Caravan to focu on dwindling peace
dlvldend and moun�ing dome tic cri is
budget rea that Deed
federal pending dollar ac­
cording to other car v n'
other m jor pon or in­
cluding: the Southern Chri -
t i n Leadership Con­
ference, the Feder tion of
Southern Cooperative,
Clergy nd Laity Con­
cerned, the Southern 0,.-
i
C
Major Deep South
freedom (civil right ) or­
'ganizations are urging
outherners to "stand up
and fight for the Peace
Dividend" by joini g a
car van of vehicles traveling
from Hunt ville, Ala. to
Baton Rouge. L . October
14 -" October 12 ..
·Tenye�rsofbudgetcu�t
unemployme t, bad hou ing
and high rents, magnet
schools nd racial grouping
" in public schools, crack and
hopelessnes , is too much
and e simply on't take it
y more, with or without
. the Gulf War· says Ro e
Mary Smith, President of
the New Orlean' ba ed Gulf
Coast Tel) nt Organiz -. .
lion. . B Larry A. Stl
MasSIve Job develop- Y
,mcnt, ncw housing con­
struction, health ere,
quality e ducat ion, and
aving the environment are
ize
d
a
. During
Thursday Oct. 4, at the
Standard Federal Fin ncial
Center in Troy, to pay tribute
to Michigan' first Black
judge. and commemorate a
'tate Supreme Court civil
right decision this ame day
in 1890, Oakland County's n med after the state's fir t
fi r t Black bar a ociation Black judge, who uccessful-
formed. Iy argued I a lawyer Fer-
The D. Augu tu Straker guson v. Gies, called the
Bar A oci tion wa formed tate" "Great C'ivi I Rights
by Black "lawyers to give C e." .
Black a voice in the tares The event was attended by
judicial proce s, and form a about 80 people, con i ting
networ for exch nge of in- of many prominent people
formation. within the 'tate's ,legal com-
The organization was. munity.
Terrance Keith, 35, I e
a ociation' ieering com­
miuce chairm n, tated, "dur
intention i to help upport
minority attorney in Oak­
land County and to provide
an organizational framework
to help promote fair and
equ I treatment within the
judicial y tern."
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i :
g nizing Com�ittee For
Economic nd Soci I Ju -
tice, nd the Southern R in­
bo Educ tion Project.
�Since the United St tes
is ot thre t ene d by the
Soviet Union our citizens
re en itled to get b c to
our chools, roads, housing,
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busy 20th· nnivers ry
celebr tion week with a call
for united upport of BI ck
elected offici Is and condem­
nation of new r ci t attack
a in South Afric nd J pan.
But .. the na lion! large t
gathering of African­
Americ n le der and their
followers devoted surpri in
few di cu ion to the current
middle ea t cri i while
demanding increa ed govern­
ment budget upport of con­
iinued health, education, and
welfare program de pite the
imminent threat of sequestra­
tion and rece ion.
However, 8. final pre s
conference wa chedulcd at
a multi-cultural brunch. pon- .
so r d by the Republic of
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