Thi ye , 1984,· one of the mo t
im portant ye in th history of Blac
people. y? re ul of being en-
sla ed for 400 year we fall short com­
paired to other minoritie in Americ
nd other people of the orld in area
of economic , education and politic
In the 1960' me of the peopl
of me ric with Be, demon ted
their inte concern for injustice that
were being perpetrated , gainst certain
gment of this society. After a lot of
hard or and the co t of many, many ,
li s some affirrnati action legislation
p d.
Th hope that thi legi tion
guarantee fair treatment, especially
formally e 'Yed tegments of
ty and any other gments that
were bein de"t ith unfairly. For a
minu te (a very short pan of time corn-
ed to the time of the en ve-
ment) thin m to be going ok. But
then in the fevor of it all Richard ixon
slipped into the pre' ency and the
fo ard progre for Blacla and other
hoping for freedom, justice and equality
began to slip a ay. The most devastating
of all, hich i hat e are experiencing
today, a the consequences of exons
ntment of thre Supreme Court
Justice .
In the sixti , Blac men, omen and
children and the men, wornen and chil­
dren of other minorities began to ex­
. el, crumb of the eco-
nomic, litical and ocial pie. But no
in the 1980' tho ixonite Justice
p dec' 'on . � the one p d June
11, 1984 to refute e affumative ction
'ns of 60' .
o what m be don? Only on -
third of th voting populat on ctually
-votes. One-third of the voting popula­
tion decide ho will make decisions
fo the to-third the total population.
y' this? Becau B s and other
minorities do not exerci thei voting
po ere
I urge every man, oman to regi ter
and their ¥ te for change again t
Re . omi in 1984.
small economic Gob ),
are elected to dif­
d IOCial pins in the
tati
e entered the early SO's e
re lulled into a f Ie of security.
't', imperative that quicldy
. d hopefully down this
" hI
OEUVEREO HOT OFF THE GRILL TO YOUR 000
11am TIL 3pm
Beginning Friday, June 15, 1984
For 0 liv ry Informat on
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regr ion back into sl very.
The June 11, 1984 Supereme Court
decision to cut down affirmative actions
gains i in keeping with the Reagan
Administrations attitude toward Affir­
mative Action.' This is why thi man
mu t be defeated in ovember. The
only ay to put a halt to ix-Reagono­
mics is to defeat Ronald Reagan at the
polls. Pre 'dent Reagan nd his Supreme
Court J tice' are not only putting
Affirmative Action on the "Back"
burner they are in the proce of taking
it off of the stove altogether.
Try to eep i., mind e ch and every
vote doe count. Your vote counts.
So please silo that you still care about
the freedom, justice and equality of us
aU by casting your vote for progress
again Reaganomics.
Support the ide tha John F. Ken­
nedy and Dr. artin L. King and count­
Ie others rrendered their Ii for:
Equality for you and me. e e it to
them and to oursel to countinue the
fight against injustice .. In the 1960',
e did it in the reets. In the 1980'.
it must be done at the ballot box,.
Register and cut your wte if you
care.
arshea Anderson
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JUNE 27-JULY 3,1984' THE CITIZEN PAGE NI E,'
Try the DuSable.
I read with delight article about a
te r who took her to a museum
in Chi go. I b�line it wu the Field .
useum. That is an excellent museum.
.. I just ant to inform our public
ho ever, that The DuSable useum
of African-American Distol)' t 740
E 56th Place in Chicago wiD be the
it?
ooee
. question that come to my
mind no - -day . ju t ' hat is Jazz?
Many poop m to have their own
interpretation of bat Jazz is. Since
e are on this particular band gon,
I would like to go on record with my
own interpretation of what Jazz is.
Relative to the que tion, what i Jazz,
an intere ting experience happened to m
when I performed at a high school prom
"in smaI1 rural . chigan town recently
with roc band called "Z chana."
This particular and primarily rock
band plays a vanety of music ranging
from music of the 40's and 50's, po ,-
contemporary rock, and rhythm and
blue C. And orne top 40 tunes.
During our fir t at the prom, we
p yed a kind of mixture of different
tu ,namely: B agic Woman
-San taM, Ain't 0 Sunshine - Bill
lthers, Old Time Rock and Roll - Bob
Segar, Vehicle - The Id of arch and
Colour y orld - Chicago, to name a
fe .
n we fmiJhed the fir t, a
holarly gentleman aring a three-
piece and a Uni nity of
Michigan b ball cap alked 0 to ard:1
the band. He happened to be the princi­
pal of the school where the prom was
being held. Looking very disturbed
he said to .' the band that . , �ou guys
are playing Jazz. If you keep playing
Jazz, no one is going to dance." 11\1
hole band promptly gazed with amaze-
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very tonishingly "JAZZ" ! ! !
Finally our band le der . . d to the
befuddled gentleman, "I'm sorry sir,
but Jazz is the only mu ic we know."
This heart arming ory brings
b ck to the original question of this
particular article - What is Jazz?
Fir of all we need to know that there
are different c tegorie of Jazz deriving
from the Blu of early American Black
namely: Ragtime, Dixieland, Swing,
Bebop, modem Jazz and contemporary
Jazz.
o of th types of Jazz are dis-
tinguishable by styles of each type;
ho ever, we lDVO e upon one con­
temporary or new-wave musi c idioms,
the definition of Jazz kind of get 10 t
in translation it were.
ever-the-l I believe that to th
Jazz purist, Jazz it lf i distingui ble,
free and expressive but yet confined.
Recently J I was having lunch in
egon with a ell-known local
Jazz organi t Bill "Ham" Barrett and
be quoted the latest Jazz sen tion,
Jazz trumpeter Wynton anallis
ying that "Jazz is a ry thin line."
Sued on my experience with Jazz I
ould hale to agree 'with yoton.
But, the question still remains, what
, Jazz? WeD, only your Jazz purist
kno for sure. ow the question is,
What'sa Jazz pu ' t?
mo excitins experience for any B ck
American to . Te chen p e contact
the museum at (312)947.()6()().
Dr. argaret Burroughs aBc
oman founder and director of th
museum. You will ne r forget the
experience.
Muskegon
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PHILLIP CHAPEL AFRICA
ETHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
2145 Dyson Str t Hackley Ave.
Muskegon Hei ts, Michigan
Rt. Rev. Hubert N. Robinson, Bish.
Fourth Episcopal District
Rev. Dr. M.L. Simmons,
presiding Elder
North 0 troit District
Rev. John H. Lindsay, Minister
Phone: 733-1819 or 722-2859
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Worship 10:45 a.m.
Wed. Service 7:00 p.m .:
EW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH
560 Yuba str
Muskegon, Michigan 49442
Pastor, Rev. Willi F. Wilson
Church Phone: 722-7192
Pastors Phone: 722-2819
ORDER OF DIVINE ORSHIP
Sunday School •..•••• 9: 30 a.m.
Devotion ••• � ••• 10:45 a.m.
Morning Worship ••••. 11:00 a.m.
TABERNACLE CHURCH OF GOD
614 E. River Rd.
P stor, Eld r Jerry L. Oak
744-4582
Sund�y School •••••• 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship ••••• 12:00 noon
Ev ning Worship •••••• 7:00 p.m.
Wed. Pray Serv c BJbl School
................. 7:00 p.m.
Fri. Holy Ghost Night Special
Servic .••••.•••••• 7:00 p.m.
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QUEE ESTHER
BAPTIST CHURCH
2220 Sup.lor - n H hts
Pastor, Rev. Roland L. Howard
Ass. Minlst rs - Rev. L. Wilson
R • C. Quinn
SundlY Sc 001 ••••••• 9: 15 I.m.
ml Wo tp ••••• 10:45 I.m.
Ew 0 ip •••••• 7:00 p.m.
TUESDAY - n ••• 6:00 p.m.
Blbl Study ••••••••• 7:00 p.m.
WED. - Prl •. 6:30 p.m.
Office Hn. ••••••••• 10-5 -F
Food .. Clot Pantry.. -F 10-3
New, Pap. offlc ••••• ·F 10-4
Church Phone: •••••.• 739-8825
Offic Phone: ••••••• 739-7270
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