CLASSIFIED
COUNTY
UBLIC
Eddy of
commonca ."
The Afro-American
editorialized in t . n r:
"Th silent p r de of protest
that the colored people held in
Nc York I t Saturd y an
innov tion. It w no vain
glorio n unting of regalia or
fine marching. but something
that could not fail to rivet the at­
tention of th t big city that
boasts of being "melting pot"
for humanity upon the fact that
ten millio of inhabitant are
being oppressed in the country
t t told the orld it is fight­
. for the pre d of democracy.
The f ct t it drew expres-
sion from ew Yor
ne papers being in every
y who h ve j been least
concerned to the fact that this
country must not only be inter­
e ted in the spread of the
equality of men in Europe, but
that its P mount Duty i in
eing th t II men re tre ted
ccording to their merit , and
not discriminiated against be­
cue they happen to be of
African descent.
. "It is right that the United
e po, in not
fi'Je perceet (5%) of
a8l(MiDl of, bid, a Bid
�tcd for a period of 120
days er actual e of the
ODCIliDa thereof.
PRE-BID MEETING:
A Pre-Bid meeting. followed
by a . e tour, to q
ti re bYe to the Wark 0 the
Contract Documents will be
held on September 5, 1989
9:00 a.m., prevailing time, the
Muskegon County Wastewater
Management Sy tem Metro
. Facility, 8301 White Road,
Muskrcoa, Michigan 49442.
AFPIRMATIVE A'CTION:
F.W. Dodge The County of M egoD
2920 FuDer Ave ue, N.E. . operates on an equal oppor-
Grand R pid , Michigan tunity/aflirmatWe roOD basis in
49505 . its bidding policy (T"atle 7 of the
CiYiI Rights Ads of 1964, Equal
Opportunity aa �
Order (]a � Order
1l1A6, Clapter 60 S A
60- L4, Revised Order #4). Bid-
• • opeD to interested
narhea in c:ompliaace with na­
tioDaI, e aad IocaIIa .
Mu:�toD. MlClbllJua494C2
: (616) 788-2311
Muskegon County Purcbas-
iag Department
County BuildiDa
t4 .. 49422
P ODe: (616) 724-67:19.
Grand Rap°ds Buil . Ex-
chauge
4461 Cascade ROdd, S.E.
Grand R pid , Michigan
49506
Metcalf '" Eddy of
Michigan. Inc.
85 W. Algonquin Road,
Sui eSOO
ArliDgto Heights, lUino·
6000S
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DOCUMENT PUR-
CHASE:
Contract Documents may be
obtained' at the office of the
Muskegon County W e ter
M agement Stem d t the
office of the Engineers upon the .
· non-refundable payment of
Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00)
per set •
. BID WITHDRAWL:
Withdrawl of any bid is
State should help in mitigating
the evils that some � suffer
".QI."��aHlm blbn:tac' .. \I .... t resi­
dent Wilson nd the
Democratic majority in Con­
gre must undcrstand that the
spread of democr cy in Europe
is not more important thatn the
leveling up and the treating
quarely of men of every race
and nationality in the United
States.
Disenfranchisement, I c of
economic opportunity, social
injustice, segrcgatio nd "Jim
Cro . m" are thi opposed to
democratic id . Their boli-
lion must be i . ed upon if the
United St tes n to h YC the
world belie t t profes- .
sionsare sincere.
The par de in c York
should a en those who rc
not interested in the negro be­
ca h is a egro, but who
believe that their country
hould liv up to who t it tell the
world it believe in and holds as
ideal . It hould aw en those
who believe that reason and f .
play should be the deciding
thon in every . tuation, and
especially those discriminations
that are burdensome to a e
and loyal element of the popu a­
tion.
. WHY DO WE MARCH?
At the Silent March in 1917,
a phamplet titled, "Why Do We
March "was distributed to spec­
tator . part of that phamplet is
reproduced below:
"We march because by th
grace of God and the force of
truth t e erous, hampering
VI. of prejudice and inhuman
injustice must fall.
.
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the prizzeria. He only wants
Malcolm's nd M rtin's pic­
tures on the pizzeria' wall
symbolic of recognizing the .
heritage and humanity of the
patron . Sal' refu I is fun­
damentally the ref of . te
ra�tor�thathuDtaQ
rights go beyond property -.
rights.
A number of confused
critics, BI c and white, have at­
tacked Lee for making a film
which suppo edly dvocate
vio ence. Journalist Juan Wil­
liams complai th the movie
lacks wvision" and promote ra­
cial confrontation. If Williams,
et. I. really lived in the inner­
city, they'd understand that
Lee' fdm ctually understates,
if anything, the r ce and cl
tension in contemporary
America. "Do the Right Thing"
provide complex and
dynamic examination of
American r rum.
Dr. Manning Marable
teaches politics at the Univer­
sity Colorado, oulder.
"Along the Color Line" ppear
in over 150 newspapers interna­
tionally.
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