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Detroit artists Karen and Tyree Guyton paid tribute to the seven
children who were killed in a house fire February 17. ·Suffer
the little children and forbid them not to come unto me. For
theirs Is the Kingdom of Heaven. "
WHATHA. ' thi di pc nty in our urban community? The
de-industrialization of D t it whi h h' been occurring for the last 40
yea or so i continuing today. As Mr. Lyons so eloquently state
stated on televi ion r ntly, "there are no j b in Detroit."
. Couple that with a ity admini tration whose policies have failed 10
provide adequat housing, job, and th r rvices for themajority of
its citizens. The citiz ns them clv wh allowed themselves to be hood
winked into th "game" and ended up bing the "game" or to put it
plainly-the working cl and others did not look out for their future
well being but instead all wed th IDS lv t b led by weak ineffective
leaders.
Becauseo thi qua rnir we'renowinashipabouttosinkl Victims
of our community are proje ted the perpetrators. Leroy Lyons aod
Shareese William are on uch c welfare family unable to sustain
itself. Forced t 1 f r crap iron to II or upplement their income, '
they now tand trial r Involuntary manslaughter of their seven chil ..
dren.
WIIlJa� with inv luntary manslaughter would
f jusucc!
Valeri C. Smith
SHE A'I &E e INFOLDED
eur 5�E 15 tiQI COLOR 8U '0
F
TOO
Y Blac lead-
ers, no matter how well intentioned,
have becom apologist [or tbe y -
\ tem which opp ed Blac people.
Imtead of being uncompromising
critics oftbe institutions and polici
which are failing' Black America,
Black leadership is rendered ineffec
tive by i acceptance of the etiquette
am niceties expected 0 tho e per
mitted to access the corridors 0
power.
'Thi I ck of oppo ition is a de
facto ccommodation to the very
system that brutalizes the 'Black
TI , not accommoda ion, was th
real goal ofBI Power. Th goal (
Black Power d fined t mi ion of
Black political leadership: to con
stantlyexpo e the contradictions and
hypocrisy of J unwor abl y tern:
to strain the system to th maximum
by fighting for an equitable distribu
tion of goods and ervi for Black
people (yes, BI elect d officials
were expected to fight for ben fits
for the Blac community!); t mobi-:
lize and organize BI k people to
struggle for far reachingre oTIDSalX1
the radical r tructuring of the y -
tern to meet the need of t mass
of Black people am oth r oppressed
people; to r main f ponsible to and
accountable to th mass 0 Bla
people; and finally, a commitment to
relentless struggle to pr for the
liberation of BI ck peopl using all
available means - "freedom by any
HOW R MJo}mE.Ja-
cob of th National Urban League to
J e Jackson, the Con ional
LISTEN HERE, ... --
MR. FORE''''' COUNTRY,
YOU BETTER TREAT
'{OUR PEOPlE RIGHT
OR I'M COMING OVER!L ..
J •• t
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It b taken a long tim for th
United Stat S nate to confirm u
nanimously a P rson to e Attorney
General of the United Sta . Presi
dent Clinton's choice of . Janet
Reno to be the nation' first woman
Attorn y Gen ral w a ound [ud -
ment call giv n the poli tical polanza
tion that surrounded the other
potential candida
ational attention i now focused
appropriately on the lead rship team
that Attorney General Reno will
bring to the U.S. Department of Jus
lice.
We believe that the key po iuons
for D puty, ociate and istant
Anorn y Gen ral hould b fi lied
by pe ns who have expert n e and
adem nstrated record of effectiv
ommitm nt to ing equal pro-
tection under the law and a tr ng
r ord of nforcmg fed ral ivi I
rights law.
Racial di rimination till x
in the UnH d ta aero a wide
array of ocial n rns and 1 utu
tIODS. Ra i m I live and well 00
tber i a r new d nc
U,S, D partm nt of Justi
and act for th caus of r
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DR.
BENJAMIN
CHAVIS, JR .
CIVIL
RIGHTS
JqURNA�
na
n
non now.