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VOL. XVI NO. 46 An Infonned People is A Free People OCTOBER 9 - 15. 1994
By ALISON J ES
chlg n Citizen
Th Unit d S who invad
countri and to w r in the name
of protecting hum n righ will now
h to confront human righ ab
of its own within i boundari
cism i th issue; a United
inv ti tion i t forum.
Thirty yea ago El Haij Malik EI
lcolm called for n in-
v tigation by th United ation
Commi ion on Human Righ into
th probl ms of Africans in Am rica.
"W tand def ns I , t th mercy
of American racists who murder u at
will for no on oth r than e are
Blac and of African de c nt,"
Shabazz id t th Cairo meeting of
th Organization of African Unity in
July, 1964.
ow, 30 yea nd thr mon h
r, hat prob begin .
Th United ationsCommis ionon
Human Right appointed Mauric
Gl } -Ahanhanzo of Benin, W t Af­
pecial Rapporteur OIJ Raci m,
J�nuary 1, 199 .
Glele begins his inv tigation of ra­
cism in th United Stat ith he r­
ings to be held in H rIem, the w of
October 10 at the Ab inian Baptist
138th
Torture,
a am-
o million African
A d o 1� demand
per­
m nt
,
o
y'
By APRIL CALDWELL
C.plm, New. Servlc.
LANSING - Is Work First,
Michigan' late t welfare reform
program, an incentiv boo ter?
Or is it-still another unrealis­
tic scheme that will keep welfare
recipients in poverty?
The answer depends on who's
analyzingthe.program - Engl r
admini tration official or w I­
ii n' ri h or niz tion 1 ad
Work Firs began on ct. 1
and is designed to help Michigan
bu ine es find employee and
welfare r ipients job, according
,to Maura Camp 11, director of
marketing at t.he Michigan Job
Commi ion,
"One big problem in Michigan
i that there are a lot of job , but
no one with th kills to do
them," aid Camp II.
County approves medical
incinerator for H.P.
By RON SEIGEL
Brent A. Brown is a leading retailer in metro-Detroit. Th tory of his commercial uccess is detailed
on page A-4 as Minority Business Month begins. (photo by Nathani I Scott)
Environm nt i lJ:t from a lo-
cal or itiz ns Em-
'I
t
THE WORK FIR T pro­
gram will supply specific. kill
needed to t the jo to Aid to
Famili with pend n hil-
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By RON SE'IGEL
Mlchlgsn Citizen
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By MAUREEN M. FERFOUA
C pita' News servic«
ional Missionary Baptist Convention
BROlliERHOOD MEMBERS - Posing for picture at th Fellowship Breakfast were, (I-r): Dave Evens
of Chicago, Ill.; Robert Bell of Benton Harbor, Ml; Waymon Smith of California, President of the
Nation I issionary Bapti t Brotherhood Union; and Lee Baker of Chicago, III. Baker is also th
newly appointed Pre ident of the lllino·s Brotherhood Union and the elected srd Vice of the National
Brotherhood Union. (photo by B Brown)
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