…YC UP F CKe EAT·O ryJ Hayn LANSING - The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus turned up the heat on State Lot tery Commissioner Michael Carr during a hearing here, June 22. Caucus Chair Rep. elson Saunders pushed Caucus demands for more African Americans in executive posi tions and more lottery advertis ing dollars for the Blac media. "Commis ioner Mich el Carr, if you cannot present a' proposal to us hen we meet fo nder ...…
…-A Summit: ',.,._ ... A E \ I VI D� AlU J Despite controversy sur rounding the organizing stages of the African AmeriCan Sum mit (AAS) set for April 21-23 in N Orleans, organizers insist all segment of the African American community are urged to participate. As reported here last week, there' sOme debate over the participa . 0 of Louis Far rakhan of the ati of Islam. AAS taff or anizer Kay H' y' Louis FarrakhaD and Angela...…
…impo t d c%1iciaI to Black America. The delMied by Jesse Jacboo in a keynote addre ; by members of the CoDp' io 1 Black Caucus (CBC) at vario wor ops d other speakers cited .destructi\Ie eight wee:IeDd theme, struBle lDllbllues - A 1.00 lDto The Future,· 1U0UII� • tapestry ofl , Rights Commission rned their listeners that "r cial bat tleground still existed· in the so cial d eeoeomic environment ofAmeri They urged their lis...…
…z Community College . J le Vaughn, III, At! Y d Hall and Detroit School Supt. ong distinguised the inspiration Cor at the 001. Turn to • 19 CO LANSI G - A preliminary study by the Michigan Dept of Civil Rights sho that without the Bla enrollments of W yne County Community Hopes In his third year with the ichi an Youth Corps Brian ichols of Benton Harbor sud denly learned that he was going to be pervisor for an Y work ere ...…
…o , uSER VING, THE a ce Black communities focus of fight money to rebuild indu fie and re ore e ntial program in education, health care, hou ing and transportation," id JWP spa esperson Jill elson in a phone intervie with The ich.igan Citizen. Over t 0 million people in 86 cit and towns have voted "yes" on te JWP referendum. "Peop Ii 1 1)()IW'ede11L trlIHon S 1 ,000,000,000,000 - dollar expenditures for military de feme. ...…
…Addr" .. Ccw. q t - On Friday, ovember 22, the committ e for the Concerned Citizens of u kegon Height for Com munit AfC: ir mt ith two of the chool board embers ho oppo ed the ap ointment of Ann Allen for �e position of director of community educa tion nd ith the Mu kegon County Election Committee to in ure that the wording on the recall petition s clear and th t th per on being recalled understood the reason for the recall. ...…
…25t children c estern n trudge bac to hool m ny may not be ge tin h t th y're prorni ed - an education. In tead e pecially if they are Bl c , inferiority might en be the 1 n of the day. cc rding to Dr. Ch rle D. ody Sr. uthor of Equity and cell nee in Edu ation for in here Are e?" public education is de . n- d to te h om udents to pire to hi h atu rol in dult life while conditioning oth to cept 10 atu roles in life. o dy's r...…
…Brea for Sic Ie Cell Sufferers VOL. VII 0.5 JANUARY 2 - 8, 1 85 TU TOP GE 2 SHINGTO , D.C. - The ational ciation of Housing nd Redevelopment Offici s AHRO) . d recently that propo by Office of anage m nt and Budget Director David . Stockman to entirely wipe out Community Development Bloc Grant (CDBG and Urban Development ction Grant (UD G) ould repre nt a 'Dev tating blo t to the nation t capacity to me t critical infr tructu...…
…y • ml ay.3. Amol1l the other speakers t the Summit's plenary 'ons will be Dr. Jame Comer, Director, Child Study Cen ter , Yale University; Dr. Bernadette Chachere, Chainnan, Department of Bconomi , Hampton Institute; Dr. Jame A. aya, founder of the "Adopt-A- . Family" endowment, and . er Falaka Fattah, Director, House of Umoja, Phil - delphia. In ddition, other not bles making presentations at the orkshop ns ill be Dr. Lee P....…
…22, ADDRESS CORRECTIO REQUESTED C ELiGIOUS DOCAST G G 0 5 to 9 VOL V 0.41 NOVE ER 2-1,1 3 25t JES J C Re ctin , n of by tam ttuation." The 21-member Caucu it particularly distrubed that -- ........ Re dministration "bad not fit to consult. .. uh t B membe of Co de ite our Ole tie with der of the Caribbean region d n "tivity to Ived." Other B. Caucus members individ- ually expre their concern bout the of American troop. "P...…
…F BULK RATE U .5. POSTAGE PAID B ton rbor, I 49022 .50 VOL. V 0.13 ARCH 2 -8,19 3 probably city taff per n to i ted ith econ mi development, Kelley id. He noted that the publicans on th committ inst th electi n of The State of ichigan Court of ppeal has re er d th Berri n County con iction of Robert orwood for ulting a jail guard. orwood feel the decisi n i a gi nt ep fo ard in his 32.5 million it ain t the County the Sheri...…
…F B ton rbor, 49022 .5 VOL. V O. 9 FEBRUARY 2 -I, 19 3 AIIO L B PTIST CO VE TOTO EGISTER 3 MllLIO EW VOTE 5 Over 5 000 nun ers and laymen 0 the ational Rapt' Convention USA, Inc. (NBC) meeting in t on Rouge, Louisiana, too actions that. ill dram tical Iy affect th B commu nity nationwide, ccording to Rev. Donald Adkins, p tor of Second Rapt' Church, Benton Harbor. R . Adkin, who at tended the mid inI of the Ellis U, .....…
…BULK RATE U .5. POSTAGE PAID B ton turb , I 4 22 It .50 TV TO PAG 3 VOL. IV NO. 26 JUNE 2 - ,1982 Se In 25 Ie of C Ex cutiv ,Y ring�on's � .......... y to run Public Hou · , …
…VOL. III NO. 52 and Hen- der n h expre d fe r th t the Republican ere tryin to chop up the city d p 1 the B vote t t predominan tiy hite s. "Thi plan aDo s Dem d 81 r bo rd ofnin c m fter ithdra illg his 0 n plan or flY c nty commi on dis- trict . c4()n thing i pp - ent," ter e told th am other member, 'g vern ment i cutting b c on r enue. The tructur of b cut The county commi on is not tive body e er e po...…
…25 CE TS CITY ATTOR EY GAVI TO SEEK ATTOR EY GE ERAL'S OPI 10 0 CITY CHARTER PROVISIONS CO FLICT WITH "LOANED EXECUTIVE" PLA Inc., city a &4 . e" throu of Commerce ual salary of 45,000- the city $25,000 d $20,000 comi fr community n a p re , 4.1 …
…commission. In perfect -rerun form, Dan Fia arned the no former 0 any 1 on BlI. City h aJJoea. ted $100,000 by HUD for 312 10 thiS year, reported in June. Citizen. The ad so' . . bi apparently premature. Guy Huddleston, H.H • ConStruction, 4 …
…H POLITICS I VOL. II O. 17 APRIL 2· APRIL I, 1 10 Inte t in opment of do ton Harbor - ali SERVI G TRI.cOU TY SOUTHWESTER ICHIGA 2OCENT5 explained the project or�tion h d been in ved in - ce their incep- tion in 1973. • aftemooo's most eoth tic ape er and one receiving the most e auer ce re tion the director of the Cereal City De opment corporation in Battle Cree, George . Dunn. Dunn pre bed the DeCetI1- ty of a positi¥e ...…
…VOL. II O. 4 JA UARY 2 • I, 1 DEAL ILLEGAL department. in grant pro posal , it be fiti from feder fund, its de . ti by this body in your offlC' proceedmgs - it ems the pub}" must be granted it risht in regard to the dl positi n of the property.' , "I'm sure that if has own concern the citizen of th . ty, then the citizen will concern for the » Th commissi oners after much di . on felt th K lly' objections re after the fact...…
