RELIGION
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By NATHANIEL SCOTT
St." Wrlt.r
D TROIT-In April th Heavenly
Sta go p I roup will elebrat
their 20th anniver ary and the
group' co- ound r, mana r, busi­
ne manager and lead inger, Ann
Scott. aid the nine members of the
group are member of three dif­
ferent churche .
Three of the group' memb rs
are members of Holy Tab rnacle
Bapti t Church, 3184 E. Canfield,
three are members of First Union
Bapti t Church. 10 St. Aubin and
three are memb rs of Monumental
Bapti t Church, 89 W. Grand
Avenue.
"Our main objective i to win
soul (or Christ." Scott aid. "We
(God's children) ing together here
in preparation of. one day to sing in
the heavenly choir."
The Heavenly Stars ing tradi­
tional-"Strictly go pel," Scott
said. "And we have no intention of
changing."
AID, "People in the North
are more receptive (to gospel
musi ) than people in the South."
Scott ha al 0 experienced
audience that were "hard to reach.
, "Sometim it i hard to reach
the p ople but I rely on the Scrip­
ture," . he said. '\ hcn the vibes are
not right. I lean on the Scripture
from Proverb. the third chapter,
verse five and six. 1 ay to my elf:
'Trust in the Lord with all thine
heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding. In all thy way ac­
knowledge him, and he hall direct
thy path. '"
Scott peaks about the "mes age
in the ong" and she aid she cau­
tion the musicians in the Heavenly
tar about playing 0 loud the
word cannot be heard.
"I tell my mu icians that there
are oldcr people out there; orne
people that mu ic get on their ner­
ve ami some who want to h ar the
mes age of the song." he aid. ad­
ding, "you have to hear in order to
enjoy."
Scott i married to Deacon Sam
Scott. the founder of the Pure Heart
Travelers and the City Singing As­
sociation (CSA).
HE I ALSO the lead singer
BORN IN TY� R, Alabama,
Scott aid he has been inging
go pel ongs since she wa a little
girl. .
At approximately ix, he aid,
she began singing solo and sung
solo until she came to Detroit.
Shortly after she arrived in
:. Detroit, she and a niece, Alfreda
. Fletcher. 'formed the Heavenly
Stars.
The year was 1972 and today
Scott is the only original member of
with the Travelers and he and hi
wife write and arrange th music for
the Heavenly Stars.
In addition to having a go pel­
inging husband, Scott al 0 has one
on. Derrick Green who i a mini­
ter at Word of Faith Non
Denominational Church.
Her other on. Grady Green is
the manager of Revive.
Scott's two daughters are Gina
Quick a cosmologi t at Hudson's
and al 0 a tudent at McComb
Community College. Scott'
youngest daughter, Sandria Scott. is
a sophomore at Macomb Com­
munity College.
Scott said she and Deacon Sam
Scott sing together, pray together
and sometimes duet together.
The Heavenly tars, according to
Scott, plan to relea e the album
"Good New" (or their anniversary
which will be April 26, 1992.
"TH H AVENLY STARS
wi h everybody a merry, merry
Christmas and a happy New Year."
Scott aid." And try to give a gift to
someone that' in need because
God gave us the greatest gift of all:
his son Jesus." .
"Singing." SCOll said. "is my
ministry. 1 sing all the time. I just
sing, sing, sing."
The heavenly Stars next public
apperance will be on Kim Penny's
anniversary program, Scott said.
The program will be on the fourth
Sunday in January (26. 1992).
EYE ON GOSPEL
ickie Winans-liThe Lady II,
By MARGARET MANSFIELD
Perhaps Vickie Winans' biggest problem thu far
has been that many aren't all that sure of where she
stands in the scheme of things in the Winans family.
Now, with the release of her latest album, "The
Lady," which is also being promote at R&B radio
stations, the question just might shift to where he
stands in the scheme of things in gospel music.
Well, let me clear up both for you. First of all,
for the last thirteen years, she's been married to
Marvin Winans. And standing beside her husband
nd helping with his career, is she says one of the
reasons for her not being further along in her own
career. But she's not complaining, merely tating
facts, while adding that it is for that very rea on that
she knows it's her time now.,
In fact. MeA executive are gearing up their
promotion machine for the release of her third
album, "The Lady, II which features not only her
first-ever duet with Marvin, but a hip-hop tlavored
dance tune from her 17 -year-old son, Mario
"Skeeter" Winans.
The latter ha reportedly been the ubject of
concern for many in go pel who fear artist are
playing too much to crossover and secular listeners,
and are becoming insincere in their motive. How-
'ever, none of this concerns Vickie Winan much.
"The name Winans means gospel," Vickie ays.
"That's why I'm not concerned about it. Everybody
knows where we are.
They know there's certain things I'm not going
to do. However," he is quick to add, "we live
everyday lives, and we hould ing about everyday
things. The Bible teache us how to love our hus­
bands, the Bible teache us how to have lovers and
friends, and all the e thing can be sung about be-
VICKIEWI AN
cause that's still the love of God."
Just Briefly: La t week in Lo Angele marked
the occasion of the Seventh Annual Stellar Awards,
honoring the best in gospel music.
I'll bring you the re ults next week.
This week's scripture: "Give and it will be
given to you good measure, pressed down, shaken
together, running over, will be put into your
lap, "-Luke 6:38.
AACP
citie being inve ligated by the Na-
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you. It' a travesty that this kind of ment of Colored People. Similar
thing is going on in the 1990s." \ proceedings have been held in Nor-
At lea t two witnesses testified folk, Va.; Miami; Houston; Lo An­
that Blacks are not the only ones gele and St. Loui . The final hearing
subjected to police brutality and will be in Boston in January.
harassment. Kellie Atwell, a 20- Information gathered at the hear­
year-old criminal justice major at In- ings will be compiled into a national
diana University-Purdue University report on how police-community
at Indianapolis who is white, told the relations can be improved which will
panel an off-duty Indianapolis police be released within a year, said Den­
officer followed her car closely for nis C. Hayes. general counsel for the
nine miles before eventually pulling NAACP.
her over and writing tickets that were "The recommendations that we
later dismissed. make, we hope. will be taken very
seriously in addres ing the whole
problem," Haye said.
LOU KESSLER, 63, who is
white, testified wearing a cast on her
left arm which she said was broken
in two places by a Marion County
deputy who struck her with his police
baton when she pleaded with him not
to shoot her son.
"I was afraid, and I put my arm
up," she said. "Then they sprayed
me with Mace all over and hit twice
on the arm. My husband was also
arrested. They broke his glas es and
hit him. I was taken to the ho pital
and kept overnight with my feet
chained."
, Lindell Beamon told the panel he
was stopped one night by a police
officer for driving his Corvette,
questioned about how a "nigger"
could drive such an expensive car.
and subjected to verbal abuse.
"He hit me in my stomach. He hit
me in my ide,'" Beamon said.
"Then he pulled his revolver,
smacked me on the head with it. The
officer pointed his '.357 Magnum gun
right in my face and said, 'Run, nig­
ger!' But, Ijust stood there. He cock­
ed the hammer and said, 'Run now,
nigger! I thought, 'Oh God. This man
is going to shoot me.' ','
The. hearing, cheduled to ex­
amine complaints of police brutality,
police action shootings and police
internal investigations, continue
today.
TAYLOR
COMME DED
formation of a police community
relations committee with full ub­
poena authority and independent
status.
Police Chief Paul Annee said it
would take more than a committee to
rebuild the police-community trust.
, 'We've been through some difficul t
times that have really divided IPD
and the community." Annee aid.
"Until we can put thi behind us, it
will continue to be a problem."
Annee will leave office jan. 1, when
Mayor-elect Stephen Goldsmith
takes office. His ucce sor hasn't
been named.
of
concerning racc-cxclu ive COllege
financial aid. The Dep rtment will
also offer technical advice to tho e
college that may wi h to adjust
th ir financial aid program based
upon the new set of principle . The
old rules appeared to contradict Title
Six of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
"The Department (of Education)
does not want any student now at­
tending college on a race-excl usive
scholarship to 10 e that cholarship
as a result of the formulation of these
prinicple . Therefore. where these
principle require the adj u tment of
any college financial aid program,
there will be a four-year transition
period during which the Department
will work with college to bring them
into compliance without harming
any student under scholarship." ay
the s ta te me nt from Secre tary
Alexander and Williams.
The five new principle li ted in
the guidelines were: .
Race-Neutral Aid for Disad­
vantaged Student '-Colleges may
make award to di advantaged tu­
dent without regard to race, even it
that means that such award. go di '­
proportionately to minority students.
nly Stars travel to dif­
fer nt tares and had a "homecom­
ing" t\ 0 Y ar ago in Salem,
Alabama. The trav ling allow her
t peak about ospel in a
dem graph! w y.
"FOR AT LEAST 10 years
there has been a well documented
and continuing pattern of fatalities
and injuries as a result of police
action" said James E. Taylor, execu­
tive director of the Indiana Inter­
religious Commission on Human
Equality. "An unusual and dis­
proportionate number of the victims
of police action have been young
African-American males."
Indianapolis is the sixth of seven
LIBYA
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Lewi of William Paterson College,
N.J.
Dr. Obadele, who is also legisla­
tive chairperson of the Provisional
Government, Republic of New
Afrika. aid that "Dr. Marable spoke
for aU of us when he wrote: 'My own
feeling i that we have to do every-
, thing we can to halt another U.S.
attack in the Third World!"
NAFEO
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programs.
THE I>EPARTMENT
Education is conducting its latest
policy review because Congress has
given the Department two as ign­
ments which, when race-cxcl usive
scholarship are involved, orne­
times seem to compete, Alexander
said. '
One a ignment is to promote
scholarship and loan programs that
help disadvantaged Americans .af­
ford college and another assignment
is to enforce laws that say that col­
leges receiving federal funds may
not discriminate ba ed upon race,
color or national origin, the
secretary's statement emphasized.
After a 9O-day period for com­
ment on the latest guideline is ued
December 4. 1991, the Department
of Education will publi h its set or
final prin iple to be u ed in review­
ing all complaints of di crimination
ACORN
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lighted in the report. This bank'
total number of mortgage loans in the
city of Detroit went from a low of 85
in 1989 to an even lower 57 in 1990.
What's even more striking is that of
the 85 mortgage loans in 1989 only
29.4% were made in low-income
census tracts. Needless to say this
appears to be a deliberate pattern of
exclusion.
The same is true of- First of
America's lending to the minority
population. Of these 85 loans,
43.5% were made in census tracts
with a minority population over 25
percent.
It is lending patterns like thi • in a
city that i predominantly low- and
moderate-income and non-white,
that prompted ACORN to challenge
First of America' propo ed acquisi­
tion.
CHOLAR. HIP TO create
Diversity-A college may consider
race as one factor among everal
when awarding scholarships
designed to help create the kind of
campu environment that results
from having a population with a
variety of experiences, opinions,
backrounds and cui tures.
Race-Exclusive Aid to Remedy
Di erimination-A college may
award race-exclusive cholarships
when that is neces ary to overcome
past discrimination.
Federal Race-Exclusive Scholar­
ship-"Congre s wrote Title VI, and
Congress (within the limits of the
U.S. Constitution) may create excep­
tions to Title VI, according to the
new rules.
Privately Funded Race-EXClusive
Scholarships That Do Not Limit Aid
Opportunitie for other Students-A
college may administer priva -
.donor race- pecific cholarships
where that aid does not limit the
amount, type or term of financial
aid available to any tudent. '
Educator reviewing the P
ciples aid change may be requi"d
in the last two rules.