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How the church weakens
Blacks psychologically Pig 8
Unde ground Railroad,
Emancipation celebration
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"SER VING THE
STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COl'l11l1U ITY"
APRIL 12-18, 1987
VOL. IX NO. 20
b to do -
ler April 6 fter
Janel nd Ray
:ballleilift of it."
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NEWS BRIEFS
GOVERNMENT SAID TO FALSIFY CIVIL RIGHTS
DOCUMENTS
PROTEST CAMPUS RACISM
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POLICIES HURT BLACK STUDENTS
ashington DC - A rep rt re1ea d la t ee by t
higher education groups charged that Reagan ·admini trati n
student-aid policies are hurting Bla k student and may be
responsible for the recent decline in the number of Bla
attending college. The study s conducted by the nited
egro College Fund and the atinal Institute of Independen
Colleges and Universities. The tudy found that when the
administration shifted student aid program from grant t
loans Blacks were disproporti nately affe ted becau it wa
more difficult for them to get loan. The rep rt charged i
the present trend continues e wilJ be a si nificantly Jess
educated society by the year 2000." ccording to late t
information although 30% more Blacks are graduating fr m
high school the number of tho who go on to college h
fallen by 11% .
ac
ighland Par
men provide model
By Jame pti te
Young men are at
gre t ri becoming an
endan ered eci - to travel
the path of the dinasaur .
Older Bl c men in High-
land Par want to put top to
it eliminate the ri factor.
They formed in ovember
an rg nizati n to help Blac
male y un ter in Highland
P r by, amon other thing
b in pr gre sive and vi ible
role m del.
re -the men of High­
and you will be the
men of Highland Par " id
member Frank Ro s April 4 to
five young Black men accu d
of ealing athletic shoes.
In tead of entanglement in
the legal system the organiza­
ti n called the Highland Par
en's Forum is dealing . ith
the by.
The boy m wn among their
high hool classmate a out-
tanding tudent and athlete
currently are rving 60 hours,
each of community rvice wor e
and oth r r titution th or­
ganizati n rec mmended.
The Highland Par Dept.
f Pu Ii ty publi hool
ity Council and 30th
District Court, the group
re tituti n recommendati ns
which al require the b ys to
attend five rap se ions and
the en s Saturday mornin
meetings.
Highland Par Councilman
Linsey Porter the group cor­
respondence cretary, aid de­
tail g verning their community
youth -re tituti n function wilJ
be finalized by mid- pril.
President arl Wheeler said
the en' Forum would then
have jurisdicti n to recorn-
mend restitution f r special
youth.
That is, those ho et into
trouble for the fir t time and
who w uld benefit more from
community rvice than the
courts nd jail.
One of the student told
the group he never held a . ob.
The re titution • lets me no
you have t ork." he said.
heeler, an analyst for the
i higan State ental Health
Department said he thought
of the idea to tart the en's
Forum.
He was a member of a group
called Freedom From Fear.
But female dominated the
membership, he said.
Believin a male p r p 'live
ould be effe tiv to turn
Bla y uth. h
mem er .
p cies group.
