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AUGUST - 14. 19
THE CITIZEN PAGE t E
t's time to'
rite
he rea
history ,
·ayi
exod of Afri into the
orth American Continent long after
eir forcible captivety and journey
hither e, sho interests of some
rt that go beyond the popular pro
da theme of "America, the land of
opportunity. tt
True enough and for the longest,
ha known that America w
ce for bu One venture and all
de of advert ° d life tyle. How
ever, th facilitation of mutually
beneficial medium for both the newly-
rri Africans and their American
counter p rts h not been encouraged
by the veral vailable mean. By thi I
m alluding to the non-objective view
pre nted by the various ann of the but a total illusion.
medi . Blac p rents in America h ve not yet
Often time, torie e done by caught on to the gradualistic brain
armchair journalist with ethnocentri ing perpetuated by the slanted pro-
bi graming on American televi ° on. 0
One can only th nk God that the days of the home have three to four tele-
of the Tarzan and Amos and Andy are VI Jon ts but not even one t of
particially 0 er. ot trangely at all they encyclopedia or other reference materials.
m de more believers out of BI ck than They al are the same parent who
hite American . ' complain when ids bring home the C's
It n't unu ual to hear one of the and D' .
I d inger of "the once popuJ r musical One totally mi on rued concept as
group' J ", say he loved he America that more African should be brought in
b cau h ould not ant to go bac to to learn more about their African-
Afric here camel and hor are mean American brothers with out any form
rtatlon. of reciprocity, thereby creating an
ill not unusu I for ten year old inbalanced communication exchange.
from predominantly bite in titut- I am only hoping that arnb dorial
io Africans like my If, ho opportunitie I n get program in-
e e fOT lunc . tituted here more American udent
It ° not unu al for n m riean would spend at least two years in igeria
firm anting to e tabli h branches in oth r African countrie studying and
different part of frica to di reg rd kno ing more bout their 0 n people.
inee the v ge would buy anything Thi should in some way begin the
yway. fusion that ha long been needed and
ith ch preva ive attitude till 0 eliminate some misgiviop about
in e . tance, one ha no re n to onder both orld of the same peop e.
hy South fri till in bond ge Africa even before the birth of Chri t
today. w a center of trade and commerce.
at h long been theorized i now Therefore, ny Blac ho ° f ct-
echoed by Rev. Je J c n oriented can make this pilgrimage to"
at ., Until Blacks can 'Din respect motherland.
ill th· own terrain, the hope of We need etlCh "other more JO now
America would remain as nothing
ByAlW •
There h been in th p t 20 ye
great deal of progre m de in some
area of cial development in the u e
gon area.
There also h been great de of
failure in the continuation and continuity
of project development, not only in the
inner city neighborhoods, but in the
outlying ttlements of our county
al o.
In the are of real economic develop
ment we are continuing our puttering,
and flailing that h becom a part of
our public inheritance.
Everything h a u and t ere °
an effect.
"The Citizen" intend to revi tn
de elopment of th Inner city organiza-
tional development and the BI c
neighborhoods of the county in an
ttempt to recognize the formula, if there
° one, that create uc ful progr
and what is respo °b e for the failure
th t have occured.
Each are 11 be revi ed and
we invite our re ders to feel free to
participate in the revie e move
through the real history of th p t
20 years.
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A
ill
Griffith,
Cole wed
YPSILANTI - La Juan ° Diane Cole
and Keith Allan Griffith exchanged
eddin vow in a double ring ceremony
officiated by Rev. George . Bennett,
Saturday, June 16 at the t. Zion Church
of God In Chri t.
They were ttended by Beverly
Bennett matron of honor and Deneatric
etcalf maid of honor. The t 0 be t
men were Pat ric oore and Carl Hamil
ton. A junior bridesmaid and junior
groomsman and eight bridesmaids and
groomsmen were in attendance.
Parents of the birde are Mr. and r.
Donald E. Cole of egon. The bride -
groom is the son of r. and r. Charle
F. Griffith of e York.
The bride i attending Ea em ° chi
gao Unive lty and is employed by
Fox's Je erly. The bridegroom is a
graduate of Eastern Michigan University
and i employed by Comerica Bank.
The couple .ill re Ode in Ypsil nti,
ichigan.
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Whatever do you me n, I can't?
I can, I can, I can!
I can do, I can be, I can e,
I can go, hear me?
Whatever do you mean?
Whatever do you mean I won't?
I will, I ill, I will!
Where there's a will, there's a way.
I n't that's just what they ay?
Whatever do you mean?
How c n you think of uch a thing
To tell me what I c nnot do?
I'd have a more p sitive outloo
life,
I mean, if I were you.
So don't just tand there doin nothin'
You can, you can, you can
Go ahead. try it. ke your day
And you'll see there wa a way.
in't life grand?
Whatever do you mean, you can't?
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