D
ichigan College students
nd a local physician were honored at
the Go pel- ing-Along ponsored by the
Delt Phi P' Sorority, during Black
History month celebrations. _ .
Program theme wa , "If not us, who?
If not now, hen?'
cc ding to Fetu Valentine, Pro
fe r of Counseling and dvi or to the
rority, certificate are a arded each
year to recognize tudents for exceptional
cademi achievement. ..
The follo ing tudents, with their
grade point average were a arded
certific te : Barbar inans, 3.75 ;
lrnari Carter, 3.71' ari Valentine,
.25; Laquat Gaines, 3.00' Ernestine
Griffin 3.00; Y onne Phillip, 2:92'
P tricia Broo s 2.97' Juliet Gaines,
FEB. 2'- 'MARCH I. 1'14 THE CITIZE
DELl
PHI PSI BLACK HISTO
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Valentine id that about 750 Blac
tudents enroll in colle e and 50 percent
, drop out in the fir t quarter. I
Lynn Gray .D. eceived the H am-
b e award for his outstanding volunteer
service rendered to the community.
Dr. Gray's advice to. the udents
wa 'Don't let no one tell you what to
do in life you can go as far as your God
or your mind take you."
Guest choirs participating on the
program included the Bethlehem Temple
TV choir' w Bethel Baptist urch
Imperial Choir and Hope Choir of the
Highland SDA Church.
Istre s of ceremony \was Roshondia
Perkins.
Invocation a given by Reverand
Milton McAfee, pastor of ew Bethel
Baptist Church, Townline Road, .H.
atio n 'of Islam reg i ters to vote
CHIC GO - ini ter Louis Fan -
han d Rev, Je L. Jac n,' flanked
by a cadre of politic' n and high level
upporters, to shouts and cheers of an
exuberant' ero d, trode to a cia]
registration table at the Chioag; Board
of Election Commi . on rs flooded with
light from minicam ere and photo
grapher .
There, on, Feb, 9, in the early after
noon, mister Louis Farrakhan, ational
Repre ntative of the Hono ble Elijah
uhamm d and the ation of Islam,
hi ife and family members, registered
to ote for the fir tim in their lives.
In Rev. J c son's comments at the
registration table shortly .after uu er
Farrakhan and. hi wife Betsy had
registered, the presidential nominee id,
"This coming together today. of a broad
ero ction of citizen. . repre nt a
• revival of hope, it represent redemption,
ne belief and new 'bilit' es."
Rev. Jackson went on to say the
drive w taking p ce simultaneously
. cities cro the nation. "The dry
bone in the valley are corning together
. . . Thi repre nts a new cour ,a ne
coalition, a ne leadership, a ne 'direct
ion."
Expressing delight at seeing the young
opJ coming to the poll , Rev. Jack n
3.00; Li Jon, 3.00' L' Randolph
2.83; and Charlette Pugh.
iss Pugh is a 13-year-olcf freshman
tudent at Benton Harbo High School.
Pugh received a 3.33 grade point average
in math, science and english cour s
e i taking at C in ddition to her
BHHS course . Charlette Pugh is enrolled
in honor cla s a BHHS. Pugh id -her
major career go I is "to get a degree in
medicine and or law." She added, 'every
a piling tudent should set goals for
them lves and eep in ight of them.
It ill take hard work to fulfil them
but putting forth his or her be t effort is
the one thing that will be acceptable to
all. "
i Pugh, is the daughter of Willia�
and Lottie Pugh, 475 . Ottawa Road
Fairplain.
, commented, "There are 28 million voter
in the country between the ages of 18
and 24- 17 million unregistered." I
'When your registration is high, the
hool population is high. When regis
tration is .low, the jail population is high "
Rev. Jackson 'd.
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He urged young people, especially
the poor, "to remain In the proce "
becau "if the. poor come together
you will not remain poor very long."
, e have traveled around the nation,
now we have ended up in this place,
and I am ju delighted that Minister
Louis 'Farrakhan has made the decision
he is now a registered voter," Rev.
Jackson stated, and then brought on
inister Farrakhan. I
To a thunderou applause, Minister
Louis Farrakhan began, as alway, "In
the arne of Allah; -the Beneficent,
the Merciful, and In the Name of H'
True Servant and Last e nger, the
ost Honorable Elijah uhammad ... ,"
and went on to explain that t 50 years
of age he registering with a 'sober
mind, and a clear conscience, and with
deep humility." •
The uslim minister explained that
his teacher, Elijah uhammad, found
it difficult to dvise his folIo er to
take part "in a political proce that
was mastered by tho who had
oppre ed his people for 400 year ."
However, Farrakhan empha ized that
the Hon. Elijah uhamrn d prai d
Black politicians of "great trength"
and support them. "He (Elijah Muham
mad) said that if a Blac candidate stood
and would plead the case of the
oppressed .. : that kind of Blac politician
de rve and should get the full backing
. and pport of the entire people,"
Miitister F arrakhan said.
The endorsement of Rev. Jackson
by Minister Farrakhan came, in the word
of inister Farrakhan, "becau Rev.·
Jackson is a man that I believe will not
11 out the poor and the oppre sed. I
believe that this is a man that stands for
ju tice, and any man that stands for
ju ice, if he is allowed to bring justice,
will bring on the heels of justi the
peace that the whole world seeks.'
Putting hi registration in the context"
of the pre nt situation in America,
Bro. Farrakhan id that he recognized
the "critical hour in . hich we live:'
and pointed out that "millions of young
people in thi country have a f eling of
despair and hopelessne which breeds
violence."
"I ould rather e Black people,
young Black people, register to vote,
and march to the polls 10 unseat 0
who are underserving of political power
and to put in position of power tho
who we feel are deserving," IDl er
Farrakhan declared. "I feel we have no
,
choice between violence and ting,
I would rather se u vote."
ini ter Farrakhan concluded hi
remarks at the registration tabl ith
a fore oding injunction: ho who
were brought to America as the burden
bearers of white people now are in the •
unique po ition . to deliver thi n ti
from the judgment that appro ch
because of blind corrupt
The uslim lead r s rted ith re
gard to urban rioting and violenc t t
''the police department all 0 t men
are prepared for that kind of upri .
.•.. but they are not prep ed f th
uprising that we e he t d y th t
will produce an orderly m to the
poll ... "
Rev. Jack n dded the n-
cept of the "rainbow coalition of all
the colors of the human ce" and m de
it clear that "Everybody fits omewhere."
BARBARA WI
S, topped Delta
CHARLETTE PUGH, BR
earns C bono ,too.
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PIC e ing propo al
8 rrien, Cass Van Buren Private
Indu try Council, in planning for the
Program Year 1985-86 has relea d the
Requ st For Proposal (RFP) pack ge
for funding of program through th
Jobs Trainin Partnership ct lTP
announced Richard Dornbos,
director.
Deadline for application is arch 9,
1984 at 5:00 p.m. •
Partie intere ted in running a lTP A �
pr gram should contact Judith Hahn at
616 782-5109 for package.
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