…VOL. XVII NO.5 An Informed People is A Free People DECEMBER 25 - 31. 1994 BY JULES LOH vie irrevocable, Ku Klu Klan obitu- ary em beyond pecul tion. There re- PU ,T nn (AP) - C 11 it y r- nd pilogu to t 30th nni ry o vance of F om Summ r. Or call it a final belated triumph of the Civil Rigb Movement: Or call it im ply longed layed funeral no ice: The Ku Klux Klan' d d. Twice before over the past century the Klan med to ha va...…
…" o y We of Grand Rapids is the aspirant from th Natural Law Party" BILL BALLENGER, editor of the newsl tter Inside Michigan Politics, said recent polls show votes given to the andidat will make the difference in th ra bet ween Democrat Bob Carr and R publican Spen r Abraham. Coon, 35, has pent many years in the lumber busin ,He said he had no po litical pirations until 1992, but he r ched a point where h felt "something had to...…
…TO OUG LA-Bill Cinton' at on th installatio of Ge ral Aidid in Mogadishu, Somalia, two weeks have been branded "racist" by p officeas of the Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika (pG-RNA). Th office have demanded that the Clinton administration give a public account ing of the civilian and military personnel killed in U.s. air attacks and ground weeps and account for all homes destroyed. President Kwame Moh of the �...…
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…\ ('1. \ \ I '\(,. �., \11 l ntorm ct! """1,1,'/' \ /'11 t' /'('II/,it' Octuhcr 2::;-.�1. 1')'),2 DE11l0rr - A list compiled by concerned citizens bearin the name of stores su peered of operatin under un anitary conditions was bmded 0 er to the Michigan Dep rtment of Agricu1twe for iDspediOD. Guided by the Ii t, tate iDIlt)eC1lOll have UDCO red an may of pro lema and uecl a of citla on to Detroit grocery to . ollowing up on a compl...…
…DB'J'Rorr-Aa the days of lummer rapidly give way . tbe autumn old, ACORN (Alloclation of Community Or.anizaUoDl for Reform ) tumI the beat. Saturday, August 17, ACORN held a protest rally; proteslln ,HUD', (Housing Urbin Development' ) policy of U' IDOIt of i propertie to " peculators" DOt "owner- occUpan ." The rally, which w at tended by approximately 200 Northwelt rcaidcn , w held at Perfectin Church, 13220 Greenfield. Ac...…
…I tnner-ci flight-justified? The rever e migration of BI c to outhern state ,e - caping the gang violence of I rae urban rea in the we t, north, and ea t, wa recently poll ighted in the n tional new media. A Blac doctor said he De it time to abandon L.A. when hi daughter's priv .tc e le m ntary school b�gan hoi ing 'drive-by hooting' drill, BC' Today h nOled.· D pi t thi Ir ntic flight by m ny upp r-income BI c prof'c: ion I ...…
…DETROIT - In the 19605 it egro, In the 191 it i\fr� rican. In the 1980s it B In the 1 it still is Bia At le t for an ccurate coun ·th the u.s. Ce II African-Americans must t Black Am rican on the prt By Li I t rop Capila/ Ne 'S Service LANSI c census form race question, said Betty Appleby, a Cen us Awarene War op Coor dina or. During Neighborhood Builder Alliance and Detroit Complete Count CoiDmittee wor hop held March 21...…
…EAST LANSING - Amid thunderous applause and cries of "Al1ahu Akb r (God i Great) from a capacity crowd an call of bout 4,000 at the MSU . Audi torium February 18, Minister Louis Farrakban said tbat MSU is a "modern day plant tion" that thinks nothing of Blac studeats. "Nobody care if you $uduate ith �egree, but put tbe ball in that hoop," Far rakhan aid. "You (MUS) use Black people to build your credit. " Farrakh n, leader o....…
…"Tbc man to pull our elves up by our DOO(Stta bu then he ole our boo It, was the opening state ment of renowed Black his .. torian and lecturer Dr. John Hendrick Clar . Clark w invited to Wayne County Community College's orthwest C p on Sunday June 18, one of the guest speakers to ddre a few of the multiplicity of ch llenges African-Americans face today. Clar expr d his disdain. for the it upremi t bind that Bla have allow d t...…
…d of tho D �,; , . ," ._, /. '. " .' .�,..� .�; -; '�; I . � " •. 'i'��: r • ; ;!.�':'� • • '. ' <, �. � _. .... < -" ....; ��'�\�� : ·f· • ,_ ; .,.t.�,;" , I CIIIIltn'.. ud American racter Ita not W' t surprisingly, affected African- to e' , te r ' Americans to the detriment of . the pr� community cohesion. Anti- tioaal opportuni ' Bl ck r cist entiments and AaIericaDs will . lie to pr dices are still prevalent and . d European-A...…
…Larry Simmon is orman Winch ster banquet speaker Pa 6 , rea DyS Capital News Service lANSING - Black leader- hip in action is what the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus wants to see at the state Capitol. During the next few weeks the Caucus will develop an urban strategy. The report is expected to be ready in mid- ovember. "Urban communities need special attention," said Ursula Littl s, staff person at the Michigan Legisla...…
…) "SER VING THE SID GTO Of the S18.7 billion in propo spend- ing reduct' n for fi al year 1988 contained in the Admini tration's ne budget, one third ould come out of programs t r ted to 10 income Ameri can, despite the f t th program constitute 0 - ninth of the federal bud et, cording to an analy' i eel by the Budget and Policy Prioritie . ctual ..,ending for I in- come prosrams ould be sliced 6.7 bDlion bel the levels' ne...…
…rimme call unge more WASHI GTON-"IfHands Aero America succeeds in get ting million of Americans to put themselves on the line for poor and hungry people, I'm all for it," Arthur Simon, executive director of Bread for the World, said today. "People ill be doing omething tangible abou t domestic hunger, many for the first time." But Simon also wants U.S. citizens ho will be participat ing in the trans-continental extravaganza...…
…BULK RATe U .. Posug. PAID nton H.rbor. 148022 Perm No. 50 Ad Cor. R'qst EW E B CABI BERI TROUBLE? BLACK JOBLESS RATE HIGH BLACK I VESTORS BUY COCA COLA A roup of Black inve tor has reached an agreement in principle to buy Coca Cola's Philadelphia Bottling Company. If compl ted, the de 1 ould re ult in the fir t Black-owned Coc Col bottling comp ny in the nation. Black involved in . th tran ction includ F dco Food founder J....…
…BLAC REAGA GOP'ers H·IT RI G HTS AI DE Tum to B. c • man wi 9 T TOP G 17 Muskegon: 8srrisn County: -EXCWSIVE- B.H. PAYS, 3,000 FO AFF' A ED AUTO I ECRET E 0 TURN TO PAGE S Co • I Y . T TOP GE9 Economic' planmng body - named - 0 BLACKS ¥ . Fob From The Michiglln Orronicle A federal lawsuit charging the tate of . chigan with erecting "restrictive and unconstitutional barriers" which inhibit oter registration an...…
…• MICHAEL JACKSO'N PINUP INSIDE G _ 51 ULE5.COU. TY POLICY e' cleared the path of ro d blocks and e're re dy to move abe d . th rent rike ainst Action Ren- tals," id Rev. athanieI Gathright, pre 'dent of the Concerned Tenant Organization (CTO) after a trip to Lansing, April 23. " e met with officials in the At torney General' office and the Depart ment of Social Service," id-Rev, Gath right. The Berrien County Department o...…
…'. Sond die 11 btlstn' ICSSIln3n in 0 to mo eft - . Turn to Pag S tively ch tho p tent' leu , . JANUARY 25-31. 1984 ith Secretary Pierce Col. Guy Buford. SHI GTO D.C.- Declaring that. "the pi in, ugly fact is th t there is no recovery for Bla� Americans, tt John E. J cob, Pre ident of the ational Urb n Leagu ,a rted Blac America is in di te and predicted that, "deep changes in th economy and the freeze in racial progres ,tt wil...…
…I , SIGHT? CALIFOR IA CLERGY E DORSE JACKSO . P ESIDE T IAL BID f JOB 5 ,J 0 B S - A E THE BUL RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Benton Harbor, I 49022 Permit 0.50 VOL. V NO.25 MAY 25 - 31,1983 25 cents 00 r 10000 bre . Turn to Pa 7 G Ronni a of th Y Sho ri ni Leonard i , right, recei ed the ard for � h Idin o prof or ca c p c o og lim . ut l _0 }' ar thi r IlJ In JI J 0 IlJ P r in nt- ab ut " …
…B DEY AILS 0 AGE 3 VOL. IV O. 3 AUGUST 25 - 31,1982 Development, Lilly told The Citizen. There· 50 000 de ignated for code enforcement on th city's main reet ; $30,000 for park mainten e· S 160 000 for cquisition and demolition o b tand rd properti city- ide: 118 000 for 'stabilization" of city o n d property. Lilly explained that " abilization" meant reh illtation and sale of homes no 0 ned by the city. Lilly r fu d to di 10 any...…
…VOL. III O. 51 OV.25 -DEC.1, 1981 " er id Local Devel- 00- been in for i dling of rted, tenant-occup·· rti 0 d by the "ce ,received throogh r In F bruary of 1979, Te . b Corporation, 131 Graham, nton Har· ived 68,000. It Tech-Fab my, ly th t city ttor orris G " of divertin for to 25 • ing Company, ain and Second, Benton Harbor, had its 249,300 SB loan ppro d. ity Stamp- ing dec! ed bankrup icy the same year. E.A.s....…
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…id that ial federal H al propo d federal con trol on price, ren intere t r te and irnpor . inc� r�boon 0 domestic and foreign in st ment . and 30- ur or ee ith 4O-hour p y. " In a during a prayer rally in the h dquarter of Operation SH, 939 E. 50th St., Sava . d, "Re an gives littl con- . dera tion to th spec plight of b Am rican - but th little he doe give is 0 than th t of any pre ident in .the t 50 years." P S TO SHIFf...…
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…, "There was no accounting of what the city 'had spent in a six month period - for ten departments. " , .. . . for utili- AN EDITORIAL ON PAGE TWO ties. we found the city is apparently $22,000 overspen in that cate gory." SEE PAGE 3 VOL. I NO 33 JULY. 25 - 30,1919 SERVING TRI-COUNTY SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN JULY 25 - 30,1919 E SET� AUGUST 20 DE OLI E .. HO WIL CO T OL 2.2 MILLIO SEE PAGE 3 DETAILS 0 PAGE 3 …
