THIS WEEK IN
BLACK HISTORY
B t!II 1870 and 1900, how
many Black members of u.s.
Con r were there?
, What was the weight limit for
,. ship transporting slaves betwet!ll
American ports?
MARCH 2, 1867 - U.S. Coe-
enacted charter to' tablish
Howard Unive ity. 1976 Follow­
ing i original production at the
AMAS Musical Theater, Bubbling
Brown Sugar opened at Broad­
way' ANTA Theater. 1947 -
Benjamin O. Dav Jr. was first
Black Air Force General, awarded
DSM. 1807 -:- Congress banned
slave trade.
2 th - Twenty-two.
1 t - Forty tons.
2nd - Sixty-one.
3rd - Harry Belafonte.
4th - Panama.
5th - Aaron Dougl .
6th --. Secretry of Agriculture
Earl Bun.
How many patents were issued
to Frederick McKinley Jones ?
MARCH 3, 1961 - Kenneth
B. Clark, psychologist, educator,
was awarded Spingam Medal for
his research in the field of psycbol­
ogy.1865-Freedmen' Bureau
established by federal government
to aid newly freed slaves. 1964-
Art u reb. t\l t
Black member of the U.S. Davis
Cup team. 1962 - Wilt Cha ..­
berlain scored NBA record 100
points for the Philadelphia 76ers
against the N.Y., Knicks. 1916-
The NAACP presented Angelina
Weld Grimke's drama, Rachel, the
first play both written and publicly.
performed by Blacks, at the Myr­
till Miner Normal School in Wash­
ington, D.C.
What Black actor starred in the
movie, "The World, TheFlesh, and
The Devil"? ..
MARCH 4,1877 -GarrettA.
Morgan, inventor of the automatic
traffic light and the gas' mask, was
born. 1960 - Langston, Hughes,
poet, columnist, was awarded
Spingam Medal for his distinction
as "Black poet laureate."
Where was Rod Carew born?
MARCH 5 1925 - African­
American lawyers established the
National Bar Association. 1770-
Crlspu Attucks was shot dead at
the Bo ton Mas ere, becomming
the first casualty of the American
Revolution. 1835 - Fifth N -
ttonal-Negro Convention recom­
mended Blacks cease to use words
"African" and "Colored."
Who was the leading painter of
the "Negro Renaissance?"
MARCH 6, 1969 - hiladel­
phia Plan et minority hiring
guide for ix killed construction
crafts. 1857 -U.S. Supreme court
i sued Dred Scott deci ion. 1957
- Ghana gained independence
from Great Britain.
Which Cabinet Secretary re­
signed after mt}king profane and
scanllalous remarks about Blacks
to a reporter?
ANSWERS
OV1D D
t the Cent r include general phy i­
cal , family planning, preventative
gynecology care, diagno i and
treatment of ex ly tran mitted
di ea e, nd chool immuniz •
tio . they J 0 po or growth d
de, elopment wor hop throu h:
out the community.
The Teen Center ervlce m Ie
well females. General M ey,
youth counselor, provid counsel­
ling, and wor clo ely with stu­
dents who have been identified as
being high or pro pective drop­
ou . H also works wi th young fa­
thers in the Riverview Family
Health Center's Prenatal Clinic.
In addition to Ms. Bum u and
Mr. Mas ey, there are three other
members of the staff, including Di­
ane Miller, Certified AIDS Coun­
selor.
HOWEVER, RANKLI aid
the guards can not go through the en­
tire building or prevent them from go­
ing through other locations.
Wainwright added that the Medical
Building is in a part of Highland Park
that i congested, near a eniorcitiz �
building and many fast food places.
The guards could not monitor what the
addicts did in other areas, or stop them
from loitering, Wainwright said.
He said the burden would be on the
police to keep public order d th re
were not enough officersbeca e of
budgetcu .
Pitts said that anyone in his pro­
gram guilty of uch misconduct as
elling dfu or loitering -- even
once -- would be put out of'.hi pro­
gram.
Pitts added it was a violation of
Highland Park codes forth city to
refuse a licerse on this basis. Adding
he did not want to u, he aid he
would do whatever w neces ary to
keep his clinic going, because it was
ncces STy for hi patients and would
prevent drugs and crime in th city.
FRANKLIN AID, "TH city
has a right to deny.him hi license."
Wainwright had no comment ug­
gesting that on this legal point, Th
Michigan Citizen bould talk to City
Attorney Eri Daniel. Daniel could not
be reached.
"I. am very optimi tic about the
future of the Teen Health Center,"
ay Burnett. "W offer a " up r­
market" of ervic s in one 10 lion.
Health checkup ports physical,
gyn care, ocial workers illi racy,
tutoring and after chool program
Drug clinic chall '-ng
are -all availabl at the Te n Cen­
ter".
when it come
all th Teen Cen-
By Ron S Ig I
Michl n Citizen
RIG! 0 • Thomas Uoyd
.Acting President of the Highland
•
1!'l��)l'"J'l1mj� � f
h � Ib,
nt � n n 1
came to the col ge'to talk with
regarding w�ther the college' pro­
gram hould be reviewed for
credltation b ore the normal ten
year periOd of review.
Lloyd aid h also appeared -
vorablc toward the college, but a
numb r of days later his attitude
s rned to change.
'Ther mOO to -be }W" sure
from persons in Lansing," Lloyd
said. •
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, III' 'C ST 'BET,'
rn .cun 1 I Ja lUel Idle
Board of 'ducatJOn In rder 10 ex-
pr Up!)rt lor 1 coIl' , .
H wever, L1( ,�. ald. In hruary
w r' 1<1 II. Y hould �p'(
at a board m cting during the day.
When they ot tber by bus, they
w � told they w uld hav to wai t
until a 7 p.m. m etin .
While they could not. tay, Lloyd
said HP b ard members 'Ner
a I to tal k to a ta te board taff
member and video tape hi. conver-
ati n, � they uld hold tum to -
- ·count.
C�ns upportin the colJege
have or anized thcmselve as the Ad
H c Advi ory ommittee and arc
meetin every Monday 5 p.m. in th
ard rot m on I third fl r of th
HP 'bUlldJn b·t een econd and
hird.
tt, ,MS, 0
very well t problems f cing to­
d y' t n - he i the Program
Di ctor d u Clini ian t th
Teen 1 th Center in the Riv r­
vie F mily Health, Center, 211
Glendale (the ormer i te of Detroi t
o teop thie Ho pital).
"Unfortun tely, there r not a
gr t deal of re ource in our com-
munity th t pe to the eel I
problem 0 th 01 t popul
tJon u h hool drop out, i uner-
y, ubst nc b e in the home or
no home environment at all, well
he lth c re need," ay -M .
Burnett.
"The T en Health Center i de-
igned to be th t re ource. Where a
physlclan pend an average of 11
minut with a patient, we spend 45
minutes with our teens. Thi allow
us to take a holistic approach to
treating OUf patient - having an
inter in the total health and wei
being of the adolesc nt'', she added.
Th reen Health Center concept
was initially develop d by Gloria
Davis, former director of the Michl-
By Ron S Ig81
M/chlfl.n Citizen
WGHlAND PARK - Dr. Jo eph
Pitts, Director of the New Era Alter­
native Treatment' Center [NEAT] Inc.
planned to locate a methadone detoxi­
Fication center in the Medical Arts
Building at 13700 Woodward, but de­
spite its state license, a city license was
denied by the Highland Park City
Council.
Anotber clinic called Project Life
8pproy er at nonon
ilton.
Council President IlWight Downes
had no comment, but Council Pro Tern
Christine Franklin stated the reason for
rejection of the NEAT clinic was tb
location. The city encountered prob­
lems during the 805 with another
methadone clinic in the me building
on Woodward.
Scotty Wainwright, Administra­
tive As i tant to Highland Park Mayor
Linsey Porter.emphasized that the city
was not rejecting the clinic itself, but
aid there w "a health and safety
danger to the community at that par­
ticular site."
Pitts said he would have four
guards, two on ea' h elev tor, one on
the econd floo w here the clinic was
located and one dow nstai .
ci
Franklin at 0 exp ed concern
that the lawyer For the Methado
clinic was an older broth r of City
Attorn y Eri Daniel. While Daniel
previously denied thi would place
him in any conflict of interest, noting
that attorni who w friends' often
were dversari in court cas Wain­
wright aid the city would probably
hire an outside attorney to handle the
case if it came to a uit.
He said city attomies eldom try
s h cases any way.
_ Pit emp ized that t� clinic
would be a "methadon detoxifica­
tion" center, n t a "methadone main­
tcnan c cent r", onc that u ed
rneth done as a Fi t tep in treatment
to get people dru free, instead of
keeping people on methadone a a
ub titute for wo e dru .
II
ADDED THAT met had ne
was only one t 01 in th r ·overy p
.. . Other program would w rk with
individual and Iamili , t k P them
o ? all drugs and would help pc ple
Fa ing addiction to legal sub. tim
.su has liqu r or t ba o.
Franklin aid it was not n essary
F r the city to have a methadone clinic
on Woodward, . incc it aIr dy a -
ccpted one on Hamilton.
ra e� IX month.\ lat r, h ald.
JOBS
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rail corridor. The propo al aim to
create up to 22, lob within ix
months. I
The building trade in Michigan
tand to benefit the mo t from fed ral
money, Gam on aid.
Til
state' keleton, includes evetythin
fTom ewers to hom building ,
treets and homes.
mLi� RE
na er D vid
billIon 01 thc
jects. About 1, new job could
be created in r earch and d velop­
ment, recyclin t hnologics, waste
management proc e and cornrnu-
. nication netw rk .. The nd would
c repaid with xI" t d federal revc­
nu '.
An additional 2. million ond
\ ould c raj ed lor uruvcrsity and
omrnunity ollegc mfra tructure
rcnov lion. The bond w uld be r ,­
paid th u h either I .State Build- to
ing Authority, a bondin a cncy, Of
Ihe apital utlay ud t.
gi lation t Implcm nt It pro­
am will be intr duced arly thi
ion.
continued from Page 1
01 on aid the I uranee industry
already a countable cu tom-
c'ur n Insurant: 1 nn pro-
po� , -loU! e 11141 ')() 1\ n thl but
a "warmed over Propo al D," t d­
dard. ald.
Insura c
no man-
datory rdm tion tween a per-
n' h aJth encfi and the n -fault
polIty, Stoddard ald.
Thl\ aru thHt th' poll y with
til hi h t liml� will pay th lim,
�t tlJs; other policy cannot pay ex­
c�that I n t overed, Sto d rd
.lId
Thl 1\ nothm 7 hut an m urance
(ompan bIll and 1\ n t (c pta Ie
fr m our pc . PCCtiv . he. Id.
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