…uit rom A charge of radam and discrimina tion baa boen backed by a law .uit filed by two former .tuden1a at Wa� Sta1e University. - TIii .tudents are charging that the Eiigllah Proficiency Examination re quirement used by the Univel'lity is dis crimiDatory and baa prevented them from receiving their degrees. There are two proficiency exams ·math and EnaUah. Stuaen are required 10 take both exama and are allowed to fall ooce; ...…
…WORLD NATION OIL ROlE P idnetF.W.deKle I to in the all over the orld who arc tru glin to boll h partheid and end whi domination in South Afri . What is behind de Kler ' vi i to t two nd other countrie ? Certainly, It cannot be to the vantage of the African people who have long uffered from opp ion and discrimination from u ive rae t be for some inis ter reasons like foiling ANC' long- tanding relatio with those countri ; to a...…
…ruBING P Ident Bulb recently e10ed a bill that ould ve allo ed people to regiater to ote when they pply fro a driver' license, saying it auld be "an open invitation to fraud and eorrup lion. " The ure would have made registration forms available t unemployment'« 11IIr""1� and public lance offices. B rd \AI.""'. t c . city· DBTROlT - The Detroit Board of Education recently propo ed re idency rule hldl ould affect all future f...…
…C ILD TCH dom • , �.,�.--����� 10 deal with America' probilClm I but I don't beJic\4e tblt \OIuoIcas ooc can &OM oor We t)p dE "eitm�r" � <dy whmee or ooIy the prlvaIe sectt, (X' ooly 1be pan am can 00 the job. All of wuk�.Vo � the wm f1 pan am ml the piYIIC seeD. 1lzy often can mdl ow k) pc:q* goyemment canoot Itadl. AM wIae goyanmem often can only provide . SC'lVias, voIuraD canaddancwdimtnsioof1cpdity. One place volu...…
….... The Fourth of July The Fre dam of America -Aman 00 to hia ri , would not, if h bad prize IDd defend tbem. ••• - Hon - Frederic Do ThO more thf , the re they tay � We j t d holiday break IDd celebration of the freedom of the; United Statel of America. Ho ever, the truth mUlt be told, and that il African Americana ere • mostly UDder the bo of the world'i IDOIt cruel llavery kno� to mankind. We must y never gain, we must ...…
…It BoMI PaaiC ..... 1dYIIor, 'IbID amtDacechatbajo)'la' family IDd tnMl m far away • I DETROIT and Ne Orlcam, La. The first black woman to it on tbe Georgia Supreme Court is tlie lead off speaker for the fifty-fifth national , meeting of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) July 18-25 in New Orleans. Scheduled to make appearances in addJtlon to Justice Leah Scars Collins arc Secretary of Health and Human Services Louf Sullivan, General Co...…
…THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY DETROIT J tional Part hoDoriDga dec1ica1ed in Joplin, Mo. 1926 - n. N bueball player, born. 1968 - "- ....... � r founded the ae daimtA NA1l0NAL BLACK 1HBATER in Harlem. JULY 1S, 1867 - Mar- L W , first Black woman bank president, wu born. 1923 - J 'Joe) J drummer, was born. 1967 - 'I1luraood Mu ..... walppointcd fbltBlackJUItlcc of 1be,US. SupRme Court. Who pen1I«l tItae .wwdr: "WJMr • .AfrlctI...…
…WOULD T� HEAA, ., .... MO A� JES5E FOR VICE PRES\�"_'" GLIN10M VIEWS, OPINIONS Tbc t characteristic of date Perot, bo er, i his commando type peno ty aDd his light reprd for ci.u liberti . He once recommended that the If on dru be coJlduc1cd like a "civil here aU civil h"berti auld be s pended in the interest of fl bing out dru dealers ithin inner-city neghborhoods. And Perot not been above hiring . own pellOnal army to conduc...…
…o Recent publ ve I ented ct t Afro-American youth are rem bly reiatant and vir- . tually unrepon lve to tradito I, big- e pubUc relatio and bl -time po figures 'n they utUzc major media to attempt to commicate ith yo un er Bia . The study found deep and profound alienation amo t youth, nd a fundamental Itreak of fatali m about the promise of tomorrow-a sense t "to�rrow may not come, so let' live today" per- mea youth consdo ...…
…CO members ppe ed to th international com- munity brin p ure to end vicio 15-ye r civil ar in Sri . Citin ive continuing viol tio of hum n righ in Sri Lanka d th 1 bility of oppo in politi I force to n goti te, they ed t O.S., on of Sri Lanka' major donors, to pend all aid. The Sri conflict a "for- gotten war" for Americans, id tbe Rev. Eric , the World Board' Southern ia executive, beca e"it involv neither oil nor Cold War te 1...…
…- oomplled by K. e.tca - pecMI oontrtbukn: U Collin. (BW'Ilnd· The-8oen.) & oSoope ••• The Column ByTh W Y Natalie Cole's handsome 32-year old brother, Kelly Cole, has been tapped to co star in an upcoming Warner' film, "The IMocents" with Anthony Hopldns ... Salt N' Pepa are slated to make ir ft spoof s� Jolm RI t and Pam Dawbef. Motown Lend 'It Support to Minority Bank Motown played host to some LA minority-owned banks a...…
…UPCOMING EVENTS force for evolu on, II, they may end up ndln an awful lot of time th "thi m lc thing" - and 'll aU benefit ••• ith ide nd opinio . "Ten- nessee;" the crew' bucolic first Ingle and video, i n open letter to God htch, not unli e Billie Holiday' "Strange Fruit," giv new meaning to the nn "family tree." "People Everday" uper funky dancehall-regg treatment of the immortal Sly Stone nthem "Everyday People," with new lyr...…
…lIDO ACo reported cent among and young dol in the t two years. T'bere &Ie over 9,000 reported AIDS among 13 to 24 year olda aDd federal.. tb officials .. y thouaandl more are probably HIV Infected, but do DOt know it. AIDS II DOW the aixth lead ing cause of death among 'persoDS geeS IS to 24. "AIDS' an equal opportunity killer," ys Dr. Bugene S. Ogrod, II, MD, president of the American Society of Internal Medicine (ASIM) "Teen...…
…BENTON HARBOR "I've do some qu tio helpful, but you m go through the q tio and come up with your own," Ploc told the commi ion. The cm1ida , Beverly A. Brewer, 47, i tant City Manager for the City of Petersburg, Va; Danny O. ere , 44, i rant ColUlty AdmiDistramr for the ety of St. Lucie County, Fl.; John W. Elliott, Jr., 46, istant ety Man ager for the City of Delray Beach, Fl.; and Wi! J. P ker, 33, former Chief Administrativ...…
…I I • Federation of re s omen ( ) Co erence, eld in � ....... 1 17-21. Follow the Bcboea to Kinp II land Ammement Part in Cincinnati Ohio on Saturday, August 8. The bus will leave from the J.C. Penney Parting lot at 4 a.m. Price II $45 per person and payment is due now. For more information, call Jean at . 722-6415 or Rose at 733-9951. . The Bar-B-Q Palace, 490 East Sherman, Muskegon Heigh ,is open. Tueaday tbrough Sunday, IIx...…
…BUSINESS FINANCE comm dom e. Itch out for e: ving only 0 f mily member Involved in n nei m ne . ven tbough o po m ybe po lble for decl ion in , both p rtne bould be Involved in meetin fth ccount nla, ba ers, in surance age ,toe bro era and la era. Another common error' f U In to put your goal down on paper. When it com to financial go I ,it' tmportant that you pI ce a doll r mount and a time frame n e ch objective. For examp...…
…The classic warm-up suit suits the off-hours to a tee. Jockey International, Inc. is off to a running start, as the light ease of nylon warm-up suit is teamed up with a comfortable cotton turtleneck shirt. I. Jockey International Inc. scores points with separates in cotton and polyester fteece blends, as the season kicks off casual and comfortable styl . In sportswear. The trt-color sweater and short at makes for sporting good looks on o...…
…-- -- - - ;. ;: RELIGION By F t i it' Ho e er, itne e te tified th t Y ordered a group of enforcers to murder" bite devils" and to Idll ho led out. Wi included a e throat cut ben he quit 'Jj timony further re ed that Yah ordered the fire bombing of city block hen membe seeking dow ere ulted. Yahweh could get 20 Y • In the meantime, banks have foreclosed on most of the ecr's propertie and his Miami-b d Temple of Love has been a...…
…AnN: EN. CABS. AND VAN BUREN COUNTY RESl0ENT8. W. h.v. m.ny .mploy re VNltlng to hIMt JCbe tiled. " you beIn WckI ot you .. cudWDCtcuto ... .n��.ot .nployw cut ..... 011 U.. Th. .nlor �Progrwn.. -18$·0177 or 1·100-442·2 03. W. fI"G'WIde , " to.e.rt .,.. Mdjob ...-oh Nt equII �ernpoy.r. Ohuroh .eor.tary wanted. 15 houre • ecp.tII aoad In ofIoe iMllIIgIftWIt. 011 �--.'''. 00rMIp0t ......... In Gr.nd R.pld •• Kal.m.zoo & ...…
…e civil Plftllb! ntto�!lS1S obiliz c d pent II t tee nyoft iden h d n poorly educ t d in the tate' re ted nd poor- ly funded public educa ·0 y tem d ere in- timidated by t e lmo un limit d po r th t ite peopl h d over their live . n the te here Emm tt Till h d be n lynched, nor mo courage a required to ttempt to reg ter to vote. Succ 0 in S CC, the Cong of Ra· ci I Eq ty (CORE), and other grou orked dill ntly d pa ently...…
…Ron Danie ,S0, i twenty-year veteran of indepen nt, progressive politi . Today, he i a pre idential candidate who wan to offer Bl c , omen nd progre ive group more than imply 1 repre ntative in the Whi Ho . He said that he wants to offer them a new y tern of JOvemment b cd on human rights and social Justice. "What came out of the his to ric Gary eonvenuon in 1972 w the chaneDF to create a new politics in thi society, a third force...…
…- MICIDGAN CITIZEN PubUahed each Sunday by : New Day Enterprl e : 12541 econd Street P.O. Box 03&80 , High nd P rlt, MI48203 , (313) 9-0033 , F�(313)88� BENTON HARBOR BUREAU 175 Main Street , Benton Harbor. MI 49022 (616) 927-1527 F�(313)927-2023 Publlaher: Charles D. Kelly Editor: Teresa Kelly Managing Editor: Wanda F. Roquemore . Contributor.: Bernice Brown Salama Gordon Mary Golliday Allison Jones Flodean Riggs ...…
…Mandela to end marrlag SOUTH ARFICA - African National Congre Leader Nelson Mandela is ending his 33-year marriage to Winnie Mandela, according to a pub lished newspaper report. Mrs. Mandela, 57, will resign from the group headed by her husband and "retire" from politics, according to African National Congmsa of ficials. Nelson and Winnie first met in 1957. They married June 14, 1958. D OIT- The city L Department recommende...…
…This V'/eek In Black History Was Black religious KoYJr. hip ever banned from plantation lifi ? educator, reformer, w born. 1 lice Wiker won Pulitzer Prize for fiction f r"Th Calor Purple." 1 91 - American Conservator Theater (San Fran cisco) hosted t world premiere of "Dark un;" by South African playwright Lisette Lecat Ross. 1890 - Johnny t. Cyr, ban joist/guitari 1, was born. 1951- A Washington, D.C. Municipal Court of App...…
…HIGHLAND PARK a . point in trying. Millio 0 Amerlcan diJdJen lBve made � . ion, mt dqt � � 1lIVC' but be- �y . they weren't boo1 smart CJWgh k> learn. 11IE each ci . bon with a fua:d 1Im\.lt f1 intclligelre that 't nux:h <1tIq 0\1' Iife�. � otIw . inzWgeJte· <m- tnbuled k) � in W1 a way half of hiM below aver3F�. Whm \W pot two . �, Ibvard, 1Iq add � k>�ootioothatoolyafewchikhen "very smart," somewhat rmre children are "sor...…
…DETROIT , More than 220 Top Ladi of Diatinction, Inc. (TLOD) Lords (huab nda) and Top T na of , Am rica Inc. (ITA'a) gathered r centty at Area FlY '8 20th A nlv raery Conf renc . N Iy Inducted m mbera are, from left, (a ated) Ruth D. Ric ,Joe phin Best r, Anna Marl Bolden, : Helen V. Coh n, Pathy Davia, Edith Gholston, Temora Barn a Harrla, Ella Cab II Coleman, • (atanding) Alicia Martin Warren, Yvonn C. Porter and Georgette M. Bellmay. ...…
…SAVE 25% SPRING COATS 89.98. Reg. $99. Trench coats by Worthington . Misses', juniors' sizes. NOW 19.90 ALL DOCKERS ON SALE! Misses' pique polo shirt. Assorted colors. • " OFF ALL OTHER DOCKE FOR M t PETITES & WOMEN SAVE . 30%, . ALL UNDERSCORE BRAS, BRIEFS I 10.50. Reg. $15. Comfort' Hours" nylon lace support bra. a,c cups. SALE 24.90 WOMEN'S DRESS SHOES Reg. $34. A-line slings. Leather uppers. Sal 35.90. Reg. $48. 9-2...…
…EDITORAL The Detroit empo erin I du . In 60' empo erment w lled Community Control t fight to bring th concept to re ity w imple m tter of economi , lop- ided battl. hool bure rcra were getting id while tiflin nd thrawtin th effo community persons volunt rin tim t 1 ht or tt r chool . o reemerging "empowerment", th m vern nt to in local control over n igh rh d h I i oddly min not from the bottom up, but from th top down. Th t m e us ...…
…ClIO �claim Mngavital grrem, Forthis n, we oontinuc to be in1er CRd inofficially�tworkingwilb readelS ml educak>rs will ing to be HILTON: HIGHER EDUCAIDRS,an informal, but t growing rews uree team. Th far, a major trength 0 our column continJ to be our willingness to seek iq>ut, feed bee ml articles from readers, scmlars arx1 practitio�rs. Two years ago, we too a key 1ep when we began actively seeking iOOividuals am organiza...…
…poor, or women, or minoriti who re the burden. It' the rich nd uper-rich." TH GO L for government and politi have been expressed by Dr. Lenora Fulani, a Harlem, N.Y. p ychologi t who is running for pre ident with the New Alliance Party. Daniel feel that Fulani's campaign i deceiving the eleetora . . JOBS------ low down, nasty, dirty rotten tricks." "This has got to stop. It' really going to affect a whole lot of things that's go...…
…W yne Bailey w nled to ifit true that Michael emb rra ed by M gic Jo n' bein mv i live and wore urgical mas while booting his "Re�mbO' The Time" video, which embar rassed Magic. Well, Wayne, thi . one rumor we (RadioScope Feed c Line) can honestly say isn't true. One 0 our reporters w there. Michael was never rude. Ho hugged Magic and invited him to hi trailer. Michael did wear a urgical mask, did many others, but that w due...…
…Compiled and Edited By KASCENE BARKS SUNDAY, APRIL 12 � Th Salvation Army and Workbench Furniture are joining fore in an effort to col ect 750 of furniture over a three- ek period for families in need throughout southeast Michigan. The third ·F umiture For Families· effort runs April 12 thru 26, 1992. A simultaneous effort will be underway in southwestern Michigan, including the Grand Rapids areas, Battle Creek, Muskegon, Holla...…
…BUSINESS/FINANCE i re often the In a divorce, negoti ting without a lawyer i unwi . If your ts re minim 1 nd you h ve no children, getting divorce can be imple. ou hould not ccept ttlement offer without kno ing all the facts. And to get th f cts your I wyer may have to ubpoena your po e' pe onal nd b i ne financial records, take deposi tions and audit tax returns. For The newe t trend in divorce law i the claim that profes ion...…
…] 1, In t 1, city v minimum bid requiremen for R y, de loper 'end of former mayo Bill Wolf. It . not too n t the new mayor will do. supto summer ne Mrs. Leginha Spears celeb ted h r 95th birthday ntly t Sher man 0 Conval ent Center with family, friends nd her church fami ly. Th nior Choi r of St. Lu Bapr t burch will h ve a p ttl reno on Sunday, Apri112, at p.m. . .. • • e • • e' VBUCOAprii c ivi ie ch ond y: E erci ...…
…WESTERN MICHIGAN I. 'Geoff Morrow promoted at station TH oil 'paintin of J m P Imore, from the Bl Arts Cultural Center Iam <X? nd oil painting of 1 I ident Mill rd Smith, nd Orawin of Aubrey Adair w also �xhibited. . ., Three n featu were dde<! thi year.' Th � inclu ed th Film F thral of Black Movie , shown • aeh· Saturday t Carver Cen r; ur of the Underground Railro o in Schoolcraft; and the Inter- . ait Unity Sunday School, ...…
…HEALTH • '.� J)Eq)le think mv is only a p:roblem in big cities. Do you Want to bet your life an th8.t?' KrJIII;a.B.l&lc8. HIV .R.ftmit • , The new pha e of the CDC educational program, "America Rupon4s to AIDS, "reflects urveys that show mo t Americans know the . b ic facts about AIDS but do not believe that people in their town or group are at ri k. Th aim of the new me age is to ay that anyone who engages in high-risk exual or...…
…FOOD NUTRITION PIC -up P CH PI , roll . With n lid . , w rm. GOLDE HEARTY COR BREAD 1 1/4 cup cornmeal 1/2 cup all-purpo flour 1/2 te poon baking soda 1/8 te poon (optionaQ 1/2 cup All-Bran cereal 3/4 cu kim mil 2 egg whit , ightly beaten 3 table poons vegetable oil 1/2 cup reduced-fat cheddar cheese 1 cup no-sa added whole kernel com, drained 1/2 cup chopped green onion Vegetable cooking spray CRISPY CA ISH UGGETS w/ ...…
…CHURCH CALENDAR Appre�iation qeremony Th Mi higan Stat Quar tet Conv ntion i ponsoring an appreciation for its presi dent, John M. King. Featured performers at the concert in clude the Living Word Com munity Choir, The Sacred Five, Heavenly Ho t, and the Spiri tualaires, Performances will take place at New Bright Star Bap tist Church, 18045 Livernois in Detroit. Special guest: Five Stars of Columbus, Ohio. .For more inf...…
…n.09 the Md'IiIaM'I CItIzen Adv. �,4112, 4119 & 4/2e192 I DO YOU co • Not all signs of disaimination are this obvious •. What you may hear is: -I rented that apartment right after you called." "I'll show you the apartment after I see your green card." . "I don't really want all the changes ... ramp, grab bar ... that's too.much." Fair housing is the law. It is illegal to discriminate on the basis of race. color, religion, sex, ...…
…(Excerpts from Blacks Who Died for Jesus) • . . "And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a ,Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the Cross, that he might bear it after J II esus. (Luke 23:26) By DR. MARK HYMAN Simon was a Black man from Cyrenc, an area well known in Libya then and now for i huge areas of Black inhabitants. At the time of the revoluntionary Crucifixion, he bad moved to the Jer...…
…VOL XIV NO. 12 FEOHUAH',' i .: . 18 I Sl92 , Education, Abstinence, or ... Condoms? By DAVID HO HART abitiDCDCe, peciaUy in the younaer , .. Tl'\IICOtt d. - Heavy campa! coDtrlb to HoUle Speaker Lewis N. Dodak are blocking apement on oxp dng parts of Michigan'l o-fau1t Insurance law, cilia an Bnalor admtniltra don polkellDlll. BnJler press aecrotary John Truscott kt the n Trai\ Lawyera Association hu been controllin Dodak thr...…
…, • ·2 RDIGRAS . The e Council reI a contra e i , I te I t wee ve nt membe 0 i Gras organizations to jail for excluding pe 0 b ed on ce, religion or gender. : The council voted 5 1 to remove criminal penalti ,in cluding jail terms. HAITIA REPATRlA· : 10 RESU ED : The u.s. umed the forced return of Haiti n [efu I te I t week after the mill tary government of Haiti temporarily halted rep tri tion pf thousands of refugees. ...…
…, A E tern ichiga Univer ity fr ternity upended indefinitely Thursd y until it develop pro to ci itivity. The Chi pI on two years' prob tion I t wee folIo ing a r cially motivated fight at ovember temity party. In pI cing Theta Chi on pro 0 univer- ity offic found the group guilty of disaimination and dis crlmiDatory ptacti A group of about 100 b c . studen g thered on camp Wednesday and marched bout one block to The Chi' fr...…
…mon y I"!"'"-���������� eds it re y it req red, Id Board P 1- _ .. , ...... .-. dent John 01- .:!����I 10 y. :I'.J W hen ed if bor ro ina money from K-12 aDd loanin it to the com munity col lege i 1�lal Hollo ay id, "Ye ." About 4 million exi t in the -12'. fund equity, Hollo ay id, 0 loanln the money to the college, which ". in dire traits," will not neglect K-12 students. "WE ITHE PAY now for It i "not unusual" he...…
…"No. No." S m aid. "I want to talk wi th you." "0 You have disturbed me so what do )'Ou "I "WHAT I :ANT., kyou .. : why do you think � president of Highland P (bmmunity College won't return the media's calls?" "Is he doing that?" I ked. "Yes." Sam "Am the only IQ90n I can come up with . he' afraid � media is going to him some q tio about that African trip be is s�y 1aIdng this rmnth. " "What? you mean Dr. Mitchell· going to Af...…
…This Week In Black History 1 ., WIUch BlacJcAmtrican coun. ZJed President Lincoln auing the Civil War? FEBRUARY 11, 1961 - rt W v became d ministra'>ro a, . am Home �Agerq.19C.X)- MaDde. w rele ed from prison after Z1 years. � - J fo songsinger, � born. 1924 - singer, awarded the Spingam Medal for his in�mational repu1a lion in the m . c world. Who is * earliest know Block poet in 1M UnitedSuus? FEBRUARY 12, :'LINCOLN'S ...…
…Ie (313)873- 73-0410. :HONO I : continued from A-4 : trier, helping the Old e bOY' • : sure that no child ill 0 wllbout a 1 Christmas, she said. "We expect young people to care . about omethlng other tban tblm : selves," McGriff id."1f you'-oDly . : care about YOWlelf, you tre I ' , : human. As 'dlJl w tblDk 1& 0 : re ,bUlly to mocIellbe type of behavior, that we expect from young ters." Spencer Haywood, former profe sional b...…
…I " , I · , · , , , • I yWi RPHY race.' Thi di e needs to be more fre- quently ddre d, owin to its high death rate amon Bl c . M t di - e victims' life p n doe not ex ceed t e of forty. Th ickle cell disorder i n treated history. Hi tory i P t even . It' , ide or even that will or can nape the course of the future. It help to try and avoid making the &me m tak that were made in the p t. lbat is why it' so important to ...…
…IT ALMOST GOES without saying that the over whelming majority of college students were of European de scent, and therefore the notion of diversity in higher education a primarily found via economics. Scholarship were the major ource of aid, usually limited to short-term borrowing intended to see a student through an emergency. The involvement of the federal government in student aid began at the conclusion of World War n with...…
…o contlnu d from A-3 • "EDUCATION ND PREVENTION arc our main goals. Even if we eliminated every lgn, the indu try would still have some , medium by which to reach the con sumer. But an educated co umer is bener able to withstand the mes &I ," tated TInsley-Williams. "I don't believe that people are mindle s zombie, " said Omokchinde, "but I do believe that vi ual media lnfluenc them to degree. There' at t some subliminal influ...…
