Tragedy inspires BH woman to
launch children's programs P .7
Howard U breaks
open the future Pag.3
The Michigan . . :
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2
and Recreation in
ichigan to relate to the
Kalamazoo group ho Flint's
o n Bl ck Arts Fe tivaI ha
fared in ucce sive
'There is still lot of wor
to be done, but the cIo r we
get to it, and the more things
begin to fall into pl ce the
more excitina it all' becomes"
ys Willard Bowe group co­
organizer and Kalamazoo b d
tory teller who will b featured
in the Art Fe tivaI.
Getting more area artists in­
volved in the fe tival is pre­
sently the major hurdle f cing
the group. Suggestions for cir­
culating application to Black
arti ts, and generally m ing
them aware of the fe tival'
exi ten
arti t ."
. riter are also being en­
cour ged to display their ills
in poetry and book-making
workshops.
"Perh p this may be seed
for next year's festival" ys
Loi Jackson of the Helen
Coover Center. 'e would
like to get Black children
interested, not only in the
visual art, but literal arts s
well. Perhaps even combined
poetry and boo m ing wor -
shop. nd down the road, th
compiling of a Blac Anthology
of Kalamazoo Poets as direct
result of the Blac Art Fe ti­
val."
In ddition tho who would
like to open food booth durin
Cont nued on Peg. 3
Uu( RATE
U.S. Po.tag
PAID
14ao22
Permit No.50
Addr'. Cor. R'q.t
White
control'
over many township
Thus the decision by the
curity force to supp rt the
more con rvative F ther or
hite Scarves in their battle
ith the radical is bein vie ed
a deliberate
Contlnu d on P 9 3
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JUNE 29-JULY 5,1986
c mmittee,
thered t
wy
Fe tival's
u ce
Fir t on the end as dis-
cu 'on of Carribbean ight ,
the I te t in erie of fund
rai rs de igned to finance the
fledgling gr up ende vor .
The all-We t Indie night at
the Pre 'dent Lounge on
Burdick in Kalamazoo fe tured
calyp mu limbo contests
eel drum and refreshments
that included Yellowbird and
Virgin Daiquiri drink and barbe­
qu t shish eb b, and Mace­
donin. To date 544 was
By Ro rt . T ylor
LT S - In tigation by the
white minority government and
a desire by some Black to
better their condition at the
expen of other Blacks appear
to be the primary reasons for
the recent factional fightlng in
South Africa's giant shanty­
town known s Crossroads,
The Blae on Blac figh ting
ha thus far left ores of people
de d and up to 70000 hornele s.
The conflict centered around
a de perate truggle for control
of Cro sroad bet een youn
radical nti-apartheid Black
who refer t themselve
"The mr de
f traditi nal Bl
b