Justice Marshall
gran on of a slave n
Thoroughgood. Th future
Supreme Court jusice w the on
of a w iter and a choolteacher.
Hi mother hoped he'd be a den-,
. 1. but instead h turned to law.
He enrolled in Howard
University's law program after the
University of Maryland rejected .
him because he w Black.
: He worked as a lawyer for the
�AACP, then became legal direc-
or for the NAACP Legal Defense
�nd Educational Fund, Inc.
JUSICE MARSHALL spent
two decades fighting racial dis­
crimination alongside a brave band
Of Black parents and students in
courtrooms throughout the South
and the nation. Among the suits he
filed was one ensuring that Black
teachers' salaries were equal to
white teachers' salaries.
.A lot of young people today
complain about life .being hard.
Of-ten they don't know what hard
Is. When Justice Marshall started
out, his "tough as nails" approach
did not win him a lot of white 'sym ..
pathy. His life was often
threatened. But he pressed on.
�en came his battle for Brown vs.
Board of Education in 1954. Jus-
ic�arshall 's efforts destroyed
the egal notion that separate was
eq l.
remember that day as if it
were yesterday. As a 14-year-old
girl, I had waited many months
with my father for the court to
decide so that I could escape my
segregated Black school in rural
South Carolina. The Brown case,
decided the week after my Daddy
died, said I could. But in my town,
as in many throughout the South,
implementing Brown took many
years, indeed decades.
In 1967 President Johnson ap­
pointed Justice Marshall to the
Supreme Court, where he served
nearly 25 years as Justice, continu­
ing his commitment to make
America'a promises real for the
poor, minorites, and other disad ..
vantaged groups and individuals.
JUSTICE �HALL
NEVER fo� tis beginnings and
never lost his empathy with poor,
oppressed or powerless people of
any race or gender. He combined a
good heart with a sharp mind and a
tough-minded opposition to unfair­
ness and injustice. We must hope
that all tho Justices strive t meet
these standards.
Marian Wright Edelman is
president of the Children's Defense
Fund, a national voice for children.
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IN REGARD TO busin ,
Ponerwould concentrate on light in­
d try nd sm 11 busin . He would
like to ee fast foods on Hamilton,
rather than on Woodward Avenue
and get more boutiques, clothing and
hardware tores on Woodward in­
stead ..
In regard'. to housing, he plans to
improve housing already here.
He states he would encourage
development of new housing that
would be "affordable-under
SSO,OOO.
The ci ty is handicapped in doing
this, he warns, because of "restrictive
HIGHLAND PARK
-Redu ed crim by 26 , 1-
thou h he not th t Highl nd P r
crime i till very high comp red to
oth r re in th t t •
-Brought in 26 n w b in
While criticiz d that m ny 0 th e
bu me e ere f t food re -
t uran ,h Id t t ith 3,
people cut off from 11 tate aid, even
f: t food job nece ry to eep
people live.
-Received 4.85 million dolla
to build hopping center.
-Recei d .8 million doll
get a tate Office of Children nd
Youth Servic building t Hamilton
and Waverly, providing 250 jo at
average alari .
-Got the Private Industry Cor­
poration and the Michigan Employ­
ment Security Commi ion to et up
an office in the city for a joint train­
ing program.
-Got ervice to rem in in the
city. The Michigan Secretary of
State still ha an office in the city.
While Detroit Edi on left, thanks to
her active lobbying, it ensured a one
stop service center. The Mercy Cen­
ter not only stayed open, but opened
a new program called Healthy Start
to prevent infant mortali ty and
prevent health problems for babies.
Thi provided jobs and a tax b e,
she stated.
-Got the tate to revitalize the
vison Freeway, improving the
climate.
Signing the agreement are Dr. Charles Mitchell, pre ldent, Highland
Park Community College and Sls.ter Mary Francllene Van de Vyver,
president, MadonnaUnlverslty.
Madonna, HPCC sign
nursing agreem nt
Administrators and staff of
Madonna University and Highland
Park Oommunity College will soon
sign a nursing articulation agreement
that will enable nursing students
with an associate degree from High­
land Park to complete a bachelor of
science in nursing degree at Maden­
na on a more timely basis.
Through this agreement, which is
similar to those Madonna has estab­
lished with Henry Ford, Oakland
Community and Schoolcraft Col­
leges, courses are coordinated more
effectively, resulting in a minimum
of class repetition for tudents, as
well as a savings in education costs.
"We're very happy to join in this,
cooperative venture," said Highland
Park Community College President,
Dr. Charles Mitchell." will benefit
not only our institutions, but the stu­
dents themselves, and that's the most
important thing. Madonna and
Highland Park are very' committed to
the entire Metro Detroit area and we
look forward to a long and successful
relationship."
RE-ELECT
COUNCILMAN
COMER HEATH III
A·PROVEN LEADER
Qualified, Committed
and Dedlcat d
City of
Highland Park
VOTE
Nov. 5th 1991
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ALTH H BOTH can-
didate are n the final stretch of the
race for mayor, Johnson said that she
got both to agree to such a meeting
after the election, no matter which
one won.
She believes that before the city
can get new business, it must get rid
of blight and get new housing stock
and children of chool age. She will
seek grants to get businesses to come .
in. �------- .... ---...._",
She would get rid of abandoned
housing by passing stricter ordinan-
. ces against those who leave housing
vacant and blighted. And doing
nothing to deal with burne out
structures. She would Ii to see
'about salvaging and re ovating
vacant houses, making them tem­
porary shelter for the homeless
people and affordable low and mid­
dle income housing for new resi­
dents.
Although Johnson once passed
around a petition to abolish the
Public Safety Department, uniting'
police and fire services, and restore
separate police and fire departments,
she has changed her mind, believing
that such an arrangement would be
too costly to a city caught in a serious
budget crisis. .
By RON SEIGEL
Corr • ."ond nt
HIGHLAND PARK-Last week The
Michigan Citizen interviewed even
of the 10 candidate forcity council.
This week in alphabetical order, we
will interview the remaining three:
Greta Johnson, Eleanore Lampkin
nd Frank Ro on the city' budget
problem ,busine nd hou ing
development and public afety.
Greta Johnson, running for city
council, would olve the city's
budget crisi by cutting the ad­
ministrations top staff as a whole.
She believe a lot more could be
elimination, charging the mayor has
two ecretaries and police officers
serving body guards. .
" A city of 2.9 miles does not po e
any threat to the mayor," she said.
"Potice officers should be on the
treet, not guarding the mayor."
Talking to the tate about the po -
ibility of the city, Johnson ays she
heard that the state was interested in
having a meeting with both Mayor
Martha G. Scott and City Council
President 7insey Porter ..
Gove�ment is only as
good as the people we elect
to serve us. One ot those
candidates who is
·com m iUed to better
government is ,GRETA
JOHNSON.
Yours for a Better
ighland Park,
Arthur B, Blackwell, II
Chairman
Wayne County Board 01 Commissioners
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She would wor to maintain well
trained taff in th police and fire
tations on a 24 hour basi ome-
thing he ay i not happ ning now.
ay he n do nothing by herself.
She uggest that Highland Park City
officials in the council mayor' and
trea urer' office should not only
work with each other, but eek ideas
from other communitie in order to'
find out how other citi olve the
problem.
Sh believ that the city hould
do everything it can to attract busi­
n
"Citizens get up and complain
that there are too many fast food'
place ." she notes, but tares that 11
Mile Road in Birmingham has the
arne number of fast food places
Highland Park does.
H WOULD T Y to make
ure the city liv up to portions of
the original arbitration award, ensur­
ing experienced police and
firefighte tay in their original
c pacitie. Tho e that are n wly
hired hould be trained to do both
police and fire work.
Eleanore Lampkin, candidate for
Highland Park City Council, ays
that Highland Park is not alone in .
dealing with budget problem. This
is common to all cities.
As a single council member, she.
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