o 0
to beat 0
di e nt dru
downtown Detroit,
A news conference was given at
W yne S te Unive ity (WSU) I t
Wedn day by a group of BI ck ae­
tivi ts also expressing their opposi­
tion to the "Detroit Salutes Its
Heroes" parade.
A panel consisting of Ab yome
Aizikwe, of the Pan AfricanStudent
Union, WSU; Edgar Dew, president
of the Michigan Chapter of the Na­
tional Conference of Black
L wyers; Carl Dix, nation I
spokesperson of the Revolutionary
Communist Party, and; Rev. Robert
Smith, of New Bethel Baptist
Church, gave their r ODS for op­
posing the parade.
DlX COMPA D the parades
tDow
Conway
OOI'Rorr- While people are
celebrating the victory of U.S.
troo in th Persian Gulf with a
parade down WoodwardnextSatur­
day, orne will be protesting every­
thing it stood for.
The Coalition to Stop U.S. inter­
vention in the Middle East is calling
for a demonstration the day of the
par de, at Kennedy S qu re in
$100'a day
Catholic Services say double standards obsolete
•
by DERRICK c. LEWIS
Stall Writer .
CariaH
SI9IlW,*-,
HlOIq.AND PARK - Circuit
Court Judge Richard Kaufman
Nled that Mayor Martha Scott
is to pellOnally pay Sl00aday
to the Highland Park City
Council for failing to appear at
her deposi lion
and provide·
variou
d oc ume n t
, :: pre v lou 5 I Y
"·ordered on
May IS, 1991.
The fine scorr
W 5 eduled to begin on
JWlC 13 for each day Mayor
Scott neglected to present
expenditure records from the
Drug Forfeiture Fund.and the
Auto Pound for the past two
years.
Several attempts were
made in 1990-91 for the
rescheduling of taking
deposition and the production
of documents. Continuously,
the Mayor did not provide the
financial documents nor did
ahe and Milton Hall appear at
the deposi tion.
See MAYOR, Page 7
f nts, CSS Director Tom
Quinn said the brochures were
not authorized and that he or­
dered them destroyed several
months ago.
Employees at CSS, who prefer
to remain anonymous, said the
brochure were circulated for
at least a year before they were
ordered destroyed.
Quinn claims he didn't know
of the brochures being circu­
lated, and said he was appalled
when he found out about them.
The brochures resurfaced
during a meeting last week at
CSS, when an employee com­
plained about finding them in
her office.
See, ADOPTION, Page 8
. THERE WERE only three
other criteria for adopting a
BI ck or bi-racial infant.
The requirements were U.S.
citizenship, to have mutually
completed personal counsel­
ing, and be a member of a
church.
When asked about the
double criteria for adopting in-
A brochure produced at
Catholic Social Services (CSS)
of Wayne County revealed two
sets of criteria for the adoption
of white and Black or bi-racial
infants.
No more than ten require­
ments had to be fulfilled to be
eligible for the adoption of a
"healthy caucasian infant,"·
ages 0-2 years.
These requirements were to
be a resident of Wayne County,
to have been married three
years, to have completed -fer­
tility testing, to be no older
than 36 for the first application
or 38 for a second application,
agree to have one parent stay
home for the first year of adop­
tion, be registered in a church,
agree to pay a court-set fee
based on ability to pay, be in
good health, have mutually
com pleted personal counsel­
ing, and be a U.S. citizen ..
lthough the program for
adopting a Black or bi-racial
infant was for couples, the
eligibility requirements made
room for single individuals
also.
Black Arts Ambassador:
Unpaid yet happy
By DANNY R. COOKS
Kalllmlg,oo Co",spondent
KA1..AMAZOO - The Black Arts Festival, July 28-
August·3, 1991 and held in Bronson Park and other
locations throughout the City of Kalamazoo, has no
more zealous supporter than Gail Sydnor, Executive
Director of the Black Arts And Cultural Center, c­
cording to Lois Jackson, Director of Kalamazoo's
Parks & Recreation Department.
However, Dr. Sydnor, Ph.D. in Psychology and
Agency Administration from U of M, would only
admit to being an avid traveler and lover of the arts.
VlSting "artist colonies" in Maine and Connecticut
every year (small town filled with galleries of affor- .
\ dable an), Sydnor confessed to being an "eclectic"
collector, cboosing an considered the very be l
De pite her searches for
fine an throughout America
Sydnor saw few Black par­
ticipants in the gall erie and
fe tivals. Her conversa­
tions with Kalamazoo Black
artists led her and about ten
other an lovers with com­
munity orientations, includ-
ing Lois Jackson, to plan a - DR. SYDNOR
one-day festival.
See UNPAID, Page 12
,
t.
·Wh t
flag� nt In ult
to th
.tnou and
of hom I. ,
un mplt/'y d
nd poor
p opl of
thl city.·
given aro the tion to Nati
Germany's p da parades.
He said the par des are being used
to whip up support for future inter­
ventions and a reactionary domestic
agenda.
D P 8
Bush opposed
to compromise .
on Rights Bill
by DERRICK c. LEWIS
stGJ( Wrlt.r
At1empts at a compromise
between bminess leaders and
supporters of a new civil rip
bill were thwarted by t�e
Whi House according to an
article in this month '5 Emerge
Magazine.
Busine Ie dera cdv Iy
opposed la t year' e iI
rights legislation, b t 0 d'
off unpleasant, d tt, they
formed the Business
Roundtable, a coalition of
leading U.S. corporations, to
begin negotiations with the
Leadership Conference on
. Civil Right , an umbrella
organization of civil rights
groups.
The effort was derailed by
the Whi te Hou e, which
complained that the business
group was undermining the
administration' trategy of
preventing any civil righ
legi lation from passing,
ccording to the article.
The tal k ended after
business leaders realized that
See BILL, Paae ,
GA Y WAT INS: "Ye it
doe , it is the backbone of the
family. That' where our
mor I and val ue are en­
forced, not only Chri ti n
mor I nd v lue but com­
munity.".