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VOL. xv NO. 35 A" tntouncct Pe-ople I'; :l f II'" ("'(1/>'1' JULY 18 - 24. 1993
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build caree "on the b "of ucb
defendants.
The un ual cballenge by U.S.
District Judge Teny Ha er, of the
Central District of Californi came
as Reno fielded questio primarily
concernin immigration and gang
violcoce at a wnba1l meeting.
Under the 1 t-time
offend often
in oflO y .: t r . d t
a consequence of e . ting guide­
lin that h m t enforce, "young
BI and brown m are bei
LOS GE P)- A federal
judge today challenged Attomey
General Janet Reno on th faim sof
drug entencing guidelin to people
of color and aid white prosecuto
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economic
power
ATl.ANTA Doing for others
what others never did for them, the
African National Cong has drafted
a bill of rights that will guard both
whi and minority Blac when de­
mocraey bccom the law in South
Africa.
African
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Black economic power.
" A democratic political order m t
be based on the majority principle, -
pecially in a country where the vast
majority have been sy tematically de­
nied their rights," Mandela said during
a special convocation hoooring him at
Clark Atlanta University Sunday.
Mandela, 74,' widely expected to
become the country' first Black presi­
dent after electio tentatively set for
next pring.
He must deal not only with a white
minority that is urrenderingpowerbut
. with a trong Zulu nation whose lead- .
ers said Sunday � will oppose mul­
tiracial elections unles they are
guaranteed the Zulu homeland would
be pr erved.
TIle Zulus want a nation made up
of partly autooomous ta .
Garbage is big news in Highland
Park . the I of 43 jobs as
the city hires a priva e company
to co ecttrash. HP residents Mrs.
Wheeler, Mrs. White and Mrs.
Bracy examine the oew garbage
cans the city wil buy from City
Municipal Services for residents
at a cost of $8.95 each. (photo by
Wanda F. Roquemore) .
o
a trong fed­
eral government with th power to re­
dress the i neq ui ti of apartheid.
In his Atlanta peech July 11, Man­
dela said neg nators working to create
the new nation "must guard against
proposal that will demobilize dem -­
racy under the guise of power- har­
mg."
"We are, however, committed to
safeguarding the righ of pohtical and
otber d re min nn ," he said.
That, he . d . where a bill of
rights uch that written and publi b­
ed by C in vember 1 m t
be a cnttcal part of dem ratic govern­
ment.
Democracy and human rights he
aid, are inseparable.
See POWER, A8
By MICHAEL P. EAL
Strong say , because far too many
BI c either wor in aning assem­
bly JO ,or are unemplo ed,
" 0 other ethnic group i any­
where near that," aid Dr. Strong.
"And begging white busin to
com bac Detroit' oot tbe solu­
tion."
tJTB111ELD. MI-Empoweriog
the maU busin . man has been the
bandy motto 0 a number of mayoral
candidates along the campaign trail.
The small business owne who
have)' teoed to claims of expanded
and empowered minon ty opportuni­
ti are wondering how and if their.
lot will actuall improve.
"The ability to promote Black
bus in endeavo would be the
mo t important function of a new
mayor," says Dr. Peter Stron ,a den­
tist of 30 years in Detroit. Special
provisions hould mad for the
generation and noun hment of mall,
mmonty-owned bust es, Dr.
D
mall core of busi
who cornpri e the 0 and County
Bus in Consortium an organize­
tion geared toward th recruitment
am development of Afncan-Ameri­
can owned b i es particularly in
Oakland County.
Their ron ms were recently ad­
dressed by mayoral candidate Attor­
ney Sharon cPbail.
SeeBACK,A5
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"Government hasn't yet figured
out that culture chan and b i­
n opportunin are different...We
need to figure out that lh federal and
. s e government are not the cavalry,
they are not going to ride in and ve
us" McPhail aid, during the
OCBC' monthly muting Saturda
July 12 at rthland Mall.
. McPhail talked mamly a ut
cleaning up th runaw y crime en
10 Detroit, tightening a I Iy or­
ganized in ficient police d part­
ment and creating economic
incentives u b a Detroit-owned
i wance company.
She also propo ed elopmg an
intemati nal trading port alo . t
S HELP,A8
By TUREKA TURK
Mlchpn CItIzen
A A-It eerns
herever Mini r Loui Far­
rakhan trave controversy fol­
low . nus time the eontrove y
. urrounding Farrakhan and
the Frenchp
Farrakhan po e at' the
000 African American Summit
Conference in Libreville, Ga­
bon, of the relatio hip between
African lead and their former
colonial masters and African­
American and African unity.
Farrakhan, . n a irnilar
peech he delivered in Ghana,
said "When we com to
what we and feel what we
feel, it is no worderthat God
judged this world and con­
demned it to be total) and com­
pletely, d troyed. Any or'
who ees thi hould be 0
moved that you will never ell
out the future of your people for
y van
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Se ATTACK, A8
LARRY HOOKER- "Yes. If
suburbanites are senous about
coming together, what be er
w�y ls there for us 0 unite?