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The late Ebenezer Coleman
By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher
Coleman is a seasoned Black community activist and organizer of Cleveland and a digital and social media journalist. She said Ebenezer survived the deaths of her husband, mother and sister, a house fire and other mishaps and will be sorely missed. Ebenezer even got arrested one time with Coleman when Coleman was targeted by crooked, White suburban police for a since dismissed and retaliatory misdemeanor charge for her activism and writings.
While Coleman was forced to stay overnight in a jail cell in that case before activists posted her bail, Ebenezer spent the time riding around town with the dog warden, who told Coleman after she was released from jail and secured her dog from the police dog jail cage that he "enjoyed Ebenezer's company."
"They treated my dog Ebenezer better than I was treated as a Black woman and community activist and organizer," Coleman said. "All of it," she said "is continual harassment, racism, sexism, and retaliation for free speech protests and my investigative writings on issues of public concern from a Black perspective."
The activist said that those protests included rallies she had organized relative to the murders of 11 Black women on Imperial Avenue in Cleveland by the late serial killer Anthony Sowell, who died in 2021 while on death row. Activists complained about police negligence and other malfeasance as to the notorious murders and regularly protested over the matter, sometimes angering City Hall suckups.
In addition to leading the Imperial Women Coalition, Coleman is now head organizer of Women's March Cleveland, Ohio's most prominent grassroots women's rights organization.
Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most-read Black digital newspaper and blog in Ohio. Tel. 216-659-0473. Email-editor@clevelandurbannews.com
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