…VOL. XVI NO. 30 An Informed People is A Free People JUNE 19 - 25, 1994 Marty Katz for The New Yen 11m" A conference of prominent Blacks that was sponsored by the NAACP ended with vows of unity. Organizer, the Rev. Benjamin F. Chavis, center, aid anoth r meting Is planned, Min. Louis F rrakhan of the Nation of Islam, left, and Rev. AI Sharpton. By ALLISON JONES With AP wire report! BALTIMO Black leaders met Monday to begin devising an ...…
…-, VOL. XVI NO.5 An Informed Peopto Is A Free People DECEMBER 19 - 25, 1993 In By CRAIG HILL Aflchl".n Citizen THE CAMPAIGN has in cluded a song produced by the NAACP's Detroit chapter, called "Com Back Home to th NAACP," which carri "an up beat Motown sound," Chavis said. The cl.vil • ta 0 gani ti also has improved computer sys tems and more personal contact with vera! of the 2,108 local NAACP chapters, he said. Michigan's...…
…munity,· Mayor Curt' Rich id Monday. Under th curfew,]a office can stop nyone on city street between 9 p.m. and dawn. -On Monday, attendance at Crystal Ri� only high school as down 40 percent and some bu in e in the city closed early. By nightfall though, the Citrus County Sheriff Office was nding home some officers because the community was quiet. M nwhile, the police chief reiterated his support for the of ficer who shot Jer...…
…,. ric n Am c n ,-- , t and ill t the lead." Acoording to Cobb, part of the problem 'th Conyer's 'lure t • VAJO, • P A.e D orr�umm be bot political �tuu. Detroit'. con commu nity, it'. a mId winter of d1IIppoo intmenL Foot-draggiDg politi e failed to tote the 8rc r co tuenb on ODe of choJcest , �cnt bui� ptojcc re- ce memory, tbc con say. Rising in the middlc of the Medi cal Center is S240 mlUion 11< am Admi ba on (VA) ...…
…NAACR responds : A panel of local rep ntadves trom civil rigb organizatio met last Sunday at the general m mber , hip meed 0 the Detroit B ncb NAACP in re po e to recent petroit serf, "Who Spea r Blae America?" : A10n ith local leaders, the orum included videotaped respon- • e from national he d of the " AAC , the Urban Leagu , the Southern Chri ti n Leadership Con ference (SCLC) and the Congre n Racial Equality (CORE), : "It ...…
…VOL XIV NO.13 FEBRUARY 19 - 25.1992 orr-One month go t Corinthian Baptist Church, th Chica 0, Dlinoi Living Light Outre ch nlstrie founder and director, everend Bob 'eeden, deli red powerful m ge to Detroit. To parap and conceptualize what Reverend Weeden d, the rebuilding of Detroit i not the job of the city, tate or federal governments. 1be job i a community job and the burden of fulfilling that need OTT' , t uarely on the houlde ...…
…VO XIV 0.9 JA UARY 19-25, 1 2 cony J ,INFORM ENGL By BEN CHMITT C ptIM H w. me. proble . . go in Michigan is to regi ter 100,000 new voters before Feb. 17, which i one month before the Democratic primary election. "WE' GO G TO hay a voter registration drive in Michigan," he said. "We're gonna have conference before the primary (election) on reinve tment in Michigan and reinvestment in America, reind trializatioh." Rep. Jo ep...…
…ts tr Ie, In the 1 1 Lo I P. a d Enlyn S It lr t mend eat Award by tbe ord H II orum t a tribute to ber, eld at ortbea ter U Inr Ity In Do ton, M , May S. Mn. Par wa onored for her lifetime of ervlee to tbe principle of free peee . She I joined he re by Elma Le I (I) artistic director of the National Center for tbe M sen of Afrlun-A eric b Artl ts and local children after t e award ceremoDY. (pboto: (c) DOD West). U ba . Le...…
…The ineo es of the nation's wealthiest citizen have in creased so much in recent years th t the riche t 2.S million Ameri will h ve nearly much after-tax income in 1990 as the 100 million Americans with the 10 est income, a report i ued recent., by the Center on Budget Policy Prio . . -d. S ed aDOther way, the gap between the very rich and other Americans become so great the top 0 e percent of the population this year will have...…
…hi e .supremacy magic changes Eg By Ro e Eolo Corres ondent America's official standpoint, although his complexion is dark, and his fe tures and an cestry visibly African, he is con sidered white . Hefny said he strongly resists the labeling of his race as white. Though he qualifies a Black person in terms of his phy ical appearance, he is refused the standard benefits of BI ck Americans like Affirmati Ac tion, and minority b...…
…I I Pro e pc Amurcon D m nd d ent Ing By DETROIT - A chanting line of picketer demonstrating in front of Amurcon Apartment Management Comp ny's Southfield office able to ac complish h t earlier mcetinp had failed to achieve - a promise by Amureon that things ould get better. The March 9 demonstration organized by members 0 the Hou ing Co lition Core Group (HCCG), tenants of 11 buildings located in downtown . Detroit all m...…
…FAIR Study: - I ightlinel racist, conservative . The media watch grou p, FAIR, issued the results of its study: "Are You on the Nightline Guest List? - An Analysis Of 40 Months Of Nightline Programming." The 45- page report con cludes that one's lilcelihood of appearing on ightline's guest list is enhanced by being a white, make member ot the govern - - ment, military or corporate es tablishment. The study found that certain ...…
…and Black · v-p W ASHINGTO , D.C. - The JDO\4e to put Jesse J ckson on the ballot picked up momen tum Wednesday, J 15 en , members of the Congressional B Ca aDDOWlced at a pr here that be . the t i number Demoa . bal- eBC: - Reagan yTedJ WasbJ�on - In what might have been it re I for oext oath's Democratic tiona I Conw:atio the Co I B Ca cus held an one-day DYMALLY, ,0 presided earing I t ee on issues _ over the beariD& ass...…
…Serving the State's African Amencen Community -An ar eid grou pia Co gres a a CALLED TO REVOLUTIO - omen ttendiag hat is belle d to be th flrst-e r, inter- nfi i e parenti re caned to OIfrtion against tb p vaiUng r SYS1tem. Hearing the call, front row, l-r, Doris Gree of Columbia, S.C., Delta 1b ta .exeeun board member; Dr. Dorothy I. Height, of Washington, D.C., former Delta natio i nt and president, tio al Coundl o{ 0 Women; FJ ie Au...…
…nap, Crack, Pop. VOL. IX NO.21 USER VING THE help for urban ills? Page 4 STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY" APRIL 19 - 25,1987 c • MUS GO branch of the con ider pril 26 ill again prote t u egon hronicle ew- pap r for publi hing art or that negatively portray frican- meri an . I ju t ant the editor to top the e raci t thing that are being put in the pap r ,' aid Bill Gill, pre ident of the local AACP chapter. The Sunday,...…
…• a By John iIliam Jr. hington, D.C. - Foreign affair took the spotlight at the Congressional Black Caucu ' 16th Annual Legi lative Wor shop held here from October 1 t - 3rd. While the majority of the 47 Legi lative Workshop con- ow York, NY - Accord· ing to the latest available information, the enrollment of the ion's cone and unive .. I pe . ed in 1976 and been d cliDing ever since. uch of the inform ion on BI coD ge moDme...…
…ou • I 9 whites, Bla ks have little acce to m rtga e m ney , the uburb r home ownership, Though the c ndition de- ribed in th 19 5 rban Lea u rep rt , 'The Bla k i higan , a familiar refrain, there are ome hift in the h using ituati n for Black Michigan, the report me uard re n inding the r shut on the 00- thi ancient Vir inia tate Riehm md. rl to be r u h on h r, for t Id m JU t hov child e th man is: • It ill e ju: t ...…
…VOL VII NO.3 DECE y o HARBOR - Syd ney Finley, ational AACP F air Share and Economic Development Consultant, told a small group at th Twin Citie CP election program, th t e Fair re program a created to help improve the economic tatu of the B ck community. Finley . d billion of dollars le ve Blac communiti an nually and Fair Share is the CP effort to top the drain. Finl y e g r for the AACP meeting, Fri- day, Dec. 14 at Unio...…
…A GTO ronal B pti USA, Inc. d a un 1 tion during it n tion convention h re callin on the U.S. to cea diplom tic re- 1 tion with the South frican o rnrnent nd ri ians throughout the world to join in condemning the practice of parth ide embers of the re lution committe , the Re . Timothy P. itchell and Jo ph y, both of ew York, and the Rev. B njarnin I L. Hook, n tional director of the AACP, . d BC le der should meet with th c ...…
…BULK RATE us, POSTAGE PAID B on Hlrbor, I 4 022. P m 0.50 G KI B CK C U OIES BU 0 FO HO ELESS ADDRESS CORRECTIO REQUESTED 5 C AY BI L Turn to 3 2SC 0.46 OCTOBER 19 - 25, 19 3 I C S POLIC qualify them for the rank or' rg t. All those patrolmen taking the te ave flunked all three time . ith e pected retirements, there will b noone to me command of the force within two to three year , the board told. RBOR - The city ill ...…
…ELEASES 'STATE OF BLAe A E Ie , STO YO P GE12 BULK RATE U.s. POSTAGE P 10 8 ton Harbor. I 49022 Perm' .50 VOL. V O. 7 JANUARY 19 - 2S, 1983 hri tm food-ba et giv -a ay in its 137-year history - a ci y council re- lution supporting the boycott was introduced by 17th ard Alderman Allan Streeter d is now before com mitte headed by 20th rd Aldennan Clifford E. Kelley, T 0 other cit" . Altanta Ga., and Gary, Ind. are expected t...…
…VOL. IV O. 24 AY 19 - 25, 1 2 Sen Tri-County South D?- TOPAG c I • I • I …
…AUGUST 11-25 1 v 25 CE TS , Taxpaye through edi care and edicaid payments ICCOWlt for more h of the by ercy and Hospital. Community Re . , author of the document, . . anticipated t· current year, 1981, that figure mere to 56.88 percent. Cr percent of 1980 d i ed to drop to 10.41 per cent d . yeo AD According to documents filed the Department of Public 53.83 percent of the b paid It the 0 Twin C· boIpitab· 1980 e...…
…VOL. II O. 50 OVE BER 19 - 25, 1980 SERVI G TRI�OUNTY'SOUT ESTERN ICH GA inneapo d City Venture h been told by th t city there will be no more lucrative contracts for dey lopment until the ghborhood group are tisfied their oppo ition to City Venture has been re ol- ed. City Venture has repre nted it " cce s" in inneapolis to the Benton Harbor City commisaioners rea n for this city to a 375,000 start up contr t with the urban ...…
…NO.15 ARCH 19·25, 1980 SERVI ESTERN ICHIGA OCEHTS TU TOP GE 3 ere is the contract be een arm r d er chants 8 and the city of Benton Harbor.in hie th b to 'em- to employ a certain, yet unknown a number of 10 r income city comrni . n approved the contract on Jun 4, 1979 in order to meet HUd guid applying for an un G grant. as to be vie Drive. t th arch 10 city commission IDee' Citizen publisher Char sKelly ed the eommi ...…
…"I ref .to mankind . the .t�·"_l. r B lovin each 0 " f. Martin Luther Ki Jr. I Prict s;e h December '10, 19. L e VOLII 0.2 SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTER ICHIGA P01'e Jo RIll for: Ci 3, 1979 20 CE TS 1 million t. minimum ntinued. u in D o A rom nt trying to find methin - any thin at all - r ng nd then to build a n to re 0 e bi from offi . oft . f fund- Blac pastor challenge 'slav ag nda' or human …
…VOL 1 0.28 JUNE 19 - 25, 1979 SERVING TRI-COU TV SOUTHWESTER ICHtGAN PE eve According to Forum organizers, the ichigan or r • 10 Th summer youth employment center, oper ated by the Twin Cities Area Chamber of Com merce,' no registering Berrien County teenagers for job . The center at 34S 12th Street, Benton Har bo , is open onday thru Friel y, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. according to Ben Butz- b ugh, director of the . ummer em...…
