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Cleveland NAACP to hold election for president, other branch offices on November 1, 2016 as current president Michael Nelson Sr. is unopposed....By www.clevelandurbannews.com editor-in-chief Kathy Wray Coleman ....Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper

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Cleveland NAACP President Michael Nelson Sr., who is unopposed for reelection on Tuesday, November 1, 2016, when the local Civil Rights organization will hold its election for branch offices and the executive committee from 5 pm- 9 pm at the University Circle United Methodist Church in Cleveland Pictured are Cleveland NAACP first vice president James Hardiman (wearing turtleneck sweater), former C leveland NAACP president the  Rev. Hilton Smith, whom current president Michael Nelson Sr. succeeded (in red tie),  former Cleveland NAACP first vice president the  Rev. Dr. E. Theophilus Caviness  (in red bow-ti e) , former Cleveland NAACP Third Vice President Sara J. Harper,  a retired Ohio 8th District Court of Appeals judge who lost a bid for branch president against Nelson in 2015,  and George Forbes, a former longtime Cleveland NAACP president and former Cleveland City Council president whom Smith succeeded. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinen
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Imperial Avenue Murders 7th anniversary rally is October 29, 2016: Imperial Women Coalition, other activists, Black elected officials, including state Representative Stephanie Howse and councilmen Ken Johnson and Mamie Mitchell, to host 7th anniversary of Imperial Avenue Murders rally on October 29, 2016 at 4:45 pm on Imperial Avenue in Cleveland as serial killer Anthony Sowell seeks a new trial and women's issues are gaining national attention....Also at issue are East Cleveland serial killer Michael Madison and the still at large Cleveland East 93rd Street serial murderer....For rally info call Imperial Women Coalition Leader Kathy Wray Coleman at 216-659-0473 and Black on Black Crime President Al Porter at 216-804-7462....Other activist groups include Peace in the Hood, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, the Million Women March Cleveland, and the Carl Stokes Brigade...."Stop the Violence, Save Our Women"

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Convicted serial killer and death row inmate Anthony Sowell The 11 Black women (pictured above) murdered on Imperial Avenue in Cleveland by convicted serial killer and death row inmate Anthony Sowell. Sowell, his lawyers, and the ACLU want the Ohio Supreme Court to order a new trial on appeal (Editor's note: See full pictures of the 11 Black female murder victims with their names at the end of this article. Community activists vow to keep up the fight until Sowell is brought swiftly to justice). ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )/   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). By Kathy Wray Coleman, community activist and editor-in-chief. CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio-  Local community activist groups  and Black elected officials , led by the Imperial Women Coalition and Black on Black Crime Inc, will host the 7th Anniversary of the Imperial Avenue Murders rally and vigil on Saturday, Oct. 29 at 4:45 pm on Imperial Avenue in Cleveland in front of the since
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View the full list of RNC protesters and organizations that received permits from the city of Cleveland here....The largely Black Imperial Women Coalition will start off the Public Square speaking forum at 9:30 am on July 18, the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, and will speak again at 12:30 pm....Other protest venues, which will include thousands of people, are the city's parade route and two downtown parks ....Some 15 people will speak in the two 30 minute slots secured by the Imperial Women Coalition, a Cleveland-based organization founded relative to the murders of 11 Black women by serial killer and death row inmate Anthony Sowell....Black Cleveland preachers, Ohio Chapter of NOW, greater Cleveland activists, Naral Pro-Choice Ohio among the speakers with the Imperial Women Coalition....By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-23-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS .  Coleman is the most read reporter on Google Plus with some 2.9 million readers CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM- CLEVELAND, Ohio- The City of Cleveland has publicized the names and organizations of protesters that have been given permits regarding the four-day Republican National Convention that begins in Cleveland, Ohio on Monday, July 18. (READ THE FULL LIST BELOW) Not all applicants received permits, which were issued in accordance with a city
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Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton for president as polls show that Trump has zero percent among Black voters in Ohio, though tied with Clinton in Ohio, and greater Cleveland Black and other activists and the Ohio Chapter National Organization for Women, led by the Imperial Women Coalition, prepare to protest at the RNC in Cleveland, Ohio the morning of July 18 at 9:30 am on Public Square....By seasoned political reporter and editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com

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Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders who, on Tuesday, endorsed Clinton for president of the United States of America ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-23-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS .  Coleman is the most read reporter on Google Plus with some 2.9 million readers CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire -  Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, his rival for the Democratic nomination for president and the presumptive nominee,
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