AY 23 - 29,1984 THE CITIZEN PAGE THREE
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D TROIT - A Leadership Conference
spon red by the ichigan Democrati
/ Bl c C ucu DB) will be held Fri-
d y June 8 and turday June 9, accord­
in to State Sen tor D vid Holmes
(D-Detroit, chairman of the DOC.
The retreat will be held t Delta Col­
lend all Democrat under 50 are wel­
come, the DBC chair "d.
reception at the home of Delta Pre
ident with a elcome by Mayor La renee
Cr wford will kic off the conference,
Friday evening, June 8 at 7 p.m.
A variety of workshop will be con­
ducted throughout the d y Saturday.
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GREE SBORO, .c. - u.s. Presi­
dential candidate, the Rev. I Jackson,
told 950 gr duating student at his
AIm ter, orth Carotin A&T State
Univer ity, Sund y that the role, ope,
and funding for education must be
incre d in this nation.
"A d eloped mind, not e
. our fir line of defense," id J ckson
before 12,000 enthusi ic and cheering
gr duate and their famili and friends.
"Although the primary responsibility
for education K-12 has repo d with the
. ce the doption of the Recon-
ction Amendment," 'd lac son,
federal government h had the basic
respo 'bility for the principle of equality
of educational opportunity in the United
State. That is it should be, and this
vital rol of the federal go ernment must
continue." J ckson, a 1964 MT grad-
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The 'chigan Civil Rights Commi 'on
has ordered Ferris State College to pay a
Blae oman S7,500 in damages for
mental anguish and emotional distr
ccording to Civil Rights new release.
The order resolves the r ce discrimina-
tion complaint of Opal cGinni ho
orked registered nur for the
college' udent health center. Despite
h r qualification, cGinnis w denied
the upervisory po ition of infirmary
charge nur e in 1976.
In the opinion of Commissioner
illiam Holly, 'Claimant ... was the only
one of the three applicants who as
Bl , she a the only one who not
given an intervie by the edical Dir -
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on dation;
Dept. of Com­
Cushin berry,
Re . ,AF
ichigan Educat n �""""-I"
allett, Jr. Go
Washington .. Dept. of
uate, charged that recent budget cuts of
the aeagan Administration have e pecial­
Iy hurt educational effort .
"The cuts . . . reduced Title I which
contained funded programs for dis­
advantaged elementary and secondary
students by almo 28 percent and offer­
ed proposals for tuition tax credits and
voucher which could have the effect of
ndermining a strong and efficient
public education system," id J ckson.
The aVailability of higher education
to minority tudents would be cur­
tailed, according to Jackson, by recent
propo in the area of higher educa-
tion. Th would reduce the avail-
ability of tudent loans and scholarship
and require student needing federal
pport to earn up to 40 percent of their
college fee before they are eligible for
ance.
ust pay in'
nd
Tate, an gement Con ltant.
- "Gaining and aintainin Po er"-
James Sharp, ayor City .of Flint.
- 'Labor and Party Politic n - liz
Baker, .E .. A.· John Luster, AFL-CIO.
- "Politic of Economic Develop-
ment" - Claudia Lauchie, Director of
EBDA; Larry Le therwood,
Offi er Small Bu . e Dept. of T
port tiori; John Pugh, Delta con e Ad­
ministrator.
- 'Politic on Youth and Educa- �
tion n - Barbar obert
Board of Education; Laurin Roberts, stu­
dent at Spelman Colle e.
Cost of the conference r op
i only 25. For wor op, meal and one
night' lodging the co is $45.
For addition informati n, co ct
Sen. David Holme office: State pitol
Building Room 124 Lansing, I 48909 .
, chairman of the board of directors of I've Known Ri , In .,
Afro-American Pavilion; Debra Edgerton; Dean 'tcheD; and
Ron robel, u r-Busch Orleans branch manager. The 0
will be added to the internationally acclaimed Bud eiser Great Kin
of Arric art ill be on display at the Afro-American P 'filion durin
the odd' Fair.
cGinnis : bias case
tor, and she w the only one who as
denied the job - despite the fact that she
had been a full-time employee for three
year compared to one competitor who
had merely orked part-time and another
who had worked for respondent only one
year."
Although McGinnis resigned in 1979,
the order also directs the colle e to reim­
bur the difference in wage she would
have earned s Infirmary charge nurse and
pay S 11,267 for attorney fees.
Blacks in Hi-Tech
Computer field
on display at
World's Fair
Fair in
Department's
this eek.
Th bure u' exhibit, located in th
Afro-American P vilion, features a mic­
rocompute with a 25-indl color m 'tor
which, on demand, display
data in text and multi-colored, mu1ti­
dimensional graphs.
Visitors can key the" computer
"call up" on the monitor screen infor­
mation on the Blac population
population coun ,median e, f
income, occupations of employed B
college enrollment, education attainment,
Black family structure, voting and re . -
tration rates, poverty, and unemp oy­
ment data.
Graphic and text ere pted for
the high technology display by the ce
and Ethnic Statistics Staff of the bure 's
Population Division.
ississippi Homecoming sla ed
June 1·3
IACKSO, S - Founder and Gen­
eral Chairman, Charle Evers, has an­
nounced the 1984 ''Medgar Evers
.. sippi Homecoming" set for June 1,
2 and at th St te Fairground in
J ckson, ississippi.
Ever fo� or of Fayette,
M.is:sissi·ppi, recently rel ased final details
of this year's tribute to his brother,
slain civil right Ie der Madgar Evers,
indicating an expanded 1984 hedule
- including r-studded entertainment,
., minority busine exhibits, "and a two
day Wild We t Rodeo, which will attract
over 60,000 visitors from aero s the
state during the three day weekend.
Among the celebritie confirmed for
the 1984 " dgar Ever .. ippi
Homecoming" are Redd Foxx, uham­
mad Ali, and Blue Singer B.B. Kin
and Bobby "Blue' Bland.
The event . pr ented annually by
the Medgar Ever Fund, Inc., a private,
non-profit social rvice corpor tion.
GREAT QUEENS UNVEILED AT Great Queens, of
Africa ere unveiled on the eve of the opening ceremonies of the Afro-American
Pavilion of the 1984 Lo . ana odd Expo ition (World's Fair) in e Orleans.
The ton Qu are Queen Hatshep t of Far Antiquity, painted by artist Dean
itchell, and Queen eda of Ethiopia, painted by artist Debra Edgerton. From
ft are: Glenn Haydel, vice pre . dent of corpor te affairs for th Louisiana oriel
Expo itlon; Henry H. Bro n, vice pre ident-mar et development, Anheuser-Busch
for peoca. no rnlssile .
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"You and I, therefore, have a job to
do. We must not let this administration
or any administration rest easy with
the cuts that have been made in the
educational budget and with th notion
that resources can be taken from this
budget and applied to the building of
nuc ar eapon and military inter­
vention in Grenada, in Lebanon, in
Central America, or any other place in
the World," said Jackson.
He urged the graduating student
to u their minds to "build 250,000
bridgeS to put steelworkers b ck to work
and to work for peace, jobs, and ju tice.
Your generation must expand the de­
mocratic proce and open up the doors
of the Democratic Party. You must
end hunger and chee lines."