Briefly ...
Daryl Ga
o din hi po t chief
o th Angle POlice Dep
ment. That recommend tion
chi f mon many' ed
July 9.
"Th lAPD n organi -
tonal culture th t emph ize
crim control over crim preven­
tion nd th til t the police
from the communi ties nd the
people th y erve" . d
report, prepared by p I
formed after the March 3 beat-
i of Bl ck motori t Rodney
Kin . .
Gat ' response w that it
w no time to le ve although
he had aid earlier he ould
resign if the commi ion agreid
with his criti that he created
climate withi� the department
that condoned ci m and
bru lity.
Mayor Tom Bradley in­
tructed the city' personnel
department to begin the earch
for a new chief.
The report was issued after
the five-member body ap­
pointed by Gate and Bradley,
interviewed leaders and more
than 1 million pages of docu­
men .
The commi ion recom­
mended changes in the over­
ight and tenure of the chiers
po ition, which carries a virtual '
life-time, unchecked free reign
it is presently structured.
Ethnic want
Spike Lee
canceled
NEW YORK-The National
Ethnic Coali lion of Organize­
tions called on CBS to cancel
plans to televise the Spike Lee
film, "Do The Right Thing",
claiming it is offensive to
various groups.
William Fugazy, travel
tycoon, sent a letter to CBS
President Laurence Tisch as-
n r lla
scheduled premiere of the film
8 p.m. Saturday, July 13.
Fugazy i chairman of
NECO'which reports to have 5
. million members representing
66 heritage and ethnic organiza­
tions across the nation.
His objection is the scene
depicting the torching of a piz­
zeria owned by an Italian­
American, aying the scene d­
vocates the use of violence to
resolve racial tensions.
Cops mobbed In
Indianapoli
INDIANAPOUS- Three city
policemen were injured while
making an arrest in an inner­
city neighborhood where about
200 people gathered during a
confrontation between the of­
ficers and a family June 27.
The confrontation arose as
community tensions remained ,
high following the June 18 slay·
ing of a shopplifting suspect by
an Indianpolis patrolman. The
shooting of Edmund Powell Jr,
27, in the forehead as he lay on
the ground brought cries for an
overhaul the city police force by
the NAACP.
Rights group
condemns U.S.
hypro�ri y
W ASHlNOTON-Amnesty In­
ternational USA accused the
U.S. government July 9 of selec­
tively using human rights .
abuses' as a foreign policy tool.
"Governments on a
worldwide basis claim to use a
single standard, but eldom do,"
aid John Healey, director of the
group. He said chief allies of
the U.S., including Israel, Egypt
and Turkey, all "are torturing
and killing their citizens."
Amnesty said Israel had
jailed some 13,000 Palestinians
at the end of the year. More
than 4,000 were held without
charge or trial.
Amne ty met wi th White
House officials to pre ent
40 000 letters calling the govern­
m�nt to use a ingle tandard in
evaluating action on human
rights abuses, ending a p�ctice
of using a different yardstick
basedon whether the country is
a friend or foe.
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JULY
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mp/oymen and training
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cCain (talk) Show"
pI n linking aid to
but hi information
FOUNDING MEMBERS - Association of African-American librarian .
, uch vi ion, de
tal, peeca, bearin portation d di betic ed tion.
Preven tive health screenin for poor children, in the
Early, Periodic, Screenin Di gno' nd Treatment (EPSD'I)
program.
P yment for ater bill and other emergency rvices.
Full funding for nursing home care, instead 0 demanding
famili p Y for it or p cing lie on seniors' tat, the
Governor wi bed.
Re tored $24 million in dul t Home Help din
ing enio to remain t home inst d of goin nw�l2
homes.
-1WO MIUJO in SS} grant cu recom­
mended by the Governor.
Restored money for programs dealing with delinquency
prevention and treatment, child bed neglect, domestic ..
violence, teenage parent counseling and energy I tance,
including hut off, protection, which the govemor wanted
eliminated.
aching and Pre erving Through Education
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and public sectors. The annual
economy along with monthly
"economic indicators" are collected.
through census calculation and the � �
number of state seats by population
di tribution in the U.S. House of
Repre entatives. .
Special subject reports and as ... ,
sociated computer files are provided �
on people, business and industry,
housing and construction, fa�,: :
governments, foreign trade and other .:
nations. I
The 1990 census data will be- :
ready after July 15 nd . 1 pub­
lished over the period 1991 through
1993 in a sene of repore .under the
. categories of population and hous­
ing, population and housing.
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THE BUREAU provides custom
data programs, training in data ac- •• II
cess and a national clearing house. .• ,
To receive a free copy of the 1990· • r
Census of Population and Housing , �
Guide, and the Monthly Product An-: � ;
nouncement, you may write to Cus-· .:
tomer Services, Bureau of the
Census, Washington, D.C. 20233 or • •
call the Detroit Regional Census of-· '. •
flee at 354-4654.
Brenda Wil on-Hale, Chief
Development Offi�r at the Museum
of African-American History
tre sed the importance of e tab­
lishing and maintaining a "personal" ..
relationship with a granting ource.··.. .'
It is crucial for the grant seeker to" ..
believe his goals are vital to the com- •
munity, enabling the funding source -.
to preceive "a good image of his"
invested interest" in reaching a seg­
mented market," she said. "By
. achieving the goal better than an­
ticipated, the perspective of who the
organization is becomes
strengthened for future support."
Membership in the Association of
African-American Librarians is
available "to practicing and retired
librarians and information profe -
sion tudents. For further informa­
tion on AAAL, please call Duryea
Calloway, Public Relations Chair-:
man at 833-9800.
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LAN G - Respondin to
plan to totally eliminate General As!.istllDCe
adul .Dem 0 the tate 0
plan givin uch clien conditio aid.
Under the Democratic plan, hich p the
under ho u titu for Senate Bill 227, perso ith
"employment po ntial" would be offered i tance if they
fully partidpated in employment and trainin ctiviti , under
a S te 0 Advancement Program (S :AP), the 0 ce of
Ho Minority Leader Lewi Dodak announced.
"Di bled" and "otherwi unemploy ble" pe 0
receive a h i tance under a new Sta Incom
tance Program.
Doda ' office charged that the Governor' plan to
eliminate all help for tho ble 0 or would ca utIer­
ing and homel ness and imply hift cos to belters volun­
tary service providers, and other budge . Some charge that
the voluntary charities could not deal with all who were forced
into unemployment and many would be injured, adding to
hospital expenses, or pushed into crime, adding to money for
prisons_.
Kalamazoo's oJdest
Black cltlzen graduates
By DANNY R. COOKS
CO"�SDOnd�nl
The 1991 Kalamazoo Central
High School graduation ceremonies
were special for many reasons-as
many a the number of students
graduating and parents, relatives,
and friends sharing their joy.
One graduating student in par­
ticular had no proud, watchful
parents sharing her joy as she ac­
,cepted her diploma. She had few
relatives and friends present for this
milestone in her life.
Born in September 1899 instead
of 1973 like mo t of the graduates,
Dolly Brown Davis has out-lived
most of her generation-making her
the oldest living Black person born
. in Kalamazoo.
Ninety-one years young, Brown­
Davi is a witty, articulate, and self­
educated woman who h managed
to live a full and wholesome life
de pite the ab ence of a formal
education-and despite a midwife's
prediction that she wouldn't make it
through her first winter. Despite
coming into the world weighing in at
four and a half pounds Brown-Davis
beat the odds.
NOW, DESPITE HER lon­
gevity on the planet, Brown-Davis
bo ts of having never had arthritis,
rheumatism or even headache . She
credits her remarkable good health to
watching what he eats: foregoing
rich foods, not eating meat, and con­
suming few eggs. "Maybe that's
why I'm still bere, "he ugges ,
explaining that ber mother believed
eggs were a man' meal.
Brown-D vis beganscb.ool at age
seven and went on to graduate with
her class ut her diploma was blank
because -she hadn't fulfilled the
physical education (gym) require­
ment. "Mama wouldn't allow me to
take gym because she said I'd get
dirty."
Brown-Davis was thrilled to
finally get her diploma. "Education
is important," she said.
Her home just off of West Main
Street reinforces her belief that
Brown-Davis insists she' never
been a very social person.
SHE WAS also a real estate
broker, having only recently sold one
of her last propertie .
Gold-plated plaque on her living
room wall recognize her for educa­
tional excellence and for 66 years of
service to Allen Chapel AME
Church. De pite a heart attack
By Carolyn Warfield
CO""SDond�1II
An affiliate of the Detroit
Museum of African-American His­
tory, the Association of Arncan­
American Librarians (AAAL)
provides continuing edu lion on in­
formation science, encourages and
recruits students for information
professions and urge scholarship
and publication in information
science.
Chartered in 1989 to ddre is­
sues relative to preserving African­
American culture, the Association'
main truSt is literacy for children and
adul .
On Saturday, June 29, AAALheld
its fir t educational workshop,
"Grant and Proposal Writing" at the
Omni Hotel where Charles F. Kleber,
Vincent Kountz and Brenda Wi on­
Hale presented non-profit fundrais-
ing strategies. ,
Charles Kleber, consultant and
instructor, has 16 years in non-profits
and poke of grant seeking as an art
form that has no rules to guarantee
re ults. "It involves the human ele­
ment," he said. "People give money
to people they know, people they
trust and people they care for."
. IN OUTUNING guidelines that
move along a spectrum and lead to
good re ults, Kleber shared his ex­
pertise in summary: the case state­
ment and program budget,
identifying the funding need, target­
ing funding source and documents
that get re ults. (Kleber's office can
be reached by calling 393-5460.)
Vincent Kountz of the U.S. Cen­
sus Bureau related how to use census
data to define "target audience" in a
market area. Numerous resources
are available in developing
demographic material through sur­
vey and estimate programs that
consider geography, political and
statistical criteria.
The Bureau compiles and pub­
lishe data on how the nation func­
tions by reporting annually on
people and institutions in the private
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ignatures, alit of license plate
numbers, and a mother's protective
instincts toward ber children, Burton
told the Commission ber besieged
neighborhood needs more than a
police officer coming out to it for
five minute before abandoning
them.
Mayor Annen said Burton's con­
cerns were "valid" and promised im­
mediate action to addre the
ituation. Director Assistant Public
Safety Chief David Weessie to fol­
low through on the matter.
Burton said it felt "greatt" to real­
ize that he could move the city com­
mission to action just by peaking
up. "So many times we just gripe
and complain to each other. Now}
know wbere to go."
COMMI lONER LIP EYf
concern that it took a Commission
\ meeting appearance before some­
thing was done was met with
Burton's remark that their neighbor­
hood doesn't belong to a neighbor­
hood association. "They h ve
boundarie , according to Leslie
Decker of Stuart Area Restoration
Association, the closet ociation._
1be boundaries for inclusion doesn't.
reacb u owe'vehadtogoitaloDC.".
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knowledge i es ential: it is
crammed with books nd magazines.
She enjoys National Geographies
and reading materials that tell about
what' going on in the world. "Not
o much politica! tuff," she ex­
plains, "but what' been invented;
stuff like that."
Despite working be ide her hus­
band as a dressmaker in hi dry
cleaning and alterations hop on
North Weltnedge for 35 year ,
which he says lowed her down he
till finds time to play her piano and
organ, omething he' been doing
since the age of ix. Her mind
remains harp and clear by eeping
her two daughters nd on from
encroaching on her freedoms.
"You know, they y a person' a
child twice," he explained, "when
you're real mall people tell you
what to do and when you get old
people try and run your life, too,"