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"I refuse to accqK � view that
mankind' so tr. . ally bound to the
midnight of r, ism and war
tha the bri htdayb of�e and
brotherhood can nevt:1' bee a
reality .. l � that unanned truth
and unconditional love will � the
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"Acq.tire knowledge. It mab/&
its to t6stinguish right from
wrong; it lighteth the way to heaven;
it is OUT friend in the OUT
soc in solitude, our companion
when frimdJess; it gWdeih us to hap­
piness; it sustaine:th us in misery; it is
an 01'7J/1111t!1ft (117I01I&St friends, and an ·
armor against ent!:Jnies. "
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By TUREKA TURK
MlchlgMl Citizen
N1lA - Despite the arrival 0 a
new year, urban citizens are f:i.OOing old
habits reccurring in communi ties. Crime
and violence seem to be stationary ele­
rrents in conununiti year after year and
one group, Michigan iation for
Leadership Development (MALO), is
tired of it.
tled in Pontiac, MAiD is calling
. for all leadership resources to approa h
strategies to "prevent and reduce the in­
cid 0 crime." The w up is
being sent out to churches, schools,
families, civic groups, etc. to reclaim their
communities as well as their lives. And,
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trategi to
reduce crime
inthe piritofDr.King.MAlD aplan
to counteract � violence during �
Stop the Violence Week", January 17-
23.
MAlD stresses the fact that m politi­
cal.entity is imnnme to the violence aoo
the aime uffered in Black communities.
The eorditiors, social aIJ1 ecooomic, suf- ...
fered by the Black communities and
Black males in particular, should be dis­
persed aOO equality and leade�hip take
their place within the communities.
Fed up with � notions of "1 w and
order" and � futile building of more
1> 0 , MALD stands behind one
reality" "Either we learn to live aOO work
together as brotrers aoo sisters or we
perish together like fools."
landmark civil right case'
Anyone who watched the 1991
ABC 1V movie "Separate But Equal"
about the U.S. Supreme Court'
landmark desegregation ruling, Brown
vs .' (the Topeka, Kansas) Board of
Education, i in for an even more
engrossing experience later this month
when public broadcast stations air
"Simple Justice," a non-fiction, 2-112
hour, feature-length dramatization that
chronicles the 20-year pursuit by civil
rights attorneys Charles Hamilton Hous­
ton and Thurgood Marshall for racial
equality.
"Separate But Equal," starring Sid­
ney Poitier as Thurgood Marshall,
covered only five years leading to this
major landmark legal case,
TIlE MAJOR ACfORS and key
figures in the real-life, historical drama,
portrayed in "Simple Justice' include:
Peter Frances James as Thurgood Mar­
shall; James Avery (Fresh Prince of Bel
Air) as Charles Hamilton Houston;
Giancarlo Esposito (School Daze, Do
The Right Thing) as sociologist Dr. Ken­
neth Clark; Pat Hingle (the Batman
movies) as Supreme Court Chief Justice
Earl Warren; and George Grizzard (The
Adams Chronicle, Iran) as John W.
Davis, Marshall' opponent in the
Brown v . Board case. '
developed by executive producer, Avon
Kirkland. Producer and co-producer are
Kroyt Brandt and Preston Holmes,
respective! y.
Spanning the 19.3Q) through 1950's
vi�ers observe the high and low mo­
ments of tbeir judicial'saga,
They witness the emotionally com­
pelling courtroom sceres in three of the
five pivotal cases that led to Brown vs,
Board, iocluding recreations of � legal
strategies used in the cases and scenes
that capture the harsh inj�tices and
prejudices the attorneys=-were sub-
jected to aIXl-fought to remedy. .
"We did oot want to sugar-coat the
story, but to place it in the context of its
harsh times," ootes executive producer
AVQn Kirkland.
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Wayne Bu ,assoc e U.S. attorney genera, is congratualted tbv'Brenda Scott, a member 01 the .
Sf.! 80 ret m m. Budd, a 1967 grad "of WSU Law School received the university's
Oi tinguished Alumni Award during the university's.commencement program held in Oecember at
Cobo Hall.
"It occurredto me that a system of
oppre sion draws much of its
strength from the acquiescence of its
victims who have accepted the
dominant image of themsel and
are paralyzed by a sense of h lpless-
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Detroit �rea 'AKA chapters
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celebrates Founders� Day
The Founders' Day Observance for
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incor­
porated is the second joint adventure
for Detroit Area chapters.
The 85th year of the Sorority's
founding will celebrated on January 23,
1993, Westin Hotel=-Renaissance
Ballroom, downtown Detr:oit; 12
NOON, by members who are affiliated
with the following chapters:
-Alpha Rho Omega, Detroit
Basileus, Alfredine Wiley
-Eta Iota Omega, Inkster
Basileus, Jeanetta Cotman
-Theta Lambda .Omega, jontiac
Basileus, Janice Simmons
-Lambda Pi Omega, Detroit
Basileus, Cheryl Harp
-Pi Tau Omega, Southfield
Basileus, Fay Perkins
-Tau Alpha Omega, Redford
Basileus, Victoria 'Scott- Wheeler
Co-chairpersons, Amenah E. P.
Omar, Lambda Pi· Omega and Cas­
sandra Nash, Eta Iota Omega, and a
host of subcommittee members from
the six chapters are planning a program
that will be inspirational, thought
provoking and enjoyable.
The theme "for Founder's Day,
'" Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority ... The
. Tie That Bonds; Uniquely Unifying"
appropriately represents the Sorority's
Sisterhood and service to improve
minds, uplift spirits and WI inspire
. hearts.
Keynote speaker, Yvonne Brath­
waite Burke, J. D., currently a partner
in the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis &
Pogue has served six years as a Califor­
nia Assembly- Woman and six years in
the U.S. House of Representatives.
Mrs. Burke was the first woman and.the
first 'Black person'to se e on the Los
Angeles County Board of-5upervisors.
'In 972, she was the first woman to be
elected-to q.S. Con� from carrror­
nia.
Mrs. Bur.tre is currently a member
the B ard for th Ford Foundation, the
-Pau T. M...-ray
It is a tim in America for reflec­
tion a out the p t year and a ut
America and the human condition.
We will now reflect upon myths, yes,
.Am rican myths!
When you hear the word welfare,
I am sure � mental picture that'
comes to your mind is an urban or
rural African-American fe�e with
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low incom and are disabled, etc.,
not only AOC and GA recipients. In
fact, sixty one percent of welfare
recipients are whi te, while thirty three
percent are Black. In f ct, tte welfare
budget is S730 billion or forty-three
percent of the annual U.S.
governrrent' 1.47 trillion budget
"HOUSTON AND MARSHALL
were heroes, but they were also under­
dogs, As Black men, armed with meager
financial resources and a deep sense of
injustice, these lawyers had to fight
against personal prejudice even as �y
fought fQr the greater good," he con­
cluded.
"Simplelustice" is scheduled toairon
some PBS stations at 9:00 p.m. (Et) on
January 18.
The date and time may differ in your
area. Check local television listings,
. "Simple Justice" is the first non-
documentary program in the five-year The American Experience series is
history of the award-winning PBS his- supported by the Corporation for Public
tory series, The American Experience. Broadcasting, public television stations
and Aetna Life & Casualty, a major cor-
H w� adapted �m the non-fiction porate rwriter, Judy Crichton is ex-
book wntten by Ric�rd �uger of the ecutive ptOOucer 'for The American
arne name, first pubh hed 10 1975, and '<" Experience. .
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WSU to hold financial aid
workshop for Black students
Th Office of S h larship and
Finan ial AId at Wayn State Uruvcr­
")ty will h Id it fourth "Fin n 'ial Aid
Work! hop f r Incan Am ncan Stu ..
<.I n "[1' m l a.rn, to 3 p.m. Wedn -
day, J n. 27, In �h Student Center
Buildin HII IT)' lounge .
Studerns \ illlcama utPell gnUl�
and I ns, th new finan ial aId p­
plication form, chang In federal
financial rud a'oSl, tan and applyir. J
{.or finan �aid.
Additionally tudcn will receivc
tnf nnation on private h Jarship' at
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LEARL vrt REVFALSa
factual picture that hakes the foun­
dation of the myth that African­
Americans make up the majority f
welfare recipient and get the
majority of the monies!
Protest of the false picture should
be made by all who know tbe facts
when the mass media paints a racist
�iew of woo is on welfare.
The Ointon Administration has
made a pledge that they will make
sure that welfare will change from a
hand-out to a hand-up. 1berefore, the
design is to prepare the needy for
employment through training and
higher education.
Therefore, it is time for
Americans and especially African­
Americans to refocus and get very
serious about education, kill irain­
ing, and entrepreneurship. We must
go into busi,nes or ur clv and
m t important, we must trade with
eachothcr.
WSU, chool of Medicine financial
. aid, employment a sistance and
. raduate cholarship and fellow hips.
Ray John on, principal of Paul
Robe on Academy,will be the guest
peaker. ,
Th event ,i free. For more infor­
mation caU 577-5,1
Great events.-maY
stem from words of ,­
nfo importance.
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. W K.N W THAT Ole jobless
rate' high in the U . today: the U.S.
Labor Department figures how that
a of December 1992, 324, 0
people applied for unemployment in­
suran the week ending Nov. 28,
down from 362, the previous
week.
it was the tenth weckclaims were
below , . Unemployment is
high in America, but is much higher
in the African- merican mmunity
nation wid . Therefore, there is need
or African-American to jn
busin . Pea !
THIOPIAN PROV RS
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ducational Testing Service, Brook­
ings Institute, and Nestle. She also ser­
ves as the Chair of, the. Los Angeles
Branch of Federal Reserves Bank ()'f.
San Francisco.
This dynamic speaker is noted [or
delivering speeches that have the
capacity to challenge an audience to
"respond through reason" and "to act
rather than react."
The former assembly woman and
U.S. House of Representatives mem­
ber, is a graduate of the University of
California, Los Angeles, and Southern
California School of Law. Her profes­
sional affiliations, civic activities and
honorary awards are numerous. •
Tickets for this, noteworthy oc-
casion are available' to Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority members and friends
Yvonne Brathwaite- Burkes
They may be purchased at the cost of
$25.00 by calling 532-1330.
1410 Gratiot
Mon. - Sat.
10AM to 6 PM
(313) 567-3711
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