…ro Daniels bypasses Democrats Ron Daniel , former deputy campaign manager for Je e Jackson bring the Peoples Progre sive Convention to Michigan Friday, Augu t 21 through.Sund�y, Augmt 23 on the Campus of Eastern Michigan I of a People' Progre ive Con vention, with an understanding that the convention will not en dorse Daniel' or others' can didacie. A broad range of organizations, third party forma tions and progressive le...…
…Th 0 Ice, ere quitt d of m t of th te charg on ril 29. Th cquittal touched off the wo t U.S. urban rio of thi century, entered not guilty pi to charg they violated King' civil rights during hi rre t. Officer L urence Powell, Timothy Wind d Theodore Bri eno were Co c ed of rainin c and baton blows on King after topping him on March 3, 1991, following high peed .ch e. Sgt. Stacey Koon w charged wi th allowing the beating to ta...…
…the post-l990 census-redi tricting and the 1982 amendments to the 1 5 Voting Rights Act The new, majori ty-Black congre ional di trict are: Alabama-Seventh-Birmingham; Florida-Seventeenth-Mi mi and Third-Jac on, Orlando; Georgia-Eleventh-Atlanta, and Second-Macon, Albany; Loui iana-Fourth-Shreveport, Monroe, Baton Rouge; Maryland-Prince George's County; North Carolina-Fir t-Fayetteville, Wilmington; Twelfth-Charlotte, Durham, G...…
…. , TIlEY HAD AlSO berer remember that you can o=ver take anything for graned in America ROOmy King's beating aIX1 verdict mad dear. Assign yowselt: Our nsddy used to ask my sib� m1 � w�tl1:r � teacher gave us any borrework, Ifwe said 00, be'd say "well assign yowself." "Don't wait 8I'Oum for�y to diIect�u \0 dowbat youare ., out do a Utical b r, grumbler, or cynic. vote. Demoaacy is not a spectak>rsport. If you see a reed, d...…
…• I O� to )'0" the nlr- ru., wortb Gbo", tJw FDfU1Ja of JIlly by 1M HDII .. Fr«Iericlc Do",11U 011 J,,'y 5, 1852: (part VI 0/ VI) ellow-cltize , I will DOt enlarge further on your na· tional inconailtenciea. The exiatencc of .lavery In thiI country branda your republlcanllm a .bam, your humanity a bue prete , and your Chri •• tlanity u alie. It de.troya your moral po or abroad: it corrupta your politicians at home. It .ap the...…
…BIT A D PI C S On the I t Sunday in July St. Cyprian Bpi copal church pre ented Educ tion Sun d y ... General Superintendent of Detroit Public School , Dr. Deborah McGrif w gu t pea er The PAw rd C. Syl v ter Memori I chol hip wa pre ented to There a Thorne, orthwestern High School grad ... Honor stu den from Sampson Elemen tary, Webber Middle and Northwestern also received awards. In the fall The will enter Lincoln Unive...…
…THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY In which yetJT was � first Blae A�rican lawyer ad- mitted to kgal bQ1'? What . his ? AUGUST 17,1849- e Ibald Henry Grim e, 1 yer and Joumallst, born. 1845 - olin. , a John Brown cohort, born. 1875 - J m H y w the first BI Catholic Bishop named in the U.S. In which YMT did a BIDcIc American woman first win solo gold �t/Qls in international olympics competition? AUGUST 18, 1901 - Harold J ekman, educ...…
…VIEWS/OPINIONS Unfortunat ly, President George B h 0 from pte rience how to incre e hi tanding in public opinion polls. In the face of the Clinton-Gore c ndid cy for Pre ident nd Vice-Pre ldent, Bush' ting is at an all time low. But we remember how the popul rity of the Bu h Administration oared to a record high er the decision w made to m e war on S ddam H ein and Iraq. Al though it ha n w been expo ed that the Reagan and B h ...…
…One of the colum ttl (1 ) Dr. Bill Cosby. It titled "Dr. Bill Cosby: The Educator's Educator." Let me no that before and ifem their$20 million gift to Spelman Col le . The purpose of this two part column . to in display lOme of my 1988 commen (vel'b tim for the most part) aDd to put 0 the table the �tion that this man, his family, and the greater higher education community m y be tined to wed (i.e., Cosby College): A new g...…
…HIGHLA D PARK COMMUNITY cou G EGISTRATIO AUGUST1.8-24 romA2 " ou C C ofpover- ty, unde chlevementin choo and limited job opportuniti continu d," he aid. Community improvement m ve been underta en for 30 years, hid, nd no "the p pear nee of mo t Bura u com muniti is not much different" from outside are ,but occup tional and educational chievement re 10 er, because of discriminatory practice tba t till exi t. "Jap n' economic u...…
…hasn't been one day since we've been together that I haven't heard the word 'groove.' It all starts there, it has to be there. We all want something that is universal, and great music has to have a groove." ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF y Y third· charm. For Soul II Soul, th t' de init ly t e . Their third P, "Just Right", the third voulm of ric n jauJfu rib- be n/Briti h fu ion th t producer Jazzi B. mad . nd. ith th introduction o...…
…UPCOMING EVENTS .161 'Cl FORGOTTEN LIVES - n xhlblt o de crlptlve photograph chronicling th hungry nd the homeles In 0 trolt, appearing at the Sword Into Plowshare Pe ce C nt r & G II ry, 33 E Ad Av . Exhibit run Aug 16 thru Aug 25. Th photogr pher, J ph Orachlola, I an award-winning photo-journalist who began documenting hunger and hom Ie ness two years ago. For Info and to arrange group visit , call (952-5422). 'Cl JAZZ. AT IL...…
…II 0 d rt until you t your ve et ble ." What anxio parent or grandparent n't rted to ueh co - i ? At one meal children m y re to e t anything, while t nether devour every thin . Sometim they live for day on dfuls of cereal or on' bread and jelly. And, yet, ex cept in ituatio where there' literally not enough food, most ki thrive. Ho come? Sixty ye r go Clara Davi , a pioneering researcher in the field of childhood nutri tion...…
…Y ER Ie RO Carrying pi card bearing m of the 12 unresolved murder victims illed over 10 year pan, marcbe brav d downpour Wedne d y, Au ust 12 to demonst te th ir out rag t th indi erence h wn Bl c crim victims by the white judicial ystem of thi outh e tern Michigan community. Organized by the Twin Cities Branch of the ational ociation for th Adv ncement of Colored People, clo e to 100 demonstra ers joined the p aceful noon tim m...…
…WESTERN MICHIGAN th DeIlIlrtn.u1 t v ton and H thia dm • .• Any qu tiona about tb Pre School or Kind r nen oUDdup uk1 be dlrec1ed to Ith Ser- vi Department at 927-0670. reo ahould Imo about the - recorda t y m t have for tbelr children when enrolling them for flntdme. Itla StateLa tbataUchildren In any public or private &Chool in Mlchlpn mUlt be protected gainst MCI.alel, Mumps, Pollo, Dlphtheri , Wbooplq Cough aDd Tetanus and...…
…"Brazil i the mo t uc ce ful racist system in the world" w nsre 1beaune Brazilian tmr Gemal ASSI.� . ted in United am mh relati with African..Anmcanpoliticalml dalleade On her first top, in VI �n, O.C., tm Bl con gresswoman, am current can dida� for mayor of tm ooun.tIy' IIXE popular city, Rio de Janeiro, said that tI:r "t D ltv: Us., ". promp1ed by a desire from me arxI tOOusarxIs of my oountryrl'rn to build bridges betwe...…
…o 0 Adam dEve nd med John pman ve in common? They're both p of th tory of th Ameri n pple. Apple in America date b ck to coloni t time when pilgrims di covered crabapple t upon landing here. Unfortunat ly, the fruit of th e beautiful flowering t le than d lrable, but soon, e and cutttn from En h apple tre (alon with bee fro pollin;ation) ar- rived nd the American pple born. Then, during the 1 , man named Johhny Appleseed (born John Ch...…
…Cornm nting on the purpo 0 the conference, th Reverend Thorn W. Ogletree, Dean of Y I Divinity School, explained " Chur ches, yn gogues, nd divinity chool can bring good news to the 'ruinedcitie ' ofourdayifth y learn to join hands with inhabitants of tho e cities to build up, repair, and renew. A conference on 'theological education and the city' is an occasion for fresh thinking about how the practice of rebuilding might itself...…
…LEGAL OTICE HIrbcr. M <48Cm-11 (17. be�." d 2:00 pm. 1 Mcntay, hltpA 24. 1992. n. 8cMI d Er:l.aIIcn .. rtsttt)�« .rtf « pqx..- aI:mII8d. t) q r· «t) Ia)IJ:t q � a rTMtf HELP WANTED Corr .. pcudenta ed .,flebelt d�t)cbeo. ------ In Grand Rapids, ADD RES S E R S Kal mazoo & Battl. B.nton Harbor Area Sohool. WANTED 1m m edlately I Creek for weekly Wayne R. H.mlngway No .xperl.no. r=:rr' � = Puroha.lng Agent Melaalry. ProceeaFHA oommunl...…
…ham lui Policy 01 Fore. d ' , R patrl nen Ignore Hu'man Plight 01 H Itia�.R lu Nt York Times. Ju e 1-1, 1992 , About 90 Haitians were' reported to have died. at sea on Sunday when- their small boat capsized and sank about 20 miles to the north of the capital [Port-Au-Prince, Haiti]. .... " New York Times, July 22, 1992 - "in the period immediately following the coup, massacre and widespread killings were the order of the day. Since ...…
