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p per publi h d in th r p rt,
Studie in Household and Famil
Formation S ie P-23, . 1
The r port i v it ble pr P id
from the Superintend nt of
Document U.S. Government
Printing Office, W hin ton
D.C. 20402 (202-783- 238).Th
other paper is titled "Living Ar­
r ngement of Young Adul t
Living Independently: Eviden
for the Luxembourg Income
Study. "
" Civic I ad r y
Job = Int gr tlon
ivic le der In
etropolit n Detroit y
job d oth r economic op­
portunitie ,not oci 1
policie, re the key to
equ lily in Detroit.
Job opportunities in
Detroit would give people
more r on to liv there
nd would help e the
crim r t .
G il Parri h, executive
director f th Ra e Rela­
tions ouncil in Detroit, said
if people focus d less on the
social problem f integra­
tion nd more on economic
development, integration
would n turally flow.
worn n w
year for n, the
tudy how.
Amon worn n d 15 and
over who wer divorced from
their fir t hu band, about one­
half of the BI ck women and
two-third of the whit women
had remarried by the June 1985
urvey date ( ee Chart).
55 and over
15 and over
45 to 54
Und 35
35 to 44
Age
OURCE: U.S. Bur au of th C nsus
Detroit Urben League receives gra�t �
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munity leaders, athlete, aDd
civil rights aclivi t • :
The Community Founda-
tion for Southea tern
Michigan is built around
concept first originated ovor
eventy-five years ago. It is'
permanent community endow­
ment built by gift fro6t
hundred of communi
citizens and organizations
who are committed to t e
future southea tern
Michigan.
The Foundation
governed by a 45-membtr
board of civic leaders and e­
ves the seven co untrl es elf
Wayne, Oakland, Maco md,
Washtenaw, St. Clair, Monroe
and Liv+ng ton. Since it" ,
rounding in 19'84, it' h
provided mo r e v t he n ,17
grants totaling more than S9
million for projects in tlie
fields of ed uca lion, arts anXJ
culture, health, civic develoi­
ment and human services. :
DETROIT -The Detroi t
Urb n Le gue Oral hi tory
Project h s received $5,000
grant from the Community
Foundation for Southeastern
Michigan.
The project w begun one
ye r ago nd will result, when
completed, in a SO year writ­
ten his tor y 0 f the 'A f ric a n
American community as seen
through the eye of those who
lived it. The year from 1.918
through 1967 will be
chronicled, r e ulting in a
panoramic view of life in the
BI ck community during that
period. .
To date. more than 200 in­
dividu I have been inter­
vie ed: T-helclhave i eluded
bu ine s me n and women,·
s to re kee pez , t. police and
fireman, teachers, dome tic
workers, entertainers, skilled
tradesmen and laborers, union
org\..nizers, clubwomen, cter­
gym� politicians,
physicians, military, co m-
Black ,Natlv
Am rlcan dl
oon st
The National Center for
Health Statistics through re­
search h found Blacks and
Nativ Americans have the
highe t death rates while
.>\sian-Americans had lower
death rates across all age
group and for nearly every
major cause of death.
Hispanics have a death
rate higher th n that of
whites but not nearly as high
as BI cks, -
The report stated some
r cial and ethnic groups
e pecially Blacks and Native
American "continue to bear
the disp rate burden of poor
health in thi country."
HONORING A LIVING LEGEND-Tbe nation' Fir t L dy, Barbara Bu h, center, leads
numerous individuals nd organizations In "Paying a Tribute to Living Legend," Dr. Dorotby I.
Height, Pre ldent of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) econd from left, during a
reception at the New York Hilton Hotel recently. From left, Craig E. Weatberup, Pre ident and
CEO of Pep i-Cola Company Nortb America, Ronald Harrison, Director, Community Relations,
PEPSICO, and Constance Weatberup, wife of the Pepsi-Col pre Ident, Bill Cosby as master of
ceremonies for tbe Tribute ponsored by the NCNW to benefit the Council' Fund for the Future
Campaign. Mr . Bushs id Dr. Helgbt' work bad" .qade the orld a be$ler place" -and tb t tire
NCNW president bad .. brougbt the best out of the people she worked witb.
ay Conte
te r nat i o na l l y co mpe tt rtve ,
Entrants are challenged to ex­
plain which of these goals ate
most important and why. :
The 500 to 1 ,000 wo�
essay must be postmarked qo
later thart midnight April 1�,
1�91 and mailed to Ute
Detroit Urban League, 155�
James Couze ns , De troi!,
Michigan 48238. For inform�·
lion and contest rules, call
Education Director, Li·
Fuller at 863-0300. Winni�
entries will be a nno unc en
before June 21, 1991. •
League 1991 E
DBTROIT -Undergraduate
college students will have an
opportunity to win one of fif­
teen $1,000 academic scholar­
ships by entering the 1991
Essay Contest sponsored by
Onlnd Metropolitan In­
coroorate d and the National
Urban League. .
The sixteenth annual com­
petition essay's theme was in­
spired by the' Education
Summit in 1989 at which
President George Bu h and a
group of the country's Gover­
nors established six national
education goat to make us in-
t
lash- art
-tate cuts
D trolt fir ,police
pen Ion to divest
Detroit's fire and police
pension board has reversed
its earlier stand and decided
to dive pension funds from
companies doing business in
South Africa. City Council­
m Keith Butler, who spon-
ored a city ordinance
requiring divestiture, $ave
his endorsement of the fire
and police action. Butler
called on the general
employ e pension board to
follow suit. The Councilman
is thre teoing to take the
non-complying general
employee fund to court.
Detroit is a m jority African
American city.
by DENNIS L. SANDERS
Capilal News Service
with small grants, community
art activities. And those
fund are going to be ... cut off
completely," Goldman aid.
She noted in the region that
affects Monroe, 10 to 12 arts
grants no longer exist.
Small towns will not be the
only ones hurting. Goldman
notes that the Detroit Institute
of Arts' budget is $34 million.
The in titute receives $16.5
million from the tate.
Goldman aid that if the
museum loses, almost half of
its budget' it �o-u(d have no
choice but to clo e.
Goldman said the impact of
the arts cuts is that it will ap­
pear that rne tate doe n't
want to support a cultural at­
mosphere. She believe that
is bad for economic develop­
ment, aying no company or
worker would move t an area
with no cultural environment.
"I th'nk that the corporate
community is disappointed in
the ituation and under tands
the affects it's going to have
on economic development,"
Goldman said. She also
believes the cuts will affect
I
LANSING - Imagine for a
moment that one particular
weekend. you take your fami­
ly to visit the Detroit Institute
of Arts, To you and your
family's shock and di may,
you find the museum closed.
While this may ound far­
fetched, it can in and some
ca es has happened to arts or­
ganizations aero s the state as
a result of state budget cuts to
the art .
In the wake o-f .. he state
budget cuts much has been
said concerning the-cuts to so­
cial services and mental
health. but the cut will also
affect the arts community
deeply. Gov. John Engler has
frozen arts grant and plans to
eliminate them. According to
people within the arts com­
munity, these actions by the
governor will urt important
arts programs.
The executive director for
the Michigan Council for the
Art ays there will be a major
effect throughout the state as
a re ult of the elimination of
tate art grant. Barbara
Goldman said the council ees
that many mall town or­
ganization don't h ve alter­
native way to rai e money.
Goldman aid a number of
art organization have al­
ready clo ed.
touri m.
, The executive' director of
the Michigan Advocates for
.the Art e c ho e Goldman'S
belief that the cuts to the arts
will hurt many Michigan com­
munities. Marilyn Wheaton'
also noted that some arts or­
ganizations' have closed after
expecting grants in .Januar y
that never came.
Wheaton contends those
who think the arts cuts are not
important arc people who are
not enlightened. Wheaton
said she i concerned with
governments that do not care
about upporting the arts.
Wheaton said the state
budget could have been
balanced without dra'tic cuts
in the arts and that the cuts
have to do with beliefs the
arts are not important.
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Boston de eg ult
Black parents have files! a
motion to reopen the Boston
school desegregation suit,
saying the chool sy tern has
not met goal of 25 percent
Black te chers and is spend­
ing le on building main­
tenance than Ordered. U,S.
District Judge W. Arthur
Garrity Jr. issued final or­
der 1 t May in the cl ac­
tion uit brought by Black
parents in March 1972. '
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GOLDMAN S ID a
regional grant program set up
by the council that gave mall
rt gran} to communities no
longer ha funding. "It'
been a wonderful opportunity
to ervice small communities
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HER AND WHO'S THE ENEMY? T' e
und Is an Ir ql prl oner. Tbe brotbir
lean-American wbo wou'ld probably be in
tbe IlItary. A tbe yin oe" 'a picture
ord .' .
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Catherine Kelly
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