By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland UrbanNews. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) and (www.clevelandurbannews.com). Reach us by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman is a former biology teacher and a 20-year investigative Black journalist who trained for some 15 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.
CLEVELAND, Ohio-The Greater Cleveland Urban League, Greater Cleveland National Action Network, Cleveland NAACP, and the Cleveland Chapter Southern Christian Leadership Conference will sponsor a symbolic march on Washington to commentate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 beginning a 6 pm at Mall A at Public Auditorium in downtown Cleveland. After a 6:15 pm rally participants will march to the Public Auditorium for a 7 pm program that includes a host of speakers including Ohio Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, who also chairs the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress. The event is free and open to the public. For more information call the office of the Cleveland NAACP at 216-231-6260, or the local chapter Urban League at 216-622-0999.
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