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'ADDRESS CORRECTIO
REQUESTED
Jac son la
reed the mo important en-
ment of his S-week old run for the
Democratic nomination for President.
Dr. TJ. Jemison, Sr., the president'
of the large church group in the Blac .
community, the ational Bap' Con-
'Yention, , that he w behind J
n' historic candidacy "One hundred
percnet • . • not just with rhetoric, but
'th organization and finances," "
Financial support is particularly
critical for J ackson ho must raise
an e imated $3 million by early winter
to run a creditable campaign in 1984
for the pre' dency . The ational Bap-
Coo b 30000
churche throughout the United
States with a membership of approxi­
mately ven million.
"This endo nt in es that mas-
've funds will be guaranteed in SO
te , t, J n told a asbington ne s
conference. 'It will put the heart of the
'rainbo coalition t in place."
mayor VO 5
len chan
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ve a
ayor Terry
y he ill implement 32 rec­
ommendation from a citizen committee
that found ichigan's capitol city has an
"ineffective affirmative action record."
'I am totally and personally respon-
ible," c e told an A elated Pre
reporter after the report was i ed Dec.
5, 1983.
Follo ing • four-month probe, th
, ry committee said sing a
"never sincere" about .rrumative action.
But it id "the blame . . . should be
placed on the total city structure," and .
not anyone individual or branch of city -
All church ne , announce-
ment ode , pr relea and
dvertisement for the December
21 and Dec mber 28 editions of
The Citizen mu be bmitted
by 5 p.m., Friday, December 16.
This early deadline wiJI allo
th aff to celebrate the holidays
ith their famille. Your coopera­
tion is appreciated.
government.
In 1972, Lansing passed an affirma­
tive action plan to prohibit employm nt
discrimination based on race, color,
creed, national origin, sex and age.
But the committee claim that propo I
has not been effective.
cKane a ed ichlgan Department
of Education administr tor Ray Jac son
to form the commission last July after
cKane found that among 40 employe
hired between July 1982 nd June 1983
26 ere bite men, 12 ere bite,
women, and t 0 ere minority omen.
There ere no minority men or handicap­
per hired.
During that year, the city' 1,253
employee ere 88 percent white; eight
percent Black; three percent Hispanic;
0.5 percent American Indian, and 0.5
percent Asian-Pacifi Islander, the com­
mittee report said.
According to the 1980 cen
flgure , the city of Lansing has a popula­
tion of 130,414 ith a 13.9 percent
Bl ck population; a 6.3 percent S
origin population.
The recommendation of the corn­
mittee include promoting more women,
negotiating afrum_tive action provision
into union contract and counting the
number of handic pped city employee .
25C
, e feel that the i e of today
are so important that as ministers of th
go pel . . . we cannot remain . nt,"
. Jemison said in making hi endorsement.
" ..• Support of the It . J J c -
n ill rve as a cataly only
united Blac people in
Co'
t
"This .ndor ment
• •. puts the h rt of
Rainbo Coalition
in pi e ....
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