L Toya d
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YORK, - Ou pok n
and often controversi I ctivist
Rev. Al Sh rpton appears ready
to announce his intention to run
for th U.S. Senate. One Sharp
ton upporter ys the formal
announcement will come on
February 22. But Sharpton has
refused to announce an exact
date. He would be running
against veteran New York
democrat Senator Daniel Pat
rick Moynihan. Currently there
i only one Blac in the 100-
member U.S. Senate.
nti- arrakhan
"campaign appears to fail
LO GELES. CA - In the
till controve ial wake of his
out-of-court ttlement of a child
mol tation uit, Michael Jack
son' older ister LaToya added
to the controversy. ntly by
su ting that her uper-star
brother was a child molester
who "preferred little white
boys"
Her comments came during
the taping of a segment for the The controversy began this
tabloid television show "Inside Ron Brown , month when Jewish groups and
Edition." Asked if she felt Mi- some media organizations pres-
chael was a child abuser, she cleared of sured Black leaders to denounce
ans ered "he's capable of doing anti-Jewish remarks made last
that." She also asserted that Mi- bribery. charges November by top Farrakhan
chael once told her he preferred aide Khalid Abdul Muhammad.
"little white boys" and did not MlAMl,FL-Duringthesame Muhammad blasted Jews as
want to "waste my time with w�k President Clinton decided "thieves" and "bloodsuckers" of
women." to lIft the .19-y�r-old trade em- the Black community. Even Far-
According to La Toy a , Michael bargo against VIetnam, the na- , rakhan denounced some of the
also kept a human brain in a jar tion' first 'Black Secretary of remarks "vile and mean-spir-
Commerce Ron Brown was ited."
at his home. Meanwhile, the pop cleared of charges that he ac-
super-star is trying to repair his cepted a $700,000 bribe to get That denunciation and demo
damaged reputation - after the embargo lifted. The charge tion of Muhammad was appar-
�ing an !mated 50 .��Ui0!l w mad by Vietnam busi- ently enough to ati, fy most
nessman Ly Thanh hili all!
- wit blic a =::..JL.� had ..
an . The most prominent will
be the" Jackson Family Honors"
show scheduled to be broadcast
over the NBC network February
22.
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eglected
Chicago children
may reflect
growing trend
CmCAGO, IL - Entrenched
poverty, growing out-of-wedlock
births, drug use and parental
neglect all combined to produce '
a recent horror story in Chicago.
Police, on a drug raid, found no
drugs, but instead 19 dirty, hun
gry children living in a squalid
Chicago apartment in a poverty
ridden, drug-infested neighbor
hood.
The children (all Black)
ranged in age from 1 to 14 and
two of them were said to b com
peting with the family dog for
food lying on the floor. All the
children were apparently the
offspring of four sisters. Two
women and one man were ar
rested.
Child advocate Patrick. T.
Murphy said such neglect is in
creasing nationwide: "The num-:
ber is unusual but the scenario
is a daily occurrence. That's th
real tragedy."
Meanwhile, some critics
blamed both drugs and the war
against drugs for such situ
ations. In this cas ,for example,
police and child welfare officials
had failed to adequately respond
to neighbors' complaints about
treatment of t�e children. They
only acted when a report of
drugs being sold from the apart
ment was filed. No drugs were
found.
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Upper income
& poor Blacks
move in dill r nt
direction
ANN ARBOR. MI - According
to an analysis of C nsus Bureau
data by a r s r h r with the
University of Michigan Popula
tion Studies Center, college edu
cated and poor Blacks are
moving to different U.S. cities.
,
a Miami grand jury.
WASIDNG • DC - Efforts
by various Jewish groups to
break an "alliance" between tra
ditional Black leaders and Na
tion of I lam leader Louis
Farrakhan appears to have
failed.
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ting
for
sional Black Caucus head Kweisi
Mfume said he was "satisfied"
and national Black political
leader Jesse Jackson also ex
pressed approval.
But Jewish groups continued
to denounce Farrakhan and ex
pressed dismay at the willing
n of traditional Black leaders
to continue relations with the
Nation of Islam. Particularly un
happy was the Anti-Defamation
League (ADL) which first
launched the anti-F rrakhan
campaign with a full page ad in
the New York Times.
Meanwhile, during a press
conference, Farrakhan accused
the ADL of being "anti-Black"
and added, "If we can repudiate
Khalid for his words, who will
repudiate America for its deeds
(against Blacks)."
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