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Willoughby resident Sandy Naffah lost both of her jobs at a school and a beauty salon when the pandemic-related shutdowns went into effect last year. Not long after, she fell behind on rent.
Naffah said she struggled to get help from local agencies, including money to cover rent, because she said her landlord did not submit the proper paperwork. She says after about three months of missed payments, her property manager began calling and harassing her, despite a promise to forgive her back rent due to the pandemic.
“They started texting, emailing, leaving voicemails on my phone, demanding that I make some sort of payment,” she said. “And I saw the writing on the wall that I’m going to end up getting evicted.”
How to celebrate Cleveland’s Black history during Black History month in February
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Feb 02, 2021
The ceremonial arch at Cleveland s African-American Cultural Garden was dedicated in 2016. Cleveland architect Daniel Bickerstaff intended it as the first phase of a larger project. The angled black walls below the arch represent the Door of No Return at Elmina Castle in Ghana, through which enslaved Africans passed before the Middle Passage to New World colonies. Steven Litt
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CLEVELAND, Ohio Ready to celebrate Black History Month?
Destination Cleveland encourages residents to attend one or more of the several virtual and socially distanced events, and exhibits throughout the Cleveland area to help further residents’ knowledge and understanding of Cleveland’s Black history. The Cleveland Public Library has a host of events, as well.
Racist police killings: Year ends on a note of outrage
By Martha Grevatt posted on January 6, 2021
Peoples Conference, Dec. 23, Columbus.
Cleveland Three days before Christmas, Andre Hill visited the home of a family friend on Dec. 22 to drop off some holiday cash. Police, called to the neighborhood for an unrelated situation, shot and killed the 47-year-old Black father and grandfather. Hill, whose family and friends describe him as “passionate” about Black Lives Matter, was wearing a T-shirt demanding justice for George Floyd.
Officer Adam Coy, who is white, reportedly observed Hill raising his friend’s garage door. Hill, who was not ordered to raise his hands, complied with an order to come out of the garage with one hand lowered and the other holding a cell phone. Hollering that Hill was hiding a gun, Coy then fired multiple shots. Hill was unarmed.
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Top House Judiciary Republican joins Martha MacCallum to discuss president s strategy in first debate.
This is a rush transcript from “The Story with Martha MacCallum September 29, 2020. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
BRET BAIER, FOX NEWS ANCHOR: And I m Bret Baier. We are just two hours away from the first presidential debate of the 2020 election cycle here in Cleveland, Ohio. One poll says nearly three in four registered voters plan to tune in to see President Trump face off against Democratic nominee Joe Biden tonight.
MACCALLUM: Fireworks are anticipated as theshowdown comes against a tense backdrop in thenation. A Supreme Court battle, racial unrest, and aworldwide pandemic.