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September 04, 1988 - Image 3

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Michigan Citizen, 1988-09-04

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. He
to preacIa CMI' radio cIuriD8
t e Lente Senices of the
DebO· Coaacil of Owrcbes.
He . . Detro·
to be eIeded to dae Board of
Diredon f:I. die Detroit a.ap.
tel'm Reel Crou aDd the
- Bbdaamecl to CrimeCo �
. . oftbeState of M'd."
by Govaaor I)ictins(WL
Rcv. William H. Peck 0 -
ganized led the Booker T.
W· Trade Association.
The Trade Associatioa brought
B ac together the business and
pro • peopIcoftheoo
. L er hlp un�ty. for th� purpose of
C'roncxmc d exeaa-
Training tioaoflbole
'Conf re In· Rev. Pect's leadership
_ •• - confined to the IWTOW
of . to the Jimita-
D ro · tioa of his r ee. He dc'voted a I
areat deal of hi5 time to the
proble and lfare of aU
you beoomiDg a (X)UD-
��A. Sr.
WASHI GTON, D.C.
(NNPA) - A tough U.s. attor­
ney . a bulldog's persi tence
. punumg cri and crimina
and 0 just happens to be
B is expected to be quickly
coafinDed by the e and be­
co e t e nation's chief
pi' ttor'Hy, the fifth
. . position in the Dept. of
J�.
He i F4ward S.G. DeDDis,
Jr., a 43-year-o . 1983
beea a racket-bustiag U.s.
Attomey for· Eastern Dis-
-trict of PeDDSylvaDia. During
that period he a prominent
Philadelph· coUDcilman and
. aide to jail, wdl the
po erful chief of the city's
eoll'eadled mob d a Dumber
of cops - over 30 persoas in aU
selor, friend, and leader tc? the
City of Detro . duriDg a very dis­
tressed period
Rev. Peck passed Detro· s
Harper Hospital 0 NoYember
5, .1944, at die of 65, 011-
minatiag 44 years of outstanding
service to' bis Detroit com­
miunity, hi people, and his
OOUDtry.
In reOOgnitioD of Rev. Peck's
maay oommunity and civic COD­
e • • 1950 he became
first Black to hDe a park
Umed in 1m hoaor.
3
Art Ce er is the residentio
heart of the adtural center area
The ea co� the Center
for Creative Studies, Detroit
Historical useum, Detroi In­
stitute of Arts, Merrill Palmer,
The Museum of African
American History, Wayne State
University, Harper Hospital,
and a h of other calmral i -
stitutio
for more inform tion
regarding th Art Center Youth
fund Flea Market, � co -
tact 873-6122.
I""
o
ha� taken the job. I see him on
the (federal) bench in the
too distant future. This may
d&ay that nominatio _ but ul­
timatelY he will be a federal
judge. The AACP fully sup­
ports his nomination. He's a fine
maa."
Dennis aid he' n only
aware of the f Ridwd
Pryor quip <, came to the court
to find justice and I found just
us"), a searing comment 0 ra­
cial justi<% in America, "bu I
have used .it in speeches,
myself." Indeed, it ep­
ticism over whether Blac s
could ever c:bieYC justice in our \
criminal justice sy tem that
�de him ponder whe1ber to
ely all, said.
A$ be 8oe6 abO the of
runniDg the criminal diYi$ion -
about �10 personnel, half of
them 1aW)U'S d a $SO million
aDDual budget _. itiDg
coafir tieD, those do no
lODger trouble him. Charges of
rampaot r . m in the depart­
ment, aooyism, etc, he DOtes,
dbrusbesoff.
Asked y he, a Bia man,
would want to join a departmen
that is such a mess, he said: "I
am already· the department
and �. been ince 1915. But I
think that �veD though ere is
COIltrOYel'SJ in te of different
policy. . • the depart-
meat or the attorney general,
the de�nt's work must go
on. I cootinue to belie� you
don't sene your best inter­
ests by �idiDg these respon-
sibilities. •
PatieDCe .
You bow, these . es
cr ed OYerDiPl They 't
be scilYed <Wernigbt. You ha�
to earn the opportunity to haYe
)lOUr views seri Iy co idered
and to develop influence in
circles that will impact on .
you're ooooemed bout" That
require preparation, oppor­
tunity and patience. AU of which
DenD t board
like a

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