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The individu I p per in ,"The tate"
are prepared by recognized authorities
in their fields. Appearing belo are bnef
excerpt from each of the p pers contain
ed in 'The"'St te of Black America-
1984. '
CEREMONIES IN CIVIL RIGHTS:
A THIRTY YEAR RETROSPECTIVE
ON THE LAW AND.lUCE, by Derrick
Bell De of the University of Oregon
La School:
he heat and _ rancor emanating
from the decade-long debate over both
the ethical well a the legal appro­
priatene of affirmative ction policies
is due to f e continued unwillingness
of many whites to recognize not only
that Blacks have been unju tly dealth
with throughout the history of the coun­
try, but that tho inju tice both di d­
vantaged Blacks and provided. dvanta­
ges to hites that ould not h ve e . ted
without racism. And, to the extent there
is an intellectual understanding of the
damage done Blacks by racial discnmirta­
tion there remains m ive resistance
to shoulderin any measure of responsi­
bility for making the victim hole."
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Aging.:Council· elects
. BE TO HARBO rjorie
ontgomery of Benton rbor became
pre . dent of the Berrien County Council
on . g at the Council's January meet­
in.
. Other to e office included:
John B. Cooper of Yand lia, vice presi­
dent; Alden Bi rman of Benton Harbor,
tre urer; and Thyra Jennings of ater­
vli t eret ry.
Fred Bneve, Tania Hunej er and
ary orri ere elected 'to become ne
ouncil member
The Berrien County Council on
·Annual. G.O�P.
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ST. JOSEPH - Virginia Anton n,
Chai of the Berrien County Republican
Committee ha named Carmen Grandy
of St. Joseph and im Scarpo e of Buch-
nan a co-chairper n for the Annual
Lincoln Day Dinner to be held turday,
arch 3 1984 t the La e ichigan
College Community Center.
Dinner ill be rved at 7:45 p.m
preceded by a reception. arting at 6:45
p.m.
This year' banquet speaker ill be
Republican Congre oman Lynn artiil.
from Rockford, Illinoi ,
Rep, artin rves on the Budget
Committee and the Pub' Works and
Tran portation Committ ,
She replaced Congressman John And­
erson, and . known as dynamic, witty
speaker.
Other committee hairs include: tic-
et , Janey a erhou of iles nd id­
dred Hart of St. Joseph; programs, Char­
lotte enham of St. Jo ph; publicity,
Berni e Tretheway of Stevensville: and
the Berrien County omen's lub · ill
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officers
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ing, with Feder granted or
by the Region I ency on Aging, oper­
ates the Tri-County Senior C tizens
utrition Program. .
During the pa t grant ye r 137,735
meals were served to senior citizen at
1 meal site in the Berrien, C'a and
Van Buren counties.
From tho same ites an dditional
95,233 home delivered meal ere distri-
buted.
Inform tion about the meal sites or
home delivery can be securred by calliag .
927-2495
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Lincoln Day DOn er
be in charge of decoration . •
Banquet tickets ate 15 per person
and are available from Berrien County
Committee members or t the Head­
quarters, 904 ain St. St. J ph.
Phone: 983-6303,
A parate Gue Reception will be
held for Congre oman artin at the
yndicke Country Club from 6 p.m. to
7 p.m. ju before goin I on to Lake
ichigan College,
BHAS nds_ first -
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BE TO HARBOR - This wee
marks the end of the fir rnester for
students in the Benton Harbor Area
Schools.
There will be no school for studen s
on Friday, January 27. Teacher will
have the day for marking report cards.
BHHS students h ve a week of exams
beginning Tuesday and concluding at the
clo of school on Thursday.
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B TO - On Sunday,
February 19, the Blizzard Brigade Smo -
mobil Club of Be ton Harb r i sp n­
ile S owmobile Ride to
u ul r Dy trophy A 0 ia-
, ti fl..
. Re i tration begins at 10:30 a.m. at
the Blizzard Bri de Club Hou on
irview Rd. in Benton Harbor.
lunch will b rved at the lub
presented to the top
r. Everyone rai ing
re ive a Jerry Lewi
y
Tvshirt,
All money rai d will help to pur- I
cha orthopgdic equipment, provide
clini _ rvices and ummer campin to
area uscular Dystrophy patients ..
Sponsor sheet n b pi ked up
t Keeler Keg in Keeler, Glenw d Ar­
tl Cat in Dowagiac and Blizz rd Bri­
gade Clubho
F or more information contact Diana
Ruke at 4 -52 7 or !he Blizzard Bri­
ade lubhouse at 944-1833.
recei
JANUARY 25-31,1984 THE CITIZEN PAG 3
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Vaughn-Cooke former
A ciate/Economist,
League.
Over the la t 0 year recession
THE BLACK VOTE- 1IE SLEEP- have' be om the 110rm in the American
INa GIANT, by Dr. Dianne Pinderhugh- economy.· at e h ve seen is a contin-
sAssi tant Profe r f Government u us deteriorati n in employment indi - .
Dartm th College: to for B ck. The numb r of Bla k
'There are igns that th Bl ck vote individuals in poverty has al increased.
will combine with other group within Obviously, the long n trend di overed
the Democratic coalition which split for from the data represent the emergence
Reagan in 1980, as well as with worn n. of an in reasingly unhospitable climate
This ve of el ctoral participation re- for ny overall Bl ck economic progre s ..
present a second generation unfore- OUI data shows quite learly that in
en success for the civil rights move- this recovery period' Black are rec -
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ment nd for those groups which hav . ering at an even slower rate."
worke at voter registration and voter
mobilization over the la t quarter cen­
tury. With size, high turnout, loyalty,
geographic concentration nd divided
oppo ition: in the Dem cratic primaries,
and the Jack n candidacy, Black voters
will have a major impact upon the pre '­
dential election in 1984 and upon nation­
al politic at lall levels for me year .�o
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:ATE OF URBAN tDUCA­
r. Faustine C Jones- ilson
o Education and I Graduate
Piofe r, Ho ard Univer ity:
"Black children, their parent, and
their organized group need to under­
stand th t the current mood is to te
us out of the educational and emplo -
ment picture . It needs to be understood
that the competition h s inere sed for
rete place in eudcation and employ­
ment. The feeling i that people ould
merit education and emplo ment oppor­
tunity, and merit is m re than deter-
mined by te ores."
A PROFILE OF THE SINGLE
FEMALE-HEADE HOUSEHOLD, by
Dr. Jame D. McGhee Director of Re­
arch, ational Urba League.
"One 0 the re n why Black
single 'female heads of households have
so lit le "money is becau less' than
litth oney i becau le than half of
them are employed nd the only alter­
native to work for many females with
childten is welfare 'hich allows them
to survive, b t of cour .: do s not r�­
fiev their poverty. Those who don t
ork stay at home primarily because of
. their health, but also because of child
care re ponsibilities and some because
they have retired. evertheless there
. a tremendou I a e of human poten­
tial which could halted with the ap­
plication of the appropriate programs"
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m HIGH TECH REVOLUTION
AND ITS IMPLlCATIQ S FOR BLACK
AMERICA, by Dr. Ch rle L. Bet v,
As ciate Profe r of Economic , Uni­
versity of the Di trict of Columbia, and
Dr. Bruce Dun n, Chairm n Depart-
I ment or' Economics, Pr irie V' w A&
Univer ity: . I
."The great majority of mericans
in t e labor force, Bla and white
t employed in high tech indus­
tri in 1982, d the situation will
change little er th next decade. Se-
cond, this ould not be interpreted a
a significant- problem inc the great
I majority of th jobs will b in indu tries
other than high technology. ird, the
proportions of the Blac and white
civilian labor force in high-tech u -
trie are mo . g in differenct directions.
hiJe, the relative percentage differences
are small, the situation doe however
deserve reful monitoring. The final
point to be made i tha� given the rela­
tively small number of new jobs that will
be created in high tech industries over
the next decade, high tech � e not ap­
pear to be the lution to the problems of
displaced orkers 'and others eking
jobs." , I
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IS THERE AN ECONOMIC RECQV-
ERY IN BLACK A 'RlCA� By De ys
Senior Research
ational Urban
Copies of "The State of Black
Ainerica-19�4" are available through
the ommunication Department, a­
tional Urban League 500 E. 62nd St.,
e York, .Y., 10021 at c t of
15 per copy, plus 1 for po tage and
handling.
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