DETROIT
Marvin and ROOdes
reid "open
4th in
oowmake
tyl.
Wide green lawns. a wMing
w 14 . bJ.R.
aoo Elke, a fir Marvin
and tiny garden for c::mJace are
special featurts make ttm love­
ly bo abone,
Mo tbanffi
a ty menu of n ,
chi ken, sa ge, law, salads,
green beam, deviled eggs, carrot
cak Gennan chocola cake am
j cream,
Volley ball and otber games
were enjoyed before the rains
came.
Fred and Ollie Burton aOO
daughter, Freda with her 2
young>�rs were �re.
So were Betty Cooper,
Cardace's rmtlc-, WlOOla Om­
way, Willa an! Earl Douglas, Bert
Rhod , MalVin's mom; Delotts
W�n, J Williamson,
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•
11 miJackson, LonnieJohmonarxf
daughter, Donna, George and
Peggy Doughten, Marvic ml
Odell Johnson, Ernestine and
Oliver Wilford, RonmU8IlBay .
and their children, Kiara, 1lffimy
and BraOOon, Mr. am MIs. Troop
aoosomanyo� ..
��WMIm
tbr� meetingof� HtstTuesday
dub ...
Her baked ham, beIbeo.ed noo
am chicken �r was deliciol.6,
which left 00 room for the mme
made cake and ice cream. Mem­
bers are Es�r Prothro, Clarell
Franklin, Emma Btadfotd, Desirie
Smith am �urs truly ...
The Detroit Idlewilders �Id
their last meeting of the SC3iOO at
Northwest Activity Center. PIam
were rompleted for tm amual Id­
lewild Week, which will be mid in
AuglEtinldlewi1d,Michigan. .. 1be
FIVe cha�1S will �, two
QUcago cmptcrs, Clevelml, St
lDWs aOO Detroit
Lela Lee presided at the burl­
ress ion and a rodc1ail mur
followed, Atterxting were Lany
Adams, Otis Baldwil, Nona Brad­
ford, Winola Conway, Edna
Douglas, Ode Drake, � Jack­
son, Hildreth Fullwood, Ttelrna
Haugabook, Eddie and Louisa
Jones, Alma Knight, MaJjorie Me­
Williams, Lerora Mosley, Jason
Puryear, Ruby Scott, Lucille Har­
rison, Robert Tucker, Jaret Sykes,
Lee J. Stanley, Sammye Tbomas,
and Fannye Tbompson, ..
Messages of sympathy are
going � Corinre HOl.5lOn for the
smden passing of ber hl5baOO,
Olin F\uJ:ral services were held
last We<Wsday rooming at All
Saints Episcopal Clturd1. ..
The Gracious Grannies are
Inkling their 17th annual "Roclcing
Oair Revie" on Sur¥Jay I Septem­
ber 200l at the Sigma Plaza. The
Africanthe�featuresatashion
how directed by Jean Moran.
Otber Grannies are Grace Peeples,
Tomi 'Jackson, Cbrinne Houston,
Lela Lee, Jane M rgan am Isola
Wilbom ..
Congratulators 10 13 year old
Flke Rbooes, wbo graduated form
Taft Middle School in June. She
will enter Cass High in tre fall ...
Pr ident Addell tin
n, Director of yne Sta
Unive ity' BI TbeatreProgram
d Gary Ande on, BTN' Publici t
d Co-director of tbe Michigan
Theatre Center, coordin ted the
1992 tiona! tre Conference
into four days of theatrical education
d entertainment.
"In Celebr lion of Rich
Heri ge," convened t Detroit'
estin Hotel on July 9-12, ith a
multipliclty of � ter cl ses,
panel , work hop , national
theatrical productions and film
produced and directed by Woodie
King, Jr., Honorary National
Conference Chairman.
"We're in the theatre business
because we love Black people,"
King ys. CUrrently the artisttic
director for both the New Federal
Theatre and National Black Towing
Circuit in New York City, King bas
demon trated e emplary force in
bringing a tremendous amount of
li terary and theatrical works to the
A merican forefront
THREE MASTER classes
involved Myrna Colley-Lee on
Profe sional Costume Design;
Scriptwriter illunga Adell on Writing
for Television; and Barbara
Montgomery on Acting.
Ella Joyce, theatre and television
celebrity appearing in the comedy
series Roc was guest of honor.
Margaret Floyd- Taylor,
WOODIE KING, JR
Executive Diorector of the Karamu
Performing Arts Tbeatre in
Cleveland, Ohio, accepted an arts
activisim award from BTN. Karamu
has existed 76 years as the oldest
AUGUST WILSON
in the 1990's. "Art that feeds the
spiri t of Black America and art that
designs strategies for survival are
what we must be concerned with, " he
said. "We can pearhead Black
people's positive energy for social
and poli tical change but must be
harsh in judging ourselves."
"WE MUST RESTORE and
reconnect our moral courage to the
commitment of our ancestors and
make our pirits larger and stronger.
Once we stop sacrificing our body
politics for ?ClSOnal gain and top
denyingourm9taI ability, ourhear1s
and homes will provide us with skills
we can mature on. "
A recent series of Wilson's plays
have reached Broadway and critical
acclaim. These phenomenal dram
depict African-American llfe in each
decade of the 20th century and
include "Ma Rainey's Black
Bottom," "Fences," "Joe Turner's
Come and Gone," and "Piano
Lesson. " "Two Trains Running." on
Broadwa� since April, was
nominated for a Tony aWard. Cut
, off from their African r0015 due to
slavery, Wilson's Black characters
are victims of radal and economic
oppression. Those who reclaim
their history and spirituality find
how to survive and confront the
injustic::es which plague their lives.
Under the direction of Sandra
Zielinski, the Illinois State
University Theatre Department
presented a fine production of
Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and
VA JOB ---� at issue is the number of
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more effectively on behalf of the
Black contractors is "they don't un­
derstand the essence oftbe contract­
ing business,"
"Anyone who thinks the Con­
gres man is not doing enough is
sadly mistaken," said Ray Plowden,
Conyer's aide. "We have been con­
sistently working for the same
go�s."
THOUGH BOTH COBB am
Beckham say the problem is with
the V A,Conyers as chair of the
Goverment Operations Committee
has the power to stop the VA hospi­
tal construction, say rongressional
aides who asked not to be identified.
They pomt to the example of Chi­
cago Congressman Gus Savage who
by threatening to shut down federal
construction in his city, obtained
work for his ronstituents .
According to Beckham, the
agenda for the July 20 meeting will
addr s the lack of money left for
subcontractors; the hiring of outside
monitors to over ee compliance
with the minority subcontracting
plan; the role of SBD's in the pro- .
posed $100 million VA hospital
slated for cons truction in Ann Ar­
bor; and the role of minorities in the
V pro'f" t t d e.
laborers hired by all contractors at
tbe work site.
Executive Order 22 mandating
that 50% of the workforce on such a
project be Detroiters, applies to the
project according to Beckham.
Noone in Mayor Coleman
Young's office could be reached to
report whether the city is monitoring
compliance with the order.
Plowden, in Conyer's office, said
he was unaware of the numbers of
Detroiters hired on the construction
site. He referred this paper instead,
to the Department of Labor who is
monitonng the composition of the
workforce.
No one at that office could be
reached by press time.
Hear JABU DUBE, African Na ional ongress
Information Officer in Canada
"The National Party regime of FW,de Klerk has brought our country to the brink of disaster.
Riddled with corruption and mismanagement, the regime is determined to block any
advance to democracy, It pursues a strategy which embraces negotiations, together with
systematic covert actions, including murder, involving its security forces and surrogates. This
subversion of political processes to destroy the democratic movement in South Africa I d by
the ANC cannot be allowed to prevail any longer." Excerpts of statement of the emergency
meeting of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, June 23, 1992
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. Saturday, July 25 7:30 pm
Pullman Hall, Unitarian Church, Detroit
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