…/ .' VOL. XVI NO. 45 An Infonned People is A Free People OCTOBER 2 - 8, 1994 By APRIL CALDWELL plIel.' to Mlchlp.n Citizen LA I G ( pit I • rv- le ) - Although the population behind bars at the 70-ye r-old State Pri n of Southern Michi gan in Jackson i 67 perc nt Black, no African American con tracto have been hired on the $116 million renovation project underway. The renovation project, which will take ix ye rs to com- I oro ...…
…Africans bring their sport to Detroit PAGE A7 VOL. XV NO. 24 A IJ int cn nu-ct Pc oot» h A F,f'(' People MAY 2-8.1993 er, Sheffield· moo queationed by Dealbom Police Chic Ronald Deziel. "By the time 1 advised (the etbal ult ind t Sheffield aM • col .. MQmbers of Save Our Spirit Coalition (80S) discuss alternative to Mayor Young's proposed 1993-94 budget for the Community Development Block Grant Program. SOS members feel there need...…
…By KELLY L ANDERSON A • .oc,.ted Pre • Writ DETROIT (AP) - � r Lout Farrakhan urged people to register to vote Sunday, but he stopped far hort of endorsing any presidential can didate. "The people allover the country, the Black poor, the Hispanic poor, the white poor are getting tired of abuse and neglect and the lying of politicians, the deceit of govern ment," the Nation of Islam leader told a crowd of about 6,800 in downtown...…
…'pr rm r ' chool I ppm tion te m t. ult downtown coece . She . d � una are of the orth Central findings. The orth Central Report . ued after evaluation team of 23 educato spent three days at the school in April, 1991. "RenaiS-WlCC is not given special co ideration by area or central dministration a school with a pedal purpose and pedal needs," the report sta . "In many respec , the school does no live up to its claims 0 reputatio "...…
….1 : ·111 tJO?H .J un. � - H 1)<) 1 )() l' I't .. ... , AIlBO - Q tio nd rumo la re a official main lIent a ut f c uno clin the death of Eric cGlnni, a 16- ear old Benton Harbor High S 001 op more. cGinnil' body a pulled from t. JOIcph River ed- day, May 22. The youth alIa t seen iday. May 17, ben hi fat er Excell cOiDnll Sr. dropped him off at a teen center in do nto n St. Joseph" . The police are offering no explanatio of bat b ...…
…Emerging from ble k 8�' , Blacks face dire tim s in 90's B Trabiaa Shorten Capilill News Service Co"espon:delll LANSJ G--E�onomic reces- ion in Michig n could mean another depression in Michigan' urban reas and a disproportionate rise in Black unemplo t, 0 'ng urb n official . A study released by the alional Urban' League silo ed a dramatic reversal in the eighties in tbe equality of w g earned by Blacks and whites in the Midw...…
…2.9 million projec 70% 81 • In ck ci o TROIT" - Ro dwor being performed on Wood- �.��:l��I,;s:�w��ard between Si and Eight i e Roads, by companie contracted by the tate rai e the que lion of opportuniti for Blac -0 ned con. truction companie . According to Department of Tr n port tion Project Management SpeciaJi t Ar thur Davi, four D' a vantaged Bu in . Enterprise (DBE) loc ted ou tside of troi tare p r ucipating in the...…
