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August 08, 1993 - Image 8

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Publication:
Michigan Citizen, 1993-08-08

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. 'Prai e I
lrnpor d dally,
from rhe fres ,
clean, healrhy
orers 0 Conodc'
T
Den' S
writer and D reporter fer the
Angel Sentinel, are linear
toLogan' .
S tzman
her of the Bla p for over 22
y.H thLATim
made an attempt to implement
. milar idea by publishing a
. on called the City Tim .
"It's just competition but they
on't last for a couple of reasons.
One, they still can not do the
'BedRock' type of covera the
B' y
co clmrch and i i-
mate details about the Blac
community. Generally speak­
ing, people are not trusting of
'Goliath'. The roit news and
the LA Times has a bad reputa­
tion with til Black community,"
id Schatzman.
"They're still corporate Amer­
ica so they're ill going to run
,that section like they run their
paper because leopards don't
change their spots,· aid
Schatzman.
Sunnie Wilson, one of De­
troit's most uceessful and re­
spected Black businessmen of
t 1930s commented on the his­
tory of the Detroit ews' cover­
age of Blacks.
continued from peA 1
pe by less drastic means
through an across the board cut
in salaries and elimination of
some administrative positions.
JOHN 0 AID THAT by
May she was "bombarded by
calls" from citizens complaining
about garbage conditions. Some,
she said, threatened to burn
their own garbage in prot ,
hich could have caused severe
safety problems. She said her ac­
tion prev nted this by focusing
. public attention on the probl m
and getting the administration
to take som action on pickups.
Citizens are complai ning that
garbaga i till a rious p b­
lem. Johnson wen to Highland
Park District Court on July 26,
but jurisdiction was changed to
another court. She said h did
not hen the trial would
take place.
She said be may have a fine
of $50 for a fi t offense, but he
will refuse to pay and go 0 jail,
for th sake of principle.
Johnson noted thi was the
30th annive ry of the year
Martin Luther King went to a
Birmingham jail in civil disobe- '
dience to pro t gregation
la
n't the first person to do
. be id,

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