2.9 million
projec
70% 81
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In
ck ci
o TROIT" - Ro dwor
being performed on Wood-
�.��:l��I,;s:�w��ard between Si and Eight
i e Roads, by companie
contracted by the tate rai e
the que lion of opportuniti
for Blac -0 ned con. truction
companie .
According to Department
of Tr n port tion Project
Management SpeciaJi t Ar­
thur Davi, four D' a
vantaged Bu in .
Enterprise (DBE) loc ted
ou tside of troi tare p r­
ucipating in the project.
Department of Tran. porta-,
of
CHICAGO- Support for the
ycott of i e JX'Od . ex-
4laI10DIt. Operation PtBH a-
&�ve Director Rev.
Tyro Crider annouuced to the
aowd Sablrday JD01'DiDg Aups
2S cekly PUiH meeting.
in i third eek, the
boycott i expanding, Crider
. d, "e challeuge corporalC
America to top apartheid
dollars iD
the Bl community."
Abdul Aleem Muhammad,
candidate for the W hington
D.C. congre sional seat now
held by Walter Fountroy,
brought a e of upport for
the boycott from Minister Louis
Farrakh
axine Waters, California
S e Assemblywoman and can­
didate for Congres ; Dorothy
Heig and the N '0 Council
of 0 W ith 250 chap­
ter n tionwide; the BI ck
Leadership Council, g' ring
tion Program Development
Section M nager James
Satchel It indicated none of the
four DBE firm are BI ck-
owned. /
The term DBE is it ed be-
e the federal governm nt
dc)e not designate g nder, or
what particul r minority
group a contr tor belongs to
on a contract. DaYi aid DBE
can mean BI ck, Hi p nic
and omen-owncd com-
panic .
Th our DB Iirm iden-
tiflcd wcre P ontracting
S nchcz , Charles Mi hi an
"Incorporated, nd Carnpchez.
Campchcz and Sanchez are
Hispanic-owned. and P.K.
Contracting i white female­
owned. Satchell wa not sure
or lh owner hip of Charles
Michigan Inc .• but aid he
think it' white Ie mal -
o ned also.
TilE CO TRA T ron
I
the Woodward Avenue project
call' for 17.7 percent DBE' .
ccordin to Dcp rtment of
Transportation Senior Right
Repre ent live . Jame
an. field. Davi e timates
.rhc project to ctualJy h ve
pproximately 15-17 percent
DBE contractor.
Th tot I co t of th project
i. $28 ,922, with S nchez
r cClvlng $2 0,244,
. mpchez $101,6 5, Ch rle
MiChigan 45, 7, and
$40, 75 for P.K. Contr cling.
Official from Aj x Paving,
th gcncr I contractor on th
project, could n t b reach d
fo comment on job oppor­
t tie for minoritic within
it firm.
In Michi n, ny project
u in feder J fund require a
cert in percent ge of th work
to go to minoritic , if a certain
Contin ed 0 P e 11
I
of 100 African American or-
ganizations - all these groups
and more have backed the
boycott, Crider said
"Don King w 0 (
Nike) his hair down," Crider
. d" on of Don King's ath­
letes will wear ike poducts."
I e Pre ident of Hampton
University said none of his ath­
letes would be weariag Nike,
Crider reported.
PUSH boycott organizer
plan a tour of the coUDtly i:nclud-
iag Ho to Denver, S e, ..
Washington D.C., Columb ,
and Cleveland to rally gr
roots upport for the campaign
of-economic reciprocity.
In California, group of
1,750 young people called
·Recycli Black Don • have
taped aver ike symbols � their
shoes d clothes.
Co ti ed 0 Pale 3
REV. TYRO E CRJDER, atio
PU H, i urro aded by t e
headquarters i eavertoa, Ore. T
locked 0 t by Nlke. (Citlze pOlO)