…VOL. XVI NO. �9 An Informed People is A Free People JUNE 12 - 18. 1994 By NATHANIEL SCOTT Mlch' .'! Cltlz._n __ , _ __ _ jed, ref rs to as: "eli dvantaged" eon tractors. According to Tatem, disadvan- taged contractor can be Bla His panic, Native American or someone who is not properly educated. A percentage of the project is also suppose to got to women contractors, Tatem maintained. HIGHLAND PARK - The long a waited repair and ...…
…- D VOL XVI NO.4 A" intot nu-d Pcopto Is A Flce Pcopte DECEMBER 12 - 18. 1993 • • ho ha moved in later, they ill igniflCaIlt, Sholly said. "Obvioualy thi is not the gross picture you in New Yor • Sholly said. "But any thi�g you that tak place in New York will eventually reach here in some form." Th area a trong preven- tion and education program, Sholly aid, integrated into bools, a premarital program anyone obtaining a marri...…
…ca e- ByTOOENSI n Citizen DWAYNE BROWN A federal law making it a crime for GIs to advocate for, or join, a labor organization has been used to imprison two Black GIs who pro ted command sanctioned racism at Ft. Hood, Texas. Congress passed the anti-un ion la in 1977 in response to fears that active duty service o e By ALISON JONES Spec�1 to Michigan Citizen American (NCOBRA), has for malized plans to establish Black Commu...…
…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; ...…
…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...…
…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...…
…J o XIMJ A, BRAZIL (AP) - Deep In the Amazon rain fo t, i 01 ted vill e tru gle to urvive nd p rve the African c toms of the runaw y I ve who founded them two eenturie go. Men till the land communally, their an tors did. Paren tell their child�n tale of lavery passed on for generations, nd te ch them African dances. "We h ve moto for our boa , nterns and other improve m n , but we have roo and tradi tio we w nt to m lntaln,' ...…
…NATIO AL CHAM.PIONS- Highland Park Community Hllh Scbool' "ParU Be rs" captured back-to-baek national titles In parliamentary procedure, last month, In KI Immee, Florida. T e' even member team members are Vlcent Bryant, eated, and left to rl ht, Dara Jobnson, Anqulnette Hughe , Candace Hunter, Le Ite Kilgore, Sylvia Looney and Key Cbr topher. Bry nt, wbo affectionately call blm elf Kina, w dethroned, John on ld, when be explained the te m...…
…AID ... J MlChip Citiun Reporter ClDCAOO - Operation PUSH IaUDched an attack on the billion dollar athletic shoe industry nd the fir t opo ent in the battle for equity • N"1ke, Inc. The battl is based on the "Kindem Theory, - explained Rev. Ed Riddic to a PUSH meeting August 4. "This. our community. we 0 it. We are kings of our dominion and Black America in 1989 spent $286 bil lion ith the athletic shoe in dustry: Rev. Riddi...…
…•• I . U e of dog , search hetlccpter SU oUce overr anger tudents FLODEAN s. RIGGS Stll/f Repotter S urday Nov. 4 a recently opened Lansing-area record store jointly owned by four MS U student ponsored a promo-party at one of the citys v z ac popular night spots. Conrad Parrish, 29-y ar-old publisher of Lansing's African Amer ic n newsp per, the Metrop attended the party taking pictures of the ocial functiOn. During th...…
…Stud nt rg U. m n ment; curriculum and A a er D d KallII�.U In reponse to continous stream of re tionary beb vior by the Howard U. administr - tion, university udents halted the school' annual Charter Day convocation. University presi- Fa . S. Capital News Service LA. SI G - Gov. James Blanchard said the Legi lature's Blac Caucus' criticism ofhi St te of the State addres simply was the lawmakers' yof etting 1m at tention. ...…
…gency food stamps and clothing. Peters said, the organization representatives tried to help. �CK-�ne ly -We're poor, but we are formed Hamtramc Welfare human beings," she said. "We Rights Or anization (WRO) have rights too." reportedly got the Hamtramck Pete�s charged that: social service office to respond -. - Clients were told to co� to client problems' after � t 7 a.m. and �t had to Sit threatening to stay the entire 10 the <?ffice...…
…• I I. 1 Stete's.onty Black owned hospital face's closure I. By E DETROIT - South est Detroit Ho pitaf will soon be cI ing i � permanently if immedia e ctioe i not taken to deter thi , say the Friends of outh est Detroit Ho pital, a I group organized to save the . ��. --------------��------�---------- ore than 300 professio . be job a major Black o ed d o�r ted f cility will be turned (1'ICf to . te control- lers and essence ...…
…in, ea ing dea grand jury call By Larry 'Doc' Blue JACKSON - The controver sy over the beating death of Jacks n Prison inmate 0 car Ro is J r a the hands of 12 prison guards continues, fol lowing the official ruling the death was "accidental" The AACP marched July 8 and 9 in front of the Jackson County Prosecutor's office ad ding to the demands for a grand jury investigation, a demand issued by some mem bers of the state le...…
…------ - ------.-...,....-----.,-------:-------:-------_....,...-�"....-----:---------------------- How the church weakens Blacks psychologically Pig 8 Unde ground Railroad, Emancipation celebration • P 6 "SER VING THE STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COl'l11l1U ITY" APRIL 12-18, 1987 VOL. IX NO. 20 b to do - ler April 6 fter Janel nd Ray :ballleilift of it." • a NEWS BRIEFS GOVERNMENT SAID TO FALSIFY CIVIL RIGHTS DOCUMENTS PROTEST ...…
…25 VOL. VIII ME BLACK DIPW T ashington D,C, - In a fairly obviously bid to pre vent Congre from over ridding hi veto of sanction apJn white-ruled South Africa, Pre ' ent Re an la eek named career diplomat Ed ard Perkins to become fll t Bl amba or to South Africa. Perkin . currently the amba dor to th we African nation of liberia. Ho ever, critics have labeled his nomination "cynical public relat 'on ploy" by the president....…
…itchner (left), Covert people on loosing end c • I • c ce y . in y COVERT - 0 t vi Ha kin ,76th Street, Co It, told the To n ip rd on- d y, ugust 5 that belie e th t unfair hirin p ctice are bein it ed t the con ruction site of the Township' 1.6 million elderly hou ing facility. H kin redre per n for th Van Buren County CP h rged that Sup rior Builder th St. Joseph b d gener I c ntractor, h only hired tw I cal minority pe...…
…bop Tu u blast a. compromi night' city commi ion meting. Dr. lph Chandler, e tern ichigan Univer tty profe r told th commission r during public hearing meting, hi recommond tion to federal Judge En lin ould be forth comin no later than four ee . This a th cond public he ring regarding th redr y. ing of ard boundarie. The city h d ignored reque ts for re p- ion nt until fil d by four city resi dent forced the mo . The plainti...…
…o Caucu's' 14th annual session AS and The anhattans will be held Frid y, September 28, to - benefit th establishment of the Congre . onal Blac Caucus Found tion' endowment fund, , and the Congr . onal Black Caucu spou will host two f: won show to support the CBCF Fellow Program. The CBCF distinguished lec ture rie will open with Charles V. Hamilton, Sayre Profe or of Government at Columbia Uni versity and over 150 exhibit wi...…
…. , BULK RATE us. POSTAGE PAID Benton Harbor. I 49022, 0.50 ADDRESS CORRECTION. REQ�ESTED 25 B PLA C DOl SSEMBLY for fu p 0.45 OCTOBER 12 - 18, 1.983 , L BID ryor 'chard G. of the Ja n ry ornmittee, h.a begun a drive to rai fund for po- . 198 Dem ti pre' dential bid by th Rev. Je L. J c n, head of Ope lion PUSH (peop e United to . Humani y). he initial e ploratory fund raising effort' campaign cent red around th erne:...…
…rtin Luther ill ulmin te in j urneyed e th d te of Locally the only nnounced eel br tion ill be held Sunday, t 4 p.m. at Hope United ethodi t hur h. The publi i invited. VOL. V 0.6 JA UARV 12 - 18, 1983 BULK RAT u.s, POSTAGE PAID ton Hlrbor, 49022 mit .50 25 'BUD IS A DUD' SE The support behind the boycott of Anheu r-Bu h . growing, Rev. Je Jack n, director of Operation PUSH announced at a pre conference, on d y, January 1...…
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…Editorial on p 2 j R 12 - 18. 1980 SERve G TRe.cOUNTY $OUT ESTER ICHIGA min 0 m ing cia! trip, 'Rettig ys. The I tter charge that cia! trip h e been. t payer it isn't the all orking man th t is rippin them off it' y r Board of Com missioner who e not do ing th ir job or are ju t turning their heads and letting this happen. , ait for etter number o if you think this is mething. , T ithheld TEXT OF LETIE u …
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…o SEPTEMBER 12 - 18, 1979 Community Corporation officer t organ ization to can in a 50,000 it P Store �lIC:'mg: of e in- suran irregularity, Carr id, "Dan Fla "t on the Board of vot the P Party Store 10ID. Flaugh A n cy msures P Party Stor . I 't that a conflict of make matters id, "UCDC 815 for a bill Twin Ci" G charg ed to Par Party Store for 'repai of) damaged tore fr t - ton doo and ety U 111 invoice Carr re- fer...…
…VOL. 1 NO. 27 JU E 12, 1979 SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN ICHIGAN Pric 20 cents Th re is 2 hour-a-day surv iII�� of the Hotel Vincent by the Bums Security force . Hou d in th trailer n in the photo �bo, guards keep QPS on th hot I louted at th com r of in and Sixth Streets in downto n B nton Harbor. Th ecurity force has been hired by a Washington D.C. rchitectual firm that is in t proce s of dra iog up pecification for th remodeling ...…
