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lecturer,
racial equality. n ti
publicized phot gr ph
depicted Dr. eredith cr lin
off a rural uthern ro dway
after being shot during civil
right demo tr tion i perhap
how he is best nown.
AP, financial and material
arm to the uskegon commun
ity, provides food, counseling,
and recreational program to
area people.
The dinner, a fir t -time event
for AP, will be held at the
iddle School in uskegon
Heights. It will begin at 6:30
p.m. Donation ticket are
10.00 per per on nd may be
purch ed at AP's headquarter,
2500 Jeffer n St.
AI 0 attending the dinner
will b u kegon Heights'
mayor Dr. Warren, who will
pre nt to Dr. Meredith a key
- to the city.
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"Avoiding deseg"
BE 0 HARBOR - Ben
ton Harbor Area Shoo} are
guilty of union busting and
circumventing the court-ordered
de egregation.
So charged George Piggee,
president of Local o. 953
the American Federation of
State County and unicipal
Employees (AFSC and a
14-year employee of the chool.
Piggee's concerns surfaced at
the Sept. 3 work hop of the
school board. Piggee and Dan
Skinner, SC E local chapter
chairper n, told board members
of alleged irregularities in the
recent hiring of two foremen.
The two veteran school em
ployees elaborated on their
charges in an interview with
The Citizen.
Maintenance er re be-
ing forced out of the ystem
while the hools turn more
and more to contracting r
vices for the same or, Pig
gee said.
The schools are also avoiding
a court order to increase Black
representation in the main
tenance department, Piggee
charged.
I had to fight to get into
the ystem," Piggee told Board
members. The only Black in
Contin d on P e 3
ev. athan
ells named
hop
..... Stor on P
Campaign:
If you ant freedom, Buy it!
EW YO
- African-
Americans earn enou h money
every 12 months to p nd
d y for 547,945
years. Thirty million Afri an
American earn 200 billion in
income and sp nd 1 billion
a year on g ods and rvice.
Thi i equivalent to the G P
of Canada or u tralia or the
ni th lar tion in th free
orld.
The national Buy Freed m
campaign i ur ing Blacks to put
their n m on ache k w rth
200 billi n by ndin m r
f their d liars in the Bia
Octavia 'Granny H wkins
is a one-worn n civil right
organiz tion, c mmunity activi t
and herald of ju tice. And the
Covert community want to tell
er how much they appreciate
her.
So, on Saturday September
14 at 7 p.m. in Civic Center
friends and community wilJ
gather to y thank you!
says D. Harkne s community
committee convenor.
For all the time, energy
and love rs. Hawkins h
given u , we are saying thank
you" Harkne aid.
r. Hawkins i a residen t
of Covert, married to Charles,
mother of five grand m ther
and great grand m ther. Sine
her retirement from aram nt
and VA Union activitie in
hica 0, he ha dey, ted the
majority of her time to the
political community and relig
ious activities of the tri-county
area, Van Buren a sand
Berrien.
, any h urs and mile are
spent on the r ad and attend
ing meetin gettin the me a e
to our mmunity ab ut pr -
jects and program which will
benefit the re ident and wel
fare of the c mmunity,' Hark
n . id "In addition to her
personal counseling rs. Haw
kins i an active member and
treasurer of First Bapti t Chur h
of Covert embership chair
man of Van Buren United
Civic Organization � Supervi r
of VBVCO's PI Summer Youth
orkers; ember of the Youn -
at-Heart Senior Citizen Group;
overt utrition Site R pre-
ntative: Legal Redre hair-
man of V n Buren hapter
AACP; Advi ry oun il:
m mber of Lea u
Human Re urces: member.
ental Health Bard of ichi
gan; Ch irman of V nCa ap
Covert Area P C".