On April 4, the Cleveland Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) held a rally that marked the 43^rd Anniversary of the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

Walking this earth for 119 years, Rebecca Lanier has lived to see the turn of two centuries, thousands of inventions, world wars, The Great Depression as well as The Great Recession, Black people acquire the right vote in addition to other civil amenities, the deaths of some of our greatest leaders, and the inauguration of 11 U.S. presidents including the first African-American family in the White House.

Many Cleveland area clergy and community members joined together on Public Square with the Advocates for Budget Legislation Equality (ABLE) and Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry (LMM) to call upon the governor’s Ohio General Assembly to recognize the state budget as a moral document.

The seventh annual Black Heritage Celebration (BHC), presented by State Farm, honored trail blazers in Cleveland sports, business and government as part of their Black Pioneers’ Night, presented by PNC Bank last week.