The Panama invasion. What happened? .
Drav
dJo
Gov. Jaua Blanchard dis-
agrees the pison buildup is
strainiag the stale's budget, say
Ron Koehler of the governor's
news office.
" He (}ill ) ought to do
his h ework," Koehler said
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. "We' winding down the'
constnIdioo phase," he said.
BlIT, VEN WHE the
tate has built the prisons, they
aren't all in use yetHillegonds
said, Many of the operations
cure traces African
merican lite.rature lineage
Flode n s. R 9
Detroit - African Americans
w re brought to the shores of
the United tate laborers,
said Robert Chrisman, a
Univer ity of Michi an visiting
professor. ,
Addre sing a Wayne State
University audience of about 50
people, hrisman said though
African American were ex­
cluded from the literary world,
they still m tered communica­
tion skills.
In work songs or harmonic
field-hollering laves relayed
mes ge to each other regard­
ing escaping to freedom via The
Underground Railroad.
"They had rap music ev n
th n" Chrisman said.
Spirituals were ignificant in
form well as content, Chris­
man said adding they often
erved as a resistence function.
Th son Follow the Drink­
ing Gourd," a reference for
runa y slaves to let the star
constell tion, The Big Dipper,
guid their way to freedom.
Though times have changed
d there are formal tudie of
African American literature
and culture, the. p ion of the
ancestors still burn, from the
lave narrative to the politi
novel, he continued. .
African d cendents such a
Jam Weldon Johnson' writ­
ing style embraces the changing
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Schools' attem 'to waive
idency draws fi e
.
staff re
By FIOd n S. R
"It i a travest because it
ys, you can come 0 th city of
Detroit to make a Ii . g, but you
don't have to live here," Sim­
mons said. "It contr butes to the
misconception tha Detroit is
ome kind of hellho e that is not
fit for good people 0 live in."
Telling Porte and the
other , Simmons . electing
to live along the Riverfront or in
a community uch a Palmer
W , Indian ViUage or her-
w Fore t may more to
their taste . .
"Liv where you cho , but
cbo to liv in th city, Sim-.
mon said. "I cannot t II you
how up et I am about this
decision. You h v cro sed
dangerous line with this
re idency. 1. will not r t until
either this decision i over­
turned or you re removed."
Hel n Moore, also a Detroit
esident, aid she wa in­
rumental in developing the
current resid ncy requirement.
e are no for the ero ion
of the residency policy, he
. d. e are corning to tell you
today . , . will t e by any
Detroit - Larry Simmon
c lied giving public schools
Gener I Superintendent, John
Porter, th di cretion to waive
re idcncy requirement for
himself, his four deputie and
assistants a "tr ve y.-
App rently agreeing with
Simmon , a city resident,
everal board and audience
members as ed that th 22
people, in que tion, take up'
permanent residence in
Detroit
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