, ocking 'n
rolling'in
ciy ewer
By LV GOLUBO KI
S.rvlc.
•
con pir cy ar
from jury duty
1A ING-A di overy that th
virus that caus AIDS can b pre-
nt in er water h th Michigan
Municipal Leagu (MML) greatly
concerned about worker' health­
and po ible law ui .
Doc have id nti I d th t HIV,
the virus that caus AID, i pent
in body fluids such as blood and
men, and excretions from infected
irdlviduals. Thes excretions th n
enter the sewage ystem.
,::, A tudy conducted by the Univer­
sity of PIttsburgh discover d I t
June that HIV can urvive up to 12
hours in wast wat r in th we
This has caused furth r con m
for those individuals who wor for
waste water treatment plants and
come in conta t with thes material ,
See, AIDS, P 9 8-5
Henry J. and Carrie Colbert
Lawsuit challenges
all-white system
By ALLISO JO ES
Sp!cl.' to th. Mkhlfllln Cltlz.n
. . LA Z Nth ugh mo t Michigan Coun-
tl In the lower penni ula contain izeable African
Am rican populations mo t Bl c ceus d of a crim
find their liv in th hand of an all-whit jury.
On Michi an m n, a VIC m of the all-white judi­
ci I Y tern that char cterize mo t out- tate counti
h d ided to challen e t 'conspiracy of silen e:
that keep African Americans off jury duty. .
Emmett L. Jon , incar rated at th State Pri on
of South m Michigan at Ja kson, filed uit March 24
which if u ful will mean weeping chang
cro t tate for other counti and all African
Americans ace ed of crimes.
The uit was filed in the United tate Di trict
Court for th W t Di tri t of Michigan.
Jon alleg Kalamazoo County, i chief admin­
i trative officer judges of the Ci rcuit Court, the Kala­
mazoo Ju Commi ion- past and present members
HenryJ. and Carrie Colber ·
Living history in Hamtramck
By: PATRICIA COLBERT
Sp!c/al to MlchlfJ!n Cltlz.n
,
HAMTRAMCK - It w April 2], 192 . The day started out with rain, .
but by : that aftem n the un came bursnn throu h the cloud just
in time to hine upon Jo and Cam . wedding.
Henry 1. Colbert &), and hi wife Carri , 2, both nativ of rgia,
will eel brate th ir 64th weddin anmvcrsary thi month.
Th cercm n) took place n the front rch'of th brid ' hom . By
today' . tandards, it was a irnple wcddin witn . d Y a few friend nd
family.
No fancy music played. Just the usual, '!Do you take, I d , and n v
.you may ki the bride. II
Immediately f llowm th w ddmu, u �t! ath red t enjoy
chicken dinner an gl , lemonade.
Little did anyone know that th vent t 'In pia' would n t only last
a lifetime, ut mak hi t ry in the pro
See, COLBERTS, Page A-6
Q�
Do you think
an African.'
American can
qeta fair trial
from an
all-white jury?
I
Chavi
- and any ot r pe on, board or cornmi ion "with
anydutyinth electionorproc ingofjurors"a ted
in a 'conspiracy of ilence' to k P BI of Kala­
mazoo County juri and in the proce hav violated
his civil righ .
FOR T IR ALLE' ED violation of hi consti-
. !u!iona� right t� a jury of hi peers Jon i seeking an
InjunctIon against Kalamazoo County to refrain from
di Criminatory actions in future jury elections. He is
al 0 king for both punitive and compensatory money
damages. --
In the complaint filed Jones ays h is an African
�erican who reque ted a jury trial March 22, 1988
10 KaJamazoo.
Because of the actions of the Jury Commi ioner
Philip Schaefer, the court officers and judges, who
upervi ed the jury sel tion proces , there were only
two Bl ck persons itti ng on the entire panel prior to
hi trial, Jon y .
"This ituation had. b n purpo Iy instituted and
creat d," Jon ays to allow the court officials "to
n
agenda
'Building'
coalitions
is key'
BY SONY A ROSS
�.oc/ated Pre ••
ATLANTA - Lcs than 24 h u IS
after bei ng tapped to lead the
NAACP, the Rev. Benjamin Chavi
wa laying out new direction or the
civil right organiz tion. promising
to rea h out to younger Bla ks and
build coalition with other A ri an­
American leaders.
"I'm not a lone ranger,' he said
in an interview atllrday." It" im­
portant early on to exhibit th t am
appro h t leadership. Wc must
re p nsive t African-Amcric n
and people 0 Afri an d cent any­
where in th w rid."
Ch vi ,4 ,W' ho en April 9 to
uccccd Benjamin Hook. as cxc u­
tive director of the nation' old st
civil rights-group. A h mi t by trt i n­
ing, Cha i h ld a doctorat 10 th -
ology from Howard University.
Cbavl: i ·t known the for-
mer Ie der of the Wilmin ton 10, a
group of nine Bl ck men. and one
white. woman who wer e d of
,r
KATHERINE KING- No. I
feel With an all-white jury there
IS gom to be some preju Ice.
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S e, CONSPIRACY, P ge A-5
firebombing white-owned tore if'
Wilmingt on, 1.l.c. in the :Ariy 7 .
The group was 10 Wilmington to
lead protcs against' Mol egrega·
tion. They were convict d in the fir -
bombing, but the conviction. were
overturned by the 4th U .. CIrcuit
Court f App I in 19 fter Wlt­
n aid they had lied during te -
timony. Chavi " who d ni d any r Ie
In the firebombing, spent 4 ye rs in
pri on.
IlA VI S ID his a 1 nda Will
include:
• Takin n internati nal ap-
proa h t civil and human right.
Rea hing ut to y ung p opl ,
in part by tabii hing NAA P hap­
tel'S on colle e c rnp e.
• Building n endowment fund
to eventuaJly make the rganizauon
Se • CHAVIS, Page B-8
LEE LANEV- No. People
have ave their own hidden
philosophical agenda.
picket
filthy
ro
By PATRICIA COLBERT
Special to Mlchlg.n Citizen
•
tor
tr nu od )rs and abo (.' all. hat! .nu
tude ..
INEZ BRACKET-No To be
Judged fair, you must be
Judged by your pe rs.
Se ,PROTEST. Peg 8-5
MARK MATHERS ._ I
hi hly nuk Iy ther
alway oin to b ias.