VOL. XVI NO. 28 An Informed People is A Free People JUNE 5 - 11, 1994
Khalid Abdul Muhammad, the Nation of I lam figure shot on
Sunday in Riverside, Calif., addre ing a Los Angele
crowd the day before.
M
lim hit
a trial
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protection while h pitalized.
OTHER VICTIM IN the
at ck were security guards,
Vernado Puckett, 34, with
gunshot wou nds to both 1 gs
and the chest but listed in
good condition, Caliph Sadig,
33, and a bystand r Terrell D.
Str it, 20, who w hot in th
houlder and stomach. They
wer treated and released
along with one other ecurity
member.
According to Riverside Po­
lice Chief Ken Fortier, Bess
allegedly used a 9mm semi­
automatic pistol and will be
charged with six counts of at­
t mpted murder.
According to th New York
Times, there is bad blood he­
w n Muhammad and Bess
nd th shooting s ms to
st m from personal nim ity
b tw n two "demagogu s."
Bess was booted out of the
organization b u his doc-
rin differ d from that of the
I lamic church. .
Th qu tion of intern I
turmoil and possible power
ruggl among th Nation's
hier rchy ha be n raised
throughout the country, echo-
See RUN, B8
9y JERVL BARGINEAR
Mlchlfl!n Citizen
An assassin tion att mpt
was carried out unday, May
29, against the re ntl sus­
pended and controv rsial Na­
tion of Islam pok man,
Khallid Abdul Muh mmad,
following a 'Black Oppr ion
and Empowerment' lecture
delivered at the U niv ity of
California at Riv ide.
According to the New York
Tim s, the alleged ailant,
Jam Edward B ,49, of
Tacoma, W h., is said to be
an exp lIed m mber of the
Nation's eattle br nch, and
a ubordinat at one point
and time, to Muhammad.
B s, who w s b t nearly
un on ciou by n ngry
crowd of Muhammad up­
port , re ived a broken
shoulder in the hing. Min.
Muhammad, 46, received
gunshot wound to bo h legs
where, ording to h pit I
admini trators, h bull t
still lodge du to th I aders
reluctan to ign a r _l
form for doctor to remov
hem.
H is in s bl condi ion.
Both B and Muhammad
m in und rhea vy poli
,
is also a d troyer of stable fami­
li and self-respectingindividu­
al who could be contributing to
ociety.
"WE RE CONCERNED
that the 'three strik and you're
out' concept does not m to
leave room for the inquiry as to
whether an individual has also
turned down -three good job of­
fers or three scholarships. "
In the letter to Clinton the
professors vowed to work with
community people in providing
the needed education.
"These campuses would in­
itially have ajunior-college char­
acter," the professors wrote,
"accepting, among others, tu­
dents without high school diplo­
mas, preparing all tudents for
success in higher education, in­
cluding vocational schools, or for
successful entry into the work­
force," the wrote.
Dr. I .
ganized the group, chair oft
Peopl' CDr Co . of t
Republic of N w Afrika and an
associate professor of political
,
c:ience at Prairie Vie� A M
Unive ity in Tema.
"We a people," Dr. Oba Ie
See BIU". B
BENJAMIN HOOKS
Roo -- r tire
to MeDl his
DETROIT (AP)- Former
NAACP director Dr. Benjamin
L. Hooks says it's time to low
down.
Hooks, who spent the past SO
years commuting between De­
troit and his congregation in
Memphis, has decidedto I ve
the Greater New Mt.: Moriah
Baptist Church in Detroit.
He told more than 2,500 pe0-
ple who gathered to say goodbye
Sunday that, as he approached
his 70th birthday, he knew he
couldn't continue his hectic
pace. He aid he and wife,
Fran , prayed about where to
go. They leave for Memphis on
Tu day.
"She never told me what to
do, but every time I mentioned
Memphis, she had a smile on her
face," Hooks id.
HOOK , THE FORMER
director of the National Associa­
tion for the Advancement of CoI­
ored People, has also been a
judge and served on the Federal
Communications Commission.
U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-
See HOOKS. A8
r.y arilyn Pre ton Klilingham
� .cl.' to th. Michl .n C/tIz."
ASHI GTO ,D.C. - A group
of educators has called on Presi­
dent Bill Clinton to delete the
"three strik and you're out"
provisions of the crime bill now
in a Hou -Senate conference
committee, or to suspend the
provisions for ten years.
These prof ors - some of
them longtime leaders ofth suc­
cessful, independent Black
school movement - have made
a last-minute appeal for a major
change in direction away from a
policy that emphasizes police
and prisons. . .
They ek enlargement of th
bill's educational provisions to
provide lOon -billion-dollar
campuses run by Black educa­
tors, with no strings attached.
The group seeks substantial
financial support for efforts like
the Miami project where Black
mi . CO racto
banded to her in an It to
provid pay- -you-lee.rtl on-t -
job training in th building
trade for "at-risk- m nand
wotn I}.
In a oompanion letter sent by
the professo to Rep entative
K eisi Mfume, chair of the Con-
"Ourconcern ·
mod ed by the
waste of Blac
genius
repre ent d by 0
manyBlack
males in. prison
and, arguablj,
on their way to
prison. "
By NATHANIEL SCOTT
SpecllJl to the Michigan Citizen
HIGHLAND PARK - When
state Senator David Holmes, Jr.,
died Saturday, May 22, 1994,
Henry E. Stallings II, the only
Democrat who had filed for the
largely Democratic Michigan
3rd Senatorial District, wa
thrust into a position that many
say is a win-win situation.
Senator Holmes' death was a
shock to many. Stallings id he
"deeply regrets" th passing of
the Senator and that he, lik
many, is "still grieving."
However, politi being what
it is, Stallings is gearing up for
what he expec to be a succ
ful campaign.
"My primary goal," hid, "is
to create positiv programs of'ac-
Lambda Chi chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. recently hosted their annual Schol r hip/F hion
Luncheon chaired by soror Sarah Vaughn. The nnual event provid funding for cholar hips
for minority nur ing students, Africare, Malawi Health Project nd num rou ch ritabl org niza­
'tio . Implementin the motto, 'Servic For Humanity', oror volunt r in canc r educ tlon and
cr ening, mentoring nd tutoring. "Through our Chi·T en ' at T ft Middle School Com ct
bling in Detroit in three separate
referendums and unle they
change their minds, the issue of
casino gambling is a moot point.
One of Stallings' businesses,
Stallings One Stop Art Gallery,
is in Highland Park and when
the issue that no minoriti seem
to be working on the Davison
Fre way project, which runs
through the city, he said, "If
there are no minoriti working
on that project, someone will
have to answer."
HE W 0 critical of a
recent story .that ran in the De­
troit Free P which charac­
terized him as the "longtime
loser looks like a winner (and)
al o-ran is favored after na-
.tor' death."
See SEAT. B8
futur in nur ing or rei t d 81th
tion of National Nur e We k •• o.ror.
v. Frederick Sampson, Pa tor with Soror
gr ional Black Caucu , the
professo wrote:
m iva by
Waste ofBla genius repre­
�l.� by 0 many Black mal
in prison and, arguably, on their
way to prison. This phenomenon
tion at the local level to help eve­
ryone in our city. My major areas
of concern are crime prevention,
health care programs for senior
citizens, restoring, rebuilding
and revitalizing our neighbor­
hoods and retail strips, property
tax reform, the creation of eco­
nomic development initiativ
that create jo I training, bu i­
ness opportuniti ,mass transit
and housing."
HE AL 0 MAl TAIN ,
"The people' agenda is my," and
after-a brief paus added, "and
just do the right thing. "
For now that right thing is
adhering to the wishes of the
people insofar as casino gam­
bling is concerned.
He maintains, the people
have turned down casino gam-