…and Fri I VOL. XVI NO :\:\ An Informed Pcoph- is A Frv«: People .JlILY 10 - 16. 19q4 , P rception about race nd crime - particularly involving Afric n American male - trongly color th national crim d teo Though only five percent of a11st t crime now falls under f ral jurisdiction, Democrats nd Republican have r di covered th political potency of the crime' ue; and both politi cal parti are determined to "Get tough" on crime in ...…
…- - - - ------- ------------------------------------------- ..... -----__. ___ Mental health treatment often hard to come by P.'�(' i\:\ VOL. XVI NO. 21 An Informed People Is A Flee People APRIL 10 - 16. 1994 • conolDlc , l outh r By DONNA BRYSON A •• ocl.ted Pre •• Writer South Africa, white hands will still count the mon y. The euphoria gr eting the first all-race election April 26-28 cannot mask the sobering eco nomic le...…
…IAN G-AIDS· 00 d I ding ca among young Blac men in Michigan, according 0 the re cently released 1993 State of Black Michigan report. Black men aged 25-44 were dying from AIDS at a rate of 48.3 per 100,00 in 1990, making the disease th second 1 . ng cause of d th next to homicide. �e figure as up from 20.7 h r 100,000 in 1988, henAIDS Bla om n accounted for Michl n' population in 1990 rate of AIDS among ran ed the fi fth leading ...…
…, By TUREKA TURK lanta, Baton Rouge, �troi rAkron, and other cld plan to a lchlq action uit gai t the .s. govern- Amidst empty, temporary New ment, ccordlng to Je . Year's resolutions promising better Also at the January 2nd meeting jo , financial tability, and healthier N'COBRA planned to spread repe.ra li(i lY. ,the reparations movement tions ware throughout the nation resolved, in a January 2nd meeting in with a march on W hington,...…
…: LOS ANGELES (AP) - The rival . load and Crip gan y they have [oined fo , but for t e ct purpo e they won't y. A flier ddre ed to g ng members i ciJculating on the tree with the ge "Open season on LAPD." • The Police Department, while, . d it i inve tigating s repo th t gang members a leading role in I t week' o . In an unusual gathering of the au:henemy treet g on Tuesday, lp and Blood leaders aid the riots • w t inner-city BI ...…
…dl m I tr C record for I c o p r icipa Ion By TERRY KELLY D orr - Hope of Black contractors for their h re of the propo ed VA ho pit I construction project dropping as f t the thermome ter out ide. And faced with the di mal trac record of the apparent low bidder, Bate on-Dailey, the goal of 20% Black participation on the $230,000 million project seems as unlikely as the reappearance of summer's warmth . Virgil Cobb, president of...…
…ome ay that it I . the most concentrated location for craclc cocaine le in e on County. But the resident of t Par anor, nown a 'Brie City', de cribe it a a nellbbor oocS tbat ent from being a relatively nice place to live, &0 a crime-infested baven for crack cocaine dealen nd en In j t 0 year.. . Tbe 200-u it public ho in project in the northeast drant of MUlke on ei bts il predominately Black. It I al 0 dra n a lot of attention from p...…
…VOL XIII NO 12 February 10-16.1991 I c I d r qu on m h m , Bu h) th t this war mu t be won, but we now this conflict will not la t forever nd w.e need to ddre he pre ing i � ues on the home front ... " "African American h ve 1- w ys shared with our fellow citizens a tot I commitment to the protection nd defense of this nation . . . in our illing ness ... even our e gerness to take up arms whenever the need has arisen .....…
…color of ju ice o her as ail double I andard in son' dea' h Blac la makers plit o chool und,ing , y CgpiIIIl Nnn Svvice By D rrick . Le Correspondent A gun hot in dead-end lIey on M morial Day weekend, end d the life of eventeen y ar-old Regin Id Elli . Th su . P ct. John M. 46, a white m n from SI. Clair Shore, i till at-large Iter a w rrant a i ued for his ar- LANSING - With the ever gro iDg Dumber of school finance pr...…
…c DETRorr - The Detroit Chapter AACP filed suit last gai the Automobil ASIOC:&I· at·1On of erica for r - cial discrimination against the ci y drive . case will affect all inner . drivers cr he tate who pay higher premiums b sed on their ddr ratthan their per sonal driving record. "AAA h m n ch ge exorbitant re on ably higher . premiums to perso "President George Bush' promi e to recapture the American Dream for home er hip ...…
…I ... ! .• # "'." . . .. ,. . ..... I'... ., .. ladeD felt like they were i pri oaed iD their hotel rooms: Grey said, ddiD& that things remained calmed UDtil police officers coefroeted stu dents j ciDg in streets. AD the, studen wan ed to do party, he . d. As they in eir cars playing m . police officers yeUed and ticketed them. "The national Pard stood round with M-l6s nd ith .45 on their hips," Grey said. "Bu when they ot t...…
…IT ByR E Members of the Detroit Tenants Organization (DOT) say their worse fears have come to pass, Governor James Blanchard h signed into law Public Act 226'which bans local gover ments from enacting Fair Rent fa . In a related action, Secretary of DOT Vic . Carvari said the Greater Detroit Chamber of Commer� d ui 0 July 5, . to ba the Ie· tion taken off Of the A 2, 1988 ballot. Judge Ri� Kaufman of the W yoe County Circuit ...…
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…"SER VING THE 25 z STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY" MAY 10 - 16,1987 all orth lin teen cr me 0 hite con r I Turn to Page 2 C· hop in To n hip TurntoPaae4 no to ci Tum to PageS Urb n Le gue for annual b n------ .. �- • I rbar y By James Bala Baptiste DETROIT-The Miclripn Chronicle per in ita May 9 . ue displayed a half page �t for a Rcv Ion product despite a national boycott led by Operation PUSH against the hair c...…
…Teaches aerobics to senior eltlzens Pag.9 Arthur Ash in Kalamazoo Page 3 VOL. VIII 0.37 AUGUST 10 - 16, 1986 wn here with his wife Evelyn and daughter Steph . on t Republican primary election and the chance to o mber. Lu al on a place in hi ory. He' ory. houJd he win in arn '86 vote could repeat '80's doom -Pre i major Blac organization or th ir repr ntative agreed to meet in hington, D.C., Augu t 13-14 to di u the criti al ...…
…VOL. VIII NO.11 FEBRUARY 10 - 1�. 1986 Krusb Groove Stars: Rappin' on who you are rap tyle that i popular among young people tod y. urtis Blow and Run D C ee that rappin h proven to be an effective way to re ch America' youth. , R p i their langu ge," Blow, 'and many r ppers u it to get tronger me ge aero to stay in chool to ay away from dru sind in thi instance, to find out more about who you are d where you come from." ys Syl...…
…KAlAMAZOO AACP FE1E VOL. VII iling deadline nears for B.H. city seats ation Urb n Lea national dri e to e d teen pre cy' aimed t young • Several ideast nations' p� dges told CHICAGO - A 5 million loan from Libyan leader Col. oammar Khadafy f just th fir t trickle of flood of Arab money intended to aid Bl ck economic development in thi country, ation of Islam mIS ter Louis Farrakhan announced Sunday, June 2. F arrakhan said...…
…• 10 NO.45 OCTOBER 10 -16,1984 income Blades eswel les poor SHI GTO , D.C. - In the ey me ure of economic tatus - income, poverty atus and unemploym nt 1 vels - Blac are or off today than in 1980, ccording to a ne udy issued October 4, by the Center on Budget and Policy Prioritie . The tudy, 'Falling Behind: a Report on How Blac Have Fared Under the Reagan Polic ie ," al 0 find th t the econo mic gap between Blacks and whit...…
…OUT· E VOL.V AUGUST 10 - 11, 1 13 I YO ogans e, e to m e more u hed it Day demo ration for Labor Day ee end po er of B c nding United Sa . of the . tion's regio and more than 1800 bran e been alerted to build pport for the effort and a team of three top CP economic expert ith the UII0d3' tOO' 0' F air Share Program are CUlt ntly on a tour of 23 citi to sup- plem local effort . C ot' on Blae Dollar Day - from September 1-5, ...…
…VOL. IV T TO PAGE 3 Sen Tri-County So w BER 10-16,19 2 erry y "City Venture came to ve us no they're ing u to ve them," commen ted one citizen at the onday night city commission meting of a City Venture Corp. (CVC) reque t for aid. "It· the city that is the ey element in refunding p ckage CVC needs to y another year in it five ye revitalization effort. The inne otis b d, pm te, for- profit company h been paid $575,000 to d te ...…
…VOL. IV 0.14 ARCH 1 -1 1 2 GE OF ILLS incub te b· by a variety of . -110 busu· less bUill· !lesses o rUe to maximize IegJSlatlO· n for city fair in the …
…FEBRUARY 10 - 16, 1982 Servi Tri-COunty Southw.!st .. � tter n. e other, indicted by a -federal grand jury 1 o mber, He f ce a e of fraudulently ob taining fund from a 1 cal band, ith Gavin, char e of con pir y to commit bri rv FOI cAf; t te timony + t Patterson, all but o of the c unts e contr ctor ould be dropped and a recornmen ti made to the court of a two-year maximum ntence, th an id G vin d tome id. had b n offered ...…
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…VOL. III O. 1 DECE BER 10716, 1980 SERVI G TRI�OU red th Com-' all er Yar ei . Control Data n t only does busine with South Afri but finds that the 'South African branch is the mo t profitabl out ide this county." Th t ob rvation mad by a Control Data official and quo ed in the ay, 1918 . e of "Southern frica" explain part" lly th computer giant' refu to ithdra from th coun try of aparth id. ontrol Data i the chief o hi...…
…raval before city attempted to t the job of city engineer and public or director combined into ODe. The over mon brough argued, "it' be a Q) cutting m re to eep it tha t Yarbrough's defeated. In r matte c- Ca ytdco ooen be had arranged fc. a meet in ith C itol d � ate developer of the Riftr- Terrace H . g clege1op- ment behind art. a lot of eon community d the p'cket- , _"_ .. '-- "I' eel for a mee With the City Attor...…
…VOL. 1 O. 4 OCTOBER 10-16, 1979 SERVING TRI-COU TV SOUTHWESTERN ICHIGA p, Advise on Urbandale, proiect .. lion include ar of em- p oyment, educati n, h ins, public accommod tion or public service. The . on wiD con- vene at 7:00 P ., onday October 22. The Commis ° n will recon e t 9:00 A ., Tuesday'l October 23 for it regular busine da. Individual or repre tnes of groups ith concern or problems relating to rights of protect...…
…VOLU E 1 NUMBER1S SERVI G TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGA C mmi i ncr; chi f mon them i Kenneth endzcl (R.) the ineligibl , co t f $131,000 uncovered by n udit re son to drop the pro r m. The c t ere in- curred during th beginni ye r of CETA in 1975 and 1976. information to ction. The I of for much 0 th bout. C mmis ioners rol pia ed b dmini tr - tion of CET A under Director eldon Burden in th (cumu- lation of in ligibl co t...…
…Vol. 1 Board' positions cr ated •• elly The Benton Community F deral Credit Union opened it door onday, [anu ry 8, . � ith me dr matic chan .l Kno n formerly a the P ople's Fed ral Credit Union, the organization h so � .. add d more positions on the Bo d of Directors. ifh re ·11 no be 15 I Board m mbers, ereas there e 11 at th time the in titution ord red clo- sed, d only nine members r tJy n Th Fed rat court ord - ed th C...…
