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ARBOR A
seriou di cussion ong
African-American student
represe too place on
Sa turday May 13 t the
·University of Midligam (U-
M) around the possibility of
aeatiDg a .chipD Alliance
of African-A erican Stu­
dents.
Hosted the Cell er for
Afro-American d African
Stu· Lounge by the United
Coalition Against Racism
(UCAR) tJ-M, the �
,/
reviewed recent st dent
p'otest adiYity W. tate.
University (WSU), .Ferri _
State Univer ity, Michigan
State University (MsU) and
Eastern· UniYersity
(EMU). .
Rep'eseDtatMs att�ded
the meeting from.EMU, WSU
d U- ill order to eva te
the curre tate of the studea
movement· the state and the
tioD.
Participants in tbe May 13
meetiDg eed the eed to
es r h better ool'DJllUDica-
ks ngs�t
...
ctMs and to I' to ard
coordiDatios political a�
taking place on vari cam-
puses. - I
Although recognizing the
need for improved com­
munications � coordination
among A&ican-American ac­
tivi" ts, the meeting's par­
ticipants affirmed the right of
the varia ct"· to
oonduct the· proteSt ctio
a the· deemed neees-
sarybytbe r
groups.,
CoatiD d
AlDSOIIJ
HIGHLA 0 PAR
e idents of this Detroit
end ve are u et over the
promotion of even ·white,
non-re ident police officer .
Bu ayor Marth Scott,
o de police residency a
campaign promise, finds her
hands tied to an arbitr tion
ruling inherited from the pre­
via admini tration.
- In letter nt to yor.
rtb Scott and Council
member , the citizens who
ked Dot to be identified,
te tha OD ,May 1, the CoUD-
cil promoted ODe lieutenant,
three sergeants and three oor-
porals. .
Each officer will reci ve
approximately $3,000 more
per year in salary because of
the promotio and "no of it
will be spent b c into the City
of Highland Park," protes­
tor y. Instead, the mo y
will be spent in the officer '
ho communi . "BOrth of
SM· Road
"I gree," aid Highland
Park Public Safety Director
ar han Emer on. "I ant
them all moved in or get out of
here. Th l been a pro .
of the M yor' ince e too
o r (Janu ry,I988)."
Emerson � id th prOIDO­
tio r t from whi ch the seven
police officer the
r oIt of ar itr . n and a test
taken in ovember of 1987.
He id he wa to have imp -
men ted the promotion in
June of 1988. "I ould no
promote from that list, " Emer-
. "and I'm in court over
. thai DO ."
He explained t the scor-
ing mecltan· m n in linC
with" y procedure". he
.C tin do
/f-
a/iancsl
from Jersey City tate College
ID Public Health Education
d Admin' tration.
Eventually obtaining .
. PH.D in Educati om th
University of ch t
at Amber t, Dr. Shab zz
erved a profe or t
edger Ever Colle e be-
n 1976 and 1981. He re­
search Involving P blic
Health Education D
ber to Africa, the Cambean _
and Europe.
During her ddre Dr.
Shabazz focused . t Iy on
the condition of African
American youth illu tra . g
.At.. AlNIYOIIlI
Spea ing 'to capacity
udic!� at the Shrine of the
Black M donna on Sunday
May 14, Dr. Betty Sh azz,
if of the lain African- .
Amer ican human right
leaaer Malcolm X (EL Hajj
Malik EI-Sbabazz), stressed
the nece ity for educatio
and self-relience among the
younger generatio!).
Dr. Shabazz in Detroit
to commemorate the sixty­
fourth birthday (May 19) of
her late husband 0 a
killed by i in New
York City of February 21,
1965.
The emotionally charged
event biDed au ute to
Malcolm X" drew wide
variety of people, many of
I om re born r
oolm X's murder.
Dr. S ba7z i curre tIy tb
Director of Communication
and Public Relation t
Medger Ever Colle of the
City Univer ity or e Yo.,
Initially trained a registered
nurse t Brooklyn State
Ho pital School of ur in&
he on to cquire M.A.
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