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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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