THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN FEBRUARY 1 -7, 1987
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not over until it's over and the
Twin Cit' branch AACP
election i not over.
Accordin to reliable urce
ho po e only on the guaran­
tee of anonymity, an ppeal
of the Dec. 21 election ha
been m de to the n tion
office.
T enty-five election viola-
tion ere cited by Rev. J arne
Child, pa tor of Progre . e
o
en 0
Bapti Church and the candi­
date nominated for branch pre '­
dent. Rev. Child was beaten
out 30 to 21 by incumbent
ary DeFoe who u d the
petit 'on proce to et her
name on the ballot.
The li of viol tions is in
conflict with the ep-by- ep
procedure of chec and
balances outlined in tlie AACP
election handboo , the Citizen
urce said.
G D B C I - The
Flint branch AACP h entered
dispute brewing in the Grand
Blanc high ol,
Accordin to a report in the
Jan. 22, The Grand Blanc
.C: Dum , of the
Flint AACP leg redre eom­
mittee will e hi organiza­
tion' fmancial upport to b
Sur John n 177 an African
American udent suspended for
remarking to whites, "J e
Chri , you people are rude.'
School officials called the
remar "profane" and leveled
the suspension. Dum is
reported a ying the same pro­
fane u of of "Je s Chri "
by a hite tudent brought a
detention not n . D.
The har er penalty gain
Johnson a racial, Duma
charged the Grand Blanc bo rd
of education.
Dum said the white girl '
parent had called him to re­
late the difference in punish­
ment dispersed by the schools.
"I told you before, I thought
it had racial 0 ertone, and
I tell you again that there's
something wrong with the
ministration hen this same
identical it tion happens and
the punishment is different
between the Black udent and
the white student," Dumas is
reported a telling the Grand
Blanc Board.
At the same Board meeting,
another Black parent related
an incident involving her daugh­
. ter.
The school administration
failed to take any disciplinary
action again either student
although profanity wa u d.
Administrator failed to ex­
pre concern, the mother
charged, because it w s a "BI ck
on Blac "dispute.
uskegon
AACP installs officers
y ary GaDid y
The Mu egon Branch of the
AACP held it in allation r­
vice Sund y, Jan. 25 at 5 p.m.
t 847 Pine St.
Sworn into office. were: pre-
'dent illiam' Bill" Gill; fir t
vice-pre 'dent Dr. Robert
cond vice-president, J
; third vice Legart T y­
lor; cretary, Aira Harri . cor­
re ponding cretary, C dia
ar er; trea r r Cheryl
lGnny.
ard member are Rev.
John Shyne, Then Beard,
attie Shyne, Dougla Bla -
mon, Rev. J. . Blow Jo phine
Hou , Robert Daw n, Ivory
orris J r., Catherine White,
Carnar White, James Blac man
illiam Humphrey Sr., Bernice
Sydnor illie Taylor
aude right, Inez Smith,
Geor e Farman, Philip Smith,
Erma ebg, Edgar Roiney, il­
li Bell, Bobbie cAfee, Laura
Shyne, J ohn Sydnor, infred
arri y Elizabeth encie,
Darlene ebb and Alexander
D vi . r. Addie C. ay
conducted the install tion.
AACP session offers training
J CKSO The regular
meeting of the ichi an State
Conference of CP branche
ill be held Saturday, February
14 1987 from 1:00-3:45 p.m.
t the id e Region III
CP office, 17 Ford Avenue,
Highland Par .
According to te president
C rl Breeding the main nda
item will be m datory
training . n for Officers and
Executive Committee embers
of the State Conference, Branch-
es, Youth Council and Col­
Ch pters.
All Officer and Executive
Committee members who parti­
cipate wID be certified by the
A CP tion Board, Breeding
said. But in order to be certi­
fied, you mu attend!
C. Patrick Babcoc h n
invited to thi meetin to give
progno ication for the ichi­
gan Department of Social Ser­
vice
A
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elections/cite 25 violations
DeFoe, who wa elected to
her fifth two-year term at the
Dec. 21 'on, has 15 days to
re pond to the charge to
forw rded to her by illiarn
Penn, ational Director of
Branch and Field Service .
Rev. Childs mailed the chal­
lenge Dec. 26 to Carl Breeding,
ate president in Jack n;
Charle . Anderson director
idwe region in Highland
Par ; and William Penn at the
ational headquarter in Balti-
more, the Citizen urce re-
vealed.
Rev. Childs refused to com­
ment.
DeFoe could not be reached
for comment.
Bee u of the winter storms
illiam Penn a not in the
Baltimore AACP office at
pre time and could not be
re ched for comment.
The violations were among
tho cited by Rev. Childs,
the source id:
- 0 branch meetings were
held in October or ovember
the proper notification to
member of the upcoming elect-
ion could not be m de.
- The nominating committee
a appointed, not elected a
required.
-The general membership did
not t the date. time of
election a required.
- The election supervi ry
committee as appointed, not
elected.
-DeFo had control of the
membership li t, not the secre­
tary as it's ppo d to be.
Rev. Child was told by DeFoe
he could 100 at he member­
ship li with one member
instead of the five members
he is allowed to have accom­
pany him.
-There wa no validation of
elector to prove their mem­
bership in the AACP or that
they were members in go d
tanding for 30 day prior to
the election.
-Voten were not required
to furnish identification of any
kind.
-Announcement of the up­
coming election wa made Dec.
8, one day after the final day
allo ed by the AACP hand--
b ok.
- 0 safeguard ere in plac
to see that once a member
voted, they pa d out of the
election room and did not
return.
- There a no priva y pro­
vided voters. embers h d to
vote not 10 feet from where
DeFoe sat atching the ballots
being marked t an op n table.
- There a n announced
poll cIo ing time.
-There was not the requir­
ed 30- y peri d between the
announcement f the candi­
date and the el cti n. The
announcement wa Dec. and
the electi n as Dec. 21.
According t the itizen
urce Rev. Child tated in
his letter of appeal that he as
'holding harmle " the ele ti n
upervisory committee. Rev.
Child alledgedly id he felt
the committee wa willing to
conduct the election properly
but did not receive the elect­
ions handbook until one or two
days before the election.
THE PRIZE - Freedom Ride John Lewi ,left, and Jim Z erg after beln b ten by a rno
bama, they took p in th 1961 Freedom Ride that ultimately brought inte-
of inte te tnn ortation to the South. Freedom Ride and lunch counter it-in tbe
'AiD t Scared of Your J. 1960-1961," part three of Eye On The Prize: m rica' C" il
1954-1965, edne ay, February 4 at 9 p.m. on PBS cbeck local listin ).
N.A!dlvllle Te e
Stokes on Iran commit ee
ASHI GTO , DC - Hou
of Repre ntative Speaker Jim
Wright h officially announced
the ppointrnent of Congre -
man Loui Sto e a member
of the Select Committee to
lnve ig te Covert Arm Trans-
action ith Iran.
The Committee, convened
to in est' ate the Iran arm
sales and the diversion of funds
to the icaraguan contra , will
begin it work in late January
or early February 1987.
Congre an Stoke i one
of 15 embers of Congre
lected to rve on the com-
mitte. He wa fir elected to
Congre in 1968 and during
his tenure Representative of
the 21 st District of Ohio has
served a chairman of the
Hou Committee on Standard
of Official Conduct Ethics
Committee chaired a Hou
committe that inve ti ated the
a sinati n of artin Luther
King and John F. ennedy.