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Anti Jeff Sessions for U.S. attorney general Cleveland rally: Activist groups to rally from 11 am-1 pm in Cleveland today, January 24, 2017, against Jeff Sessions becoming U.S. attorney general near the Cleveland office of U.S. Senator Rob Portman in downtown Cleveland, a protest sponsored by the Ohio Revolution group and the Cuyahoga County Progressive Caucus....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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View image on Twitter National NAACP CEO and President Cornell William Brooks, (top at far left) and five others were arrested Jan 3 following a sit-in at the Mobile, Alabama office of U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, the attorney general nominee of President Donald Trump, and of whom national Civil Rights organizations like the NAACP say is 'hostile' towards Civil Rights gains United States Senator Rob Portman of Oho, a Cincinnati Republican ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-24-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed former President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIR
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Women's march on Cleveland: Activist and journalist Kathy Wray Coleman among speakers at 15 thousand person women's march in Cleveland where Coleman also led the march from Public Square to City Hall and back, a gathering with speakers such as Congress persons Marcia Fudge and Marcy Kaptur, and state Representative Nickie Antonio.....Coleman said in her speech that no Black women on Trump's cabinet is inexcusable, that Black women are incarcerated at a rate 4 times higher than White women, and that they make only 63 cents on the dollar compared to White men....She also addressed violence against women as to the Imperial Avenue Murders in Cleveland, East Cleveland serial killer Michael Madison, and Ariel Castro's rape and kidnapping victims of Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight and Amanda Berry........By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Cleveland activist Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition, who  also edits Cleveland Urban News.Com ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper, gets the crowd of some 15 thousand people energetic with chants after a rousing speech on Public Square in Cleveland on January 21, 2017 at a women's march held in solidarity with the national women's march in Washington, D.C.  (Plain Dealer photo at  CLeveland.com )   Also a local journalist and former 14-year Cleveland schools biology teacher, Coleman also led protesters in chants that day for the march from Public Square to City Hall, and back to Public Square. Plain Dealer photo at   CLeveland.com )  .  Activist Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition, with her bull horn, takes a rest as she leads protesters in a march from Public Square to Cleveland City Hall on Saturday, January 21, 2017, a sister protest to the national women's march in Washi
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Cleveland Housing Court Judge Ray Pianka dies suddenly at 65, Mayor Jackson, others offer condolences, including activist and journalist Kathy Wray Coleman, whose deceased husband, a former Cleveland cop, worked under Pianka as a housing court bailiff until his death.....Coleman says Pianka was especially sensitive and caring when she lost her husband as a relatively young woman, even attending funeral services after closing the court for the morning....Coleman says Pianka was loved and respected by his employees and supported the bailiff's in starting a union under the leadership of her now deceased husband....By editor-Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and the www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Cleveland Municipal Housing Court Judge Raymond Pianka ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 3.5 million views on Google Plus alone. Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com Cleveland Urban News.Com, via editor Kathy Wray Coleman, interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one.  CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland Municipal Housing Court Judge Raymond L. Pianka is dead at 65, and his death was sudden and has taken the community by surprise. The  judge's family has asked for privacy, and funeral arrangements are pending. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, a former city council president who served with Pianka, also a former councilman, on city council, offered condolences on behalf of the city, calling Pianka &
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Women's March Cleveland expects thousands on Public Square at 10 am on Saturday, January 21, 2017, with six headliners of Congresspersons Kaptur and Fudge, state Rep. Antonio, activist Kathy Wray Coleman, Margaret Mitchell and Gail Sands....The Cleveland march will mirror the national march in Washington the same day as women unite across racial and ethic lines in cities throughout the country to stand up for women's rights.... By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 3.5 million views on Google Plus alone. Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com Cleveland Urban News.Com, via editor Kathy Wray Coleman, interviewed now president Barack Obama one-on-one.  CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio- Ohio Congresspersons Marcia L. Fudge and Marcy Kaptur, Ohio state Rep Nickie Antonio and Black Cleveland activist Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition are among six  headliner speakers for the Women's march in Cleveland at 10 am on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 at Public Square in Cleveland, an event that will mirror the national women's march on Washington that same day at post- inauguration festivities of President-elect Donald Trump. ( CLICK H
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Black Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge to join Congressman John Lewis, others in boycotting inauguration, Ohio State Representative Bill Patmon says Trump went too far in criticizing Lewis and that "it disrespects the life works of John Lewis from the Edmond Pettus Bridge to the Selma protests and many other sacrifices that he has made for this country over his lifetime" ....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Georgia Congressman John Lewis and Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, both Democrats and who are among some 70 Democratic federal lawmakers who will boycott the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump this week after Trump disrespected Lewis, 76 and a Civil Rights icon Ohio State Representative Bill Patmon, a Cleveland Democrat ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 3.5 million views on Google Plus alone. Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-24-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 .  (Note: A former
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Pro-cop Cleveland Hts Judge A. Deane Buchanan issues illegal bench warrant against activist Kathy Wray Coleman, also a journalist who has led rallies against police murders of Black people and others....Coleman, with activists at her side, to turn herself in at 11 am on Tuesday, January 17, 2017.....In the picture here, Coleman speaks to the mainstream media at a rally she helped to organized as to the vicious 13 non Black cops Cleveland police execution of unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell, where police gunned them down with 137 bullets......The illegal bench warrant by Judge Buchanan was issued on January 13, 2017 after Coleman's paid attorney, Sydney Strickland Saffold, the daughter of Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold, calls Coleman at 8:15 am where they are due at trial for a continuance at 8:30 am on January 13, 2017 and says she will not be there but will not seek a continuance and Coleman feared for her safety in attending in the absence of her paid attorney due to police threats and ongoing judicial harassment... In Cleveland Heights, Coleman is falsely accused of failing to give her name as a passenger when stalked by two White cops at a racially profiled traffic stop where Judge Buchanan, says Coleman, subsequently and unsuccessfully begged her to plead guilty at a hearing when she did not have counsel, and has repeatedly harassed her for police, corrupt other judges, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and others: By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Community activist Kathy Wray Coleman (above) speaks to the mainstream media at an anti-police brutality rally she helped organize in greater Cleveland in 2013 in response to Cleveland police shootings of two unarmed Blacks. To Ms Coleman's right is the mother of Malissa William, 30, who was gunned down along with Timothy Russell, 43, on November 29, 2012 by 13 non Black Cleveland cops slinging 137 bullets.  Coleman says she has been harassed by police and corrupt judges and other politicians for years  (Photo by Laura Cowan).   Activist and journalist Kathy Wray Coleman, leader of the Imperial Women Coalition and editor-in-chief at  www.clevelandurbannews.com and  www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com Cleveland Heights Municipal Court Judge A. Deane Buchanan, whom Cleveland activist and journalist Kathy Wray Coleman says is allegedly harassing and judicially stalking her for police, corrupt judges, and others ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywrayc
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