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…If that view i correct, then it ppears that those problems are likely to get worse more and more Blac fall below the federal poverty line which i $13,924 for a family of four and $6,932 for a ingle person. The Census Bureau report released I t week, bowed that 32.7 percent of Blac live in poverty compared to only 10.7 percent ofwhi . In ab 01 ute numbers ap proximately 9.8 million Blacks are poor. Particularly ominous for the f...…
…nd to ud m ncan n • Ov r75 • 01 trlc wh r mo t African-Am ric n tud nt tt nd chool w r 11 perc nt� ,pain blow th chi v m nt I v I for th tat. • In th 30 dl trlct high t P rc ntag of Afrlcan-Amerlc n tudent , the av rag tax ba e to upport. ach tud nt wa 56,006 Ie than the tate av rage. • IA I, L-Florida tands on th verge of ending i first BI c to the U.S. Congre ince 1876. Last week tate enator Carrie Mee won the Democra...…
…In m ny children tod y i more chal lenging nd demandin job than it ed to be. In th 1, you d extended famili v il ble to give dvice, b by- it, pro ide an emergency loan or red meal. Famil y doctors, mini te and rabbis helped nswer q tions about child-rearing. Too y, many paren are iso lated, without trong ties to their neighborhood and with few rela tive vail ble. And, with in creased divorce rat and more births to unmarried ...…
…HIGHLAND PARK N tion 1 Quartette Convention of America, which w founded by R.H. Harris in 1947. A rdin to Blue, he been a me r of the national, ltate, nd city Quartette Convention, 34, 35, and 36 yea , re pectively. Blue, who w bom in Alexander City, Alab rna, aid when he tarted singing go pel at age 13, "You to be a member of the church before you could ing in the church. A whole lot of people lnging today ain't got a church hom...…
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…t i he cal a VIEWS OPINIONS -Afr c n pro rb J ',I , I Gov. John ngJer must re lize he h m de mist e nd revoke hi ppointment of tephen to the Parole Board. The Berrien County voter id no to Mar c past prim ry election nd . th good re on. c e u ed racism for political g in. The evidence can be een in ' the adverti ement he r n in his election bid. The d depict Blac m e youth handcuffed hile n officer e rche the trun of n uto a M r...…
…orne choice n ce ry? Louis X cho the rna er teacher ONE MAN had become a unoga1le Ca�rto him (Malcolm X) am the �r the tel' Teacher (the Hooorable Elijah Muhammad). Although he loved both, Louis X clae the T�r. Both men, hisk>ry has smwn us, are two oftbe greatestAfriam Ie ders to date. Both men strengthcm, Caul and all, con tinue to impact people worldwide. Contemporary history also shows u that today, the Homrable Louis (...…
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…LovingAin 't Easy to do all my life, and to do it all under these circumstances makes it all even more special." said it was "too competitve" -but that didn't stop David from seek ing an audience with "PleaSt! Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em Tour" stop in Alabama in 1990. "I had met Steve Russell of Troop when I opened for the group locally back in '88, and Troop was with the P .H.D. Tour this time around, so I had sort of an inside connec...…
…Ther t no holding thi b auti- ul ladie tal nts ba k. h' th G dde sCold Madina mooth, and cia y with h r n whit singl "Only In My Dr ams". G dd . ld Madin has a very uniqu tyle of inging. Her ound has air dy b en labeled as being urban - pop by s m of your well known enter tainers, and promotional com panies. G ddess cold Madina is n stranger to the entertainment field. She ho ts her own T.V. how "Raps Corner" in Detroit. Godde...…
…HEALTH Taylor By Americ annual- ly. Furth r, the CDC number of people diag ith AIDS could double within the next two ye tit f 0 th diagno e will be among com munitie of color. Prevention rem ins the only mech ni m for curbing t t trend. One day before the Sullivan pre conference, th National Minority AIDS Council released a document titled, "The Impact of mv on Com muni ti of Color: A blueprint for the ninetie ." Thatdocume...…
…BENTON HARBOR D.I'U�'A - Some Benton H r City pproved three ye r contract ith the Michigan G Utilities to provide ervi in upgradin collectio for the City' r d Sewer D partment. "You h ve turned your b c on Benton H or City employees, the union orke d th citize of Benton Harbor by ot giving them t ese job," Benton Harbor employee, John "Sams aid. Sams, P ident oftbe Local Union 1433, of the American Federation of State, County and ...…
…WESTERN MICHIGAN The Rap of Mitch Match The group Mitch Match is a Ypsilanti based kid rap group managed by Oz II Management. They consist of two 11 year old boy and they are Marvell Moore A. KA. Baby Veil and Kevin Everette AKA Kevin D. Both boys are in the 5th grade in school and been rapping together for 2 years and trying to make it big in the music • business. They write their own material and they have been competing in a host...…
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