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Though King' birthday i
now observed on the third M n-
. day of J n ry, hi date 'of birth
i Jan. 15 and ome Detroiters
h ve expres ed outrage that U. S.
Pre ident George Bush and the
United Nation hav_ coo en thi
daV ,'he deadline for Ir qi
Pre ident Saddam Hus ein to pull
bis troop 0 t of Kuwait.
See, KING' DAY. Pal
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'8(?'m uni V_ map pia.
PeaG.e March on. W
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ing on
More than f wear, b c in
, W hington D. ,C . .rhythm and
blue inger Stevie er s ng
the lyric "Happy Birt day To
You" in memory of the te Mar­
tin Luther King Jr. to the world.
, as part of an effort tc? ma e J n.
15 a n tiona) holiday.
By Berrie c. L
.StaUWrit.r
J n. 19, di te ithdr w
The co Iition, compo ed of from th Gulf.
community, union, religi us, nd When ed hy th m rch i
tudent organiz. tion y • it Mt being he"td, �n the Jan, 15
aim to prevent the t rt of . deadli no, P ul Vincent <}f the
w r, or to bring nd end to it, if' Ar b-Amerlc n P� ce Commit­
ho tililie bi a out before ihe .tee id the de dline i, pot nece -
pi nned m reb. " arily the d teo when war will ,
It i I 0 catlin for a':1. imme- ee, PROT T, P e 3
T�e Coalition to Stop U.S. In­
tervention in the Middle E t
held a new conference la t Tue -
day t Little Rock B pti t
Cmsrc , to announce pi n for a'
massive march on \lington
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America locks up more Black
males than South .Africa
By Der�lck C. Le ,Is
Staff Writer-
prisoned at rate four times 1 at
of Black males in South Itfrtca,
, 3;109 out of every 100,000, a
compared to- 729.
, �G'OVF;RNOR JOHN ENGL R (second 'ro'm left). conf�rs ,wltb
-Detroit Mayor Coleman Younl,d'uring the 'prayer Break.f; t held
In DetrolJ January 4; a. part of ' Engler' . Inauguration W�e�
celebration. OJberS at tbe bead table (l-rt) ,Rev,. Jim Holley,
Pastor Little Rock Baptl t Churcb; Wayne County Executive Ed
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see���ou�t!:Of�!��S�:ri:::' Urban 'Leag'ue ol(Blacic·.A":'efica·1991: . , . . ...
.. ' andpail populations, according to ' '. ' ,
'::;��::ri:��� ����;:�av��; P rnanent pover y CI�·cJ·lnequality.
necessarily, contributed to the By �errlck C� Lewi "The:Economic Statu of African status in the Midwest is the sion would be devastating to the. issue f�r pclitical advantage." 00
world-r . d imprf onment ., Americans: 'Permanent' Pover- lowest and most unequal tn the,' African American community,"
rates., StaIlWr�r. J. ,," ty and Inequatity," one of, en nation. which is .already experiencing
,T.he �eport CIted m�n�ator� This years National Urban- papers presented in the repost, Swin"ton stated only a program , double-digit unemployment.,
mrmrnum sentences, tlg rene ,League (NUL) State. 0/ Black id thO I nd unequal of government rebarau .... ons would He said stoties of a growing
1 I, ·b·t" " d . sal e ow a t'
pa�o ,e e 1�! .1 lty, crtteria, an a America tssi , presentation: eco"nomic status of' Atricaa enafile . Blacks to' achieve Black' middle-cbs miss the
'rellance �n Impnsonmen� as op- painted a very di,D:l picture, fo� Americans appears to be a per- e�onomic parity, with wh.ites. point ,that far more ,Bla�k
. pose�. to, otner al,te�natlv�s as this country"s Afncan Amencan manent feature of Ole American ., families than whites are middle
contrlbutlrtg to the mcrea e 10 the population. NUL PRE 10 NT s only be ause· they depend
, economy. ,
prison population. ,Th�, NUL 'report identifies . He said jn 1989 Blacks ,ma<le Ja€<}b annouqced that 1991 ill on , ;-or 1JlPre wage earners.
, , The, U.S. Sentencing Commis-' problems, and offers solutions in" . only three-fifths' the income 0 be a difficult year for Af can' "They are-'juSt one sickness or
sion ays ne"w sentencing critical .policy areas for ra,cial wbites. Black males ma)ce 0, y Americans. one layoff away from poverty:"
'g\1ideline and tougher penalties parity to be achiev�d by the year '60 percent ot: tbe income of w te Jac bs indica-ted t�e year �e also expressed, dismay' at
for drug law violations COUld. in- -2000. males, and Black females m e, started on a bad note �jth the Pr:esident. George Bush's veto of
crease the prison population b� During a satellite �ews �on- 80 percent Orf the income Oi-wID e hr�at of war i'n thf Persian Gulf the Civil .Rights, Act last fall,
119 percent by 1997. ' ference broidcasL' from f I " and a recession. • saying he was alarmed by "at ..
f· , ema es. --J .
The study also ound that, W lbington D.C., Jan. 8, Dr. H� indicatbd BI cks economic He pointed out a deep reces- tempts to ri�e, the phony, quota
Black males in the U.S. are im- David Swinton, who prepared
The nited State incarcera­
tion rate is the highest in the
world, surpas ing both South
Africa and th ovi t Union,
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Fri by t '� " t 1 m .
, private group which favors al-. In Michigan over S7�0 million
temate punishment. ' • a year is pent on the pris9n sys-
Over one million .inmates are tern, according to the Amencan
inpri ons or jJils erving time fcir Friends Se rvi e Committee
crime com�itted or' awaiting . (AFSC).'
trial, according to the report. . Accqrdihg ' iO" the AFSC;,
The tudy," American Be- Michigan has a ratio ofabout 5QO
hind Bars: A Corrrparlson of In- incarcerated state prisoners p r
ternational Raies of ' 100,000 population. /\
, Incarceration," found tha,t per Fi fty-fi ve percent of the
100,000 population, the U.S. in- Michigan prison population is
carcerates 426 people, Soutb ,African,American, but Blacks are
Africa 333, and the SovtetUnion ,only 13 percent of the state
268. , 'See, ,PRISON on Pale 3
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M.CN8m�ra (behind Holley) En ler', Youn , School Board
Presldenr Lawrence Patrick; City Councilman Rev. KeJtb
Butler.: Activist hope tlie mix of Democrat , Independents and,
Republican sea oned, with prayer otter" 1l.ope fo,r tbe tate's
u'rban UI • (Mart ez A. C,ars)
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JA OB AY TH bill
. passed by Congress Ia t falJ
, pecified tha t nothing in the Act
should be construed as endo ing
quotas, but-Bush called it a qu
bill.
"'President BUs.h has. to decide
if he wants to 'make quotas the.
1991 1992 equivalent of Willie
Horton, if he te�l1y want to cam­
paign for' re-election on' a false
issue calcu�a tC;.d , de�pen
America's ra�i I division ," said
Jacob.
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See, LEAGUE, Paae 3
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JAMES LEE, C ry ler
e ploy e: "1 doubt it. I
don't think he has the guts
to do it."
NTO 10 WELLS,
Unlte� States Naaval
Academy: "I feel when the
deadline comes, Bu h will
wait, and if the troop are
not taken out, B .h will
take erious action."
TIM JACKSON,
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Accountlnl clerk: "I say
no, since the hostage are
home, the cri i hould
slow down' to a peaceful
olulion." '
WOLF,
Student: "Yes. The i s\:le
i �u ein is till in. Kuwai t,
it"s n oil i sue."
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