es
.
cal
DETRorr- From march to
lobbyiDg to voter registration,
the homele are tretching
theirpoliticalmusc
A Dilllion people are ex­
pected to march on W • on
October 7. The march . cal-
. e of lobbying Con-
gr civil demo tr tio and
the first nation I Homele
rai e
oice
the Homeless announced their .
increasing political involvemen
a press conference last month
held t the Union office on Cass
Avcn .
W yne Pippin, Union pr t,
deDt, said a coalition of gr
includiDg the MiclUpn Welfare
Rights Organization and tenant
groups intended to organize the
victims of poverty and insure
they exercise . constitution- .-
� right to vote. .
CoQtiD
L-eague opens
Crisis Line'
DETRorr African
American males ho may be
on their lu in the sta e
of Michigan can solve at le
of ir proble by diaI-
. ing 1�2-MALE.
The toll-free number gives
them direct assistance to the
Detroit Urban 4ague' "Male
Liae" a crisis telephone liDe
reccnt1y up ding African
American males ith their
troub
At three trained coun-
lor will man' the telephone'
from about 9 .m. to 5 p.m.
�.DlI.-.:::;r calls from African
Amcricail m with problems
ucll finding a place to sleep,
ee . ng help . th ub tance
d rccc·· help
....... VOIIIeG ill a criminal act.
DuriDg Oct.3·pr COD-
ference, Urban League Presi­
dent Ch rles Ander on
rejected the erroaeo stati . cs
indicating -;, at African
American fei;p es outnumber
the African erican males.
males are not visible be­
cause they a e dying from
violent crimes, e using drugs
or are incarc rated, he ex­
plained, ying the crisis line
set up to preserve �e sur­
CoD' ucd CD p. 10
Ron Bro
uceess
By LUTy stUl
NNPA Conupontknt
WASHINGTON, DC- In the
fir t full meeting of the
Democratic National Commit­
tee since he was elected chair­
man, Atty. Ron Brown outlined
ambitious plans "to dominate
the 1990 electio , the 1991
( congre ional) redi trictin
I�
I
n rin
a
campaigns and uI . ely take
back the White H use in 1992"
despite Republi n party ef­
forts to win new
B and white
As the first African -'
American to he dam jor
United State pol tical party,
Brown proudly unced t
the DNC had not 0 y bro en a
receiving
over five million doll . cam­
paign contribution thi year,
but it i expected to exceed
. tion records. •
WhiIe,p ying tribute to pre-
·0 party chairman Paul . k,
seer tary Dor:othy Bu h,
tr rer Robert Farmer and
10
SickleCell no o
ryDUvall
Howard FeIllUrt Service
Unlike many college tu­
de James B. Wyatt, junior
at Howard Univer 'ly, h more
t e In life right no than
j produci good grad . ·
The 20-ye -old poltitical
. science tudent has returned to .
Howard this fall knowing that
his tudies may be interrupted
by a medical "crisis
Yet, in his bouts
times fatal bloo
called sickle cell .
has urmounted rsity to be-
come one of Ho d' top un­
ergraduates - a m mber of itR
Ho ors Program.
He been an inspiration
to me," ay Dr. Theodore
Bremner, direct r of the
program. "He i an individual
who lives with hope."
Ad the professor, "he h
sho me and others tha sickle
cell . or a death sen-
tence."
In his struggle to combat the
incurable disc , the pee ..
tacled young Black man, who
appears heal hy and younger
Continued 0 P 10