25t
children c estern
n trudge bac to hool
m ny may not be
ge tin h t th y're prorni ed
- an education.
In tead e pecially if they are
Bl c , inferiority might en be
the 1 n of the day.
cc rding to Dr. Ch rle D.
ody Sr. uthor of Equity
and cell nee in Edu ation for
in here Are
e?" public education is de . n-
d to te h om udents to
pire to hi h atu rol in
dult life while conditioning
oth to cept 10 atu
roles in life.
o dy's report, part of the
Urban Le gue report on the
State of Bl c ichigan, suggests
th t public edu ation does not
deliver for Black children.
De pite expect tion from
the Black middl and upper-
. lower clas t t public educa-
tion equip , t dents it
nece ary knowl d e and kills
to m e them competitive
h I y terns by-and-large,
have failed to provid proper
educational rvices, ody
find.
Bl c
E
four
and degree f
teg ry,
rite th t although
tudents mpri 18.3
percent of the tate's chool
enr lIment, or 294 372 student
percent are enrolled in ju t
30 di trict .
Bla k tudent are overrepre-
sented in basic and 10 -level
I cl es while underrepresented
in advanced placement and cl -
es for gifted children.
Black enrollment in the
state's colleges and universities
has hovered at 3.26 percent.
That mean about 16000 Blacks
are enrolled in four-year
011 ge . For two-year c lleges
the figure are slightly higher
with 21,000 Blac tudents for
4.15 percent of the total.
Only 8000 Black students
them,
ri e. 'They are e-
mandin edu tional ervice
nd that thi ill and nowledge
b tr nsferred to job that will
provide equal pay, p wer privi­
lege and pre ti e."
center) SCLC youth coordin tor emb ce
omi Tutu-Se en daught r of Bishop Desmond Tutu of South
Af' , and her husband, nd Bernice King, daughter of rtin
Luther iog, Jr. The daughte of th obel P ce Prize inne
poke t a youth empowennent program during the 2 th annual
. SCLC convention in ontgomery, la. Photo by Ren d South­
hall
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ment district. The move clear
the way for the granting of
tax batements. S ott plans
new butcher shop on Broad­
ay near Ho den.
Coun il ctions at the Aug.
19 meting re but ontinua­
tion of the city's effort to take
care of th busine of bu i-
nes.
The coun il ha re ently
approved tax abatement or
J R Developer to con truct a
new computer ale and repair
hop on Havey near Lemuel;
Tyler Sales Co. Ander on Pat­
tern Co. nd C 'Appliance
all planning e pansion.
ith an eye to gettin for
ivin , the oun il has estab-
li hed tax ab tement uide lines
whereby a bu ine getting th
tax break mu t give a percentage
of the ne job re ted to city
resident.
Fe tival in the par
way
way
P ck
proceed east on Broad-
to Pee then north on
to Manahan, pr eed
on M nah n t B er
B ker to Columbia,
t Baker Colum-
HTS. - Five
bu ine edged clo r to brin -
ing to reality not only their
a n dream but th goal of the
arren dministration - job .
At the u ust 26 city council
meeting, council member ap-
pro ed the le of property
to three new bu ine es:
Dy tra Carpet o. for a carpet
store on herman t Temple;
ent Be er e Co. In . for a
hole be erage facility on
Glade near Shenn n: and Gor­
d n Food Servic Inc. for a
food tore at Shennan and
Temp . . USKEGO HTS. - The
Quic way-Staput Sign Inc., us egon Height Downtown
781 nnan ) bel manu- Development Authority and
fa turing company received th Bo rd will pon or th fourth
council 0 y to buy property nnual Fe ti al in th P rk to
on Sherman tRy for ware- be held in Rowan Park Sep-
ou e pan ion. t mber 7, turd y t 10:00
Scott eats, 2804 Hoyt, also a.m.
received council pproval st b- The Parade will a emble at
lishing a commercial redevelop- - the corner of Sixth and Broad-
bia.
Come
the fun.
ut and be a part of
Michael
Jackson
to star in film
-Tum to Pa 12
ere enrolled in priv te r inde­
p ndent c lle e makin up 1.72
p reent of that t tal em 11m nt
during 1984.
Citing a rep rt authored by
linda Darlin -Hamm nd
publi hed by th Rand Corp. in
1985 0 dy con lude that
Blacks th ugh n compi tin
high s hool in gre ter number,
have lost r und in olle e
attendance and compl tion rate
in 1 7S b au f th e on mi
re e i n nd n in
federally-fund d tudent id pr -
hild at h n P e
POO TRE T E T
On e Bla k are nr lled at
ny 1 vel [ educ ti n, hat
ind f trea tm nt d th re-
eive?
Continued on P e 8
Parents, grade your schools
Taking a Ii t to the 10 al publi
least once - is a d way t a se
Hatwo d Futrell, pre id nt f th
A iati n.
Th dozen
som kind of
parti ular ch
I and ch
qu lity ,
ati nal
-CL
n r-
th
ram
Is a
r paren­
Are they
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