VOL. XV NO. 38 ;;llllflfOflllt'd Pl'OP/(' Is A FIC'c Pcoptc AUGUST 8 1-l 1993
By Patricia Colbert
Mlch n Citizen
ex. - African­
Americans and people of color
1 sat in silence hile membe of
an all white School Board spent
millio if taxpayers dolla .
Angry r idents attending
the meeting said it was like
stepping back in time but it was
actually a meeting of the
Hamtramck Board, June 15th
at Hamtramck High.
Although the Board de-
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cri the n "Equal
Opportunity Employer," Jam
Sephers, State youth dvisorfor
tb NAACP' . Th
a Bl ck admin- '
the hi tory of
Hamtramc Public School ,
Sephers says.
Activitie and community
leade showed contempt for
th all white School Board by
refusing to stand, when asked
to salute the flag.
Several pplicants complain
that they have atfplied for van­
ou po it ion ith the
Hamtramck School board but
a tum down. They fi It that
t . r kin color the deciding
factor.
Sephers ays it's not j ust skin
color, "Nepotism' the reason.
m Blacks and som whites
can not get hired into the if you
are kin to someone. You got
grandmothers, uncles, sisters,
brat , cousins and' a multi-
NAACP: Cop
harassment
•
up In
suburbs
By TUREKA TURK
DETROIT - Reports of'police
harassment of Blacks are on the
rise, id President of the De­
troi Chapter of the NAACP,
Rev. Wendell Anthony, at a
p co nfe renc h ld re ntly.
The NAACP plans to do some-
bing about it.
Anthony, joined t the p
conference by SOSAD founder
Clementine Barfi ld, school
bo rd member Kwame Ken­
ya nd others, said the rise
See, .N.AACP, pag 86
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tude of in-la drawing a pay-
ch ," Sephe said.
School Superintendent John
Radwaski denied the allega­
tions. Some of the employ
are related but they became re­
lated while working for the
chool board, Had ki said.
"WHENEVER THERE a
job opening," aid Bad waski,
" nd the announcement to
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PROTEST,A8
o·
,
CO�-­
eady
By RON SEIGEL
longer play in the alley. People
could no longer sit on their Front
porch or bac porch, Citizens
were being held hosta . No one
should be forced to put up with a
health hazard."
S 'd t
garb ge 1 w t decision
by the oth r membe of the
Highland Park City Council ap­
proving Mayor Linsey Porter's
plan to privatize city garbage
ervices. Forty-three city work­
ers have lost their jo as a result
of th private company taking
over garbage collection.
The Porter Administration
admitted there were garbage
problem in th transition, but
maintains that privatization will
allow the city to provide ade­
quate services at lower cost,
The administration claims
privatization is nece ary be­
cause of th loss.in a tax base
caused by Chrysler moving to
Auburn Hills.
Johnson presented a plan .
which she claimed would cut ex-
See JAIL, A8
HIGHLAND P - Highland
Park Councilwoman Greta
-Iohnson said he' ready to face
r ofcl\J'll bedl nee
to protest cl '1 to P
up rb
To protest the lack of city gar­
bage pickups Johnson burned
her garbage on July 13. The act
violates a city ordinance.
She emphasized she does not
want anyone else to follow her
example, because he fears this
"would be very dangerous", cre­
ating a fire hazard and an envi­
ronmental problem.
She said that she took preeau­
tions - placing the garbage in a
small, neat pile, and having a
portable phone, which she could
use to contact the fire depart­
ment, if it got out of control.
Johnson said there were mag­
gots, flies, rodents, nd stench
which endangered liv �.
"PEOPLE WERE AT risk,"
she said. "Children could no
ew
By JULIE REYNOLDS
� clal to the Michl lin CItizen
It is rumored that th Detroit
News is planning a special -
tion gear d towards African
Am ricans. In light of the pa­
per's history in the Black com­
munity and it's poor record of
hiring Black people, many view.
the planned publication as an
effort to increase declining circu­
lation.
Although i� has no been
made official, the Community
Affairs Director for the Detroit
News, Laydell Wood Harper,
said the idea has been po
"We have not made a fin I
decision and the idea has not
been confirmed. I suggest that
you contact me in August be­
cause this . n't omething that
will happen next week," said
Harper in an interview in rly
June.
Sh refused to discuss how
e
la
est, sports, news and education.
According to Townsend, there
will individuals in charge of
th editori 1 nd n ws aspect of
th c ion and som one in
char of marketing.
" 0 deci ion h been made,
the ' nothing happening now.
W 're always talking about
ways to improve coverage of the
city of Detroit," said Luther
See EDITION, AS
th . paper would tructured,
when it would rome out, or what
udi n it would target.
"WE DO OT know what the
paper would consist of at this
point, " id Harper.
on th I , according to th
paper's Executive Secretary,
Townsend, th new edition will
b a w kly ion publish in
th troit New consisting of
local adv rtisem nt, local int r-
I thir,k that, by now, if the peace
keeping force hasn't worked
yet, then they should pull out.
No, Somalia needs the help we
are giving them. The -U.N.
always helps countries, it is
about fime that they help a
Black country.
-Victor H milton
I think the U.N. should
withdraw. We can only help
people so much. We need to
deal with some of the problems
we have here at home.
r m n
-Winon oody
The U.S. is in for a rude
awakening; they need to be
over here taking care of their
own problems.