"
The e dedlc ted people h ve just been certlfled a
nur e - Id during ceremony t the Fr nklln C re
Center ur In Home, p rticlp nt in the ceremony
Included Detroit City Councllm n Gil Hill (far left)
nd Detroit PI ton Public Rei lion Director Rod­
ney Herd (ri ht). (Photo by D. Lewis)
'" .
Asa Hilliard to speak
Dr. Asa G. Hilliard
III, pe ker of
Afro-Centric
Currlculumand
Africa History
will be the guest
peaker Sunday,
June 9, 1991 at
8pm., at tbe
Shrine or tbe
Black Madonna,
'7625 . Linwood,
Topic: 'Free Yo"r
Mi"d, Ret"r" to
the So " re« :
A/rica" Origins.
Donation : $10 -
ad ult and $5 -
under 17. For Info
call: 491-0777.
Attorney
continued from Plge 9
kjind of "incentives" that were
�ed to attract business men to
revitalize the downtown area,
ar� needed city wide.
�To rebound in this city
(Oetroit), we .are going to need
�ilsing and Washington to cre­
ate an interprise zone," Barney
ald. An 'Enterprise zone is
'9f�ere you give "certain incen­
tiy.es" for people to come in and
creyelop that area.
. . ' "We (De trot t) need big,
p1rivate money," Barney said.
"(\n overhaul of the tax structure
in the state."
In .1990, at Presbyterian
cb'urch on Woodward Avenue,
Barney said, Governor Engler
announced an urban plan.
where they feel safe (and) the
public school system in Detroit
is horrible." .
The spirit of Carter Woodson,
Booker T. Was hi ngton and
George WaShington Carver are
"lost" on our people today, Bar­
ney said.
"We have been transformed
into dependents. Drug depend­
ents. Welfare dependents and
depending on somebody else to
cr.eate jobs .
"What we need to look at i
how we have been manipulated
by the Democratic party."
BARNEY SAID Det'roit i
loosing its "tax ba e" but that its
Black politicians are "sophisti­
cated."
If Coleman Young decides to
"WE HAVEN'T heard a ny run again and is seriously chal­
more about it," he said. "It i lenged, anything is po sible,
time for us, the BlacJc --Jiticai Barney said. "(But) ay what
structure, to call upon John you will about Coleman but
Bngter, who i a man of prin- when you come to Detroit you
cH)les, to live up to that aspect have to deal with Co.leman.
of his own urban agenda to as- Coleman is the bo s of Black
ist and to pur entrepreneur- political figures."
sb1p." Barney has worked in the
, Barney talked about a "red capacity of an attorney for the
ZO:ne;" where development, city of Detroit, Wayne County
It: �9ps" at Eight Mile Road for and Ford Motor Company. He
P'(lvate money. . and Dorsey will be peciaUzing
.'He said, "The zoning concept in per onal injury and medical
I\j to Include incentive to spur malpractice.
private money. And," he added, My peciality, he aid, "is
"those re ources exist wi thin violation of Civil Right," a he,
Engler' network."... with 13 year of practicing ex-
; Barney' . philo ophy is: perience, andDor ey 12, looked
")toney goes where money towards June 1 and what tomor­
grows." And he believes that - row might bring.
"p,eople go to environments
County Prea.C?her witn a radio
And, this country preacher, radio program in 1985 It began
By Natbaniel Scott h Ik BI k d d al . th . . .�
w_ 0 ta ,ac n e s WI as a 30 minute program. Today
his own kind, owns Hollywood it is four hours and tomorrow is
Fashion Clothes, "the fine t in yet to be.
fashion," at 8035 Linwood Between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Avenue. on Sunday morning , Reverend
The fashion tore adverti e Allen and Likely read a prayer
men' uits, slacks and jeans in list that often exceeds 1,500
ize up to 66. Its �oy wear Dames.
ranges from 3 to 20 in regular, The Jone lSi ter Mat-
husky and slim. And while it tiel,Brother Robert and
.has a wide selection of hirts Reverend So and So gu he as
and sweater', Hollywood Likely runs scale and Reverend
Fashion boa t an inventory of Allen pled with his listeners,
suits that exceeds 3,000. . saying, "I am trying to get them
"Large or mall," Reverend in there yall. Good God a-
Allen said, "we fit 'em all," mighty."
This big city "country
preacher" hail from Alabama.
He has been a member of the
Victory Five gospel singers for
more than 30 years. He wa
"called" to the ministry "about"
four years ago. And when his
mother passed or like I've heard
him say: "Went on to glory," he
wrote the spiritual: "Why Me?"
His other spiritual writing in
the musical vein was "The
Clock." He added, "The clock's
meaning i time." .
Preach, Reverend Allen.
Preach.
ate rul eye 0
Rev. Allen
y
J
Corespondent
. DBTROIT- Good mo rn i ng
Detroit. The last time I saluted
you in this manner I wa writing
about a melodic prayer li t read­
ing by Joella Likely, one of th
three voice heard regularly on
th Hollywood Fa hlon 00 pel
Hour.
The program is broadcas ted
on radio tation WCHB, 1200
AM, Sunday mornings from 7
a.m. until 11 a.m ..
In that article I mentioned
Reverend Wilmore Allen, the
host of the program. But I did
not tell you that Reverend ,Allen
characterizes himself "a country
preacher" and that he' "tries to
reach everybody."
On the Sunday morning pro­
gram, he sings, preaches, raps,
imitates a Vietnamese speaking
person and punctuates songs
wi th "sang woman," "pick that
guitar," "old boy," and, "I'm
talking to those who have
ploughed a mule, bathed in a
number three tin tub, used
oxagen soap and ate 'maters and
'raters. "
Reverend Allen is culture.
He is the personification of a
Black broadcasting style' that
mixes vaudeville with news,
commercials, and selling
products by the air waves. _.
HE DELIVERS because he
i entertaining. But because his
style is, what i that word I am
looking for? Funky? Yes! that'
I ould Ii e Cor you to meet
ey O'Quinn. She i five
ye old nd he h Di bete .
On October 10, 1990, her
pedi tricl n, Dr. Ch rle Inni ,
pre crlbed dia ete te tin for
her, bee e he h deception I
thirst, frequent urin tion, nd
mood in .
e thou ht t fir t, thi
imply the fterm th of cold
from the prevlou wee but
e rushed to obt in te t re ult
at 7:00 pm from the Emergency
rm of Mt. C rmel Mercy Ho pi­
tal, it w cle r th t her blood
gluco e level w 10 time th t
of norm I re dinJr, and he w
on the verge of dehydration.
She w ru hed by mbul nee
with IV in t c to Detroit
Children' Ho pital and at 4:00
m, October 11, 1990, we d­
milled her a patient t
Children's Ho pit 1 for one
week.
K cey' Diabete h ppened
to 0 r entire f mily. My children
age 2 and 8 were with me
through the whole evening , or­
deal of emergency room admi -
ion and testing, ambul nee
following and finally her admi -
ion a an in-patient at the
ho pi tal. Duri ng thi ti me
Kacey' d d Mr. O'Quinn wa
out of town detained by bu i­
ne .
I took cia se on Diabetes at
-
"OUR PROBLEM today is
drugs, We don't have any unity
among our race and the drugs
were put on. a level where no
family can tell you they haven't
been touched by drugs.
"Some preachers preach
beyond people. They use big
words. They forget."
On his weekly radio broad-
the. ho pital and I cried when
they told me Di betic orne
time 0 into coma th t nece -
it te gtuco e hot by care
giver. I cried when they told me
she would have to take in ulin
hot twice a day for the re t of
her life. And I cried when they
told me he won't ever out-grow
it but maybe insulin, diet and
exerci e will prevent her blind­
nes , kidney disea e, trokes,
amputation, heart ttack and
untimely death.
K cey i trong. She i fight­
ing for her life. A Ion a I live
and breathe, Di bete will h ve
no dominion in my home.
Kacey i one among 128,000
children in America tricken
with diabete who fight blind­
ne , gangrene, kidney di ease,
troke , heart tt ck nd un-
timely de th d ily. These
children in pire JDF (Juvenile
Diabetes Foundation] and itl
volunteer to rai e re earch
fund to find a cure for diabete .
. .
RADIO PERSONALITIES-Tbls dynamic duo, Reverend
Wilmore Allen and Joella Likely lIaht up Sunday; morning with
his "country preacher" style announcing and ber song bird
prayer list readln Detroit begin a new week. (Pboto by N. Scott)
right, funky, his e ence gets
lost in that better than thou at­
titude.
But while Reverend Allen ha
that down home flavor, hi mes­
sage i clear. He peaks the
truth as he perceive It and one
of his favorite saying i :"1 love
you like a rock."
Reverend Allen i the assis­
tant minister at New Star Light
Baptist Church where Reverend
Charles L. Petty i the minister.
cast, Reverend Allen speaks
clearly, and conci ely, about
dollar power.
He talk about "Ipendin�
your money" with a per on
who e language you under tand.
He ay whom-bong-jong could
be an insult.
And, he said, "You could ell
coal but orne Black men would
ay the white man' coal burn
longer and hotter than yours."
Reverend Allen began his
empire
TUNE IN DETROIT. Wake
up and find out or remember
where you came from. Walk
those dirt road. Pick that cot­
ton. Strain under the weight of
"we shall over come." And then
Detroit, set ights on new dtrec­
tion. Tune in Detroit becaua
when you Ii ten deep down in
the Black Black, Reverend Allen
i preaching that new day ser­
mon.
The Sunday morning prayer,'
list phone numbers are:
. (313)298-6333, (313)298-633�
and (313)298-6335.