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SAM OFTEN SAYS that Iss c
1bomas should remember his roots
becaUse hen he w going
through hi trial and tribulations
being a whimp! according to Sam,
TV commentators id Magic
Johnson sent him "a bag of
balloons" and told him to
remember where he came from.
So I knew Pal ce Pi tons and
Ponti c lions were t1ashe of
Sam' danger zone.
- "Wro�" . "When 1 w
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obQ' d didn't
appreciate. ttM= demonstrating
tactics of Portland's chapter of the
Black United Front (BUF).
"They walked table at school
board meetings, demonstrated at a
state enators home, and by
exerei ing their right of embly
and lawful protest, forced change."
"They were, and I am sure they
still are, castigated. I am also sure
they were, and still are, a lot of
other tbinp, including: effective.
"My though� on this Fourth of
July, Wrote is racism. And that is
why I am not flying a flag, bursting
fire crackers, decorating graves or
feeling any kind of second cl
patriotism. I've grown beyond that
and it did my heart good and added
to my years Wednesday and
Thursday of last week when
ACORN did the real thing at both
the federal and the city/county
buildings, Wrote.
"THEY WERE ALL fired up.
Won't take no more.' They were
putting their bodies on the line.
lking. Talking. Demanding that
landlords, HUD and the
troit Department of Public
Works be accountable.
"Like the Mayor said, Wrote.
'Without struggle, there is no
change.'
"I didn't celebrate the Fourth,
Wrote, but you can bet I will
celebrate the sixth. Because on the
sixth, Nathaniel Scott brate
his annual weet six th and
partner, I'm here to tell you: that's
the bottom line."
o EgyptiaD
o 0 1 he tarted ber own line of fiDe
jewelry. "Creating fine jewelry i rural to my artistic in
clination. Some of the pieces I do are i pired by my family's
African and Dominican ki hip. My grandmother w a
pirituali t bo eelebra ed our tors. As I've learned the
TIJRQUOISE IS A SYMBOL of prosperity in the East
influencing mental aDd pbysical Co • �li red
reddi h brown quartz w ODe of the first sto
to Desi are available by appointmcDt only IDd
be rac:bcd by caUiD&: 883-8207.
C edie Collins Taylor: Pioneer in Detroit Arts E
By Carolyn Warfield
Arts Cornsponden/
Cledie Collins Taylor, Ph.D.
dedicated 42 year to the Detroit
Public Schools,' retiring in
March after four years as Assis
tant Director of the Children's
Museum.
"Being an admini trator of
the Children' Museum I learned
what it means to be an educa
tional in titution," he aid.
"The Mu eum's economic
.rda ip ev r d
its focal point or purpose. The
friendship aJld professionalism
offer.ed by Director Bea Parsons
is cherished."
Taylor's tenure with the
Bo rd of Education began as art
teacher at Cass Technical High
School. Intermediate years
were spent as upervisor of the
Art Department where she coor
dinated arts programs
throughout the city, solveq ___
problems, motivated acfiers
and evaluated thei perfor
mance.
"My greatest rewards have
come from teaching situations,"
she tated. "Teachers hould be
good role models because their
impact is far-reaching."
TAYLOR, AN outstanding
alchemic metalsmith, pecial
ize in sculpture and fine jewel
ry. She holds a M.A. in
Sculpture and Crafts from
Wayne State Univer ity where
she taught metal processes for
10 years. Her work ha ex
hibi'ted locally and nationally.
The Detroit Institute of Arts
has accepted Taylor's proposal
for a gold commis ion for their
December Gold of Arica exhibi
tion."
Taylor received an Arts
Achievement Award from
Wayne State University in Oc
tober, 1.990 and was recipient of
the Governor's Art Education
Award in 1989.
Taylor is currently liaison
with the Arts Foundation of
cation
Michigan and the Kellogg Foun
dation in conducting a
feasibility tudy to ,create a
major cultural activitie center
in the New Center area.
the oldest African-American
festival known in Detroit. The
event is scheduled for July 12-
14 at Hart Plaza.
Arts Extended will spon or a
fall film preview of "Daughter
of the Dust." The Geechee Girls
Film Production written by Julia
Duh with art direction by ex
Detroiter Michael Kelly Wil
liam will be hown at the Tete
Arts Theatre.
A exhibition of William
paintings and monoprints will
accompany the film debut.
Arts Extended Gallery is lo
cated at 1553 Woodward
Avenue, Suite 201, Detroit, MI.
48226, (313) 961-5036. Gallery
hour are Wedne day through
Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
TAYLOR HA NOT con
fined her love of art to the
chool sy tern. Taylor ha
directed that vision for 15 year.
February marked 32 years that
Art Ex ie nded has lived in
downtown Detroit. Arts Ex-
WHILE
YOU
Cledle Collins
tended Gallery was founded in
1959 by fourteen teachers who
envisioned a gallery with an
educational focus.
The' gallery conducts infor
mal classes in studio arts and the
business of art, tour and annual
memorial . exhibi tions of
Octroi r's contributing artists
whose work has gone un hown.
Recent exhibitions showca cd
Ernest Hardman, Arthur Rola d
and Spencer Depas.
Over the past eight years,
Arts Extended has curated the
Festival of Arts Cultural Gal
lery. This year's theme, trumpet
musicology, will include an ex
hibit featuring unu ual African
instruments and hi tory of the
trumpet. Renamed the African
American Mustc Fes tival in
1990, Metro Arts, its spon or is
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MCHT
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A person employed at MCHT
says a look at the records will reveal
that Black tenants are treated dif
ferently than their white counter
parts.
Lease agreements will reveal
higher rents, less space, and few
lease improvements for Black
tCJlants, according to the source.
rrs A D tory for
white tenants, where they are of
fered dHfer.ed rent, more space,
and get the equipment they need
for their labs, says the employee.
Doug1as ays every tenant
rec:er.a some �l of customized
senic:e, where rent may be deferred
but the tenant will haYe to pay
hiPer rate at • later time.
The anonymous employee also
stated Black employees are treated
differently. There are n lacks in
management positions d cur-
rently two Black employees and a
Black tenant are in litigation
against MCHT for alleged dis
crimination.
A committee formed at MCHT
to conduct a review of its services
ed clients about problems and
complaints, but according to
Douglas, vice. president of Mar er
ing and Development, minority
concerns weren't even mentioned.
This is in contrast to a letter that
the Michigan Citizen obtained,
written by Charles Henderson,
president of MCHT, which said to
• tenant that the committcc uld
focus particularly on the needs of
minority busin
DOUGLAS SAID MCHT has
added someone to the committee
to address minority issues.
MCHT has 13 firms in its in
cubator program. Of these, six are
minority owned. Currently, only
three firms have "gradu ted" from
the incubator program, none have
been minority.
In contrast nine firms dropped
out of the program, two were
minority, according to Do .
Currently, the Detroit City
Council has the .Human Rights
Department and the City Planni,..
Commission looking into the ac
tivities of MCHT.
The Michigan Strategic Fund of
the Michigan Chamber of Com
merce provide MCHT 'th SI
mllion in funding. and ssoo,ooo .
obtained through priv te dona
tions, according to Douglas.
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