This Week In
Black History ·
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d nee. She ay he tudents
ometime wind up doing the
"Hammer" when they are
· B trying to learn imil r
Prl ng rea n or African step. When thi h p-
pens, B nqour y , "No, no
by DERRIC c. LEWIS Pritchett, nd Adriann Mc- M.C. Hammer."
Call. Bab car Lo, of Seneg 1,
Pritchett, a sophomore, i had his que tions about the
For a lot of college stu- a swimmer with the univer- lack of discipline in students
dents late February is pring sity swim te m. Hi mes age also, saying the education
break, a time for basking in to the students. was on the process is different here. He
the Florida sun, but some same theme as Arnold' . He says he understand the stu-
tudents choose other en- pointed out the need for dis- dents, but it' hard. He
deavors. Three students cipline in order to get better wanted to know what were
from Oakland University grades. . the parents role in di clplin-
chose to spend some of their McCall, a sophomore, ing their children.
time with 14 Detroit high and residence halls a sis- Lo was informed of some
school students, enrolled in tant, did not do much talk- of the problems faced by
the Metropolitan Youth ing, but· she did tcach inner-city students p Tents,
Foundation's (MYF) Learn- communication and listening including the fact that many
ing for Achievement 'skills to the students. "Hope- of them are to young to fully
program. fully, they got something out understand the re pon-
The e high school stu- of it. It was a very enjoyable sibilities of child rearing.
dents were given the choice experience, which I would Famodou say the stu­
of being a par t of this like to continue," said Mc- dents do have problems, but
ro r ID or boi C 11. th ' w 0 h t . She
rom c 00, ecause of poor say e- stu ents are getting
lIIIU.u�, ... d.a&tCA JW:.c • .GAa. T 'RIRE XS, .... ���\6 .. _ a better ppreciation for
recent weekend retreat to complaints about the mes- their culture, and they are
Oakland Un iver s ity, these sage that these three were going to lead other children
tudent met with college giving them, saying they to greater wareness. She
students who acted as men- need to hear that there are said when the students per­
tor . Thru various interac- people who care about them form at other schools, the
lions and personal and wants them to achieve. students react positively to
e changes a bond was
formed between these col­
lege and high chool tu­
dents whi h in pired the
high school students to
reach for hi h r aspirations,
and gav the. college stu­
dents an opportunity to by STEPHANIE BRINKER
make a difference in a young
person's lif
Senior Keith Arnold,
president of the university'S
Association of Black Stu­
dents, helped organize the
retreat, and ·he was one of
the three students at the
MYF office Feb. 18 to renew
old bonds. Arnold addressed
a number of problems which
contributed ·to the students
poor attendance and grades.
bout 00
iddle chool
be efitin fro the fore ight
of the tudio of Afric n
D ce Philo ophy Inc.'
(S DPI) DOSO project
The project i erie of
one-time only multi-cultural
le rning events de i ned to
h ve n imp ct on Detroi
Public School tudent by
providing f ce-t -f ce can­
t ct with three peci lIy in­
vited prate ion I arti t
from the We t Afric n
Republic of Guine nd
Seneg I, nd to provide a
pr i ng concert in Afric n
d nee nd song fe turing the
SADPI with the profes­
sional and elected t u­
dents from the Winterhalter
Culture Club.
The DOSO project in­
tends to build upon the
November initiative of the
1990 "African Origins" Ex­
hibit sponsored by the
Detroit Public Schools, to
promote glob I awareness
among Black youth so that
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I AUI 0
GOU A, rti tic director­
in-r e idence with the tudio,
h b ckground in
choreogr phy, dance, nd
drumming. B ngour i
te chin the tudent the rt
of Afric n d nee, Bangour ,
who doe not pe k Engli h,
u ed French interpreter to
ay th t cultural differences
h ve ometime lowed the
learning process, with Ban­
goura citing the lack of di -
cipline in ome tudent,
which he would not have en-
Group plans contest for
reapportionment
Capital News Service
LANSING - Common
Cause in Michigan hopes to
make the issue of reappor­
tionment one that the
people, not only pliticians,
can have a say in.
Common Cause.. in
Michigan, a non-partisan
citizen'S lobby organization,
is. developing a contest for a
politically neutral plan for
reapportionment in
Michigan. The organization
may offeer up to S10,000 in
prizes for the contest.
Common Cause's ideal
plan would proteect
minority voting rights, avoid
breaking municipal
boundries and keep district
sizes as close to what they
are now.
"We want to take a plan to
the public, the press and
�gislature and say this is
. what can be done," Karen
Holcomb- Merrill, executive
director for Common Cause
in MIchigan, said. "Y u can
develop a plan that does not
involve gerrymandering and
political ploys."
Holcomb-Merrill said that
the group expects to an­
nounce the details of the
contest in May or June , The
winning plan, Holcomb-Mer­
rill hopes, should be
selected in September.
to submit their ideas on
reapportionment.
"A credible job is going to
take a hech of a lot of work,
"Cruce said.
Reapportionm nt is a
highly technical business,
Cruse said. It takes expen­
sive computer programs and
hardware, a lot of time and
motivation. Census has put
out more than 1,200 pages of
information, Cruse said.
Cruse said that due to all
of the work involved in a
"good plan, he is curious as to
someone's motivation is such
a contest.
,
H rriet Tubm n, le der of
the Un er round allro d,
died. 1 2 - John D.
Abney, pi n t, born.
Wh t ere th thr
in rop c ltivated by
lav in colonial times?
C , 1 1
R lph Abern thy, former,
born. 1959 - Lorr inc
H n berry's "A i in in
the Sun", opened t Bar­
rymore Theater. e Yor.
1968 - Senate pa cd
Civil i h ill.
Name th Blac
A erican campo er who
wrote, "Treemonisha."
A CH 12, 1
Hall John on, conduc­
tor/ rr ncr/compo er, w
born. 1932 - Andrew
Young, mayor of Atlanta
and former U.S. Amba -
s dor to the United Na­
tion , wa born.
Harriet Tubman,
Sojourner Truth and
Frederick Douglass were
member� of the ame
religious faith. Can you
. name this afilliation?
M RCH 13, 1773 -
Jean Bapti re Pointe Du
Sable, Black pioneer,
founded Chicago. 1930 -
Richard (Blue) Mitchell
trumpeter, w born.
Which Black
businessman grew wealthy
making sails?
MARCH 14, 1933 -
Ouincy Jones, com-
po er/arranger, wa born.
Where wa the first slave
fortre s built in Africa?
MARCH 15, 19.47 -
John Lee, first Black com-
.' missioned officer in the
U.S. Navy asstgned to duty.
1842 - Robert DeLarge,
US congressman, was born.
Name the Black scientist
who developed tests lor the
detection of syphillis.
MARCH 16, 1947 -
Thomas F. 0 "Connor,
government official, WI
bprn.1 - ree om
J urnal, firat Black
newspaper, published in
New York.
Who was the first Black
American to participate in
international olympics?
Keltb Arnold
Arnold also' talked about
the importance of helping
one another. He said he and
his friends had pledged to
make something of themsel­
ves, and would fight one
nother if one strayed off the
path. Arnold hammered out
the fact, that if they can't get
themselves to get up in the
morning to attend school or
get good gr des, they might
find themselves ten years
later sleeping on team
grates.
In company with Arnold
were Oakl nd tudents Enos
r 0,
oyee, da eer Nya a 0 er, Allo
o be amodou, and Pre . 0 I Okoto
ic
Ciy
Continued from Pel
fight.
Said Katherine Wan ley, of the Black Women' Political
Caucu , "This i n't an old problem, it i n't a young prob­
lem, it i n't bl ck or white. It' everybody's problem."
The chi Idren arc also rising to the battlefront again t
drug dealers coming into their community.
Some area gr de school children h ve written letters to
Prosecutor Tony D. Tague wondering what they can do
about the drug problem; the police department of Mu kegon
Height is holding anti-drug clas es in the city schools.
The more African-Americans become involved in the
fight against illegal drugs sold in the Black community,
neighborhood like E st Park Manor can experience unity
among its re idents. frtcan-Amerlcans are waking up and
doing more than merely melling the rose . They re hand­
ing them thorn- ided up to potential drug dealer that prey
on the youth.
We mu t not cease to inform and educate our youth of the
danger of drug abuse; together we make the difference
between Black History commemoration or the destruction
of our youth-our tomorrow.
ANSWERS
10th - Indigo, rice, and
cotton.
11 th - Scott Joplin.
12th They . all
belonged to the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church.
13th - James Forten.
14th - Blmina (BI
Mina) Castle, meaning "the
mihd" - built in Ghana in
the 14005.
15th - Dr. William A.
Hinton.
16th - George Pogue.
National UL offer
cholar hlp
Minority undergraduate col­
lege and university students arc
eligible to compete for the 1991
DuracclUNational Urban League
. Scholarshlp and Intern Program.
The program is designed to
psovide financial assistance to
students seeking a career in en-
. gineering, sales, marketing,
maaufaeluring operations,
finance or busines administra­
tion.
Scholarship recipients will
have the opportuni ty to work for '
Duraccll, In,. during their junior
or senior year.
To be con idered for the
scholarship competition, a can­
didate mu t be an undergranduate
student and rank within the top
25 percent of hi or her cia .
This year' program offers
five S10,000 scholarship and
summer intern opportunitie .
Students de iring to apply for
the cbolarship program should
contact Lisa Fuller, Education
Director at 571-5600. all com­
plete applications must be
postmarked by April 15, 1991.
For information contact:
Elaine Lanman Moon 1-313-
832-4600
'MEALS ON WHEELS' - Get. A Boolt Ro aid E. S
(rllbt), corporate arralrs central "lion manaler for Aabe r.
Buscb Companies, presen� contribution to Cat eriDe navll.
C rtey, board memb,r of tbe De'trolt Area Aleacy OD Alia to
assist the orlanlzatlon' Meals on Wbeels prolra tbat provld
meal to Detroit-area re Idents.- Tbe contrlbutlo wu· part of .
Anbeuser-Bu cbt• onlolnl community relatlonl proara ,wblcb
supports numerous social service and cultural orlaDlutloal.
"WE EXPECT LEGISLA.
TION in the fall to center on
re-apportionment," Hol-
comb-Merrill said. "We
want to have a plan in place
by then."
S�_n. Doug Cruce, R-Troy, . BLACK HISTORY MONTH Included a treat for these student of Hamllto . Middle Sc '001 w
chair of the Senate Standing were luest of Wayne County Comml loner Bernard Parker (rear, center) at. Ip clal tiD of
Committee on Local Govern- the county comml Ion. The tudent vlslted n entire afternoon watcblnl co I IODen la ac •
ment and Reapportionment, aDd obsenlDI a Black blstory dl play throulbout tbe balls of tbe. Ie I laUy f: ellltiel. P
aid he would invite. peeople bere, Is s rro Dded by members of tbe tudent council. a r.
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