Guid off r
incom boo t
to Black
W H1MGTO, oc--A 24-
page manual, detailing W8)S in
which Blacks can mcre.c
income, rea:ndy bcpl diWtbu­
tion. The guide is the work of a
non-profit B -help
zation. Spoke m n James
Nathan said, "From fundnds
events to oorne-bmcd b,usiJ .. ea
to profitable investment opportu­
nities, we how BI how '>
bri ng more �oney into their
lives."
The guide is free from the Bet­
ter Ute Cub, P.O. Box 28422,
Wa-lhingto[\ D.C. 20038. In­
clude$2 to�JXl'I88Cand han­
dling.
Tourism
and crime
up in Jamaica
KINGSTON, JAMAICA-The
predominately Black Caribbea\
island nation of .Jamaica the
dubio distinction ofhavillJ one
of the highest crime 1'8IrS in the
world. And a public opinion poll
released in mid-May found that
crime and violence WM the �
concern of island residents.
Despite the crime wave. Ja.
maican Tourist Board rccentlY,re­
ported that Durism eaminp grew
by 16.8 percent last year. A mtal
of 15 percent million people vis­
ited the vacation spot. .Jan8ca
Ie a native population of 24 mil­
lion.
Women of color
needed for
cancer project
A trial project 1auJxMt '> in­
vesngae a drug thatmigbt)RYClJt
breast cancu is missing a key de­
meat, women of color.
AltOOugb Michigan bad ahigb
emollment of 334 in the program.
only two Black WOJDC2l ut ODe
Asian American woman have
sigred up. Halfofthe 16,(XX)spocs
are filled but only 2 paam of the
women are of color, an cIanmt
that worries C3IlCC2' researc.bea
Breast cancer rafts are low.er
for Black women. the canccris far
more aggressive alX1 dea1ly in
Blacks than whites, � SB:j.
Tbe study is foc\Sng on the
synthetic bonnooe tamoxifen.
"If we don't get information
from this study 00 whethrr ta­
moxifen hcl� Black women, it
will be a major tragedy," said Dr.
Anti�tte Yarx:ey, . pro­
fessorofbealth at the Univasity eX
California at Los �
Detroit teacher
get 3 percent
increase
After a monthlong strike t
fall, the 10,500 uxmbas will get a
3 parent salary iJgease for 1993-
94scmol�.
Tbe i.Jxtta;e dqx3kD �
the Detroit Public Schools reedy..
ing morey from borm Jd by the
aty in c:xpeaation of oo1lCdiIW
ddinqumt property taus.
The city told the distr.id it
would issue the bords within
about two weeks.
Tbe S15 millim, arxoIdiqJ '>
The Detroit FI will 00Y'C'r
the second year 0 � twc>-year
contract..
Te Oovernor Ann Richards
ven Gary Graham anoth r
eonlife.--.for tl t notber30
. By granti the 29-year-old
death row inmate temporary tay
of execution, Richards placed
the po ibility of aving hi life
quarely on the shoulde of th Af­
rican American communi ty.
Graham, who w cheduled to
be executed June 3, i the focus of
an inte ive campaign by oppo­
nen of capital punishment who ate
p bing the Te Board of Par­
dons to grant a permanent tay of
execution.
With stati tics consistently
sbowin tbat African American
males, especially too e convicted
of killing whj , receive the death
penalty t a far greater rate than
their white counter parts convicted
of similar offenses, the Graham
e brings to light the ((ustration
and despair that accompanies the
'i ue of state-sanctioned e ecu­
tions.
Sentenced to death by lethal in-
jection for the 1981 hooting death
of 53-year-old white man in a
grocery tore parldng lot, Graham'
plight involv all the elemen of
what hi upporters d cribc a
cl ically cist "railroad-like" le­
gal proceedings that erve to rele­
gate th principles of justice and
d proc s to econdary po itions.
o LY 17 Y OLD and
dmittedly involved in unrelated
criminal tivity at the time of the
crim , Graham was convicted on
the basis of the testimony from a
eye-witness who admitted to barely
getting a decent look at the ail­
ant.
Moreover, at least four other
witness , who had closer and
longer view of the gunman, have
worn that he was too short to have
been Graham.
No physical evidence--fmger­
prints, murder. weapon, inform­
ants-linked Graham to the killing,
and four individuals have recently
submi tted affidavits swearing that
they were wi th Graham on the night
of the murder; they were not called
to t tify during his trial.
On another equally di turbing
level, it h been determined that
Graham' court appointed defense
team put forth little effort on his
behalf, believing that he was guil ty
all along.
According to a recent article
published in the Austin American­
Sta man, private investigator
Merv West and public defender
Ron Mock tated in an affidavi t that
they "did not have time to worry
about a guilty client"
Graham.
The T Bo Jd of Pardon d
Parol is reviewing newly ubmit­
ted evidence that could provide tbe
b . for a new, conditional tri •
rex claims over 370 dea� row
inmat .
Jew Don Boney 0 the Gary Gra­
ham Coalition, points to the need
for public crutiny in thi and other
imilar
"People have the mistaken belief
that capital cases are thoroughly re­
viewed top to bottom by a variety
of coW1S; that it's impo ible for an
innocent person to end up on death
row," ays Boney.
life .nteDCC, w freed only er
By JA S VALENTINE
Speo'" 10 fit. Mlohlp.n Cmz.n
viet
enant
been on Gen ral i tance, before
Michl Oov r Jo n Bn ler
eliminated the program.
Taylor sai that only 80-90,000
job had been created since the pro­
gram began, and this year there
would be 10 percent fewer jobs than
last year.
She aid that tho e in federal po­
sitions making uch rules have "one
of the better pimp jobs and the
YMCA is taking orders from them."
H ADD· D TIIAT in evicting
tenants, the Highland Park branch of
the YMCA is violating the law by
failing to give them adequate notice.
According to a decision made by
Judge Roman Gribb , the YMCA
has to give le s notice than regular
landlords under the Innkeeper' Lien
Law, but even they have to give 14
days.
"They have been violating this
left and right," she aid, adding,
"They want to put you out on the
econd day."
Many tenants call Welfare Rights
and they either peak for them or g t
them in touch with Wayne County
Neighborhood Legal Service .
Tho e who run into uch prob­
lems should call Welfare Rights Or­
ganization at (313) 831-1040 or
(313) 868-3660 or call Wayne
County Neighborhood Legal Serv­
ices at (313) 962-0466.
ORIGINALLY SCHED-
ULED to die on April 29, 1993,
lawyers from the NAACP Legal
Defense and Educational Fund and
Texas Resource Center, an agency
that handI the appeal of indigent
inmates on death row, were able to
secure the 30-day reprieve from
Governor Richards.
The reprieve was spurred by an
avalanche of protest from African
Americans in Texas and across the
nation demanding justice for Gary
"UNFORTUNA'IELY, right
here in Tex e have een two
men, Clarence Brandley and Ran­
dall Dale Adams, languish for years
on death row, their innocence 00-
heard. Only the fresh examination
of the facts by the media ami the
resultant public outcry led to their
t:-AA_" '
treeoom.
Lenell Geter, aoother black de­
fendant who served six years of a
GARY GRAHAM
the CBS news program "60 Min­
u "inv tigated the facts of his
case, initiating an intense public
protest.
Like Gmbam, Geter' court ap­
pointed attorney failed to p , ent
the evidence that would have
proved him innocent
HIGHlAND PARK-A branch
of the Welfare Rights Organization
(WRO) with headquarters in the
Highland Park YMCA has charged
that residents living on the forth
floor of the YMCA are being forced
to move to a higher floor and pay
more rent, or leave and find housing
ellewhere.
, Officials from the Y confirmed
the fact, noting everyone on the
fourth floor was placed in a federal
program called Project Try, which
was designed to make the residents
independent. '
Federal rules indicated that if the
residents are 'not independent after
two years, they would be forced to
leave the floor.
Some were transferred to the fifth
floor, where they are faced with
higher rent. Others chose to find ac­
commodations elsew here.
MAUREEN TAYLOR, director
of the Highland Park area branch of
WRO says that this program was
b ed on the false idea that there are
jobs available.
She said that (here were 400,000
Michigan residents receiving unem­
ployment benefits, 273,000 families
receiving ADC, 114,000 receiving
SSI, and 90,000 individuals 'who had
Bill would allow
convict to work
outside · on wall
By RON SEIGEL
p""/ to th. Michigan Cltlz.n
LANSING-The .Michigan
House of Representatives ap­
proved a bill allowing public works
prisoners to work on projects for
non-profit organiZations that have
a religious affiliations and on recy­
cling projects.
After ping the tate house
the bill, HB 4496, has gone to the
State Senate Committee on Crime
d Family Law and Corrections.
Officials in the Michigan De­
partment of Corrections ay they
would prefer an arrangement
where 'prisoners would be allowed
to work for any non-profit organi­
zation, not simply religious group
or th involVed in recycling.
HOWEVER, TH YAY
they upport the bill, because it
would allow pri oners to work at a
recycling facility in MUSkegon.
Provisions in the bill pecifi­
cally prohibit pri oners from being
igned to work if they di place
civilian worke or repl ce triking
and locked out workers.
Some have expr ed concern
that thi would give orne compa­
ni 1 of an incentive to hire new
workers and that there might be
abus imilar to tho e practiced
with convict labor in th South.
Warren Williams, pok per­
'on for th Michi an D partment
of Corrcctio ,w n t available
f rcomm nt.
Sorority Inducts m mbers and focus • on •• rvlce for humanlty- Th Lambd Chi Chapter of Chi .
Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. recently completed their Intake Ceremony Inducting Betty Cooper, Gloria:
Fantroy, Marquita Hall, Sylvia King, Floyda Lovelady, Tonya Mitchell, Donna Rowell and Feleta .
Wilson Into th_!...profe sional nur. s organization. Th sorority, in conjunction with the 0 trolt :
Black Nur�s As oclatlon, will pr .ent their annual work. hop "H 81th Care: Th Cutting Edg • at .
Detroit R celving Hospital, Crockett Center, May 22.
I RRY A n J W Forre t
aid they filed uit in April 1992
again t Fred R. and Lou Jane
Warner of Jane ville after a real
e tate agent rep ted their pur­
cn e off r on a Beloit home being
old y th Warner, but the
W� rn then had a letter writt n tn
th real tate nt and the coupl
rejecting the offer.
, Julian, wh repres nted th F r-
tory
Lawyer: Award i
bigge t in tate hi
.MADISON, WIS. (AP)-The' et­
tlement of a Beloit housing di­
crimination ca e-including a
record damage award and a list of
.anctions on future real e tate
deal �hould help top racial bi
in home ales, a lawyer say .
,. I think it ends a clear message
that you can't play fast and loose
anym re with the Fair Housing
Law," Percy Julian aid. "If you.
do you're oing to be in big
trouble." {
Julian id the award of
167, to the B loit couple who
filed th U, . 01 rrict Court uit
was the large t mglc h USlOg di -
crimin ti n ettlement in Wi con-
in hi tory ..
'" t' a real deterrent to tho e
who w uld violate the law because
it dem nstrat that the law has
teeth," he ald.
r ts, said Warner had told real
tate agents he did not want the
house old to Bl cks, and he had
been advi ed by a realtor that he
couldn't follow that directive.
The Forre t said they were
traveling from California to Beloit
when the deal was rejected.
I nstead of moving into the hom
they thought they had purchased
for $54000, they had to live in a
motel for about six weeks and put
their belongings in torage until
they could find another home, For­
r t aid.
TH RFALTY OMPANY
then took the Forr 15 to Beloit'
Equal Opportunity Commi ion to
file a complaint.
Julian aid the h d been
cheduled for trial Monday, but a
cons nt degree between the parti
was approved by Judge Barbara B.
Crabb of Madi on on Friday.
In addition to the award to the
Forrests, the ttlement provided
S ,7 0 for Century 21-Hart, Kruse
& Boutelle Irc., a real estate firm,
for its 10 t comml ion on the
ho.ne, and 2,049 t the iry 0
B 100t for the rrunal inve ti ation
.0 the case by th Equal Oppc rtu­
nity Comml I n.
Julian aid the nt d r
also pecifies:
.The Warners must pay the ity
of Beloit $200 and. are njoined
rom any further violation 0 hous­
inglaw.
.They must create a blind trust
to market real tate, with a trustee
to be appointed by the court. Julian
aid the "trust instrument" i to b
filed by the Warne within 60
day.
.For the next 10 years, the trus-
tee is to handle ny ales, I or
rental for property in which th
Warne own more than 50 per-
ern.
.Warn r has 180 day to att nd
and participate in a f ir housing
. eminar in Milw auke or Dane
County.
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