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
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