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, some fool
mig decide to have a
shoot out."
. A HE INCHED his
. way into the middle lane
• he inserted a Howling
- Wolf tape into the cassette
player.
Sam is a blues man.
, The fouler his mood, the
dirter the blues.
Just as Howling Wolf
began talking 'bout that
Mean Old Frisco, Sam
said, or rather asked, how
long have I been voting?"
"Man." He continued. "I
fought in that Korean Con­
I f'lict, demonstrated in the
deep south, Mississippi,
.. Louisiana, Alabama, Gror­
� gia, Arkansas, the lot, gave
a dollar here and a dollar
there to somebody's cause,
even voted for Jesse Jack­
son the first time around,
... and I've seen a lot of mean
spiri ted things but I never
thought I would live to see
the day when one Black
sister would try intimidat­
ing politics on another
· Black sister."
After a brief pause Sam
continued.
"Kick old Muddy in. I
. want to hear Sad, Sad
Day," he said. "Wrote. I
live and vote in the 13 Dis­
trict. I believe a man's
home is his castle, his
religion sacred, and who
he votes for ain't nobody's
business. Yes sir. l-believe
- every word of that. And
you know when it's time to
vote, I vote early. And so it
happened. Tuesday morn­
ing at 9 a.m. I went to my
polling place and right
there, smack dab in the
middle of the door leading
into the church, mind you,
, not 100 feet away, this
woman was passing out the'
"official slate," "endorsed
: candidates" handout about
• who, and what to vote for.
"She was wearing a
black tee shirt with the in­
: scription:"Black Slate,"
, boldly printed across her
: ' chest.
"I TOLD HER that was
intimidating and low
• down. Man. She laughed
and then hours later, at
7:30 that evening, she was
s ti 11 the re passi ng out
literature "paid for and
• authorized by the 1st and
t' 13th Democratic party.
• "I don't know if Kil­
t patrick knew about it but
there could have been a
Black backlash. Who
knows. It's kind of hard to
tell who the real Black
candidate is when both are
Black. I wonder what the
tactics wilt be next time?"
After that we rode and
li tened to the blue while
we looked for that bottom
line.
continued from P 1
their concern during the hear­
ing. Pointing out that
Hispanics repre ent about two
percent of Detroit's popula­
tion, they were concerned
about the possible division of a
district composed of a large
number of Hispanics, thus
diluting their voting strength.
Instead of dividing the
Hispanic community, Hispanic
Democrats of Michigan ac­
tivist Nelida Shenz-Maxon
asked the committee to con­
sider merging two districts
with a substantial number of
Hispanic residents into one
district for proper repre­
sentation.
STEVEN WALKER, another
activist representing Hispanic
interests, asked the committee
to consider creating "influence
districts," where areas with 30-
35 percent minority popul -
tions are given voting power to
influence an election. '
Curr-ently there are no
Hispanic state legislators in
the state, which gives fuel to
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DETROIT
U
e h Id t e Bethel, om
f med voc Ii t "Queen of Soul"
Aret F n lin and her d d I
Rev. C.L. Franklin, primarily
co id red to be an "All Star"
funeral.
Oth r notable celebriti turned
out in full force to p y their pects
to D vid E. Ru In and "both" of hi
urviving familie . Among th m
were Stevie Wonder, Robert
Townsend, the Temptations, 'the
Four Top ,Mary Well , the Velvlet­
t , the Miricl ,Mic ey-Michelle
Watts, Pam Todd (a former Ruffin
the complaint that Hispanics
are not represented in the
democratic process.
Hearings will be held in
Flint, July 8; Allendale, July
17; Marquette, July 18; and'
Traverse City July 19.
"I encourage Michigan resi­
dents who have concerns about
the redistricting process to at­
tend. It is appropriate that
this first hearing is being held
in Detroit, where even the Cen­
sus Bureau admits that the
city's population may have
been, seriously under counted
during the 1990 census," said
Berman.
The Census Bureau will
decide by July 15 on whether
census figures will be adjusted.
If figures are to be adjusted,
redistricting data will also be
released.
BERMAN SAID THE state
lost approximately $52.3 bil­
lion during Fiscal Year 1981-
88 because of the 1980 under­
count. She said a 'new under­
count would exacerbate the
situation.
,NAACP
continued from Page 1
University. which operates 18
schools and col le ges on four
campuses.
IN A WORLD increasingly
hi-tech, Dr. Jenifer insisted
brain power, not muscle power,
is the prescription for minority
advancement in the 21st cen­
tury. The lack of progress on the
part of Black Americans, Jenifer
said, is caused by "the failure' of
some of us to realize that the
U.S. is shifting from muscles to
minds."
Black Americans spend 100
billion a year, Dr. Jenifer noted,
but not in businesses owned by
HOMELESS
continued from Page 1
homeless people explaining how
they became homeless.
SISTER THERESA Bla­
quiere, Director of cons City
Neighborhoods familiarized lis­
tener on how CORE helps to
revitalize housing units for low­
income families. Blaquiere said
"there is a lack of affordable
decent housing" for the home-
less. '
The disparity of budget cuts
for people on General Assi -
tance , ADC and the elderly have
become absolutely terrible said
Mike Dougherty, Executive
Director of Michigan Housing
Coalition.
other Black Americans. He
urged the members of the
NAACP Metropolitan
Kalamazoo Branch to start a
new agenda the recognizes these
economic realities. "We've got
to start investing in our own,"
Jenifer said.
After Benediction by Rev.
DeYoung the banquet ended on
a note of optimism at approx.
9:00 p.m. First President of the
Metro Kazoo NAACP Mr. Dosh
Jackson extended an open in­
vitation to all pre ent to join the
continuing struggle for social,
justice in Southeastern
Michigan, particularly
Kalamazoo County, by purchas­
ing a NAACP membership
($10.00) and/or attending.
monthly meetings.
Dougherty -explained how
many citizens were evicted from
their homes due to Governor
Englers budget cuts. Many
people are not able to pay their
rent because of the decrease in
ADC and General Assistance.
The Michigan Housing Coali­
tion is primarily focusing on ad-
� vocacy said Dougherty. There
are a lot of vacant housing units
that need to be restored for the
sole purpose of accommodating
the homeless.
. Budget cuts have additionally
forced some people to top treat­
ment of physical and mental
problems since they have no
money to pay for medical ser­
vice . The Coalition feels it is
time to change the level of fund­
ing and awareness
1
on into th y oth rn
fonned th ir mil tribu to
Ru In nd hi urvivo. Orth i
B rn b lted out very fittin tu ,
"The Wind Ben ath My Wing "
while Ronnie Mc ir n (I Did It)
My Way. Th ron Hill v n
me ni ng to the Lord' Pr yer
through v nd trength, nd the
"Queen of Soul". Areth F nklin,
literally r ed th church with the
ledgend ry hymn, "He Looked
Beyond My Fault and Saw My
Needs".
Three minute reflectio were
versed by . Es th r G. Edw rds
Founder/Pre ident of the Motown
Hi torical Museum, Journali t Rita
Griffin, nd Larry Hu on WCHB
Radio /Bell Bro d ting. As Mel­
vin Franklin d the obituary and
words of prai e elected from he and .
the oth r Temptations, th crowd
once again welled with emotion and
chants of: "We're gonna mi you
David" or "Oh D vid" could be
heard through out the church.
It wouldn't have been a proper
Temptation homecoming if there
were no Temptation ong, and 0 it
wa ... after the tribute readings Mel-
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Choker Campbell, and a pecial
vocal tribute w p id by Michigan
Citizen columni t William Lee t the
beginning of the service .
, Because the dece ed had a ked
in hi will to be eulogized by the
nationally known mini ter, Loui
Farrakhan, everal members of the
Nation of Islam were on hand while
'Minister Farrakhan delivered hi er­
mono The Farrakhan brothers also
doubled as ecurity for the massive
and anxious crowd.
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the tip of his thumb due to a
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