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January 16, 1979 - Image 5

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Michigan Citizen, 1979-01-16

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in Street will be the site of
to City n ger el F' rmer,
ill be let by th 0 partm nt of Labor for the
remodelin of th hotel. It ill hou th 200 youth expected
to participate in the Benton H rbor Job Corps coming from
south em ichi n nd northern Indiana.
F rmer Iso r �I d that a contract ill b let for th admini - ,
tration of t pro am. H tat d hat a 10QI group as preparing
for that bid, but h as not fre . to disclose any details at this
point.
�y ARY DEFOE,
Presid nt of the Twin Cities Branch NAACP
Th
initi Is'
AACP!
in
'(the
Adv ncem nt
P ople).
The most tal
n -politic I
America is th
Th mo t ritten- bout
oluntary elation in America
i th AACP.
Th most d mn d group
of re I table citizens, nd on
the oth r h nd, on of" th most
pr i d group in Am rica, is the
AAGP.
By
ye � the Ofnen
behind th f mou fiv letters
h ve ch nged the Ie I nd cia
h tory of th United States and
they are still effecting monu-
mental ch n s tod y. '
at a d y goes by th t.
re in the United States
iation for the
of Colored
some
in the pre , the m gazin , in
th Congre ion I Record, in
ne r Is, on radio and
tel vision - the inti I r prin­
ted, visualized or bro dcasted.
ot a goes by but
at somewhere the la ers of
the AACP are in court defen­
ding its m mbers again illegal
rre ts: fines or imprisonments;
discriminatory educ tion; em­
plbyment and public accomo-
r dation uits,
Mor
AACP memb rs
h undergon rre t in recent
years than members of the
Communist Party. Yet the
NAAC h s never been
labeled a ub rsive-
except b e treme re ctionarie ,
.race-baiters, nd the Ku Klux
Klan.
THE STORY
A
.
circum ribed b la and cu -
tom.
in
AACP's ppro ch
was con idered r dic I in it tim
in th no familiar program of
prote t, agitation, and direct e­
gal ction.
The AACP i P OPLE,
nearly one-half million or more,
who wor constantly to e th t
the principle of d ocr cy
pply equ lIy to all Americ s,
ether the area of concern i
e ucation, emplo ment, voting
or other.
You can b certain the
AACP employs all of its m s­
i e forc to gain full right for
minority peopl ....
n ri ht white
bound to r p ct.)
Th re is n d
CPo
Job
a ertaint
bar,
Fran
D
equit bl
hou th tud nt and cur-
rent plan II for th training
"cla to be conducted in the
V�M building on Territorial.
"DOL i tal ing with
ban er no bout the V-M
building," ri aid.
o two move -
exc I ing the option on the
Vincent and working to
cure the V -M building -
practically guarantee Job
Corps r Benton Harbor,"
Jeffrie ffirmed.
fter th prop rt y i
secured by DOL then bid
ill b left for the remodeling
of th buil ing nd then bid
for the ru ning of the pro­
gram ccording to J ffri .
ora
Comm

n
Tired of h aring your
children' y, " hat's ther to
do?" on S turday ftemoon?
Send them over to St. John'
Community Center, 580 Colum­
bus, B nton H rbor for an hour
o free, organized activitie .
The fun begins Janu r
13 at one o'clock with the
ie, "One Wi h Too, Many,"
and will continue every other
Saturday until June 9.
Childre will, enj y
variety of activities and parent
can relax while th littl on s arc
off having fun. Th progr m
.are open to all children, but r
geared especially for pre-school
through elementary school-ag d
young people. All activitie are
uperviscd by are volunteers.
The schedule of pro-
gram for th ne . m nth
follows:
G.
16, 1979
THE V- BUILDI G'S determination is up to Fed r I Court. Th
Com ny i in olved in b n ruptcy proce din .
I
CORPS
HO IT ALL BEGA
Becau of certain hi-
torical factors stemming from
lav ry, (0 er hich of u livin
toda , h d no control) the Uni­
ted States inherited something
call d th • Race Problem'.
I t has often b en mi ia­
enly called the egro probl m.
But thi , perhaps is a misn mer,
for if egroe were' a problem
t hit Americans, hite
are even more of a problem to
egroes. To deal with this is a
double-edged function of the
AACP.
Mo t of you kno of
the slave problem; most of you
watched, "Roots", a TV version,
which gave you 'bird' eye •
view' of what really happened.
From 1609 to 861, the
crac of hips compeled egro
people to here, whites ord red
them to go; do what whi
wanted them to do; eat what­
ever feed they were given - in
ort to live and die at th whim
of their rna terse
of the A I ve h d n right
as hi m duty bound to
re p ct. (Som p 0 in
Am ri a till thin ro ha
Currently
re idential c�nter
nd Puerto Ri o.
th re
n 32
.' Each center provide ba-
ic due tion, ational train-
ing, coun ling, health care, and
other renewal rvic to help
di dv ntaged youths, 16
through 21, prepar for job.
Th h ' J
c out receive room
and bard, clothing for or
nd dre ,boo upplie , and
ca h atlo nc, p rt of bich is
id on Ic ving th pr gr m
after sati factory p rticipation.
Youth can stay in the

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April 14_ EGG HU TAD
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Ap'ril 28_# __ OODSIE OWL
PARTY
ay 12 0RGA IZED
PORTS A D GA ES
26 STORY A D
MUSIC HOUR
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PARTY
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So en; our urd
nd end th .. othi'?l to do"
blu , Invite your children to
com on' do n t St. John'
Community Center for an h ur
of re fun. For further inf r­
m tion call 926-6424. Volun-
er r I
call: 926-718 8.�
r
FACTS
reading, math, cia! • tudie , and
pre par tion for G D e m.
n tru tion i so p ovided in
general livin ill uch hy-
ien , grooming, g tting long
in th or orld, and good u
of lei ur tim
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