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By Clevelandurbannews.com: Remembering JFK, the 35th U.S. president, on the 100th anniversary of his birth.....A respected champion of Civil Rights, Black leaders called his assassination in 1963, "a dark day in the history of America"....Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a year after his death.....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 4 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  website  stats reveal some 26 million hits since 2012. Tel: (216)  659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com   Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former 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 LEA DER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . Former president John F. Kennedy CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio-  Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read online Black newspaper, remembers the late former United States president John Fitzgerald Kennedy as to the 100th anniversary of his birth, on  today, May 29. Often referred to as &qu

Coach Tyronn Lue and megastar LeBron James lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the Eastern Conference title by defeating Boston, the Cavs now headed to the NBA Finals and James having surpassed Chicago Bulls great Michael Jordan as the all time NBA leading scorer in the playoffs....Game 1 of the NBA Finals is Thursday, June 1 in Oakland at 9 pm EST....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Cleveland Cavaliers megastars, the "Big Three": From left:  LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love Cleveland Cavaliers Head Coach Tyronn Lue ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 4 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  website  stats reveal some 26 million hits since 2012. Tel: (216)  659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com   Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former 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 LEA DER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio - After beating the Boston Celtics Thursday night with a 135-102 Game 5 victory to win the Eastern Conference title f

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson names Reverend Grady Stevenson interim director of the city's Community Relations Board to replace now Ward 6 Councilman Blaine Griffin, and Stephenson rallied against violence against Black women ....Councilman Zack Reed, a mayoral candidate seeking to unseat Jackson this year, said Stephenson is Griffin's "right hand man"....By Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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The Reverend Grady Stevenson, the new interim director of the Community Relations Board for the city of Cleveland whom Mayor Frank Jackson named to replace Blaine Griffin, who, on May 15, replaced the retiring Mamie Mitchell on city council Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed                                      Former Cleveland Ward 6 Councilwoman Mamie Mitchell, who retired from city council on May 15 and recommended her replacement, Blaine Griffin, formerly the director of the Community Relations Board for the city  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM- Cleveland, Ohio- Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has named the Rev. Grady Stevenson, pastor of Damascus Road Ministries in Cleveland, as interim director of the city

Cleveland Councilman Jeff Johnson cleared to run for mayor by board of elections after special prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh issues legal assessment to the elections board in Johnson's favor.....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Cleveland Ward 10 councilman and mayoral candidate Jeff Johnson   Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland Ward 10 Councilman Jeff Johnson was cleared to continue his bid for mayor after Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh, acting as a special prosecutor in place of Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley, this week issued a legal assessment in Johnson's favor relative to a complaint pending with the county board of elections. The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, upon Walsh's recommendation, on Tuesday voted unanimously to reject the challenge brought by  Ed Davila, a suspended and former Stark County attorney.

Activist Devin Branch found not guilty of assaulting former East Cleveland mayor Gary Norton as Branch, who led the successful recall election against Norton last year, says the prosecution was malicious and politically motivated....By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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East Cleveland community activist Devin Branch (left) and former East Cleveland mayor Gary Norton ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio-  East Cleveland community activist Devin Branch, who led the successful recall election last year of former East Cleveland mayor Gary Norton, and who briefly served on city council after Norton's ouster, was found not guilty on Friday of an alleged misdemeanor assault on the former mayor. The jury deliberated for less than a half hour before returning an acquittal verdict on what Branch called a malicious prosecution that he says was "politically motivated."  Norton summoned police last year on the day of the recall election, claiming Branch assaulted him, Branch saying he only knocked a clipboard

Children of the Night stage play to premier May 27, 2017 at the Breen Center for Performing Arts in Cleveland, a Black play on family, domestic violence, scandal and betrayal by Cleveland's own playwright and director Pamelia Tyree-Carr....www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Cast members of the stage play "Children of the Night" ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com Playwright and director Pamelia Tyree-Carr CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM- CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cleveland’s own playwright and director, Pamelia Tyree-Carr, takes the city by storm with her seventh stage production, 'Children of the Night,'  featuring Royce Ruffin, Nae Black, Robert Johnson Jr., R. Monica Black, Bernita Ewing and other locally talented actors and actresses. 'Children of the Night' will premiere Saturday, May 27, 2017 at the Breen Center for Performing Arts, which is located on the campus of Saint Ignatius High School at 2008 W. 30th and Lorain Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. There are two performances at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 for both shows and after the evening performance there is the option of att

Congresswoman Fudge, state Rep Bill Patmon, community activists praise Cleveland Councilwoman Mamie Mitchell, who just retired from council, and Blaine Griffin, her replacement, comments on whether he will run for election this year to keep his council seat...Mitchell, said activist Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition, was the most visible and dependable of council members for rallies with activists relative to violence against women and girls, including the Imperial Avenue Murders of 11 Black women by serial killer Anthony Sowell, the East 93rd Street Serial Murders, and the abduction and decade-long rape of Seymour Avenue escape victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight....By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Cleveland Ward 6 Councilwoman Mamie Mitchell (pictured), who retired from city council on May 15, 2017 and recommended her replacement, Blaine Griffin (pictured), the director of the Community Relations Board for the city and a member of Mayor Frank Jackson's cabinet ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM- CLEVELAND, Ohio -  Cleveland Ward 6 Councilwoman Mamie Mitchell announced publicly on Monday that she was retiring. Hours later she named Blaine Griffin, the director of the Community Relations Board for the city and a member of the mayor's cabinet, as her replacement on the 17-member, all Democratic Cleveland City Council. Mitchell was initially appointed in 2008 to the unexpired term of then councilwoman Patricia Britt when Britt became clerk of council.  She ran for a full term in 2009 in a crowded