CLEVELAND, Ohio-Nationwide “Good Trouble” rallies are planned for Thurs., July 17, 2025 to commemorate the legacy and the death date of the late Congressman John Lewis and Black-led groups of Cleveland, Ohio say Black activists and organizers are being shut out by White-led suburban groups with help from the mainstream media and others. The activists say this goes against the unity standard set by Lewis, a revered and respected congressman and Civil Rights advocate from Atlanta, Georgia who died on July 17, 2020.
“We call for a unified, diverse, and inclusive coalition for any “Good Trouble” rallies in Cleveland, a largely Black major American city,” said Black activist and organizer Kathy Wray Coleman, who leads the Cleveland-based groups Women’s March Cleveland and Imperial Women Coalition, which fight for women’s rights and against violence against women.
Activist Alfred Porter Jr. of Black on Black Crime Inc. said “It’s a shame that in 2025 Blacks are still excluded.”…