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Demon trator at Ry n Correctional Facility are demanding the Michigan 0 partment of Corrections
fulfill promi e made to the community b fore th pri on wa built. S e tory on page AS. (phot� by
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By ALLISON JONES
By HEATHER MCEVOY
Specl., to Michigan Citizen
BATON ROUGE - A combina- I
tion of legal, economic and po- ,I
litical strategies - local and I
national _._ designed to increase
th pressure on the U.S. Con­
gress and Pre id nt, to pass
rep rations legislation during
the coming two years was ap­
proved last weekend, October
29, by th Board of Directors of i
N' OBRA, th National Coali-I
tion of Blacks for Reparations in
America, announced Detroit
reparations activi t and Board
member Ra Jenkins.
I OBRA chapters are
in a major voter regis­
tration drive, according to
Jenkins.
They are to work with groups
already involved in voters regis­
tration, in order to create a
solid, national bloc of voters fa­
voring reparations. N'COBRA
said th target is the Presiden­
tial and Congr ional election
in 1996.
Additionally, N'COBRA's Le­
gal Commission i s udying
whether a winning, class-action
law suit n b til , Jenkins
said.
Rouge, Louisiana, stated that
th law suits already being filed
by individuals in th United
Sta , a well as h campaign
not to pay ta unt.il the U.S.
p ys the reparations which are
owed, are signs that the repara­
tions mo ment is taking d p,
wide-spread, and vibrant roots."
How ver, the 0- hair
stressed that 'COBRA I w­
yers, most of whom are mem­
bers ofth National Confe
of Black Lawyers BL), can­
not provide legal servic for
each ofth m ny I UI bing
filed.
N'COBRA can act cl ar-
inghouse forInformation bout
th e suits, th y aid, provided
that peopl rio ify N' BRA of
THE COALITIO '8 na­
tional co-chairs, Kalonji
Olu gun of Washington, D.C.,
and Johnita Scott of Baton
By MA Y HOLLENS
SpeCial to the Michigan Citizen
Detroit Environm ntal
Group C II on Highland Park
, �n.vironmentali t To Join Oppo-
ition of Requ t to D troit City
Coun il to "F t Tr ck" P rmit
for Propo d Wood Wa t Proc-
essing Plant . '
Detroite Working For Envi-
. ronrn nja 1 J u tice CDWEJ) D­
troi ba.d nvironmental
organization ha a ked High­
I !l� Park nvironm ntal group,
Citizen Empow r d for A
Clean Environment ( IE E) to
formally join oppo ition to th
"fast tracking" of a proposed
Wood W t Pr ing plant in
Detroit.
tain competent legal coun ] to
do so, Jenkins said.
"We have almost a millionAf-
. rican Americans in Detroit,
alone," Jenkins said. "One dol­
lar from each would provide le­
gal fees to get this done - and
we're only talking about De-
troit." .
Please see ADOPT. AS
It i wron.
r imbu ed for
their uits ..
Information should be sent to
the national office at P.O. Box
62622, Washington, D.C.,
20029-2622. N'COBRA may
I also be able to help plaintiffs
locate lawyers, if nec sary, ac­
l cording to the Co-Chairs, be­
[. cause it is vital that people who
i . decide to sue for reparations ob-
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By RON SEIGEL
Michigan Citizen
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YOUNG. GIFTED. TALENTED. - Bertnna A. Thomas is 12-year
old student at the University Uggett School in Grosse Pointe. Sh
tudies violin. She favors classical and gosp I music and on
day he would like to play with the Detroit Symphony Orchestr
nd later play Carnige Hall. (photo by N Sc )