y, Vice-Mayor Beverly
core, the even member
Co . ion' only other Black,
the City dministration had
v e cd the policy which e
for the aty to procure ten
percent of j goods nd ervice
from minority b in and ten
percent from women-owned b i-
Because of their review, Lipsey
said present policy comes "woeful­
ly bon" of reaching i go 1.
AT THE HE RT of the
proposed revi ions i the require­
ment that general contractors bid-
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WESTERN MICHIGAN
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Teen Fest Begins
OnA Colorful Note
By DANNY R. COOKS
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The second annual Then Festw
held at Bronson Park on June 19,
1991 from 3:00-9:00 p.m. Compet­
ing for the ttention of upwards of
2500 pectato wereastringof tage
acts and a bevy of concession stands,
non-profit information booth ,
education/Vocational presentations,
and eye-catching busi promo- .-
tions.
The event w ponsored by the
City's Recreation Divi ion.
Tywanda Hughes of Portage
Northern High Sch601 and Bve
Childs of Portage Central opened the
afternoon's entertainment schedule,
representin the dance group
D�vio��, wb se other meqlber,
SHant Heimlilp "of "orfag� llprth­
ern, could not perform accofdfug to
the group's manager Rhundalari
Barnes.
ing.
"1' , confident that the pro d
revisions will be pproved net
week, " Oommi ioner Up y later
told the Michigan Citizen.
r' D y M rp
"
on insi ted the changes do not
call for quot • but go I . He id
"re on" must be ed in determin­
ing c t. Saying it w along-term
economic health i ue, Holgersson
y elr "
ByD Y COO
Corn.OtUk
K-Zoo Family D y In The Par cked off a summer-
filled hedule of even for youth on Saturday, June 15th
at 3:00 p.m.
I er p intin immin and many otberactiviti ,
including family barbecues, ere held in Upjohn Part.
Sponsor of the event w the recently-formed Youth
Activiti Coalition. The Coalition II made up of the
Cty J Par and Recreation Division, the local DSS,
Kalamazoo County 4-HJ mazoo e Ubrary,
Dougl Community Assoc tion, the Blae ArtS od
CultW"lI Center, the local YWCA, the Junior Girls Or­
ganization, and the • on fo Hmo onally D -
turbed Children.
Artist J C. Palmore, Youth Pro m Coord r
for tbe CityJ Recreation, Leisure, and Cultural
roUed up his lee and i 1Cd pirin toddler a
Coalition effort to introd Idds to the many summer -
activities ponsored by Coalition membell.
Published History of.Michigan 's
Bla k Common Folk available
A book on Black heritage in
southwest Michigan is now available
in i third printing. Published by"
WMU's New Is ues Press, Rural
Black Heritage Between Chicago
And Detroit, 1850-1929; a
Photograph Album And Random
'1IIoughts is by Dr. Benjamin C. Wil­
.on, Professor of Black Americana
Studies at WMU.
First published in 1984, Wilson's
_book en10tc the hi tory of
Michigan' Black citizens in Al­
legan, Calhoun. Cass, Van Buren and
Kalamazoo counties during the days
before and after the Civil War. Pre­
viously, most research on 19th and
20th Century Black Michiganians
bad concentrated on the Detroit area.
Also, most accounts of Black his-
Dr.G endolyn Etter-Lewis
tory have focused on the elite-in­
dividuals who have m de exception­
al achievements and contributions.
"People tend to think only the
elite make history," Dr. Wilson said,
explaining his purpose in nning
the book. "The common n also
has role to play in the hi tory of a
nation. I tried to include information
that would prick the conscience of
people."
'N Hable for 7.95 throuah ew
Issues Press in WMU's Mediev I In­
stitute, the 245-page oftcover text
may also be purchased at the WMU
Bookstore in the Bernhard Center
and at the Athena Book Shop on the
Kalamazoo Mall.
The. BIKk Arts and Cultural Center offered trea
effort to raise funds. (p_to by D. CookI)
Convention Focus: Retreat, Youth Participation, Family Outings,
Prison Visit, Section Meetings, Banquet and African Market.
Dr. Bel\Jamln C. Wilson
Oral narratives of Black women
win national fellowship grant
Dr. Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis,
WMU Assistant Professor of
English, has been awarded a $30,000 .
fellowship that will enable her to
continue work on collection of oral
narratives of African-American
women.
She is one of 30 scholars nation­
wide chosen to be a 1991-92 Nation­
al Academy of Education Spencer
Fellow.
Tbe fellowship will free Dr. Eller­
Le is (rolT.l her teaching duties for
the next year so that she can write a
book based on her research. A WMU
faculty member since 1986, Etter­
Lewis earned her bachelor's degree
in English from Jackson (Miss.)
State University in 1971, her
Master's in English from the Univer­
sity of Dayton in 1972, and her doc­
toral degree in Uriguistics from the
University of Michigan in 1985.
In 1989 Etter-Lewis received a
$35,000 - Ford Foundation postdoc­
toral fellowship to conduct research
at Wayne State University'S Urban
Folklore Archives.
More recently, she has earned a
$3,000 National Endowment for the
Humanities grant to attend a six­
week seminar this summer at the
City University of New York on re­
searching women 's a�tobiographies.
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