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Michael Houser is chosen to replace Anthony Hairston on Cuyahoga County Council and is pictured with County Councilwoman and County Democratic Chair Shontel Brown after the Central Committee of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party chose him Thursday among four candidates....Brown is the first Black woman and first Black to lead the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party....By editor-in-chief Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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Newly appointed Cuyahoga County Councilman Michael Houser poses with County Councilwoman Shontel Brown, also the chair of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, the party's first Black and first female chairperson Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and 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 LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio-  The Central Committee of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party on Thursday appointed Michael Houser to replace former county councilman Anthon
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Four candidates, 3 Black and 1 White, seek appointment to the Cuyahoga County Council seat vacated by Anthony Hairston, who was elected last year to Cleveland City Council......Cuyahoga County includes Cleveland....The form of governance of a county executive and Cuyahoga County Council took effect in 2011 after voters, amid a pubic corruption scandal that saw two common pleas judges sent to prison and brought lengthy prison terms to former county commissioner Jimmy Dimora and former county auditor Frank Russo, dumped a three-member board of commissioners and all elected county offices but the judges in lieu of a new county governance structure....That structure consists of a county executive that hires and fires the county sheriff, coroner, treasurer, fiscal officer, and clerk of courts, and with approval from county council....The current county executive is Armond Budish, a Beachwood Democrat and former state representative who is up for re-election this year....By edtor-in-chief Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.

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Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and 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 LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio-  The  Central Committee of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party will meet Thursday to decide who, among four people, will replace former county councilman Anthony Hairston, who was elected in November to the ward 10 seat on Cleveland City Council and was sworn in this month to his new position. Candidates seeking the district 10 county council seat vacated by H
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Women's March Cleveland 2018: Activist and Journalist Kathy Wray Coleman of Imperial Women Coalition is invited to speak at the Women's March Ohio annual event on January 20, 2018 at 10:30 am on Public Square in Cleveland by organizers, as well as 5 other Black Cleveland activists, the Imperial Women Coalition of which is also an organizer of the annual event....They are invited to speak by Women's March Ohio Director Rhiannon Childs of Columbus and Northeast Ohio Director Kenyona Sunny Matthews of Akron.....Also there will be representatives of SCLC, the National Action Network, and the Cleveland NAACP....The Imperial Women Coalition, which Coleman leads, is the only Black female grassroots activist group in greater Cleveland that has been in the trenches for nearly a decade on public policy matters, including as to women's rights issues pertaining to Black and other women and girls, education, excessive force by police, voting rights, violence against women, the legal system, reproductive rights, poverty, taxes and healthcare....Black Cleveland activist speakers, in addition to Coleman, include Brenda Bickerstaff, Alfred Porter Jr of Black on Black Crime Inc., and Diccie Princess Moore and Frederica Mayes-Gates of BEMAD, Find the Missing and Rebuilding Our Village and Protecting Our Children....No Justice. No Peace....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com. Tel (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Kathy Wray Coleman Women' March Cleveland on January 21, 2017 with activist and journalist Kathy Wray Coleman (far right) of Imperial Women Coaition and  Clevelandurbannews.co and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com  leading the march with her megaphone. Also marching upfront, among others, are Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)  and state Representative Nickie Antonio (D-13) Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and 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 LEADER IN BLACK DI
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Congress passes U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's bipartisan bill to showcase the Civil Rights Movement and the contributions of African-Americans, a bill dubbed 'The African-American Civil Rights Network Act' that provides for monies for research and education, and the development of historic sites to feature Civil Rights Movement highlights.... The bill is headed to President Trump for his signature to become law..... Brown's bill is supported by the National Trust for Historic Preservation....Brown is a Cleveland Democrat....Cleveland was a key part of the Civil Rights Movement, including the Hough Riots of 1966, 'the Glenville Shootout of 1968,' and the election, in 1967, of Carl B. Stokes as the first Black mayor of a major American city....The contentious Civil Rights Movement led to various legislation and precedent setting supreme court rulings, including Brown vs Board of Education, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965....National Civil Rights icons include the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Medger Evers, Malcolm X, and Fannie Lou Hamer....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.

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The late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (left) and United States Senator Sherrod Brown (right), a Cleveland Democrat Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and 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 LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate unanimously passed U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown’s (D-OH) bipartisan bill to create a national network of historic sites, stories, research facilities and educational programs connected to the African American Civil Rights Movement. The bill, which passe
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Democratic Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson takes oath for an unprecedented 4th term, the three-term Black mayor saying that "a great city will be measured by the conditions and welfare of the least of us," and that it is important to "eliminate inequities and disparities" ....The mayor spoke on necessary reforms, including as to education and his police department....Appeals Court Judge Patricia Ann Blackmon, the first Black woman, along with retired judge Sara J. Harper, to be elected to a state appeals court in Ohio, administered the oath of office as Jackson took the oath with his wife Edwina by his side, and the Rev Dr. E. Theophilus Caviness gave the invocation....Judge Blackmon said that the community will wrap its arms around Jackson....By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, the city's three -term Democratic Black mayor who won an unprecedented fourth term last November, and his wife, Edwina. Jackson was sworn in on Tuesday, Jan 2, 2018 to continue his reign over the largely Black major American city, a Democratic stronghold for political elections. Ohio 8th District Court of Appeals Judge Patricia Ann Blackmon administers the oath of office to Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson during a ceremony on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at the Rotunda at Cleveland City Hall. The three-term Black mayor of the largely Black major American won an unprecedented fourth term over then counilman Zack Reed via a November nonpartisan runoff. Standing next to Jackson is his wife Edwina.  (Photo by Cleveland Ward 6 Councilman Blaine Griffin) Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and
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