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VOL. XVI NO.5 An Informed Peopto Is A Free People DECEMBER 19 - 25, 1993
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By CRAIG HILL
Aflchl".n Citizen
THE CAMPAIGN has in­
cluded a song produced by the
NAACP's Detroit chapter, called
"Com Back Home to th
NAACP," which carri "an up­
beat Motown sound," Chavis
said.
The cl.vil • ta 0 gani ti
also has improved computer sys­
tems and more personal contact
with vera! of the 2,108 local
NAACP chapters, he said.
Michigan's participation in
the NAACP has always been
historic according to Carl Breed­
ing, president of the Michigan
State Conference.
Breeding said the overall
membership of NAACP chap­
ters in Michigan equals to
50,000 members.
Also, Breeding said that
Michigan had the largest mem­
bership in the NAACP than any
of the other forty-nine states
during the last two years.
NAACP membership ha
grown nearly 20 percent since
the Rev. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.
took over in April, with half of
n membe und r th of
26.
overall h i in di-
rect ponse to an aggressive
recruitment· campaign," Chavis
said Saturday. "This is a na­
tional campaign to revitalize the
image of the NAACP."
Chavis was selected execu­
tive director over other. candi­
dates for the high-profile job in
part to help make the NAACP
more appealing to the young.
With the 115,000 members
who joined the National Asso­
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored People since April, the
total active membership is at
615,000, said lewis Myers Jr.,
national deputy director.
"Our children are coming
back home," Myers said.
S NAACP,IIB
Toni Morrison d
change
at the top
help Detroit
olice?
GRAND OPENING OF the n w Highland Park Plaza drew
politclana, b 1118 nd civic leader and a large crowd to the
Woodward and Manche ter location, Saturday Dec. 11. A phar­
macy, silo store and clothing shops ar already dC?lng a brl k
busln s, aid Harriet Saper teln of DEYCO during remarka at the
Toni Morrison'
s
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Toni Morrison, author and
Princeton University prof r, received the Nobel Prize for lit­
erature DeC. 3. On Tuesday she gave the Nobel Lecture at the
Swedish Academy hall. Here is the prepared text of that address.
(A gnat is an oral historian or storyteller in some Western
African cultures.)
"Once upon a time th re was an old woman. Blind but wise."
Orwas it anold man? Aguru,perh ps. Oragriotsoothingrestless
children. I have heard this story, or one exactly like it, in the lore
of several cult
S e, TONI MORRISON, Page B-8
ribbon cutting c r mont s. M t r of Ceremonies for th . occa­
alon, Milton Downe., promla d that the location nd availability
of parking would draw .hoppers and their dollar into Highl nd
Pink from a wide ar ao Additional tore are slat d for J nuary
opening. (Photo by Fred Joyner) .
chools left out
of Chrysler ct
Will see solution'
By RON SEIGEL
Aflchl".n Citizen
The City of Highland P rk
this month accepted t I -
ment where Chrysler a to
pay $30 million to th city ov r
three y a1'S. �
In 1985, ne ing city rmis­
sion to move to Auburn Hilla so
that it could get a tax br k t
its new location, Chry I r id
S PACT,IIB
HIGHLAND PARK The
Highland Park School Board is
considering its options in the
wake of the Chrysler pull out.
One option is to ue the city
which worked out its own. deal
and left the schools out in the
cold.
-Even though there will be a
new police chief the changes
will be coming forward wJth the
new administration."
"No. One person isn't going to
make that big of difference."
"I think the change was for the
best. The ex-chief didn't seem
to speak of his own volition ....
"I'd like to see a change In
tactics during a crisis situation,
especially carjacking. It
- Larry Ricketts
-Dav Ro ch
- Joyce Cart r
- Delore B n