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S.RIGGS
• DETRQIT _ The Atlantic
Trade soon wiD be the
only portrayal of African
AlDene· :aDS. the city' public
1 . ory
. During a Dee, 5 curriculum
meeting chairper on Kay
Everett iDtroduced a draft plan
of d . ed to te ch
A&icanAmcrican Life and}lis..
tory.
The cl will be imp1c-
ented in the 9O%African
American school system' exist­
. social udics curriculum or
an iDde set of cour-
ses, said Norman cRae,
project prcseDtcr.
H tile classes arc coordi ed
. th social studies they be .
/ t in II' des 5, 7, 10 &:
11. be . d. These are already
Ir de in hich i tory is
taught.
Not Oa!ywiU the DeW A&ican
American curriculum deal with
past and prese t African
AmericaDs orld-wide, it wiD
also emphasize tho e in
DEIllOrr-'A dres code
resolution was presented to the
community relatio committee
during a Dec. 6 meeting at the
I Schools Center iiilding.
Frank Hayden, committee
chair, drafted the resolution
t ting, an environment is
needed condusive to tudent
learning and not empahsized on
nonacademic distractions.
Student ' minds �ay 'no be
focesed on classes wit I he' eX­
istence of a . de variety of stu­
dent clothing which possibly
could serve the source of dis­
putes and disluptive behavior,
Hayden id in the resolution. I
Appropriate student attire
will alleviate problems such as
the recent . hooting of an O.s­
born High School student who
was shot during a robbery. The
assailants wounded the tudent
or an expcn ivc article of cloth­
ing.
Parent , tc' chcrs, principals
nd afC members Will be al-
10 cd to discuss hat accept­
able tudent ttire will be within
tb learning environment,
Under th resolution, Jo D
Porter, the interim general su­
perintendent, will instruct each
principal, through rea superin­
tendents, to com . ne meetings
with the Local School Advisory
Organization no later than
March 1 to discuss and agre
upon guid lines.
The deadline for this infor­
mation to be sent to the general
superintendent' office is
March 20.
The general superintendent
lso will be obligated to report, .
each February to the board the
effectiveness of the dress code.
,HP
earn
te t scores
Fifteen Highland Park stu­
dents will receive ccrtil'icates of
recognition from the Michigan
Department of Education for
scoring 100% on Michigan As-
esment Program (MEAP)
Reading and Mathematics tests
given in September to student
in grades 4,7 and O.
The certificate winners, by
school:
IIIAII"IW .... ' Eri It Hunter,
Raymond Oatnc l, D iman
Hines, Jamie Jac. n, Lar hia
Jackson, Koron Wilker ion.
e . d: Marlon
Le pheart, Verna Lofton.
ord: Ashanti Davis, Clifton
Lykes.
U rty: Phillip Black, David
Gaskill, Edward Price, Terron
Wilkins.
Highland Park Community
High School: Antonia Brown,
AJiwlcan
America During World War II.
lion of Africa and Ihe West Indl
HP Board names
Alberta Seay
Jt' • • I
llcat· I Or,
vacancy created by the 1C •
tion of member Kevin J. Davis,
appointed Alberta M. Seay to
the Board at a regular meeting
Nov. 28. -
Seay, a City as es ments
clerk, has three children in
Highland Park public schools
and is a graduate of Highland
Park HighSchool and HP Com­
mumty College. She will serve
as an appoinjcd member
through June 30, 1990.
The next regular Board elec-
ion, in June, will determine
who will fit CJDa· .
of Da . , term, e ding· in 1991.
Sc s alD'Dr"le'�1Il
nual Board election last Junc.
Michigan
Art, music and liter ture
cl es will also be effected
when the curriculum is put in
place, MeR e . d, dding that
the ultimate mission is to
evelop elf-le mng in stu­
dents.
Board member Rose Mary
\ sborne, who is bite, said at
e is a strong advocate of infus­
ing African American COUfSCS.
"This I excellent," Osborne
said. "When Bla History' left
. out of the textboo you deprive
my children too."
Frank Hayden, also bo d
member, said, the classes will
help in rebuildin� African
Americans' self esteem, espe­
cially African American males
who are victims of lost values
and r� dyin& and imprisoned in
reocrd numbers.
t's going to take a great deal
to get back the self esteem lost
b Black males," Hayden said,
but the classes are a start.
AACP ues
c 1�
. abJy high utomobile in­
s ance premiums to African
ericans in Detroit and other
urb areas of thi Stat . This
ual treatment has im ed
shing·burden on urban
motor' which must be lifted."
Melvin Hollowell, Insurance
t· k Force Chairman for the
NAACP said alternative at­
tempts to solve the problems
have already been tried.
"For over two years we have
looked into the underlying'
cur es for the c high rates, and
the bottom line is that AAA has
been unable to justify the
premiums charged to urban
drivers," Hollowell said.
"The NAACP met with
AM and other companies for
se eral months to acquaint
them with our findings: nd to
try to resolve the matter
through negotiation. But that
route didn't w rk."
Wiliam Goodman, the attor­
ney from Goodman, Eden, Mil­
lender and Bedrosian
representing the NAACP said
this case should definitely write
a now civil rights ch pter in the
hi tory books.
"There is no question that
t is case will have national
repercu ions because of th
ormous porential benefit to
aintiffs in the class" Good­
an said.
"Through this lawsuit we
h pe to lower rates d to put
an end to the discriminatory
nner in which AAA calcu­
I tes its premiums for Detroit
drivers. A victory in this action
would end a loud and clear
mes fige that r tel c arged
der the No-Fault ystem m
he ordable,"