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S"U Relo".r
DETROIT - Reve nd Jim
Holley of Detroit's Operation
PUSH claims ike h lost 20
percent in le profits due to
the n tional PUSH boycott of
their gym shoe .
Holley indicated
Detroit PUSH chapter ba
ept people informed of tbe
oycott against Nike tbru
church e rvice t nd com-'
munity civic leaders.
He id store in tbe Detroit
rea hich ell ike products
have not been targeted for
boycott. bee the national
organization i trying to rees­
t lish negotiation . ith
i e.
Holley said i e feels tbey
don't h ve to j lify not meet-
i ng i th PUSH repre­
sentative t nd are boosting
tb t 11 ta e adv-antage of .
cheap labor in other countrie .
• my soo e ill
bre thru their rrogance, •
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y Durie C. 1A
SIII// eporler
DET OIT o_ Dr. orman
cR e, director of Fine Arts
nd Social Studies for the
Detroit Public School , bope
to have an Afric n-centered
curriculum publi ned by
December of this ye r.
cR e could not give an
tx ct d ie t e curriculum ill
ctually be implemented, but
e indicated t implementa­
tion of the ne curriculum
ill depend on the mount of
money de vail ble to pur­
cbase textbook and train
to pre en t the
c e id, ·YOlJ can have
tOh beSt ma erial, but if you
can't train the te cbers to im-
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plement it, you can for et it."
A pilot program as in­
itiate� la t year in twelve
Detroi t public school , from
elementary to higb chool.
T enty-five teacher par­
ticipated in implementing the
pilot program, and will playa
role in determining hat will
be u ed in the curriculum to be
publi bed in December.
cRae aid present
textboo in tbe cbools re in
a horrible tate, and reflect Iit­
tie in African- American hi -
tory.
CRAE I DICATED it
is important for the Detroit
chools to implement tbe
African-centered curriculum,
and said stuclen ve to et a
an c a
u.
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I human Iifc, . FurakhaD, so
the mo . oil is threatened,
the American y of life .
I threatened.
Oil turns the wheels of in­
du try that on't hire Blac
people .. And no poor people
I have to die to protect a vital in- °
I Co ti ned 0 P e
ered curricul
feeling for' tbem elve and
their own people.
According to McRae, a
number of te cbers have been
teachin from a� African­
centered point of view for
years.
cRae tated everything in
African-American bistory
cannot be taught, beca e it
goe b ck too a.n of years.
TH R AI
Outreach or the
D troit-area cbo I
( OADS) Summer In titute,
w ich included twenty-three
tro Detroit te chers for two
w e Ja t Augu t, w ed
to strengthen the knowledge
o teacher in Afric n d
rican-Amencan culture.
McRae id the Detroit
Pu lie SchooJ have been ac­
tive with the pro r m for
year, and hope to continue
participating. e ac no -
I ged ROADS i pi for
De roit cbool , a provided
rtain number of teache
ledge in t cbing from
n African-ecnte d point of
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