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"Celebrating Michigan'
Black Cultural Heritage"
Th Michigan Hi torical
M eurn in Lansing will potlight
Bla k Hi tory month February 6
from 11: am pm, in a pro­
gram entitled "Celebrating
Michigan Black Cultural
Heritage". The program features two
musical performan ,Qvil War
presentati with pecial emphasis
on th ' 102nd Col red Infantry, a
quilting d m rstration, art work, and
other . al attractio .
The Michi an Historical
M eumi locatedat717W.Allegan
St., in Lansing. Form re information
\ telepho (517) 73-3559.
Race.Relations Forum
Martin Luther King, Jr. Week at
Central Michigan University will be
highlighted with a two day forum on
race relations January 18 and 19.
Other even will be planned January
18throughJ nuary23. Thera rel a- .
ti ns f rum' 10, wbich will cover
parking, I W1Ch and lectures on both
days.
Forum peakers include Prof or
Andrew Ha ker or Qu ns Colleg
in w York, author of "TwoNa­
tions: BI ck and White, Separat ,
H tile, Unequal"; Prof or1i(fany
Pane of Spelman Colle c; and
Prin ipal U yd Elm (the ativ
American Magnet chool in New
York. For more information regard­
ing the forum and the MLK, Jr. Week
at MU call ( 17) 774-:�253.
Art Exhibit-
Ani t Donald Calloway will ex­
hibit hi' recent, works at Liberal Arts
Gallery in De tr it on Friday,
February 5th through February 28.
MrCalloway i a multi-media artist
and will al mdu t workshop at
the Gallery.
re pti n ( r the ani t, will be
• held Fe ruary th at the Liberal Arts
Gallery. �)] Gratiot. CalI92S- 578
for more mlormation.
Drum Major for Justice
Competition
The final ot th Fi t Martin
Luther King. Jr. Drum Maj r for Jus­
ti Competition will c held 2 pm.,
'January 18, 1 . at the uthfield
City Council, Chamber, 26000
E ergreen. leventh and twelfth
grade'tuden atclectcd highsch '15
in Detr it and Oakland County
entered the c mpetiti n by writing a
·3 w rd yon thi year' th me:
"Can a Minont Person Receive
Equal J tice In America in 1
The debate c mpetition i pon-
red by the iation of Black
Judge f Mi hi an, the D. Au tus
Welker Bar �. ciauon, and the
W lvcrinc Bar A! 'Hit} n with. up­
port from Standard cdcral Bank, the
D nroit Lc al e • and the D trou
Pl't ns.
King Birthday Celebration
Within P t year both of Ora'
p n died but, more than on of th
p opl he wor d with aid: h r
parent' deaths did not prev nt h r from
h lpin oth .
lri Morris aid, "Sb called m her
adopted daught rand if I had a problem
J could go to h r and tal "
o ' husband w "overwhelmed"
by th kind and, with tears in hi
ey� related a story that was told to
him.
HE AID one of th employ ,
little boy, wh m Ora had befriended
with goodies, banter and kind words,
aid, "He was going to h ven nd tell
God to let come back."
from an
aneurysm on 0 -ember 270 last year,
h had been employed at the hotel for
approximately five years. And al-
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Kindness pays off-The widower of Ora Mae Scott, Harold daughter Wanda Harderman and Andrew J.
Crocchiolo, the generaJ manager of the Northfie d Hilton Hotel in Troy, st d the entrance to the Ora Scott
Cafeteria. The cafeteria was deoicated to the of Ora on January 5.
Crocchiolo said, "(Ora w th 1, t
empl yee we've dedicated any thin
to." d, be added', after a moment 0
reflection, "Sb might be th I 1."
Philip M rri
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