By C.J. Gree
BEMro HARBOR -Despite
the heavy now fall last Wednes
day, February 14, more than 100
people gathered at Progressive
Mi iooary Baptist Church, to ex
p their anger over the latest
development in the orris
Mabenca e.
Maben w . fatally bot OD
January 18, by Lt. Marvin Fiedler,
a 29 year veteran of the Benton
Harbor Police Department.
Maben was unarmed and a victim
of mistaken identity.
Present at the meeting ere the
Mabens family attorney, Al
phonse Lewis, of Grand Rapids;
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DETRorr - eb. 21 and May
19 may not drum up memories
for some people, but for politi
cal scientist and hi torian, Ron
Danie and the ational Mal-.
colm X C mmemoration Com
missi n, these dates are
historically significant.
.ll, the date of Minister
M lcolm X' 1965 slaying,
mar an tional "We Remem
ber Malcolm" day. Signature
petitio are being circulated
nationally in effort to desig-
te May 19, his birthday, also
national African-American
llday, along with 1990 recog
nized as the year of Malcolm X.
"The African-American
Progre ive Action etwork,
pr laimed 1990, the Year
of Malcolm X," Daniels, an
educ tor from Youngstown,
Ohio, aid in a pre t tement
recently delivered in U.S. Con
gre m n oJ ohn Conyers'
Detroit office. "Our conviciton
is that for far too long the life,
leg cy and les on of EI Hajj
Mali el Shabazz (Malcolm X)
have gone without the ap
propriate national and intema-
. r .."
EBRUARY 21, 1965, 25
years ago, is nElH 10M .
el Shabazz, Minister M calm
X, was assasinated at the
Audubon Ballroom in Harlem,
ew York, Daniels said.
He was th re to introduce his
newly' formed Organization of
Afro-American Unity. The
room w full of people, includ
ing his assasins awaiting the fir
words from Minister Malcolm.
A scuffle began and .. er
alcolm attempted to calm the
cro d.
" As Malcolm raised his voice
to spe k, there w commotion
in the room," wrote Danie ,
ho is also a syndicate colum-
nist. aIcolm raised his bands
to ppeal for calm. He w
felled by a fusilade of b
his wife and family, frien and °
followers w tched in orror. .
The gun of the state had
Co OD 4
Nanette Lee Reynolds and Arthur
D. Stine of the Department of
Civil Righ Department, Lans
ing; John Terronex of the U.S.
Department of Justice; Patricia
ells, Department of Civil
Right, Benton Harbor; Mary
DeFoe, President of the T in
Ci ties Area Branch of the
v. Walter L. Brown,
president the Benton Harbor
Chapter 0 Operation PUSH;
ministers the city aDd many
other resp ntativ.
The Ci I Rigflts Department
nd the U.S partmentofJustioe
ere prese t to gather fae for
submi sion to the Civil Righ
Conuni ion.
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WILLdecide ffurther investiga
tion is n ry by ou id law
enforcement au tho ri ti .
Citizens at th m ting ques
tioned many of th conclusions
drawn in County Pr ecutor Den- 1
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DETRorr - History is hi
story. not African Americans,
. d mith during
African American Hi tory
Month rally at C Technical
HighSchool
Smith .with
and many other stude
featured in rom Pyrami to
Projects,- a progr , co- pon
sored by the ' Afribn
History Club and Poets Society.
"Your history ill not be
found in history boo ,-Smith
told a standing roo onlyero d
in Cass' Reci Hall. Tuesday
Peb.13 during the as emb
Iy. We c n do Blac things
today to' ure of Bla
tomorro . AU pr . es to the
Bla men."
. Encouraging uden to.lo
their heritage w the maiD pur
pose of the rally, . d em
Cade. E pecially among
African-American men, he
added.
The African History Club
was e tablished to provide
vehicle for African-American
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