This Week In
Black History
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born.
Wa Paul Laurence
� Dunbar noted more for his
. poetry or his pro e?
SEPTEMBER 10, 1976-
, Mord c I John on, t fi t
Black pre ident of Howard
Univer ity, died. 1 47 -
John R. Lynch, US
Con re m n, w born.
What is the total estimated
. number of African Methodist
Episcopal Zion churches in
the US?
SEPTEMBER 11, 1929 -
Willi m B. Dr nch,
. playwright and director, was
born. 1919 - John (peck)
Morri on, bassist, was born.
Has poverty increased or
decreased among Blacks in
, recent years?
SEPTEMBER 12, 1746-
Prince H II, organizer of first
� Black Masonic Lodge, wa
born. 1947 - J ckle
t Robin on wa named the
I Rookie of the Year in the
f. National League. 1917 -
William (Cat) Anderson,
trumpeter, was born.
Which US Superme Court
decision concluded that
Blacks were not citizens, and
that the Declaration of
. I�e did not I1'U!Q1I to
, include slaves?
SEPTEMBER 13, 1910-
.. Chu Berry, axophonist, was
born. 1886 - Alain Leroy
Locke, first Black Rhodes
Scholar. wa born.
Who was the first Black
elected as a fellow of the
Jackie Robinson
American College of
Surgeons?
SEPTEMBER 14,
COLUMBU DAY
OBSERVATION. 1921-
.. COl\: tance Baker Motley,
first Black woman federal
, judge, was born.
Who was the first Black
, pitcher in the major leagues
, after 19417
ANSWERS TO BLACK
HISTORY QUESTIONS
8th - Th North Star.
9th - He was much better
known .for his poetry, and
especially the dialect rather
than the lyrical, which better
suited most white people's
needs. Dunbar'S prose was
pede trian.
10th - About 6,020,
churches in 1982.
11th - Poverty has
increa ed slightly up from
about 31.3% to 32.5% in 1982.
12th - The Dred Scott
Ca e - a landmark cas�
decided in 1 57. It was known
fo rma 11 y as Scott, A Man of
Color v Em on.
13th - Daniel Hale
Williams.
14th - Daniel Bankhead,
an Alabaman, with the
Brooklyn Dodgers.
Contlnu d from P 1
merce bro hure.
It i with tho e" HIed"
wor ers th t the game b gin.
c 11 to Dunlop inquiring
about a job will get you referred
to the Di loc ted Wor er Pro­
gr m at La e Michig n College.
Oper ting under an 84 000
nnu I gr nt, the Di loc ted
or er Program t L e
Michig n COllege ha I nded the
job of finding and tr ining 60
workers for Dunlop.
At lea t, that i wh t Dunlop
receptioni t Amy Luca ow ill tell
you.
Following her instruction, a
call to Leonard Seawood at the
LMC program will not lead to
even a job application.
Seawood told this paper that
his only job is to "develop a
workbook" for the Dunlop train­
ing program.
He said there had been a prob­
lem "with the machinery" at the
plant and it was unknown at thi
time wtlat the exact jobs would
be.
Seawood aid he wa to
develop a "Total QuaJi ty
Management" training
workbook.
Seawood aid to call Joy
Brayak, Director of the Dislo­
cated Worker Program, to find
out whether city residents are
getting fir t crack at the jobs
since Enterprise Zone residents
are -in theory- supposed to
benefit from the job creation ac­
tivities of the tax breaks.
Brayak at first denied her pro­
gram did any applicant selection,
saying that it was Dunlop who
would do all of the selecting.
Upon further questioning,
Brayak did admit she had federal
guidelines to follow since she
was administering a federally
funded program.
Brayak said she was "basical- •
Iy" taking from the existing Dis­
located Workers Program pool of
approximately 1,000 workers.
She said the list was compiled
from referrals from Michigan
Employment Security Commis­
sion (MESC) and the Private In­
dustry Council (PIC) for three
counties, Berrien in which Ben­
ton Harbor is located, Van Buren
and Cass,
WESTERN MICHIGAN
HOUSING
continued from P 9 1
urvey aid only minor varia
tion were found among different
citie and region .
"1 was struck by how few sig­
nificant difference there were,"
Yinger said. "There is dis­
crimination almost everywhere
you go."
The practices documented in
the' study such as denying the
availability of housing, quoting
less fa e ora bl e conditions or
steering have been illegal since
the pas ing of a fair housing law
in the late 1960s.
Congress amended the law
three years ago to strengthen en­
forcement and increase penalties,
but Turner said the survey makes
clear that more resources are
needed to investigate and
monitor abuses.
I
Th B nto= Harbor-St. Jo eph
Branch of th American As ociation
of University \ -nen will hold i
annu I used �) kale S pternber 12-
14 at the utcornb Tower, St.
Jo eph. Sale hou will be from 7 to
9 p.m. Septem r 12, 11 a.m. to 7
p.m. Septemb r 13, and 9 a.m. to 4
.... m. September 14.
La t dat for bo k collection i
August 31. For more information or
Living WIth Dlabete
Serie Offered
Mercy Memorial Medical Center
is ponsoring a five-part educational
eries for diabetics and their
familie .Aug t 22 through Septern­
b r 19, in the board room of Mercy
Memorial Medical Center, St.
Jo eph, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The serie i free, but pre­
regi tration i required. Call 927-
5297 on v ,.�k,lay between 8 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m. �'more information.
'l/&f"r
S AVE
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DREAMER
roup tudent , polrc
id.
Superintendent J m rter
id the pen ion r nged from
two to four d y nd up to 10
tudent m y e pelled.
About 2 Blac p rent held
new conference out id th
Selm Bo rd of Educ lion office.
Some 0 th m id yor Jo
Smitherm n hould h ve tayed
out of the matter. Smitherman
tooge .'
Mrs. Sanders, the wife of tate
Sen. Han Sander, D-Selma,
wa unavailable for comment.
She helped lead prote t la t
year over the then predominant} y
Annual U ed Bool( Sale
to requ t a book pickup call 3-
7519 or 429-9349.
Proceed for the ale, with a goal
of 4,500, are used to fund holar-
hip program for women at the
univer ity level and for re-entry
women. Women with a bachelor' or
higher degree may apply for a
graduate grant. Any woman with a
high chool diploma or aGED i
eligible for a re-entry grant.
Maurant win U
of D scholarship
DETROIT - Shannon L. Maurant
of Detroit has been awarded a four­
year, full tuition scholarship to
University of Detroit Mercy.
A graduate of Benedictine High
School, Maurant has been elected to
received a Jessie Slaton Memorial
Scholarship, which is awarded to
qualified African American tudents
who have demonstrated uperior
chotarship and the potential for uc­
cess in higher education.
"The e children w re called
Bl ck hoodlum by him (M yor
Smith rm n)," he houted. celt
put fe r in the white com­
munity. "
Th m yor h d cribed the
accu ed attac er a hoodlum
but ha not used a raci 1 refer­
ence.
Try-Out For
LMC Theatre Se
JAILS
continued from Page 1
court 0 on visits, was a common
complaint by inmates of Men'
Holding. However, armed robbers
and rapists mixed with petty of­
fenders like shoplifters drew the
most concern. "There's nothing to
keep me from taking what you got if
I have nothing to 10 e," it was
pointed out. "Tho e facing prison
shouldn't be with those serving three
days." ..
Despite repeated attempts to in­
terview Edmond , he remains silent
on his failure to obey the constitution
. and federal law. Likewise' with
Kalamazoo County Commi sioners.
IRONICALLY, THEJAILis in
the same city where U.S. District
Court Judge Richard. Enslen resides
and rules on the federal level. Judge
Enslen is pre ently overseeing the
Michigan Depart e nt of
Correction'S compliance with
Eighth Amendment guarantees
against cruel and unusual punish­
ment.
While Sheriff Edmond and the
Chairman of Kalamazoo' County
Borad of Commissioners George
Henderson were unavailable to
re pond to prisoner llegations, Un­
dersheriff Mike Ander on invited
this correspondent out to the jail t
view the conditions there. Anderson
let it be kn wn that Henderson had
contacted him concerning the
prisoners' allegations. ,
Also pre ent at the impromptu
meeting to help Anderson field que -
tions was Michael Bowen, Assi tant
Jail Commander. Anderson began
by offering a bit of background on
the 1986 law pas ed by the legisla­
ture to relieve jail overcrowding.
"If our rated capacity, which is
303 prisoners, is exceeded for ten
consecutive days, an overcrowding
emergency is declared and we have
several weeks to try and reduce
through natural means, like bond
reduction and such, the jail popula­
tion," Anderson aid.
SEVENTY P RCENT 0 f
Kalamazoo County Jail' population
is unsentenced, according to Ander-
on, leaving few pri oners eligible to
be relea ed under the Overcrowding
Act. the chief circuit judge is
responsible under the overcrowding
act for reducing the entence of low
risk prisoners of the natural mean of
reduction is ineffective.
While conceding that neither he
nor the chief circui t judge, the county
commis loners, or the Sheriff are in­
volved in the day-to-day running of
the jail, Anderson had problems with
prisoner' characterization of the
jail's holding cell . "1 disagree with
statements I've h ard, and the con­
text in which certain tatements are
made are all wrong," he aid.
Bowen said the holding cells have
been used as a pri oner receiving
area for as for the four' years that he
has been with the jail.
Acknowledging that th pri 0 rs
lacked immediate access to howers,
telephone, daily exercise, a
library, Bowen in isted p oner
were in the holding cells "on a tem­
porary ba is." Prisoner who
remained in the holding area bey nd
three or four weeks were di ciplinary
problems, he noted.
Ander on pointed out that
pri oners would complain no matter
what, however, he aid, "We will put
our food up against any jail in he
state," obviou Iy unfamiliar with
Christ' insistence that "Man cannot
live by bread alone."
Audi tion for Lake Michigan
Colle • fall th atre perf rman f
"Leader of th Pa "are ch dul d
for 5 to 7 p.m. Tuc day nd Wedne -
day, Au ust 27 and 28 in th Little
Theatre of the M ndel Cent r � f
Art and Te hn I gy t LMC, 27 S
E. Napier Av ., B nton Town hip.
Acto hould regi ter for Theatre
Practicum, Dram 202. a three-cr dit
cia that will m et r pra ti from
5-9 p.m. Monday thr ugh
Thursday August 27 through th
dates f the play, November 7
through 10.
Late regi tration will be held
from 9 a.m. through :30 p.rn,
August 26- O. F r m re informa­
tion, all Linda Lo mis, dean 0
liberal art nd general tudie at
LMC, ( 16) 927- 71 r 1- -252�
1LMC, ext. 214.
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