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…VOL. XVII NO. 3 An Infonned People is A Free People DECEMBER 11 - 17. 1994 GUI , By SONY A ROSS A soci t d Pres Writer n (.'. :\1:1 nv H II. 1\,,,,,1,, 1I II rihut (' t hr- Danny Whitfield II runs Auto Vision Art Studio. Whitfield's one-man company is drawing in customer from all over the country. See related story B1. L through U. • By MARK FRITZ National Writer . ' m • yt more fare hik s and more rvi trifi by rgum nt ov r ...…

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…t .'. 1 CEVOY C��gressw�men, �axine Waters poses with author Saniey B. Wllhams while holding his book, Spirit Black Women. Williams is barnstormin� the country on a promotional champaign for his re�ently pubhshe,d �ook. The book contains 72 compelling por­ traits of 65. extraordinary Af�ican American women. These pho­ tographs, In black and white, spans two continents a dozen American states, and forty-two years during his ca'reer as a...…

…Highland Park NEWS BRIEFS .The African American Economy ye r TIus ma k � BI ck America hav the 14th large t economy of the world' 140 countri s. At a five percent growth rate per " ar, it i t imated that the African-American economy will be $490 billion by the year 2000. Black/white Pentecostals to integrate Ba ed on t hEl premise that "If Black and white member ofth Pent ost I Church want to do th ord' work, they should be ...…

…7, Detroit. By PATRICIA JOE Sp cl.' to the Ich g.n C tlzen o • • mo e o • wkowicz 6, gi n th uniform to the Holocaust Memo­ rial Genter in West Bloomfield Township. But he still has memori of his family, and the horrible dr m h t t ill wake him in th night H r m III r th line of slow-moving Jew, with az is up ah ad calling out "I ft, right, left, right." Tho who went left went to th fum . Lewk­ owicz, wold to go right. "T...…

…t I Views / Opinions urgence of Reaganism harp contradiction ofint t bet n of BI and poor .M·chigan Citfze Pu s ed eac S ay by NEW DAY ENTERPRISE PO Bot. 03560 Publisher. C ar es e I Contributors: Bernice Brut n ary Golliday - Allison Jones Jacquelin a In - Ao Seigel. a el Sco V1anaglng Editor cl" '8<- " Proauc Ion. cI � s y 0 gan-B h nth rich nd orking peopl in urb n America nd th in ingly uburb n hit middl cl To m...…

…Views / Opinions c: () /\ I , I . I' I () :'\: 'Inirnes . indc-, "i11 "1\ l' lim hi u k children and our 01 rn .nlt." is n which t(l jud l: hov, In ,\ idu l institutic n'i ar tre Itlne 1I,)." J k n .. id. "\\ e need to "lm cleur of \h�t' institutions th I • I t' b sri n of rim." . The R'F college inttuutv« is a on tin uation of efforts orig;nat�d at th� profe ional level. The RCFA is curr,nl.Lv as i ting tire Detroit Tiger a"d the Dal...…

…ont ibl t re: ch fo th d d- EM continued. from Al pow r to p ple who a In h ' major it.y ," Guini r sa id. "If RIc des could win in majori y whit di riets, you wouldn't h n ) d voting rights remedi .. "L IU'S suggestions ,., cannot b Implemented without om 1 agi lative changes th t re v ry unlikely to take plac ," h w said. "Ther 's probably going to have to be a lot mO,1 p r la ing b fo tho id a hav 1 han r ______ 4'._� __ ...…

…By DARRELL PRESSLEY n n -rn n om­ ion - i draw­ from 11 over ion. HOWE R, WITH eli nts Tom Monaghan, chi f xecutive of Domino' Pizza, and "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno, Whitfield work i makin i way around th auto de ign indu try. The arti t's cre tions range from 700 to 7,000 and n Au 011 tibl s in h r gall ri . bout 40,000 in earnings annu lly. Th artis udied utomo- tiv body d sign a Macomb' .ounty Community Colle and tr ...…

….... essons on Kwanzaa cra sand pnn­ I CIP s a bel 0 ered on consecu- IV Sa s by th a rona Conference 0 Artists ( CA) Michi­ gan Chap Kwanzaa Days are Ing 0 er d Sa 0 c 10t and 7th. noon to 4p m CA Gallery. 216 , Fts er Bldg In De rort, Children 500 s 15 to adult 8 00 °ar- ICI�an SWill tearr how to s t a Kwan­ zaa table. 11 se pnnciptes or e seven days. Swahili words for the Kwanzaa I ems Th y Will also ma e Kwanzaa holl ay cards,...…

…7. 1 By BERNICE BROWN Th City Co t --'I �----------------���������================� o will b don It . will b cho hom of a n w mill." oel aid has ul d a 11 for D mb r 12, t th Mendel Cent r, Lak Michigan Colle , a 4:30 p.m., to how community upport t h pr �ect. Askin 11 resident to out and upport t h rally. EL AI BENTON HARBOR OBITUARIES Jettie Rice .Jetne Rice, 62, 01 Benton Harbor died November 19, at Mercy M rno­ rial...…

…I - kitchen time without rificing a lick of ta teo Try a , pumpkin m u e rather than erving a pumpkin pie. � u get all the flavor of thi traditional favorite but in a new, e citing way. It' quick and e y to prepare 0 you can erve a made-fr m- cratch de ert to your gue t rather than a tore-b ught pi . PJrt� �I cr can al \ u .ount on J lit .adcnt- mg J� crt to e the .row rung 1,;\ ent ( tan) let- gether, \\ h .ther a funuly u-dov n h h...…

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…I . LU FeD IA DIVISION 1 TlTLE GRANGER: Preseason all-SWAC selection at. guard I _ DUNKED: - 'h p I Hill forward harl tte 'mlth b cam th first fern le todunk in women'. baket all g me in t n years. Smith, a niec David h rn, orcd th mild jam on a or kaway gain t N DID YOU KNOW? ALPHONSO FORD, of Mississippi Valley State, fin­ ished his college cage career last season as the number four scorer in NCAA history ... His career 3,165 po...…

…I 7 HELP WANTED soroma I nst ut (313)868·3150. OB CLINICAL I • STRUCTOR. La k M chlgan College IS • 100 Ing for a part-t me OB Instructor for Ber· r en General on Tu s· day and W dnesday n Janu­ ary through M rch, 1995. Must have BSN or higher. Cont ct Alice R smussen at ••••..••..•.....•........••• 616·927·8100, Ext. 5092 Immediately. EquaIOpportunlty/Af· firmative Action lnsti­ tution 12/11 4 CORRESPONDENT wanted in Gr...…

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…men. A report on potential solutio COMBAT. A8 WSU Nursing College honors Detroit students Five students and an in tructot from Crockett Career Technical Center in Detroit were recognized recently by Wayne State University's College of Nursing. They received certificates marking completion of an eight-week program during which they a Isted faculty members conducting various research projects. Participant (left to right) are LaKisha Sear...…

…ion with urity Min- ment Annapolis plans Haley memorial bout bout Tribute to Black WOnten Community Leaders Th "Tribute to Black Women Community aders" i a three-year-?ld program o� the National Coun il of Negro Women designed to recognize and pay tribute to the historical legacy of Black women as community leaders. Six national leaders were lected by the NCNW and program sponsor, the uaker Oats Company were honored in Washington...…

…11 but on ofth e8C!lDeB8 h db n pp h nd nd the rgument to cl it or p it open continu Th peopl in th munity or nizatio Co lition, Kr inz Wood, Conant Garden, Grixdale Park nd the Davi on eighborhood iation--are categorically of on opinion, Irma Jaxon, a Krainz Wood' eommitt m m­ ber ummed up the consensu : "Our concern i : we want the prison closed," But Amanda Cindy Owens, a community activist who d not liv within the hadows o...…

…r---- -_ --------------- I Highland Park ByR DIANNE JONES r of Comm and th Urban Banke Forum. Sh id with h r family in roy. at Davi 0 there wa anyone el . in the administration at the meeting who could answer the ques­ tions. Mc Clary and Fr nklin aid the Finane Dir tor w he only on who could h ndl heir questions, sh w s the city official prepared the budget. 11 Moss reported sold * GOLDEN FRIED. SHRIMP * FISH * CHICKE * C ...…

…;------- - -----------------------, � RT Betty Clayron, Ohio resident, although not a gr du t of orth astern, has attended the event etroit re . went hip enforcing G PR VIDES ad- "-"r.lc •• -',,"IR D Ma- rine departed Norfolk and Moreh d City, N.C., more than month ago. Cooksey and the cr w of Trenton began their cur­ r n mission just two w ks af­ t r they r turned from a ix-rnonth ploym nt to the M i rra ne n Sea and Indian ,...…

…y 0 , ho m i ir.rit· ti r h co out of roit. Und r th bl I hip of the Rev. Wendell Anthony, the dynamic P . dent of the 50,000 member rongNAACP Chapter in that city, 500,000 been collected in money, ten , blan­ kets, mediein , foodstuff and other entia I uppli . By the time this articl is pub­ lished, Rev. Anthony and a dele­ gation of African American leaders and activist from Detroit will ha landed in Zaire with a whole plan ...…

…y CO G TO re nt New York Time /CBS N ws Poll, American te nags re forced to tle with a h t of rious problems. A majority of • &'1U." ........ .a_c nation in reh of itself, beca millio of people re forced to li in fear, frustration, nd d ra­ tion. When violence nd poverty determine the daily . nee of Americans of 11 , racial groups and social , there is no e of amoral or political center hich can bind people to­ gether for the ...…

…UT T JUR found that. Lippy and AttIe berger ade­ quately protected the plaintiffs, that poll officers arrested peo­ pl wi h probable cau e and did not ra ially di criminate. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Willi m Caldwell ruled that the jury could only assess dam against Attlesberger, Lippy and Conewago Township lac leader t things e p -60's wa Ii BRIDGE, d. ( ) - Forty y ars ago, Pine treet had it all. It w a ming cultural ...…

…KARAMU KUSH By TUREKA TURK MlchlSl!n Citizen The 'first presentation, "A Moment's Lifetime In Janet's Mirror", was a piece suppos­ edly about a young woman deciding what she wants from a relationship with a man. Two "ghosts" of men ap­ pear on ei ther side of her while she looks in the mi rror to, con ven ien tly, con vi nce NASHID FREED The second presentation, "Poetic Escape" was a tale of a young man growing up in the hood...…

…YNARV - L e B ng's extr ordln rily perceptive dr ma bout a family of thr mbitious, courageous and understanding women who posses unique e mo yn ry (ch rit ble) ch rae­ tert Ics. will open the Studio Theatre Ser s at WSU' Stud 0 The re, on the lower level of t Hllberry, 8pm on Sept. 10, 1 1, 17 and 18, t 2pm and 7pm. T ckets are $7 (577-2972) FITNESS CARNIVAL -"- Participants In t "Born to be Fit" Carnival will have opportunity to ...…

…Al c TIBIOTI r ,h lping m ny childr n, who oth rwi would have died, live reI tively nonn lliv . B bone marrow tr ns- plants are ri ky and extremely expen ive, they will probably be an option only for high-ri k pa­ tients, who make up fewer than half of all such cas , Wingard said. Seye had already uffered a mild troke and was at high ri k for more strok . In the bone marrow replacement, hi faulty gene was replaced with a nor­ ...…

…l3LACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL (Standmqs. Results and Weekly Honors) L T L T L T L L T 2 0 0 L T 1 0 0 100 1 1 0 0 000 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 100 1 1 0 O' 000 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 100 1 1 0 0 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 1 1 0 0 000 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 000 0 1 0 0 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 000 0 1 0 0 000 0 0 1 0 000 0 0 0 0 0'00 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 000 0' 000 0 0 1 0 ...…

…How many Black d alert did ora otor Company appoint be­ tw n 1967 and 1979' Who recorded the album, "Jour­ ney Through The Secret Life Of Plant N, EPTEMBER 13, 1 3 - Fi rious av conspiracy was in Vir­ ginia. 1812 - During the War, one of every ix seam n was Black. 1886 - Literary critic Alain Locke, th first African American Rhode Scholar, was born. 1960 - Wilma Rudolph wa named U.S. Female Athlete of the Year. Who was the fir...…

…Boxing, Inc ponsi­ items, REI with the OBITUARIES DeC Bronson hod H P ,K I - mazoo r be ng ruck by car t d Y before n h hom In B nton Harbor. H w th sonofVrn U and T oshua Mason, both of Benton Harbor. The fun r w h Id August 25 t Church of Our J._ord nd Savior, B nton Hevbor. Burl w In Cry Spring Cem ery. Robbins Broth Fun ral Home, B on Harbor w char of m DeC w born July 18, 1992, In St.J ph. M· · W d Surviving In add I...…

…Or LEGAL NOTICE f , LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE BY PERSONS CLAI I G TITLE UNDER TAX DEED To the 0 vner or ners of any and I t re ts In, or Li ns upon the L h rein 0 en d: TAKE NO ICE: S I w s lawfully m of th following d cribed land for upp id t x on th t I nd, and th t the und r­ signed has title to th land under tax d d or d ds i su d for the land. You re en tI d to a reconvey nce of thi I nd within 6 months after return of erv­ Ic...…

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…o Candidates discuss' Independent Black Political Agenda '0 ob ervers at Lewis College of Busi Only two mayoral candidat howed. Di c ion of the 1972 Gary, Indi- ana Blac Political Convention baped the evening's debate. T Gary convention was ed to illu tra th importance of grass­ roots input in defining any Black po­ litical agenda. After reviewing those happenings, on nationalist noted that "clearly the Nationali t, Pan-Africani...…

…Native Americans grapple with ARDS Thi i th voice of a BI k B i­ n man in the nation's capital th city where Lincoln i ., ed the Eman­ cipation Proclamation wh re Martin Luth r King Jr. marched to th Lin! coin Memorial to proclaim hi dream, and wh re a piece of that dream came tru with th p ag of groundbreak­ ing civil rights law ,in the 1 I1IRTY Y later. Wash- ington and its 6OO,<XXl residents are till divided by racial and econo...…

…Ne c , d the Democratic cau the Ho e of ep ent tiv . BUD TI o R by only vot. Emboldened by numbers, th roup become much more inde- pendent and ertive, challenging not only th House leadership but their long await d Democratic presi- dent well. "It not an dversarial role by d ign," ay caucus chairman Kweisi Mfume of Maryland. Rather, h explains, from a Black law­ mer's perspective Clinton' first Community Trailblazers mat r. ...…

…ICHA L P. AL Detroit Rookie Jerome Bettis talks with Los Angle Ram Rookie Ron Woolfork. H City council to appoin new member By RON SEIGEL J) I' RK. �1l uring rhcrr July' 2 mccun Y, he Highla�d uncil vr t d -1 t con- Councrl Pre id ent Dwight Down ,Council Pr Tern Chri. tine Franklin and Councilm "n Frank Ro voted in favor 0 th me, ure, Coun- cilwoman Greta J hn on opp d it. Under the City Charter, three of the council membe m t ...…

…This Week in Black History July 11·17 nee, In what "cereal town" did joum Truth .? Who was the only Black In n- ber ottlre "Edison Pio "? -Th the first BI 'k appointOO u.s. Solid r neral. 1987 -' R. Jr. became Olainnan am CEO of Teeeoes Insurance and Annuity 'ati n and Colle Retire­ ment Equiti Fund, the first Afri­ can-American bead a F rtune 500 Company. 1 1 - The fi t BI kwinnerof tbe Hei manTro­ phy w Ernie Da What wru ...…

….. .' And d pite all t African f in the Ointor: Admini. tration, there i no m ingful African poli y. The hOJ11 000 probl ms of Africa are b ically bein ignored. ion to get the protection." Clinton a "new Dem rat" capitalized on thi conservative eli­ m e h rourted"R gan Demo­ era "during the campaign. Welfare bashing and blaming t poor fo r th fail ures of a flaw d econ­ omy becam a favorite ta tic of can­ didat Clinton. And civi...…

…T�C��rfurD� �n�l recently r port d that African­ American mal are h t to d th AAJA convention _et for Augu t AAJA tand for' the Asian Ameri an' J urnali ts As ciati n. Thi important journalism ocia­ tion will having its ixth annual nati nal nvention Au t I -21 10 Lo An I , Asian Latino and Native American owned med i a as wel I -as repre­ entatives who work for the alterna­ tive media To have discus ions about unity in the field...…

…city" incentiv P D TO a qu - tion of potential figure head tatus­ quo, government Bl kwell noted that economic opportuniti and em­ powerment are mo t crucial. "You don't need 00 politician to bring you a solution," aid Black­ well. Paul Hubbard, who he ded up the corporate-funded w Detroit for 20 years, noted that he sub cribed to a , national is t ideology . " And always have." Hubbard talked about the need to check a candidate...…

…By TUREKA TURK When his raspy voice hit t� cene in 1987, R&B groupies starved for a change embraced . skinny man with should r- ngth dreadlocks and apparent I-wanna­ look-li -Prince-in-Jamiaca look about him. His single "I/You Let Me Stay" was groovy in a sense that, after all the talk of the royal badness that James Brown possessed, here was somebody who could show you exactly wh t it was in 1987. Here was Terence Trent O'Arby. ...…

…rforrne .a 4 to 17, don- mn from four differ .nt troup ,col­ laborat � on' thi c cnin to pay tnhut to Ide ,an t ,deiti and tradu: nal 'n 'an culture, "I just want p to e wh t it w lik , . .I've nit mo tly on Chann I 56," aid Minni Applewhi te am­ i lyaw iting the curtain call. Rafael Hogg. 14, was h for two w from Alabama to vi it family, Hi aunt encoura ed him to go, "(Af­ ri ) i hot and desolated, -with very dar - kinned people,...…

…Home Tips V ACUU BOTIL - To wash a vacuum bottle, I fill it with hot water and dd a teaspoon or more of bakin soda, depending on the ize . of the bottle. I let it nd a minute or so and wish the water around. All the brown coffee r idue com clean. Barbie L., Mariposa, Calif. BATHMAT -Forye rs,lh ve cleaned rubber b th m ts in the washing machine, along with the bath towels, using hot, soapy water and bleach. I also w h the shower...…

…trort nd h t 1 in DR. ROOSEVELT AUSTIN, SR. a I t with- cd P idcnt for th EYE ON GOSPEL By MARGARET MANSFIELD. - Bri fl. : A rc . .nt urv y 0 13 prcdom n.m I} Ju - hn nan oun- BEST CHANC Match JULY 3, 1993 Lotto Tick t OBITUARIES Bapu ten v n Ion. whi h meet Conn hian Bapu . \... chair of 1110 C ClV one t( th dele at . Edgar L. Vann Jr. W' dir ctor tor he m IL<!I n Monda ) Arena. Rev. James Aye laid to rest I Georgia, 1918...…

…By B rnlc Brown w rk and Mitch II i By BERNICE BROWN Mlchlg.n Citizen By MARY GOLLIDAY ew Mt. Zion Bapt: t hun.h Mi 10 will h t their Annual Day program unday, July 11. t 3 p.m. Mi IOns 0 the CI ar invit ·d. Rc . Jam . WIt h r I the P'c t r. Shrlo Bapti t hur ih Youn Women Auxiliar will lu t th rr An­ nual Day pr ram unday, July l lat p.m. R v. G or va I, the pte t r. finali Benton l larborl lrest .\;fichigall J L V � two of...…

…It TH affect many victims. But, without a phone call th abuse and misery will contin . Some police d partments will remove the abuser from the Mme. This can only happen if the victim is willing to � P criminal charg . Urder Michigan law me ults are misdemeano .rn t are felonies. . In addition criminal char � can be raised uch as; criminal tr breaking and entering, and destruction of persoral prop­ erty. If you are threatened wit...…

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…v ed ea • e o e elf co elf-co ce become overly important to u ceando r clothe intervi ed for n hours' ortun ly it w . The interviewer ked ut thi I ian national woo lived in the S for m time and had been put in pri nth re for orne­ thing that never happe� her role in my edly. She has n in pri n ince 1982. Can you ima ine omebody doing 33 years hind for upposedly rentin car? Wow I Her hali porters are trying to get her t...…

….. VOL XV NO 21 An lntormea People Is A Free People APRIL 11- APRIL 17, 1993 In 1978, Walter Fauntroy spo e proudly of the cong ional inquiry he helped over­ ee into tbe as ination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., with its dozens of hear­ ing , scores of witn es and 487 trips by investigator to trac leads in five countries. The far-ranging effort by the House Select Committee on A as ination w well worth it, Fauntroy aid then...…

…------, c mont tion. R ¥ denie he fired the hot. He pleaded guilty, h cont nd , onI y bee u e of the dure of eight month of olitary confinem nt, much of the time under 24-hour lights ("a midnight sunstro ," he lled it). Hi bigg t mistake, Ray h aid, was firing the Han e i lawyer and retaining the late Percy Foreman, who negotiated hi plea and -year ent nee. The younger Han said hand hi father were preparing to go to trial, an...…