…I .'\ .. ,- \ I I I I I' ,. j I . 1·1, I \, I I' , . , • ' C "II" ,\()\" \lBEH!.O ��ht lqq I Demon trator at Ry n Correctional Facility are demanding the Michigan 0 partment of Corrections fulfill promi e made to the community b fore th pri on wa built. S e tory on page AS. (phot� by N. Scott) -c o By ALLISON JONES By HEATHER MCEVOY Specl., to Michigan Citizen BATON ROUGE - A combina- I tion of legal, economic and po- ,I litical...…
…-p A2 Detroit pair assist gospel communitv a. Page AS p B1 VOL. XVI NO. 18 An/nfolfned Pc optc Is A f ft't' People MARCH 20 - 26. 1994 tablishment of guaranteed annual income for all Ameri cans at the poverty level. This would ensure that every Ameri can had t m to get food and pay rent. A guaranteed annual incom S. JOBS,B5 Grassroots G-7 qffers jobs solution: By RON SEIGEL DETROIT - Sunday, March 1 while U.S. Pr 'dent B...…
…Lessons from Black History: Benton Harbor Mayor Emma Hull (center)' with city employee Steve Archibald (lett). wei com s community activist Sandra Dudley to a historic buslne. gathering ho ted by th So�hwe tern Michigan city last week. Story i on page 86. (Bernice Brown photo) VOL. XVI NO.1 '- An tntot mcd People Is A F,c£' People FEBRUARY 20 - 26. 1994 State, County set to okay Citizens charge environmental racism 8y RON SEIGEL . IA/c...…
…PAGE A3 Racist C.X{1111 prohibits lVl\'l/ (t.: radu {II if Jll Were HP city layoj]« preventable? - PAGE A5 o 1 VOL. XV NO. 27 ;111 /nfOffll"cI People Is A Free People JUNE 20 -- - 26. 1993 CURllS URPHY ut Inter-City Bank beca they out expl tion. r Stamard ere doing omething," Murphy Federal inv ted in economically de- ·d. p ed areas, he ·d. Murphy aid the FDIC' inv ti- urphy aid tat meeti with gating his complaints g 'mt Stand-...…
…ARA: Candleholder tor awen nell_. reprMen ng .... eon and aoclal ctu. Vol. XV No 5 .l\n tnt.n mc«! People Is A Free People December 20-26. 1992 hundred percent in support of the �e( . 'Police are . upposed tobe public serve and if the public co 1aiDs repeatedly about certain police officers' behavior, then tho e OffiCCIS hould find other work," aid ·���������r�������:::w. iI "'-"·�-'·"-ve , ra r. e ar with second-degree mwder in t...…
….' r By RON SIEGEL p.cl I to Michigan CltlHn HIGHU D - U.S. Con- gres man John Conyer said Chryslers' decision to leav High land Park hould entitle the city to U.S. di aster aid, imilar to the help given to Florida and Hawaii follow ing recent hurrican . "Economic dislocations are no le s harmful and dangerou to f milies and people than natural dis ters," Conyers told Th Michigan Citizen. Conyers said that it would be more ...…
…By USHA ANCHA 0 CgtiGIN • LANSI O-Double bunking, elimin tion of everal recreational programs for prisoners and hort tamng can prove to be dangero combination for the tate. This i the contention of Fred Parks, executive director of the Michi n Corrections Organization, a pri on guard union. "One of the e day omething i going to happen. Somebody i going to get killed," he aid. Parks thin the proposed budget allocation for tie Dep...…
…u nes r a si lance. Erner on's bill ould keep the state in line with changes in the federal r te until April 1, 1991 when • the minimum 'wage increase from $3.80 an hour to $4.25 an bour. But unlike legislation enacted by Congress, Emerson's bill ould extend increase in the minimum wage until 1993 and prohibit employers from using a sub minimum wage for wor ers in SI G-Michigan' busi aDd labor leaders say they eire at odds...…
…t P rt I DETROIT - Since the urb n rebellion 0 1967, the overall economic conditions in the city of Detroit have declined immensely. Although the relocation of white middle and working-class famiies to the outlying uburban are 11 underw y during cion DETROIT- The Wayne Cou ty Homele Union (WHU) pono ored their econd annual Leadership Program t their om office, 3627 C during the ee of August 14-19. s part of the eek-Iong . e...…
…The ev. Je L Jackson that Democrats mu t now fmd some common nd . th President Elect George Bu b. Jackson made bis tements the momiDa after h too a solid lead in the ov. election. to become. the bon 9 41 president Throupout the presiden tial campaign, Jackson had attacked the record of Bush and that of hi vice presiden- tial runnin mate. Indian Sen. Dan Qu yle. But Wed n�y mOnUn& �ring on ABC "IVs Good Momin America program...…
…By Alii J DETROIT - Jesse Jackson brought his campaign for the nat ion's h· ghest office to Michigan where he found pack ed halls, spirited followers and a cadre of dedicated volunteers determined to make history. Driving home his message of reinvestment in America, stop the dope the borders, job ; peace and economic justice, Jackson offe ed his listeners in Detroit, Thu sday, a sharp con trast to the r alities of the day's he...…
…y Larry .. - ....... -. (NNPA) WASHI GTO African American r i from television star Bill Cosby to members of the con gr . onal Black Caucus, during dem ations this k the U .S:.�Cll,,-":M�dd"deCI rele se before Chri tma of undreds of children no im prisoned in South Africa. Crying Unloc ApartlUed Jails", Demoa tic Reps. er vyn Dymally (Calif), William Gray (philadelphia) and Walter Fauntroy (D.C.), rejoined by Sen. Barbara Mi...…
…c ett orce? abo e ates: • o a Washington ( A) - By the year 2000, more than 80 percent of the new additions to the nation's wor force will b women, minority group members and immigrants -- groups that have traditionally f ced barriers to employment and advancem nt in the p t, Secretary of Labor Bill Broc d elared in his annual Labor D ymessage. Job will be pi ntiful as our economiy continues to beome more service oriented...…
…1 c ools jo· c VOL VI" NO. COURT TO DECIDE: IS DEATH PENALTY FAIR ASHINGTO , DC - The u.s. Supreme Court hu eed to decide whether the ay the death penalty i handed out in this country is fair to Bl c . The deci ion, which is expected next term, ill be b sed on a Georgia death penalty c . The ju ices will hear arguments that the death penalty is signifICantly more likely to be given in ituation here a bite penon is illed by a Bl per...…
…The i\Jichigal1 - · ' -;,.� .. �-�� VOL. VIII O. 21 APRIL 20- The U.S. bombing attac on Libya, vi eel favorably by mo t Americans according to pr polls, w received with mixed reaction in the Black commu nity. Detroit yor Coleman Young told reporter, "I think it . another calp on Rambo' belt to go along ith Grenada. There are real big nations e're pushing over." Libya has a population of 3.6 million according to A ociate Pre f...…
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…BULK RAT U.S. OSTAL .. AID Benton Haft)or Mich an 4 022 P rmlt No. 50 VOL. VII NO.25 AY 20, 1985 ct. The cited and th ir en i include illiam 'Bennett, th n Chairman of th tiona) Endowment for th Hum ities ( and current- 1y th S cretary of th De partment of Education); Jam Miller, Ch irman of the Feder rade Commi ion; and illiam French Smith, then ttorney General of the United St te at th De partment of Ju tice. In th re r...…
…gan -Tum to PIIt 4 Citiz n To P.ublish on .. I Mondays HARBOR - This . city wiD lay to re 01 and best kn n reUgious leaders hen mourners titer at nelay, rch 25 for the of ev. .E. £llis, or of Pilgrim R t Baptist urc . Re. Ellis p d Sunday, reb 17 just two days after . congregation celebrated hi 93rd birthday ·th a special rvice. Burial will be in Crystal. Springs C metery. Friend may t Robbins Brothers Funeral y from 11:3...…
…tor of Union the program e . Rebecca Co' op 1 ells '11 rve on a 15- member bo rd hich is respon ible for all property 0 ned by th Church of God in Chri . The denomination, b d in emphis, Tenn,,' the larg t Bl ck penteco I church in the United State with more than 3,7 million memb r orldwide. e 're ponsibilitie include supervision of the 34 million All Saint University proj ct, which i being dev loped in downto n ernphis; 0 rs...…
…IPP o CT 81 d r c or TURN TO PAGE 7 n declared, support bo Coatit· dram at . camp to change Ameri· politics by calling all of � 400 e cted de tea to another "Rambo Con ntion" in Cruea 0, June 29-30, o ek before the Democratic a· 'onal in San Fran . co. And he confirm- ed p to definitely go to Cuba and ibly Latin America to further in U.S. foreign policy before mocr tic nominee is lected. ddition to calling for a "Jac n, ,...…
…ioc L vote S SPEA OUT GET OUT OF SOUTH B opi 0 on Ph ph t Lewi of th 4; H .p adium publi r' s. Pub· employ u h eDdC)nc� biU th ould require puUin fund out of South f·. 3 2S e nts , .' G C 395 LOT o y B Terry eUy he tate L ttery t h ve t r port their e min to the Inter n I Revenue rvi e. rr lin ed the Daily Three d D ily ur to the BI c community id ' u h L tter mmi i ner rr be ore the pe ial H u ub-C mmitte haired b...…
…p • • T SEE STO '( AGE 3 BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Be on Harbor. I 490�2 P rmit 0.50 25 e nts on p e 7. BO - City comrru oner . nored requ t by ven re ministers th t th city hold a public he ring on the relocation of I Electri Co. to St. Jo ph. ith only yor ilc Cooke and Comm. R ndall Juer ensen bstainin the re 'of the commi 'on pproved the m ve m kin no mention of the mini ter reque t. letter requesting the he ing was i...…
…BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID 8 ton Harbor, 4 022 rmit 0.50 per n nnoun ed. onyer i n out p en ch mpion for pe e, the poor justi e nd i him If un ppo d for r el tion. rv Tri-County Sou VOL. IV o. 46 OCTOBER 20 -.2 ,1 2 an 25 nts Benton H rb r ill Zon of th nt it nt t t th money on the do Lilly report d th t th clo t city ith a uth Bend. city h five dog and u them for civil d· rde nd build in d uld …
…u loan corporation- in of 1�9. rey L. Carr, a city' then n Carr a JDe]�nsb.iD drive to enlist minority -b . the orpniu- don, claiming it had been controlled by bite, non- o ent bu . n to the detriment of the city'. b 0 community. Carr quoted in of $506,580 in loans e by UCDC, only 18 percent, or 84,442 go e to Carr further chuFf that ougb B had gotten little in m flY they ere the • telpO ib for the of IS of the 20 Attor...…
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…When and if the City of Benton Harbor recei close to 100 parce of tax reverted prope . from th state hinges on ayor Joel Patter n. "According to T.. c- ker t Division Chief Land Division of D ,he nt a letter to the ayor on July 8 that h not yet been answe d. letter nt in to rveral qu by occupan of tax- erted proper' lo- cated in the city 0 been .appro ed by River- . e Development C rpora- lion to buy their h di pro- Turn...…
…Tum to 5 VOL. II O. 11 FEBRUARY 20 - 26, 1980 ESTER ICHIGAN 20 CE TS be C"r'han� you, Crispus Attuc�s, fOT falling in the cause • 1-, of liberty. .. Than� you, HaTriet Tubman and Nat TUTner, too, fOT so stTongly bac�ing up the belief that all men are bom free. Than� ·you, Blac� composers, �noum and un�nown, for lifting the spirit above' the daT�ness of slavery thTough soul, • stirring song th�t lighted the flame of faith, enabling ...…
…gencv ineli i- U BER lS o I Si e •• .' COLLI S is this Ie's Soul Sister. You can read all ab�ut her on page 7. (Photo by Joseph Chillers) brought out is that the County C 0 itself in the administration of the program has incurred- ineli � gible costs of $21, 495.00 and bl costs incurred in the CETA its 0 n County run agencies program. have racked up some $77,830 The Count as Prime in ineligible co ts. Sponsor of th rrien. ...…
…j I all raci m iff's force. I Of 102 employ , 12 Bt : th h ad coo ; three c riul staff; t ·0"81 c omen guards; one BI c .rn e guard; d fi BI c patrolmen, U I t rna es m . c ,It Henderson ide He stated th t of the recent el t hires, the eriff d 51 to choose from, fiv of those bein Blac m les. Hend rson call d on Otto Grau (R-Ste ensville) who i ch irman of th administra tion committee to 100 int th matter.· � ( • Volum ...…
