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After nuturin hundreds of
babies neglected by ociety for
over twenty y ars, Clara Hale
died recently of complications
ofastroke.
Mother Hale, a he was
called, gained international
recognition for her efforts in
caring for abandoned and or­
phaned chiJs1ren suffering from
epidemic of drug use and
AIDS. Sh started in her Har­
lem home in 1 9 and oon
moved to five- tory
brownstone, alway keepin
o child, often the n ediest, in
her room.
Hale H04S was supported
by grants, donations and love
from all of tho involved. Hale
House's policy is t reunite
children wi th their familie after
the parents recover from addic­
tion, and boasts that it has been
able to do 0 ith 90 percent of
its children.
Its budget last year was 35
million and it has exp nd d its
programs tremendously.
"I'm not an American
hero-I'm simply a person wh
oves children," . Hale a1
recently. She wac; f:rI.
,Most hate crime'
committed
aga·nst lac s
In its Iir: t ever nauor a
report on hate crirn "S, fhe I
has con luded that HI. k. • rc
the victim f m t hate crim�
New Y rk led the n non In
crimes spurred by hatred 01 the
victim's race, sexualonentation
or religion with 94 rep
New Jersey followed 'lith 271
reported incident! .
The findin might be
deemed inconclu i in e
many juri dictions, in ludin
California. failed t uhrrut data
for the report. Out of nearl
, 16, aw enf rce ts agen-
cies in the country, only 3,
took part in in the study. Only
two were from Califomia.
Among the finding fr �
the FBI report from the 4,755
reported incidents: 62 percent
were related to race; 57 percent
were racially motivated agains
Blacks; and 6 per' nt w re
anti-Jewish incidents activated
by religio hatred.
Man et ablaze i
racial attack
Christopher Wilson, a Bla k
man from Brooklyn. was eized
and set ablaz by three white
men while visiting hi girlfriend
in Florida New Year' m min.
Wilson, empl y d by a ew
York Stock Exchan c firm, v. as
accosted a ter purchas in a
newspaper and returning to hi.
car only t Iind (Vv'O armed men
in th back scat t 01 d im
to drive t
BySUSANV LA
Cllp/t.' N.w. S.rvlt»
c--Several activis�
throughout the state are boping Presi­
dent-elect Bill Ointon will shake up the
status quo during tllCnext four years and
address the discrimination they say still
exists toward women.
White, African, Hispanic and hiM
Am rican women say that the central
. ues Clinton must ddress wben �
takes over the White House rext month
are health care, equal pay aOO flexibility
in work hours, noted a nationaf opinion
SUN y conducted by the Ms. Foundation
for Women.
Clinton hould also address domestic
violence, sexualharassment aOO abortion
rights, said presentatives from several
Mlc . men's organizations.
" e certainly don't believe we're
going to get ev rything we want," said
Kim G way-Ross, a lobbyist with the
Mi higan hapter of the National Or­
ganization (or Women.
"B T UNTO will certainly
brin a greater ensitivity to these issues,"
h aid. "We're confident that these
-� will given a priority that th Y
w ercn't giv n in the last four years."
OW did not endorse Clinton during
the rca nt presidential campaign, but
Ga a ay-Ros aid the organization
\ rked hard in getting both Republicans
dISci I to te
U
011 wheth r the candidates were pro­
choice and sensitive to women's is­
. u not whether they belong to certain
litical parti
11u, ty f lition-building has
tway been rucial to the women's
rights movement, aid Gloria Gardner,
P id ntofMuskeg n's UIbanLeague.
The Michigan Urban League recently
issued a report, entitled The State of
Bla k Michigan, which highlights the
c nomic, educational and employment
By RON SEIGEL
Michigan CItizen
HIGIlLA D PARK-A Michigan
Sch 1 BOard official announced that
$612, in appropriated state aid would
rel ed to the Highland Park Com­
munity College (HPCC), but money
durin �<; fi cal year would be wi�ld.
Th m, Uyod, Administrative Con­
su tarn to the Highland Park 'School
ard aid the amount withheld was ap­
proximately 2 million and while this
de isi nt releasesomeofthemoncydid
ea . the it's financial problems in til:
. hort rum, . erious problems still loomed
or t e college, unl it received all the
app priate money. \
on R t, Director of Higher Educa­
tion and anagercnt rvice for'tl¥:
Mlchi" an Scho 1 Board, said the
'chi an' hool Superintendent Robert
'hiller agreed to reI e the $612,
the ta c wed the college for its last fiscal
, bcca HPCC had agreed to his
d manq t present a plan to reduce its
fi it.
R t idthatalthoughVlestateboard
did n t have the f; and1:igures, the plan
c d "m e sense".
cmpariti till e ting between hi
andBI
BRIDGES MUST BE built be-
tween women 0 different and
backgroWld, �r d, that their
oollective voice becomes loWer am �
economic aOO social gains that are made
-can be�tlt all women.
�r said roost gaim were made
in the 196Oi--when women of all races
were forging strong boOOs and building
coalitions in order to speak out agaimt a
male.oomina1Cd �ety.
Consequently, a slew of legislation
was enacted, stating that discrimination
bas:ed on 0 's geooer is illegal.
Yet in the '70; aOO fill, "we became
too complacent and comfortable and
strived for individual uceess," he said.
Now it's the '9CB aOO women want a
bigger piece of the pie than the ore
they're currently dol� out, Gardner said.
State education staff members say
that the furvjs are being withheld because
of the college's failure to follow state
requirements and charge the City of
HighlaOO Park's Board of Education
with mismanagemenL
A group called the Committee for the
Survival of HighlaOO Park Community
College will bold a demonstration in sup­
port of the college just after the March for
Martin Lutber King Day on Saturday
January 16.
� march will begin at Highland
Parle City Hall, 30 Gerald just east of
Woodward, with people assembling at
10 am. and marching at 11 am to HP�
WHEN THE MARCHERS..anive,
til: Committee for the Swvival of High­
laIXl Park Community College will sym­
bolically hold their demonstration,
forming a circle, where people thrQ,w
tIl:ir anus around the college.
Although tbe Martin Luther King
March is not affiliated with this event,
.HPCC supporters bope that the march
will participate in their demonstration.
Trey emphasize that the continued
existence of tlie college is reeessary to
give young, low income African­
�ricam a change for educ:ation and
economic oppommity aIX1 � for
the survival of Highland Park as a Black
city.
�y argue supporting HPCC is part
of continuation of Dr. King's work in
this decade.
Supporters of HP<::C: iocluding the
other's Qub and the Reggie Mc.­
Kenzie Fowmtion plan to atteoo a state
sclx>ol board �ting in Lansing Wed­
nesdayJanuary 6 to express treir upport
of the COllege.
Y , of Pl nned
F er office, . d people
are becomin more sersitive to worn n'
. ues arx1 that he' happy Qinton w
elected president and that more women
re elected at the ta and national
level. But, he id, "changing atti
don't t very far."
"Women need flex-time, child care, a
family leave bill...and there needs to be
legislati direction in order for busi­
to provide these things," Logan
said. "Tbey have no incentive witlx>ut
governm ntal direction.
A pokesman for the Am rican Civil
Libertie Union of Michig n aid
women's organizatiors have every right
to expect til: Ointon administration to be
more sensitive to their coneerrs.
Regarding rtion righ , David
Wineman 'd worn n don't have to
wony boutOintonputtinganotheroon­
rvative on the Suprem Court am
ibly have the judicial body ban the right
to abortio by 0 til: R . vs.
W decision �t allowed legal abor­
tio .
"Tbeir hopeful expectatio regard-
ing a Clin .. trati are well-
-fo h aid.
WITH 1lIE rlI'St Lady
committed to children' rights, Cinton
discussing family leave during his cam­
paign, and more women in office, "there
ms to be a more apparent hue toward
women' rights and women's righ
mothers," Wineman said.
Some women, however, remain wor­
ried about a Cinton presidency and 00w
it will affect til: next four years.
Bloomfield senior citizen Eleanor
Whitson . d be' aware of discrimina­
tion till taking pl against working
women am t ''worn n sbould get
equal pay-es 'ally if they're doing
the same job."
"�ut I don't OOW Clinton can do
everything he wants to do without raising
tax ," said the presid nto th Women's
Federation of til: Michigan Republican ../
'Party.
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Recipient
Rodney Damien Denson (center) was the reclplent of a four-year Thurgood Marshall Scholarship at
. a recent presentation in Detroit. Miller Brewing Company representatives Sheri Colas (left) and
Michael Lue Hing presented Denson with a check for $16,000 to cover the cost of his edcation. The
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund supports students at 37 historically Black colleges and
universities. Denson, a senior at Martin Luther King High School in Detroit, plans to attend Florida
A&M University in Tallahassee. A portion of Denson's scholarship was raised through the Positive
Motions in Detroit program, a summer-long series of events on the city's riverfront.
Civic an
prai Ju
,MONT<?<> Y, AlA. (AP) - GQv.
Guy Hunt remained silent but state
and civic leaders were generally
pleased by a judge's order barring
Hunt from flying the Confederate
battle flag atop Alabama's Capitol.
I Circuit Judge William Gordon.
ruled Monday that an 1895 law
, • prohibjts the flying of any fla� other
than the state an9 U.S. flags atop the
Capito . The ruling came after years
acrimony, with Hunt supporting the
flying of the Rebel banner atop the
Capitol dome and many Black leaders
epicting it as a racist ymbo}.
aunt' press 0 ce said Tuesday
th governor was at Qul( Shores and
va� not expected to comment on any
app� until after he returns to the
Statl�house on Thursday.
ut a civic leader in the capital, .
Will Hill Tankersley, said h ' h pes
there is no appeal. Tanke lev, vho
. recently completed a term h'airman
of he Montgomery Chamber of
ommerce, was among numero
busin leade und the tate wh
argued that the long-running dispute
hurt Alabama' ima e and that Hunt
houJd n t Oy the flag.
"I II K TIl time h come to
put all thIS behind us and think a ut
the future," said Tankersley.
No fIa have (lown at p the
Capitol in recent months while it
underwent toration. It' un rtain
when the dome will be ready for Oa
to be Down a am.
.
1berswas an elem nt 0 irony in
the ruJing. Gord n was fi�t appointed
to .the bench by former Gov. Ge r e
C. Wall ce, vh hoisted the Rc I
hattle Oag in the 1 during hI.
�t-tenn fight f r segrcgati n. .
Wallace ap inted Gordon to th
(1i� tnc,. court 11 h in 1 77. hen
appointed him to fijI a tate CIfCuit
SEVERAL WOMEN rights c-
tivists said new legislation mus
enacted although spokesman James
Hom of the Michigan Civil Rights
Department said til: state has been rela­
tively progressive in providing legisla­
ion that protects women from
discrimination w sexual harassment,
But legislation mandating equal pay,
proper day care, abortion rights and
protection from domestic violence is also
necessary, said Karen Greisler, of the
Mi Wo mbly.
ryeo � a
ler,w
assembly represents a coalition of
worren's organizations.
"Tbey're still earning less on the d
lar, suffering a greatcuate of poverty and
encountering a 'Glass Ceiling' that bars
them from the top positions in corporate
America," Greisler continued.
A PI� Parenthood representative
agreed with Greisler, saying more legis­
lation protecting women'.s rights is
necessary.
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r lea e
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for HP C
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court vacancy in 1978. Since then,
Go don has won three terms as a
ircuit jud zc, each time without
opposition.
, creon, 49, a Democrat, grew up
In Brewton att nded Marion Military
Academy and raduated from the
University of Alabama and itS law
ch 1. He was in a Montgomery law
firm for even y� before be was
ppointed t the tate judiciary.
He. aid Th day he does n t know
if hc had any anCC$t ho fought in
the Ivl1 War ut that it would be
irrclcv nt to the legal i ue.
. , ,
L first term
in 1 )2 With a pledgc of U egregation
�, rever," but later 'd such racial
pOI.Hlzation wa wrong. The
. 'nle ercttc b tUe 0 g continued to
Oy at p tile pitol during Wallace's
(0 ;.! :mm. tratJ us. .. .
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