'7he CClSt of Iibmy' �
priaof�"
Dr.W.E.BOu
1lae . IIXld for Afrlam
• A.rraican ty b get nne
: inw wet in dealing with
!mcdia IeYe
: We m demand that
� televl ion, newsp pers,
: rnagarj.nes, rcaxd iDdusby,
: etc., offer balance reporting.
: Mxeover, weDCed bdc:mand
: tb:y tqXXt if they caran
: for each of rrameas of
: 1JJman fanily!
: The Kerner Commf ion
;Rqxxt on dvil � 1968
: r.d:" sIigbS mI iIdgm arc.
:putoftm m:gro's daily Ufe", am
: many c1tbcm come fnm be
: mw calh "the white press" - a
: press that repea1r.dly, if UDCOD- •
: sd<U1y, rdleds tm bi 1hc
: paternalism, the i.t¥!i1Iereoo: of
: white Am:rica. This lIllY be lID-
• detstamable,butit' mtc:.xaB8bJe
: in an imtil\1tion that bas the mis-
· sion k> infimn aIX1 educate the
: wbole of our sodety."
. Mainstream print and
• electronic media do mt offer a
· balance in reporting eve etc., in
. tbcAfricanAIrericancormnunity.
of African American youths have ,
Jddnappea. and r disap­
peared, however, mainstream
mass media has oot fOC\.6Cld it'
ume or attention to these youIh
aOOA>r �ir families.
Neverthc mass media bas
�m\l'aftcr murofcoumgelO
the Wancn cbild tIIlt �t a tIagic
death �y. All cXyoureadiog
tbi5 artide smwd be OUIIapltlld
little (X' IX) time mt,U ataemion
was givallO Detrdt )QIIb that
IBve &eal similar 1ntglc faD.
Address your concerns by
writing tm Fedenl Ommmiaa­
tions Commission at 1919 M
Street NW - WMhfngbl. D.C
20554 (X' call (202) 632-7W> 10
voice your concerns about
electronic media. For print media
you have b control yoursub9crip- .
tiors and tOO busiresses 1hat00ver­
lise in the pmlication by calling
and writing �m - peace!
African Prmerb
"It takes an entire village
k> educate a diJd"
African ProYab
Do for se� there are II)
Gods to support a lazy pcaom.
Dr. JdJari Prempm. is the
� and E:rtx:utive Director
0/ The Operation PUSH'
Metropolitan Detroit ChQpter:
P.O. Box 21088, Detroit, M1
48221-0088, (313)368-8701 FAX
3424299.
DETROIT
temm t
In intervie ,
ed their vie
School Board, od t c
need to be
Rodean
metologi t
th the I m for 23 y
. id that the Board need ne
priori .
"1bey pent money to brin in
public rei tions people downto n
improve the Board' im . That'
not import nt a educating
children. Tbese children don't even
ve xtboo !
� Student Code of Conduct
to be revised," he d.
"They need SO 100 t the w Y tu­
dents are puni bed. We j t keep
sendin them home (through ex­
cl ion, s pe ion or expulsion).
but e don't have the coumelom or
social or em that e used to have."
MURPHY ALSO expre ed
concern about "crack abies," who
are no reaching school age.
"Te chers have not been trained
to work with children who were born
addicted to drugs. We need coun­
selors nd ocial workers at the
elementary chool level."
Ida T. Murray, Chair of t� Area
B Area School Communi ty Or­
ganization and a former School
Board member, feels that the school
sy tern doe not communicate with
parents.
"I think the School Board treats
paren and the community with dis­
respect, " she commented. "I have no
problem with change, but if you're
gonna change (the school system),
the people in the COIDIDlmi1y,. ilo
are involved in the change, m t
know what's going on.
"We'd get more parents Involved"
with the schools if they understood
the role they are to play. (The School
Sy tern) hould involve the whole
community, not just five people tell­
ing the school community what to
do," Murray said.
POLLIE PINKINS, a grade
school and adult education teacher,
also criticizes the current Board's
communication with parents.
ROBERT BOYCE
KWAME KENYATTA
cate students."
obert y s re ta
superintendent of Detroit Public
�Is and a fomu:.r �
Murray- Wright High School.
"The present Board doesn't meet
the needs of kids," he said. "People
have used (positions on) the School
Board for other agendas."
Boyce is most critical of the
School Board's various plans for
improving the school system.
"None of the plans they want to
implement will improve the learn­
ing ability of kids," he said.
The School Board Race:
Who' running for what? °
A total of sbc positions are to be ftlled durtng the 8coo'ol Board .
election, which will take place on Auguet 4. The follOWing list glv
. th candidates for ch position.
AFFILAT1ONS:
Repi)Ican NaIonaI platform
Convnlt
Repi)Ican Stae Commltee
WE!If08 Cour1y ReplbIIcen Commla
Secretay-14th �
DIatr1ct
EDUCATION:
MlITlford � School
DISTRICT 3 VAC/4NCY -
TERM ENDING 12-31-94
(Cftt)be--.
Thorn. J. Jackson
InnaCIa'k
DISTRICT 6 VACANCY -
TERM ENDING 12-31-94
(Ore t) be *-'
Polie M. Pinkins
CildyOwens
Margaret L Betts
Ham ... LDavIs
Ida Short
-Leab Samuel
- .
AT -LARGE - 4- YEAR TERM
ENDING 12-31-96
(Fa,rt)be",
Robert M. Bofce
Kwane Kenyata
Lawrence C. Patrick. Jr.
Joseph BIancIng
D� Olmst8Eki
Festus F. (Frank) Hayden
Rev. Davii Ml.ITBy
Ida T. Ml.ITBy
Rodeana MlI'pttf
'Th Institution of Government w originally formed by God to eneur ord r,
Justice, equity and the en ament of lawe that would Juettftabty beneftt all of
mankind, and In plre man to be a better person. I
Prednct - 2 Terme
Member, Wa1d d F
ctYteIIn c.t
- <ftduIte l...ayma1' B School
- NurWlg Home MInIetry
- MriItry
MIct9n Jayceee
IRMA CLARK
THOMAS JACKSON
RODEANA MURPHY
POLUE PINKINS
dinator of the New Afrikan People's role in education, but that role is not
Organization. He i angry with cur- to control or direct education, and
rent Board members Frank Hayden, especially not American-style busl-
. 01, Patrick . promotes
, and others of the group known as the education to get a job and be a good
CI DY 0 , ho doe
volunteer wor ith children nd
mo v donal pe in coo, i
o current School Board'
gemen U nyat-
he bl m the HOPE am .
"In our chool ystem, moni
being filtered at the top.
children are gettin nothin, "
d. -Big b . ng over our
hoots."
"The HOPE team mu t be
eliminated because they're all about
M-O-N-E-Y," be dded, "and the
children are not getting books, com­
puters, art education, phy ical
education, or even working toilets!
"They get on the School Bo rd to
deal with contrac from big busi­
n ." Owens dded, "while the
teachers need ary increases."
Construction laborer Thoma
J ckson is a representative for the
Laborers International Union at
Local 334. He would like to ee the
city' school system match the ub­
urban system in education I quality.
"Our kids are getting English,
math and social studi , but they
don't know how to apply it," he aid ..
"Kids in the suburb get accounting
and busine s clas e . Our cur­
riculum should be more geared to the
real world.
" I WANT to include more voca­
tional centers and another college
preparatory school. We need to in­
vite business fol into the schools,
but not let them talceJ>ver teachers'
jobs."
Ida Short teaches Engl i hal
Schoolcraft College. She ha al 0
_ See BOARD, A7
"Courage and straight-arrow integrity.
He is one incumbent with a stron�
claim on voters' confidence. '
The' Detroit Free Press
° II One of Wayne County's most capable and dedicated
public servants.There is a lasting freshness about Mr. O'Hair's
long, distinguished and unassailable record and career."
- rhe Detroit News
RE·ELECT
0'
And
more.
JOHN D.
e
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CH RYLANNEII ·TAYLOR
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