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velo r.
City tated th t rom-
petiti bidding was no longer a
requi ment. A rep entative of
th Community nd Economic
D lopm nt partment id
that ince citizen district coun
cil only made recommendations
bout develop rs nd did not
ha final power, rules about
conflict of int r st did not apply.
Call nd r id that the dis
trict council members cho e
W shington, beam e they knew
and trusted him and he had con
tributed his own money to the
proj t th very beginning.
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for
money, hid, had
n ta en out of fund th dis
trict council won in a uit and
gave to th nonprofit to uild
hopping nter.
Walk r id the nonprofit
par solu ion t i . April
14 meeting t ting th t the
money could not b ta
without board pprov 1.
Callender states th t the
transaction w pproved by th
rd.
He ta ed that th city would
not have I t th housing develop
ment go through, unle th non
profit put $7,000 d wn a a
'BUT THE CONVENTION
center in downtown Detroit was
filled with proud men and
wom n, many in colorful robes
and dashikis, ho said time w
up for the United Stat to make
good on th promise of .. 40 acres
nd a mule."
That once- made promise was
never delivered to freed sla
In a corner, a booth for an
Atlanta bookstore sold publica
tions on how to trace your family'
roots. Another booth old Afri-
n clothing.
Gal. H.L. ell of San Di-
go, Calif., of the Adam Clayton
Powell Society, handed out
"kits," or thick printed instruc
tions, on how to file for repara
tions in a U.S. federal court."
Other participants included
ation of Islam ministers, uni-
ve ity pro rs nd roo
uetivists Hk Jahahara H rry
Armstrong.
Armstrong came from Chi
go armed with his "It's Pay
� ack Time" T-shirts and a
cassette tape of � reggae song,
"We Demand Reparations for Af
rican People," in which he sings
nd plays percussion.
ork ity r lly
y U military in-
ntion of Haiti was held at
I 1 19 H pital Wor -
rtin Luth r King, Jr.
r nter.
"Why should the a U.S. inter
'Vi n ion in Haiti be any different
f m th 1983 invasion of Gre
n d? r th U.S. invasion of
"I ma in 19 9, with the P nta
gon covering-up the deat of
4,000 civilians, who were buried
in unmarked mass graves?"
For this rea on, ob erver
note that the new housing n ver
made up for the hom that w re
tom down under urban newal.
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-IT'S TIl\1E. IT'S time for us
to get paid," Armstrong said.
"People don't know their self
worth."
N'COBRA, founded in 1989, is
n umbrella organization for
many groups tha differ in the
kind of redre th y want.
Some want cash or tax exemp
tions;. others want land. Still,
others have proposed setting up
a scholarship fund. Some just
want a formal apology.
Rather than singling the form
of payment, which could divide
the group, organizers believe the
Clinton administration' should
first acknowledge that repara
tions are due.
"We're here to get paid.
Money, that's what we want.
And that's what we're going to
get," said Minister Sammi Mu-.
harpmad of the Nation of Islam
in Detroit to pplause and
shou of approval.
"If the administration would
give us a sign, w can work some
thing out We'r flexible," said
icero Lov , who h ds the D -
roit chapt r of N' BRA.
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