ALMA GEORGE, MD I Co
ebalr of t e Samarlta Health
Center E erald Ball.
The Emerald B II i the first
major fund-raising event for
Samarit n and will be from 6:30-
11 :30 p.m. Saturday, March 16,
at the Westin Hotel in the Renais
lance Center. Monies rai cd by
the dinner/dance will go to help
reduce Detroit infant mortality
rate by funding a prenatal nutri
tion program for at-risk expec-
tant t em
women in our rmed forces are.
fa,ing their greatest test, we at·
home are facing a test a well.
Out test is to maintain our unity
OIL
�onJIDued' from Paae 4
6S of the U .A. W. expressed the
supper: of the African American
trade unionists wi th the call to
oppo e the Oil War.
The Plan of Action to oppose
the Oil War i ncl uded a declara
tion of April 7, 1991 as "Peace on
Earth Sunday," involving the par
ticipation of over 65,000 African
American churches throughout
the United States. Leading up to
this Sunday, there will be "Iast
ing and praying on Thursday,
April 4, 1991, the anniversary of
the assassination of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr." In addition, '
there are 142 Congressional dis
tricts where African Americans
hold their voter margin of vic
tory. These district will be tar
geted for voter education and
mobilization in oppo ition to the
war and to press for domestic so
cial justice.
THE REV. DR. James Forbes
"of The Riverside Church gave a
conctudtng theological challenge
to the participants. Referring to
Dr. King's momentous speech at
The Riverside Church in 1967
against the Vietnam War, Dr For
be stated,"1f Martin were here,
he would clearly be in oppo ition
to this immoral war." The Sum
mit climaxed when Mr . Coretta
Scott King stood to remind tho e
lathe'red that, "Martin's courage
at a time when it war unpopular
to oppo e war should erve an
in piralion for u today as we
al 0 now mu t .continue to break
the silence. Thi war is wrong
and today our voices are united in
our demand for peace."
Y ICAL fa hion, La en
a ey pl.yer in helpin to
improve SHC dic 1 t f rela-
tion nd iated ith pecial
undin 0 ercy F' mily C re,
prim ry care cente located in
medically underserved re of
the city.
Lar en. hold
bachelor's de from Notre
Dame and am ter' de ree from
ayn St te, h too and
t 0 d u hters. He and hi
r Liz, live in Birmin ham.
Lionel Win, D
From Birmin ham, Ala.,
Lionel S an, MD, ha fou ht dis
crimination h rever he ha seen
it. HII fi ht h taken him to the
White Ho e, and spurred him to
leadership roles in organization
pled ed to equal right for
Bl ck ..
Dr. Swan c n laugh about the
bsurdityof ome discrimination
he' experienced, but he' serious
bout ensuring th t no pe on i
denied h t he h earned be
cause of the color of his kin.
. Discrimination has been a fact of·
Ii ke for Dr. Swan. Some times,
however, he simply refused to be
a part of it.
A native of Trintdad, West In
dies, Dr. Swan emigr ted to New
York City, followins in the
footsteps of three brothers.
Determined to become a doctor,
he attended night school while
dOinS Odes jobs to support him
lelf.
BECOMING
D. GI.plrovlch
. Detroit
sown for the nnual Fight for
. Freedom Dinner, today the
large t fund-r iser of any civil
rights organization in the
,
country.
DR. SWAN liAS remained ac
tive wi th the dinner and the
NAACP, and is one of its greatest
upporters. There were further
obstacles to tackle however, and
Dr. Swan took them on as only a
warrior can. He-served chair
man of the campaign committee
that elected the first Black mem
ber to Detroit Common Council
in 1957.
A year later, he battled dis
crimination when government
monica were funding the con
struction of a ho pital complex
where black phYSician did not
have admitting privilege. One.
of th� titution quietly granted
four Bl ck phy ici n privile e ,
ending long- t nding di crimin -
tion gain t BI c docto in the
city.
Throughout his medical
career, Dr. Swan hu been active
with physician or antz tion .
He served the National Medical
A sociatlon (NMA) in the 1
culminaUn in his pre idency in
1967. He w the first Michig n
doctor to lead the Bl c
physician group "dedic ted to
educ tlon haring knowledge and
fighting discrimin tion," as Dr .
Swan explain it.
Not surpri ingty, Dr. Sw n
lists fighting discrimination in
medical school admi ion prac- Bu h Judicial Nominee
uces and where Black physicians ,
could practice as the greate t ac-
compli hment during hi
presidency of the NMA.
His fight took him to the
White House and President Lyn
don Johnson in 1968 to discu s
the medical problem of Blacks
nd their acces to care. Pre i
dent Johnson addres ed the NMA
convention in 1968.
IN 1960, Dr. Swan joined the
medical staff of St. Joseph Mercy
Hospi tal, which merged with
Evangelical Deacone Hospital
in 1978 to form Samaritan Health
r celved v riety 0
rom community or
includin the
ard from Bethel
nd the Di tin-
ui hed W rrior rd rom the
Detroit Urb n Le ue. e h
recei ved commend tion from th
Detroi t NA CP, the Michi an
Sen te and Ho rd Univer ity
Colle e of Medicine.
cho I
ffirm
three
n
live in 0 troit.
For more inform tion, cont ct
KyLe on, 579-4 27.
project ith help from the CIUA
Found tion a non-profit, t x-e -
empt org nization.
t fir t p rent ap-
prehen ive about e ing their
children fe rin ome hidden
co t but eeing none, the chool
ha grown to 200 tudents.
Rene Pierre- JAuis a quoted
a aying"1 h ve ccompli hed
omething for my elf, my
mother and my people. 1 feel ful
filled."
wasn't charged with crime
wa uac ed by a police dog,
Ry k mp aid,"It might not be
innappropriate to carry around
few cars to remind you of your
wrongdoing. "
He Iso i aid to be a member
of an all-white golf cl�b.
Intestin I disea e such as
typhoid, cholera and diarrhea are
likel y to be spread to Iraq's 18
million people.
ene Pierre-Louis, fter ye r
of or in Dd ving re ched
hi go 1 of building a free chool
for t children of St. Loui du
Nord.
H iti h' had Ion hi tory of
poor education for it
predominantly Black popula
tion.
Pierre-Louis went into action
bee u e he w nted to give hi
people a re on to stay in Haiti.
Sellin some of hi own po es
sion h pent 3, on the
Civil ri ght groups are tand
i ng up in oppo i lion to a court
nominee picked by Pre ident
Geroge Bu h.
The judge, Kennth Ry kamp,
a district court judge in Florida
bas favored defendants in civil
right ca e of the time.
After a young Black- who
Epld mlc In Iraq
Iraq i in trouble due to its
poor sanitation, lack of water
and lack of medicine , all the
result of continuous U.S. bomb
ing for five week .
,;. THERE IS 0 EASY WALK TO FREEDOM
VOTE FOR SANCTIONS
.... : flJP SCHl'LKE
"This is the task to which we are called by
the suffering in South Africa, and our
response hould be swift and unstinting ...
Urge your government to support
economic sanctions. tt
Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963
"Twenty-seven years ago when I went to jail I had no
vote. I have come out and I still have no vote ... To
lift sanction now would be to run the risk of
aborting the proce of the complete eradication 'of
apartheid."
Nelson Rohilala Mandela, 1990
CAST YOUR VOTE NOW!
JOIN THE MARCH TO FREEDOM
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SANCTIONS
O. I vote for maintaining sanctions until there is democracy for
all South Africans. .
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Support the U.S�
Troop In the �ul�
At a lime when the men and and resolve; as our troops are
doing in the Persian Gulf.
We don't want Saddam Hus
ein to take this country'
tolerance for anti-war
demonstrators as a signal h-e
should wait out our re olve in a
long and bloody war.
I'm outraged at the brutal
treatment of our POW's. And
I'm saddened to see the media
give so much attention to the
small number of anti-war
prote ters who have spung into
action. It seems that every time
a few protesters pick up their
signs.the cameras swarm around
them. and they end up on the
news.
Our soldiers have said that
they have a job to do and are
going to get it done. I feel I have
a job to do, too. And that's to
stand up in strong upport of our
troops.
I want them to know that I and
the American people are very
proud of them. We .are all in
pired by their bravery.
I Hope That you'll print my
letter, and other like it, in the.
days ahead. Thousand of local
American newspapers are reach
ing our men and women in
uniform every day. Your
newspaper may be one of them. I
want the troop to know that w.e
hold them in our thoughts and
prayers every day.