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PRESS RELEASE: Shidea Lane, the young Black woman sucker punched and tossed off of a Cleveland RTA bus by since fired bus driver Artis Hughes, to appear at press conference by Imperial Women on outrageous violence against women, Sunday, 5 pm, WERE 1490 AM Radio parking lot, 2510 St. Clair Ave in Cleveland, Lane, her attorney to appear on Art McKoy University Show on WERE at 5:30 pm after press conference, Nov 25 is National End Violence Against Women Day

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Shidea N. Lane, a passenger on a Regional Transit Authority bus in greater Cleveland that RTA bus driver Artis Hughes, who was has since been fired, sucker punched to the floor and tossed off the bus on Sept. 18 after an argument between the two ensued.  Former RTA bus driver Artis Hughes, who sucker punched and chokes a young Black RTA passenger Shidea Lane, 25, and tossed her off the bus he was driving. Hughes, 59, was fired from his job last week for violating RTA rules, regulations and policies relative to his attack on Lane. By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-The Imperial Women and other womens' rights groups will hold a press conference on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 5 pm with Shidea N. Lane, the young Black woman subjected to an uppercut, choked, and thrown from a Regional Transit Authority (RTA) bus b
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Dion Waiters, with help from Kyrie Irving, is key to helping the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team make the playoffs this NBA season, an editorial by Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter Karl Kimbrough

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Cleveland Cavaliers shooting guard Dion Waiters Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving By Karl Kimbrough, Cleveland Urban News.Com Sports Writer ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) Cleveland Urban News.Com  Sportswriter Karl Kimbrough CLEVELAND, Ohio- Dion Waiters, with help from Kyrie Irving, might  be key to helping the Cleveland Cavaliers make the playoffs this NBA season. For seven years the name LeBron James would reverberate in the rafters of Quicken Loans Arena when he would throw down a dunk  It was hoped that the mega star would ultimately lead our Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team to an NBA championship.  But that dream came crashing down for fans when James decided to take his talents to the Miami Heat as a free agent in 2010.   Fans were left wondering if the Cavaliers would have another chance to find a great player to lead their team to championship contention. Players like James don't come around too often, if at all, other tha
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Hilton Smith elected Cleveland NAACP president, Judge Sara Harper wins other contested race as third vice president, national NAACP watchdog the Rev. Gill Ford, who was sent in to supervise election, says 'racism is not dead,' Rev Caviness is first vice president, Bishop Perry is second vice president, Amos Mahsua is treasurer, Arlene Anderson secretary, Marcia McCoy assistant secretary, 3 make the short list for executive director, 24 win slots for executive committee, retired Plain Dealer reporter Richard Peery says new leaders should watch Governor Kasich and not let him 'run the NAACP'

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The Rev Hilton Smith, who was elected the 34th president of The Cleveland NAACP by its members during an election held on Nov. 11 at The Cathedral Church of God in Christ in Cleveland By Johnette Jernigan and Kathy Wray Coleman, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio- T he Rev. Hilton Smith, senior vice president for corporate and community affairs at Turner Construction Company in Cleveland and an associate minister at Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church in Cleveland, is the new chapter NAACP president, NAACP officials said Sunday after an all afternoon election at  The Cathedral Church of God in Christ .  Also a former Cleveland School Board president, Smith, 66, beat longtime NAACP affiliate Jocelyn Travis and member Clint Bradley to become the 34th president of the local chapter that celebrated its 100th year anniversary this year . He told reporters aft
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Cleveland NAACP to hold election for branch officers on Sunday, Clint Bradley, Jocelyn Travis, Rev. Hilton Smith vie for president, national NAACP representative to help supervise it, other contested race for third vice president pits Judge Sara Harper against Dr. Eugene Jordan, Danielle Sydnor, 25 seek positions on executive committee

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Clint Bradley, candidate for president of the Cleveland Branch NAACP Jocelyn Travis, candidate for president of the Cleveland Branch NAACP The Rev. Hilton Smith, candidate for president of the Cleveland Branch NAACP Former Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes, a part time Cleveland attorney and general counsel for The Call and Post Newspaper who officially resigned as president of the local branch of the nation's most renowned Civil Rights organization in April By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND,Ohio- The Cleveland Chapter NAACP will hold its every-two-years election of branch officers on Sunday, Nov. 11 from 1 pm to 5 pm at the school behind The Cathedral Church of God in Christ in Cleveland, 2940 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. To vote members must have their dues paid 30 days
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Obama wins Ohio and relection, Cleveland area Black elected officials that helped him win like Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, State Sen Nina Turner, State Reps Bill Patmon, John Barnes Jr., Cleveland Councilpersons Jeff Johnson, Mamie Mitchell, Cuyahoga County Councilman Julian Rogers, comment on his win, Rep. Fudge says Obama will deliver for Ohio as Ohio delivered for Obama, Black community wins once again as grassroots campaign catapults Obama to victory, Read this story on Obama's historic political rise as the first Black president of the United States of America and how Ohioans, Black entertainers and elected officials, and Cleveland's Black community championed his successful campaign for reelection

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President Barack Obama, the first Black President of The United States of America, gives his victory speech before a cheering crowd of thousands at his campaign headquarters in Chicago, Il. after winning a second term as president from American voters Tuesday night.  The first family takes to the stage Tuesday night in Chicago, IL after Barack Obama wins a second term as President of the United States of America Obama supporters gathered Tuesday night to watch the election results trickle in at a watch party at the ward club office of Cleveland Ward 8 Councilman Jeff Johnson on the predominantly Black east side of the major metropolitan city of Cleveland. From left Johnson, James Box,  Ohio State Rep. Bill Patmon (D-10), George Edwards,  Vicki Acquah, Jahlil  Muhammad,  and Cleveland Attorney Michael Nelson Sr. (Photo by Cleveland Urban News.Com intern Bernard Rowans). By Johnette Jernigan and Kathy Wray Coleman, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.C
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Victory parties election night Nov 6 in Ohio, President Obama, Sen. Sherrod Brown party is at Hilton Hotel in Columbus, Obama volunteers for Cleveland area is at the Double Tree Lakeside in Cleveland, parties also at Josephine's, Councilman Jeff Johnson' s ward club office in Cleveland

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- Watch parties relative to the Nov 6, 2012  election are as follows: (Reach the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Headquarters at 216-621-9750, 1466 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland, OH 44114). Victory Party for President Obama, Senator Sherrrod Brown other Democratic Party candidates in Ohio: Columbus Hilton in  downtown Columbus, 401 N. High St, Columbus, OH, 43215, Tel: 614-384-8600 Party for Obama for America Campaign volunteers (according to Cuyahoga County Democratic Party officials) Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in downtown Cleveland, 1111 Lakeside Ave, Cleveland, OH., 44114, Tel: 216-241-5100 Grassroots Victory Party for President Obama: Josephine's Lounge, 7902 Central Ave, Cleveland, OH., 44104, Tel: 216-361-3697, Dionne Thomas Carmichael, proprietor Cleveland Ward
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Rev Dr. Ralph David Abernathy III, a son of the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy Sr. that marched with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and led The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, visits Cleveland to push early voting, to support Obama, speaks at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Cleveland with singer John Legend performing, says some Blacks get "Romnesia" and forget about the struggle for Civil Rights, says Obama is a change agent for America, Black community, famous Blacks have toured Cleveland in support of Obama as Ohio remains pivotal

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The Rev. Dr. Ralph David Abernathy III, an evangelist, Civil Rights leader, motivational speaker and a son of the late Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy Sr. His father, Abernathy Sr.,  was the partner of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr during the Civil Rights movement who assumed the leadership role of The Southern Christian Leadership Conference after the assassination of King in 1968. The younger Abernathy visited Cleveland, Oh. on Sunday to stomp for the reelection of President Obama The Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy Sr. (left) and The Rev.  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a press conference during the height of the Civil Rights Movement JACK E. CANTRELL, MEMPHIS PRESS-SCIMITAR: COURTESY MISSISSIPPI VALLEY COLLECTION / UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS  LIBRARIES By Marc R. Churchill and Kathy Wray Coleman, Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Online Blog, Ohio’s Most Read Online Black Newspaper  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-The Rev. Dr
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