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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".