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Former Cleveland councilman Zack Reed announces 2021 run for mayor....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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  Former Cleveland councilman Zack Reed announces that he will make a 2021 run for mayor. Photo courtesy of Nick Castle of  Ideastream.org Former Cleveland councilman Zack Reed takes out petitions for a second bid for mayor of the largely Black major American city                                                        Zack Reed Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest, and the most read independent digital news in Ohio.   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  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 . By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor in chief. Coleman trained for 17 years as a reporter with the Call and Post Newspaper and is an investigative and political reporter with a

Nina Turner, Jeff Johnson to keynote Women's March Cleveland's Stop Asian Hate and Violence Against Women rally and march at 4:45 pm on March 24, 2021 on Market Square across from the Westside Market with the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network a co-host of the event....Read the full list of speakers here....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Nina Turner and Jeff Johnson Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. 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 and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELAND, Ohio- Women's March Cleveland, in cooperation with the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, will host a rally and march beginning at 4:45 pm on Wednesday March 24, 2021 on Market Square across from the Westside Market near downtown Cleveland  to demand that the case of the murders last week at Atlanta

Cleveland's police chase policy will remain intact, Councilman Blaine Griffin tells community activists at a rally opposing any changes in the policy, Griffin the chair of city council's public safety committee....Police Chief Calvin Williams, who is Black like Griffin, has said the same thing....Put in place by Mayor Frank Jackson, who is also Black, the current policy precludes a police car chase unless the pursuit involves a suspected violent felony or OVI....White council persons want the policy changed so police can chase at a whim and for any reason they deem necessary....Cleveland activist Kathy Wray Coleman, who led Wednesday's rally at Heritage Middle School along with activist Alfred Porter Jr., thanked Griffin for standing with activists and the Black community on the issue, and said that "we will picket any council person representing the Black community who pushes for any changes in this sound policy during an election year for city council and mayor"....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's leader in Black digital news

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Cleveland  Ward 6 Councilman Blaine Griffin, who is also chair of city council's public safety committee,  (far left), Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams, and Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams A protester holds up a sign as to the number of shots fired by 13 non- Black Cleveland cops who gunned down unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell with 137 bullets Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com    CLEVELAND, Ohio-  Cleveland  Ward 6 Councilman Blaine Griffin, head of city's council's public safety committee, met with community activists at a rally Wednesday evening in the parking lot of Heritage Middle School and  assured them that Cleveland  Mayor Frank Jackson's police chase policy would stay intact for now. Activists held the rally to voice opposition to any changes in Jackson's policy.  "The policy will stay in place," said Griffin, who added that an

Special election scheduled to replace Marcia L. Fudge in Congress, Fudge now the secretary of HUD in President Biden's cabinet.... By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's leaders in Black digital news

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  U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia L. Fudge                                        Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most read Black digital newspaper in Ohio and in the Midwest, and the most read independent digital news in Ohio.   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  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 . By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor in chief. Coleman trained for 17 years as a reporter with the Call and Post Newspaper and is an investigative and political reporter with a background in legal and scientific reporting. She is also a former 15-year public school biology teacher. CLEVELAND, Ohio- Ohio Gov. Mike Dewine on Thursday set the dates for the special election to replace former Ohio 11th Con

Shontel Brown kicks off campaign for Congress

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  11th Congressional District Candidate Shontel Brown addresses supporters at her campaign kickoff on Saturday, March 9 at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Cleveland               Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Shontel Brown, who is also chairwoman of the County Democratic Party and a declared candidate for the 11 th  congressional district seat vacated by former Ohio congresswoman Marcia Fudge, now the secretary of HUD    11th Congressional District Candidate Shontel Brown (center) poses with supporters at her campaign kickoff event on Saturday, March 9 at  Mount Olive Baptist Church in Cleveland The Rev Larry L. Harris Sr., senior pastor at Mount Olive Baptist Church, speaks at the campaign kickoff for 11th Congressional District Candidate Shontel Brown at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Cleveland on Saturday March 9 (All photos by Eugene Miller)   From left: The Rev Benjamin Gohlstin, Bishop Eugene Ward, and the Rev. Larry L. Harris Sr.   From left: Maple Heights Mayor Annette Blackwell, 1