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Remembering the late Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr on the anniversary of his assassination on April 4, 1968, 50 years ago, www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders, with national political news and local and state news from Cleveland, Ohio USA...View and listen to the "I Have A Dream" speech of MLK here

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www.clevelandurbannews.com  and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's Black digital news leaders, with national political news and local and state news from Cleveland, Ohio USA. Kathy Wray Coleman, publisher and editor-in-chief. We get 5 million views on Google Plus alone. CLICK BELOW TO VIEW AND LISTEN TO THE REV.  DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH OF 1963. THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1968 ON A BALCONY IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE

Ex-boyfriend charged with murdering Miriam Johnson and having her body stuffed in a trash can in Cleveland is captured by U.S. Marshals....."We are pleased that Yaphet Bradley has been captured and is in jail without bail for allegedly committing this heinous crime against an innocent woman with four children and we will follow this case until justice prevails," said activist Kathy Wray Coleman of Women's March Cleveland and Imperialwomencoalition.com, who led a rally March 28 to remember Johnson as well as Cleveland murder victims Jazmine Trotter, 20, Ashley Leszyeski, 21, Christine Malone, 45, Jameela Hasan, 37 and Alianna DeFreeze, 14..... 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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Murder victim Miriam Johnson, 31, and her alleged assailant, Yaphet Bradley 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 . CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, OHIO-  The ex-boyfriend charged with killing 31-year-old Miriam Johnson of Cleveland Heights, the mother of three of his children whose dead body he allegedly had stuffed in a garbage can on Cleveland's largely Black east side, was arrested Friday night by U.S. Marshals. Yaphet Bradley, 35,

Plain Dealer Newspaper video of Cleveland.com of Women's March Cleveland's March 28 rally and vigil of unsolved murders of five poor women in Cleveland along East 93rd Street, a rally led by activist Kathy Wray Coleman of Imperialwomencoalition.com with 20 speakers including victims family members, activists, state Rep Bill Patmon and Cleveland Councilman Blaine Griffin. The murdered are Jazmine Trotter, 20, Ashley Leszyeski, 21, Christine Malone 45, Jameela Hasan, 37 and Alianna DeFreeze, 14, whose killer, other than that of Alianna, remains at large....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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CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE CLEVELAND.COM VIDEO CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE CLEVELAND.COM VIDEO :  Plain Dealer Newspaper video of Cleveland.com of Women's March Cleveland's March 28 rally and vigil of unsolved murders of five poor women in Cleveland along East 93rd Street, a rally led by activist Kathy Wray Coleman of  Imperialwomencoalition.com  with 20 speakers including victims family members, activists, state Rep Bill Patmon and Cleveland Councilman Blaine Griffin. The murdered are Jazmine Trotter, 20, Ashley Leszyeski, 21, Christine Malone 45, Jameela Hasan, 37 and Alianna DeFreeze, 14, whose killer, other than that of Alianna, remains at large  CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE CLEVELAND.COM VIDEO 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 f

Cleveland teen Alianna DeFreeze's killer gets death penalty as the Imperial Women Coalition applauds Judge Carolyn Friedland's decision for death for Christopher Whitaker (pictured below as is Alianna), saying that while they are not pro-death penalty in general due in part to the racial and undemocratic discrepancies in the nation's legal system, that in this matter the punishment fits the crime...."We are pleased that Judge Carolyn Friedland accepted the jury's recommendation for the death penalty for Mr Whitaker, and we will follow this case relative to any appeals and other legal matters that might open a loop hole for this monster," said community activist Kathy Wray Coleman of Cleveland, who leads the Imperial Women Coalition, a women's and children's rights group founded relative to heightened rape and murders of Black women and girls and other women and girls in Cleveland since 2009....Coleman invites the community to the 5th Anniversary of the Cleveland East 93rd Street Serial Murders Rally and Vigil, 5 pm, March 28, 2018 at Bessemer and East 93rd Street to also remember Alianna DeFreeze, who was murdered last year in an area near the East 93rd Street killings of Jazmine Trotter, 20, Ashley Leszyeski, 21, Christine Malone, 45, and Jameela Hasan, 37 ....Activists will also remember Miriam Johnson, 31, whose dead body was discovered last week in a garbage can in Cleveland....Info at (216) 659-0473....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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Fourteen-year-old Alianna DeFreeze of Cleveland, and her killer, 45-year-old Christopher Whitaker, who faces the death penalty  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- Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Carolyn Friedland, on Monday, sentenced teen rapist and murderer Christopher Whitaker to death, Whitaker found guilty last month by a 12-member Cuyahoga County jury of aggravated murder, r

Judge to sentence the killer of Alianna DeFreeze on March 26, 2018: Imperial Women Coalition supports jury's recommendation for death for Christopher Whitaker saying he must be held accountable for his crimes against this 14-year-old Black girl that he kidnapped, raped, tortured and dismembered and activists say they hope he "rots in hell".....Whitaker will be sentenced by Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Carolyn Friedland....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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Fourteen-year-old Alianna DeFreeze of Cleveland, and her killer, 45-year-old Christopher Whitaker, who faces the death penalty  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 -A Cuyahoga County jury last month recommended death for convicted murderer and teen rapist Christopher Whitaker, the sex offender who kidnapped, raped and dismembered 7th grader Alianna DeFreeze at an abandoned home in January of la

Cleveland East 93rd Street Serial Murders anniversary rally and vigil to be held March 28, 2018 at Bessemer and East 93rd Street at 5 pm to remember murder victims Jazmine Trotter, 20, Ashley Leszyeski, 21, Christine Malone 45, Jameela Hasan, 37 and Alianna DeFreeze, 14, whose killer, other than that of Alianna, remains at large....."We have asked city officials to update us at the rally and vigil on these cold cases that continue to haunt the Black community and we need to be assured that city officials are doing everything possible to seek to eradicate violence against women and girls in this largely Black major American city, particularly Black and poor victims of heinous violence that are sometimes discounted " said Cleveland activist Kathy Wray Coleman, who leads the grassroots group Imperial Women Coalition....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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. 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 . CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio-  Activists, family members of the murdered victims, and the community in general, will remember Cleveland East 93rd Street area murder victims Jazmine Trotter, 20, Ashley Leszyeski, 21, Christine Malone, 45, Jameela Hasan, 37 and Alianna DeFreeze, 14 during a rally and vigil at 5 pm on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at East 93rd Street and Bessemer Avenue in Cleveland , th

Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue, who is Black, steps down temporarily, state Rep Bill Patmon, a Black Cleveland Democrat and former councilman, saying Lue is one of Cleveland's greatest assets, Lue having coached the Cavaliers to their first ever NBA championship title win in 2016....State Representative Patmon said that "we wish him the best and hope to see him again as a head coach in Cleveland"....By editor 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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Tyronn Lue . 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 . CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND,Ohio- Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue is stepping down temporarily, beginning with tonight's game against the Milwaukee Bucks, franchise officials announced Monday, his health condition purportedly at issue, and his health ailment a mystery. "After many conversations with our doctors and Koby [Altman] and much thought given to what is best f