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August 20, 1989 - Image 1

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Michigan Citizen, 1989-08-20

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DETROIT - Since the
urb n rebellion 0 1967, the
overall economic conditions in
the city of Detroit have declined
immensely.
Although the relocation of
white middle and working-class
famiies to the outlying uburban
are 11 underw y during
cion
DETROIT- The Wayne
Cou ty Homele Union
(WHU) pono ored their
econd annual Leadership
Program t their om office,
3627 C during the ee of
August 14-19.
s part of the eek-Iong
. ed to er dicate
01De and elplesn :
WHU Presidee W yne Pippin
invited Professor of Economies
Bruce Parry from meric n
Univer ity i Chi 0 to speak
Aug. 15. ,
Parry called on th n tion' 6
million homeles to lead a
political movement to shift the
COUDtey' resources to olving
bollDdl::IUtC$I and h er.
the 1950's, aloag with the ex­
od of both COIIIJIICrcial and
industrial facilities, social
imp ct of the racial upheavals in
Detroi ccelerated the process
,
ro

I
Urban Leagu.
tell Bu h
by Larry A. Stl
gh orhood plan
·'·drug arch
GGS
DETROIT - The Quinn
Street Block Club has more
old De busi oni
_:D4L one of i ite calls for
curt)U' 12 of local dtug busi ..
D. '
On August 26 the b ock club
will stage a March Against
era and Crime."
Club President and I
Joyce and Rantine cKesson,
marc organiier and many
C 3
? / Economic developm nt
• nd mayoral pol ics
prob e . 0(: I class r . nts to the uburbsj-
- Drastic decline of the and
city's population by one-third - Ero ion of the city's
since 1960; manufacturing sector.
- Continued flow of middle CODtJIDU4�
of urbJn decline.
According to a statistical
. report issued by the Center for
Urban Studies at Wayne State
University, (WSU) Detroit's
c
16,000 mo tty middle-income
civil rights supporter , August
6-9, ended with top ra -rel­
tion expert eeking greater
cooperation with President
George Bush's, dministration
fter "the IrOD Curtain of
Reaganism h been lifted, • ac­
cording to John E. J cob, NUL
president d chief executive
officer ..
In several tough taUing
. 0 the b d of the country'
pr 0 r cial forum"
proposed a ational Worforce
Development plan to provide
jo for anyone who wants to
or " in the next century,
released another NUL report
documenting . toric inequity
between Black and white
America and called for a
BAD (B . Drugs)
campaign to eliminate narcotics
abuse in all African-�rican

m'
Cabinet secretari and mem­
ber of Congre to join t
League in implementing it
1989 theme, 'Working Together
To Make A Differe : Toward
Parity In Th Ye 2000'.
the first US Presiden (0
national civil .
CODtblloeG

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