICON THE REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR .  ( East Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Photo by Cecil Stoughton).  The  Civil Rights Act of 1964   , passed by Congress and enacted on July 2, 1964, is a landmark piece of  civil rights  legislation in the  United States [4]  that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.   President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive in Austin, Texas for a summit commentating the 50th Anniversary of the Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor-n-Chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio&

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Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper and ODP Chair of Political Engagement Nina Turner, a Cleveland Democrat and former state senator. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist, educator, and 21- year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) COLUMBUS, Ohio - Yesterday, at a meeting with county party chairs from across the state, new Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper announced the strategy by his party to make early investments in local races throughout Ohio in 2015. The decision by the state Democratic party to invest in elections for city councils and other local offices open for grabs across the state to hopefully get Demo