na
P ell
DeDWld - AD monies
have been cutback hom the'
Center lor B OYer
years • be made
retroacti ely payable to
propoaod Department' ne
b
#5
D nd - Budget to
finance full or partial �)IU,
&hi aDd grants for African
ricanstude
R� - e Office of
SCbOlllrsIU· PI and Pinancial Aid
ua1ly �e •
for Afri . 0 .... :seals
IISU� these SlUdeDts
e d the vailability 0
scbolanhipl and grant fundi
CUI'lreallY administered tbrouP
t at office. The Office of
U Diversity Development, in
�UDdion with the chair and
ad· ry committee, ill in
crease the fun vailab e to the
amc:)UDl of tee fuIltime scholar
. . um of 24 credit
ours per 12-month year, for
African-Americ n tudents
. th one half of t ese funds
designated for. dergr duate
and one half for graduate stu
den These funds are in ddi
tio to those funds currently
vail bl through th Office of
Scholar hip and Financial Aid.
Demand - The immedillc'
removal; of the ctiDg director
of the Ceuter for BIac:t Studies, -
certain faculty member and
�mand - The upkeep
and maintenaDce of a
department. library for the
Deparement (the present
library· . to remain iDtad
011 not do ated to ally
m om or organivatio )
. Response - periodical
literature, archival materials,:
student theses aDd other valu-
ble documents currently
o in e Black Studies
CeDter Library 0 mow:d to
Purdy/Kresp LibrUY.
tegr ted into 0 r African
Americu Collecti This col
lection will be readily acx:c-mlie
to the stude . a University
detWlAlted refereac:e· .
. charge.
Demand - The propolCd
Department is to be �dcd
to the entire fifth floor of the
Student Center Building with
an accompanying meeting
room. However t shoUld it be
necces ary to move the
proposed Department. to
another location it is to be COID
parable (spacially) to the condi
tions ated above.
Re ponse - The depart
ment of Africana Studies will be
housed in offices and support
space according to the Univer
sity formula for such purposes.
The University Administr ion
. committed to providing ap-
. propriate office pace for facul
ty/ taff s the dep rtment
expands.
Further, the University d
ministration m es the commit
ment to locate and assign
appropriate meeting space for
African American students. It is
recognized that such p ce .
important in enhancing the
p ycho-social and educationAl
ll-being of African American
tudents. The University ad
ministration will specifically
look into the possibility of utiliz
ing the African America
Herit ge Room (Room 91 in
Manoogian Hall) for pur-
poses. H�, it's 0 to
a lilD such space i close
pr .. to of
A&aaa Stu.tIieI DelmtlDelllL
Demaad - Counea are to
be added to
A&icaDa (e to
Afro-American Litera ore
(En8Jish 239,) African 0Wiza
tiODS to J1O) (History 160,) The
B &pcriencc in America •
1619- (History 31 ) His
tory of West African (History
773,) are to be African or
African American stUdents and
ed mcmbeis of � COID
munityo
Response - By establishing
an dvisory board the newly
created department uni\Ulity
officials and reaohed
iss in PropouI13.
I Demand - All courses
. taught on Africa are to be trans
ferred within the propo ed
Departm ueder i co
listias-
RespoDSC - The Uu· wnilV
ecogaizes the ript of the
Africana • UDit to cross
1eIC�� aDd to
coDna oftered bJ
. for QUI • in· cur-
riculum, and to do 10 in a man
ner that enhanCCl the quality of
iDstructioaal offeriap.
Demand - A 30 percent in
crease in the hiriag of African
American faculty for aU col-
aDd departmeDts therein;
and studen wiD be active in the
search and revie of vi es of
pot�� applicants for the
RCsponae - The Uni�rsitY
commits to a of chieviag a
B ck faculty representatio of
Wayne State UnNersUy that is is
at three ti the current
average representation of Black
faculty acr the country. The
admini tration commits to
chieYe this goal' . . three
years with, peciaI emph . in
the physical and biological
'sciences. This goal represen
an increase in Black faculty
from 99 to 113 during this
period. In pursuit of the e
Univer ity objectives, the
University will anoually invite
representatives of the African
American tudent community
to review and evaluate the
University' performance in the
area.
It is further agreed that th.
University dministratio .
recommend student repre
sentation 0 departmental
ch for ._ItII'_'
The U.°vedllY
iles
reed
The Niles
NAACP. repre enting
Buchanan. Ca sopolls Cal
vin Center and Vandalia will
be sponsorin it Annual
Freedom Fun Banquet on
Saturday. Apr I 28. begin
ning at 6:30 a the Holiday
In • Nile • Mi higan. There
theme is enlit edt "Liberty
For All Mankin ." .
Hospitality hour' will
begin at 6:30 .m. and din
ner will be se ved at 1:00
p.m.
Guest pea er for the
Banquet wi II e Rev. Dr.
Granville Smi h. p tor of
Mt. Calvary Mi sionary
Baptist Chu ch, Flint.
MiChigan; Vi e-Presi ent,
Wolverine S te Bapti t
Convention. Flint,
MiChigan; Min ier nd Ad
vocate of Civi Right and
re affiliated with many
many other org nizattons,
Rev. Smith ha a B.A
from American Bapti t Col
lc e of A.B .. Seminary.
N shvil+c, Te nnc ce ;
B.R.E .• Midwe, tern Univer
sity. Pontiac. Michigan;
M.R.E.. B.Th. and an
Honary Doctor te , II from
the United heological
Seminary. Monroe.
Loui iana.
Rev. Smith and his wife
Hazel. arc the p rent of
eight children.
Freedom is not free!
1989-<)() will probably go
down in hi tory a year
where more people than ever
throughout the world fought
for their right. That is
rea. on enough for you to
continue to support the Ban
quet, s well a • renew or
obtain your member hip
with the NAACP. tan ing
for quality for alit
Donation. adults. $20.00
and children under 12,
$ 10.00. Make all check or
money order' p yable to:
Nile Branch NAACP.
For more inform tion
call, 476.9385, 445·8522
C s opolis; 683·5086, 683-
2958. 684·8126 Nil .
Thi Week In
Black Hi tory
APRIL Zl, 195 .,...- Pre i·
dent Ei enhower 'ends
troops into Little Roc. 1882
-_ Benjamin G. Brawley.
educator and uthor w
born.
AP IL 23, Mo t M -
chu ell lave in 17th
century arrived from Bar
bado . 1856 - Granville T.
Wood • inventor wa born.
APRIL 24, 196 - The
number of school di trict
de evreated wa 11. 1884 -
The Medico-Chfrurical
Society. the oldest Black
medical a ociation. or
g nized in Wa hlngton, D.C.
APRil.. 25, ., 15
Ernest E. Just, first recipient
of Spingun Aw rd
(NAACP) for re esrch in
c g fertilization. 1918 -
Ella Fitzlerald, jazz Inger
born.
bers to te cb a coarse oa
I·