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cash regi ter, with one child on
her lap, and one in the crib,
M ria told of how she ed to
go into rt gallerie Ind, only
ee reflections of white people
by white artists.
She aid she wanted to see
reflection of herself, and
pointed out the only time she
gets to ee that i when she
ltended the ethnic festival
downtown. .
Marla- aid he think
African American hould
consider African American art
for their homes and their
chi ldren, and said it i a
positive reflection of Black
people, unlike billboards
which advertise Black people
with alcoholic drinks.
Marla indicated they
Inted to locate their gallery
within the Black community,
instead of a mall or downtown,
and said tbey live nearby in the
Univers�ty Dt trier near the
University of Detroit.
earl is a full-time industrial
designer for Generll Motors,
o mo t of the work at the
gallery is performed by Marla.
Marla aid Carl does the
Craming for the picture , but
she runs mo t of the b ines.
DETROIT - A stroll down
tbe Avenu Df Fa bion on
Livernoi ,in Detroit, will take
you pa t the ne ,Re flections
- of Color Gallery, felturina
African-American art nd
artiflct .
A ide range of paintin
by prominent Black arlisls,
African m'll I, and ood
carved figure are pan of the
,gallery inventory. '
The aallery, wbich opened
in April 1990, i operated by
M rll, 31. and C rl Wellborn,
thirty-four. The couple 0 ned
a Shell Food Mart ga tation,
but old it to open the gallery.
ria id orki ng at the
gallery give' h r more time to
ta c care of her children. C rl
Jr., 1. nd Carla, 2 months.
SITII G BEHIND TilE
imina ion
Coati ued rro P 1
In August 1989 the city settled
the 6.2 million lawsuit for
$325,000 and agreed to
develop a new promotional
sy tern.
Officers were required to
take the written portion of the
promotional exam on a pas -
fail baSIS rather than for
numerical score .
Members of the Fraternal
Order of Police Lodge 0.97,
in exchange for accepting the
new ystem, are now per­
mitted to retire with full
benefit at age 50 rather than
55.
The 23-page lawsuit char-
es the city's past conduct in .
..promotion gave the plaintiff
officers "a legitimate and
reasonable expectation of
being promoted to the rank of
ergeant."
Some officers allegedly
ere as ured by the city that
they would be promoted.
The plaintiff state they
asked the FOP to file a
grievance challenging the new
procedure but the union
ref ed,
"Why should these people
have to take the new test in the
firs: place?" questioned plain­
tiff lawyer Thomas Vander­
Hul 1. "They have done
everything they ere asked to
do, but they were refused their
promotions. "
City lawyers declined com­
ment.
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slowl discovering the gallery
the walk by.
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