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drug dealer will want to u e
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W. Mandela
Winnie Mandela
win reprieve
JOHANNESBURG- Winnie
Mandela won a reprieve
from a six-year jail sentence
for kidnapping and assault
when a judge gave her per
mi sion to appeal her con
viction.
Supporters hope that by
the timethe appeal process
winds its way through the
courts, a government of the
people will be in place and
the ease will be dismissed.
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Trooper harassed
DEARBORN HTS-Dear
born Heights 'police will
seek ethnic intimidation
charges today against at
least three white men who
allegedly haras ed an off
duty Black Michigan State
Trooper.
Tro per Brian Berry of
the Flat Rock post wa al
legedly confronted by three
lS-year-old men in a car on
Ford road around 3 a.m.
July 16.
Two of the three men
were arrested shortly after
the incident at a nearby
hue where ei ht young__.
'people were watching
vide .
The trooper wa in his
own car, rep rtedly, and the
three hurled racial insult ,
including 'N-----", and
mooned him.
The youth report the
trooper t oppe d them,
failed to identify himself as
an officer, and was not in
uniform.
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WI L new I rge form
ph b norin father nd on in ugust. Broom
i pI to pub)' b greeting card edition.
R turning to 0 ca in October to pursu cl at the
Unive ity, Owens will work with the Mixtex and Zapo
lndi in 1 arning b ketry and jewelry.
On Au ust 10 nd 11, Henry Ford M um and Greenfield
Vill g will ob erve celebration of em nciup lion in
pte enting thr reconstructed ho built in the mid-1800' ,
razed and m ved (rom Georgia by Henry Ford, M eiim
found r.
Two one tory buildin are from the Hermitage Plantation
in Savanah, Georgia, n industrial complex famous for
vanah ray bric , aw and planing mill and rice barrel
fa tory.
HENRY OSSAWA TANNER - Oakland School, Metro Detroit Ford and Llncoln-Mecury dealers
and the Michigan Art Education A octatton-Regton 7 ho ted a brunch and prlv te vlewtn of tbe
Henry 0 wa Tanner exhibition t the Detroit In tltute of Art to honor art teacher from Wayne,
Oakland and Macomb countie. Left to Right: Raymond L. Dyer' Jr., manager Contribution
Program Ford Motor Company,.pre ent a T nner Teacher's Kit to Neuner and Paul Buckhaulter,
te her at Washington and Lincoln Junior Hi h Schools. Area art teachers were pre ented Tanner
Teacher Kits. The kits, with color slides and clas room guides, were distributed to enhance tbe
educational value of the Henry 0 awa Tanner exhibition t the DIA. The kit and the exhibition
were made possible by Ford Motor Company.
Upward And On
By DANNY R. COOKS
Co",spondent
Ed Gordon is a Black Entertain
ment Television (BE1) news anchor
man; Ollie Barnes has a doctorate in
psychology and works at the Upjohn
Company; Mark Jackson has a doc
torate also and is employed at Wanye
State University; Janet Clerk is As
sistant Director of Support Services
, at Oakland University.
What do these successful Black
professionals have in common with,
Kalamazoo entrepreneur Herman
Hawkins?
Beginning their trek to success at
WMU's Martin Luther King Pro
gram is the thread which binds them
and many others who would normal
Iy be denied admission to higher,
education if the decision was based
solely on their previous high school
scholastic record, according to Hal
bert Bates, Director of the MLK Pro
gram since 1985.
"MLK provides post-secondary
educational experiences and suppor
tive services to tudents once con
sidered 'margtnal;'" Bates said,
noting that the program has been in
existence since shortly after Martin
Luther King's death' in 1968.
"IT HAS THE distinction of
being the foreunner of similar
programs at other colleges and
universities. "
MLK students begin their fresh
man year seven and maintain a 2.00
grade point average to be able to
continue at the university. The pro ..
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gram is not a scholarship program
nor does it offer direct.financial aid
to its participants, Bat stre ed.
"All applicants hould apply for
financial aid through the office of
Student Financial Aid and Scholar
ships," Bates said. "Those wishing
to apply to the MLK Program should
apply directly to WMU Admissions
Office no later than the first week in
April."
The Admissions Office will iden
tify all eligible applicants and for-
ward their names to a
screening/testing ion.
Bates said test results tog ther
with ACf cores will be used to
determine eligibility.
TOP RANKING, eligible stu
dents will be ent an official program
contract and offer of admission. Stu
dents remain in the program through
the completion of 36 credit hows.
Along with MLK taff istance,
students are assigned a peer coun-
elor, uSually an uppercl tudent
who has demo trated ucce and a
de ire to work with MLK tudents
and who function a friend, student
evaluator, liaison and re ource per-
on.
"The Program admits 75 tudents
per year now, down from a hundred
plus up until a cou of years in
retention and graduation rates."
A ummer of '84 MLK tudent,
Greg Wilson, took time out of his
efforts to guide his co in through
the proce of checking into the
MLK donn to praise the program.
Now a graduate student, Wilson said
the program provided him the oppor
tunity to realize hiS potential by of
fering encouragement, direcnon, and
upport.
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Retr cing tr
ByCAROLY WARFIELD
COn-eSPOlUUnt
It tak courage to be different,
Jenice Mitchell, a 1989 nd 1990
Freedom 'lbur participant told atten
dees at the dep� celebration for
Freedom Tour m. "Through the
mission of learning, paren have left
something for youth to do in equip
ping them elve for tomorrow's
leadership. The accomplishmcn of
the past have come full circle and
need fresh input."
'IWenty-eight students of all races
representing 22 high school
departed Detroit' Second Baptist
Church July 12 for two weeks visit
ing freedom ite hundreds of mar
chers trail blazed to improve the
q\Wity of life in the American tho
1961 marks 30 years slnce the eve of
th Civil Rights movement.
. Thi is the third year Michigan
Coalition for Human Rights
(MCHR) has sponsored Freedom
Tour, a chaperoned dven in per
sonal growth. Students Udy evil
Rights history as a basis for under
standing racism and learn leadership
skills through seeing, listening and
thinking.
Dr. Kathryn Savoie, Bxecutive
Director of MCHR said "once the
travel group w screened sevelll
intensive training sessions were held
so students could get to know each
other. Beside having ,an Imerest in,
social justice issues, each youngster
possesse the quality to make the
project pecial. This year' city and
PUSH
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THE "ONE Church/One
School" concept is designed to con
vene pastors, principals, parents and
teachers across the country to d
cus the problems, priorities nd
goals of each particular school. 1be
church will adopt the chool nearest
to it in their own respective com
munity.
PUSH recognizes, however, that
each school and community � its
own individual difference and
needs, he said. Therefore, owner
Ship of the program will be that of the
local community, Williamson says.
"We want to.help chool be crime
free, gang-free, and drug-free. We
want to work with parents so that
they attend PTA's. Pastors convene
more patents on Sunday than PTA's
do in a decade.
Rev. Williamson compares the
"One Church/One School" concept
to the plan that a coach must have.
"Many limes they don't have paren
tal involvement, but that coach
doesn't ay we're going to lose. He
motivates those children to win."
The optimi tic mini ter goes on to
cite the city of East St. Lou! ,l11inois
an example, "The high school I
believe the church can be tbat
motivating factor to help those prin
cipal , teachers, paren and pupils
want to win, have a desite to win.
Afterall, many of our entertaiocrs
tarted in the church. The cburch
somehow gave them an opportunity
to bl om."
A PASTOR OF one of Chicago'
large t. Black churche , Carter
Temple CME Clurch, Rev. William
son hopes hi communitY will be tbe
model for a imilarly conceived
programs. It l Operation PUSH's
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tate amb do come from La
ins. Mt. Cleme, t Bloo let,
Garden City, Warren, Port HuraD,
Pontiac, Imter and Detro L
THE IRST STOP on Freedom
'Tour III i Alabama here par
ticipants will see Selma,
Montgomery, Lownd and Birmin
gham, pendin time at First BaptiJt
Church, the Edmund Pettul Briel ,
R Parlel and the Rou Pub In
stitute, Dexter Avenue BapUlt
Church, the Civil Righ M urn
and Viola Uuzzo's Memorial.
Sites in Tennessee include the
new National evil Righ MUieum
that opened June 30 at the Lorraine
Hotel, ite of Dr, Martin Luther
King' i tion. Yo ten
will vi ta rb farm in B DIVi •
Tougaloo College in Jac on.
Mf jppi wiJJ hoet a th day
commemorative conference to honor
freedom riders who accepted the
challenge for peace, Jove and .wly
begun by Dr. Martin Luther KJoa. Jr.,
Fannie Lou Harner, James Foreman,
Stokley Carmichael, John Le ii,
Ella Raker, among many olben.
Leasona of Freedom Rides for BIK
Americans Today nd Music AI An
Organizing Tool are conference
keynotes.
Arriv I in Georgia wiD prove four
days at the Martin Luther JC.lni, Jr.
Center for Nonviolence to UDder
stand the philosophy and des of
nonviolence. Participan will trawl
to Spelman and Morebouee Colle ..
before remming to Detroit July 27.
goal' act the catalyst for the "One
Church/One School" program on a
naiionallevel and to keep data on I.
succeu.
Rev. Williamson wu elected
PUSH' national president by tile
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ACORN
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organization concerned bout the
health, safety and well being ot
neighborhoods.
Among other ues, and direcaed
speCifically towards Abrama and
DPW, is ACORN's alleptiona tbat
Abrams and DPW have "dilreprd
for clean up of a hazardo tire dump
at 'J:1l11 Lawnd le."
THAT INFORMATION WI.
restated at Fri&sy's Council meed
and three additional demands re
set forth:
- Demolition of Bmerpnci
which see a percentage "let ide""
of the demolition fund 10 a repeat of
I t year's b i practlcea, _
tion of the funds after five mondJl
into the fiscal year, won't happen
again. Tbe Council w concerned
about the word "emeraeDCi ." TIley
felt that the word "emerp •
needs to be defined.
- A written statement about
pollci prioriti . "We would liD.
see written polici 10 bold
the department to it," ACORN'.
literature tated.
-:: DPW lbould ue mo 'I
reports ACORN can if "
need of our neighborhoods are
being met."
Brown id ACORN will
two wee and then it wiU co r
its next move, hich could be,
d�momtratio