Black Nurses
lift up
community
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HP residents:
Cuts will
decimate city
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VOL. XV NO. 25 An Informed People Is A Free People MAY 9-15,1993
NAARPR conference held in Detroit
Davi ., Chavi
tn wfocu
for movement
By LEAH SAMUEL
ad nt
all walks of life gathered to hear issu dis­
c ed and find inspiration to truggle for jus­
ti e.
"We'v com to celebra 20 y . of strug­
gle - organizing, mobilizing and building coa­
litions and fighting ba k."
Capi tol Hill that would have provided job for
the urban centers. That bill w clubbed by
Senator (Robert) Dole. Just we pUlSU d the
officers who beat Rodney King, we're going to
pursue those racist Senators who beat our jobs
bill. Whether it' on the treet or in som gov­
ernment uite, we're going to beat repres ion."
Chavis was critical of the rebuilding efforts
in Los Angeles following the rebellion after the
verdict in th state trial of the four police offi­
cers who beat Rodney King.
S ,DAVIS, Pag A-10
Abuse of citizens by polic is just an end
resultofalarg rproblem, aidB njaminChavi
at th opening rally 0 the recent 2 th anniver-
ary conference of th N tional Alli nce
Again t Raci t and Political pr Ion
(NAARPR). "National Strategy Session on
Stopping Police Crimes," w the theme of thi
year conference.
Held at D troit' Fellow hip Chapel. the
rally drew an overflow crowd. It was remini -
cent of rallies in th 1 , when activi ts from
VI� , new national executive di-
rector of the NAACP, said that racism on all
front must ended before police violence
again t citizens will stop.
"We have to get a us on where the real
enemy i ," he said. "Th re was a job bill on
B n Chavl and Angela D vie
A Community Working Together
Detroit resident Lee Carter stands in front of the
Field Street Project on the city's eastside. The
project, slated for completion in June, is the result
of a community working together.
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WANDA F, RoaUEMOREMlchlgan CItIzen
By TUREKA TURK
Michl lin CItizen
on the 'wrong ide', th one that chal­
lcnges the government.
Asbton h join d a small group
of slave descendents fil ing lawsuits
against the IRS.
D ccndents f slav , they ay,
were forced into citiz nship. Unlike
other peopl of color, Blacks,..dld not
go through the p of vi ,
green card , and contracts of agree­
ment with the United Stat s. The
14th Amendment, upposedly, took
care of it all.
"AT FI T WE were property," vious claims �fuplawful taxing laws.
Asbton said. "They (white lave "We didn't have a choice with the
owners) paid taxes on our heads. 14th Amendment. They just wanted
Now the situation is reversed, we pay , us to fit in ociety. All of the Jaw
taxes on our heads, forcibly." were created and p ed by white
Ashton' lawsuit is brought people. We (African Americans)
_ against hi employers, the Oliver now have the burden of taxation and
Williams Elevator Corp., for taking citizenship. Where was our ice?"
taxes from his wages, the governor Ashton qu tions.
of California, for allowing the al- Consti tutional Law Prof. Robert
leged illegal taxation to occur, and, Sedler of Wayne State University
t IRS, for ignoring Ashton' pre- call Ashton's uit "constitutional
nonsense".
Leonard Ashton is watching his
back. A troubleshooter for the
Oliver Williams Elevator Corp. in
Lo Angeles, he's worried ' me­
thing could 'accidently' happento
him while fixing an el vator one day.
No, the mafia i n't after him nor i be
in a government witn protection
program.
In fact Ashton would appear to be
Eas
how
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ide projec
By WANDA F. ROQUEMORE
Mlchlp.n Cltlz.n
"We've already leased 10 units,"
Carter aid.
In contrast to the new and widely
publicized Victoria Park ubdivi­
sion, where homes range from
$80,000 to $150,000, townbo es in
tbe Field Street Project are priced
from $45,000 to $55,000.
The Field Street Project i the un­
dertaking of the Association's eeo­
nomic development ann, the Island
View Village Development Corpo­
ration, a combination of block clubs
and area churcbes which formed in
1991 after it w recognized that
more could be accomplished if eve­
ryone came together under one um­
brella.
DETROIT - ".The jowuey of a
thousand mil begins with the filSt
step," said Lee Carter, president of
Island View Association, a group
_ who also knows stretching that first
step bortens the trip. \ '. '�.
Just two years after organizing,
Island View can point wi th pride to
the near completion of Phase I of the
group's Field Street Project, just
north of Jefferson on the city' east
side.
The $1.75 million project, slated
for completion in June, features 21
new one-and-two bedroom town­
hous . Some of the uni 1S will be
leased and others will be for sale.
THE CORPORATION ervea
an area bounded by Mt. Elliott on the
west, Baldwin on the east, Jefferson
on the south and Mack on the north.
ACCOrding to Carter, prior to for­
mation of th Corporation, vario
groups were receiving Neighbor­
hood Opportunity Funds (NOF)'
from tbe city's Community Devel­
opment Bloc Grant funds for repair
and rehab of homes in the area.
"As time when on," Carter aid,
"it eemed � if we got to a point of
dimini bing returns. 'We would re­
pair 12 hom in a year, and within
that same year's time, we looked up
and there would be 15 abandoned
buildings that weren't there the pre­
vious year.
I n a voice that resembles th es­
tabli hment Ashton i challenging,
Sedl_ r said, "The] 4th Amendment,
Section 1 overruled the Dred Scott
case (a case tbat tated Black men did
not have to be recognized as citizens)
and ensured that all emancipated
laves were citizens. There are two
way to become a citizen in this
country, to be born here or to be
naturalized. The. descendents of
See SLAVE, 810
S e, SELF-HELP, Pg A-10
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Do think
off-duty police
officers
should work
as private
security.
, guards?
�
BRENDA DAVIS- The
officers already have jobs. Let
someone else get a job. We
need more police on the
streets not 'in the stor s.
DALE NICHOLASON- They
have a riqhtto a second job. I
think it is a good idea. The
more security the less the
crime.
ALTHEA GILLESPIE- I think
itIs a good idea. A police
officer could enforce the law
more than a private security
guard.
CHARLES BUTLER- We
need protection. It doesn't
matter if it's police officers or
private security officers, we
have to stop some of this
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