…o I c i d of ci y' or economic crl The Detroit Editor. Lest mOlllh, activists from the comnwnity met to diGw up (j People's Platfonn on issues they wanted the CIUIIliI.lIIIes to 11/1- tin s in the city elections. The, ·Micltigfln Citiun is filMing (j s on the plImJa 0/ the pIIII- form. DETROIT - The People' came ill opposi- tl to t Detroi inciDer or, backed by ayor Coleman Yo d approYed by the city CouDcil to burn toxic . e p...…
…She . d tha these two groups CIIpiIIIl News Setviu tend to lack preaatal care which LANSING - The same � . themajorca ofiDfantmor- proposal . te d to tality.. . I � the IWes of unborn babe Among Michigan' min rity could . a number of population, the infant morality babies die duriQg their fIrSt r te i higher than in many third I year of life, some officials co - orld oountr· Wiener id tend '. With the e of Proposal Proposal A, which p...…
…� r' cone rn , . 3 --TAT o , Whereever he went in Michigan campaigning for votes in the March 26 Democratic caucuse , Jesse Jackson was met by overflow crowds roaring their enthusiasm. The response to Jackson was constant, widespread and massive. In Kalamazoo, 4,000 turned out to hear Jackson where Michael Dukakis drew only 500 and Die Gepheardt, 7 . In Benton Harbor a city of 13,000, over �OOO Came to hear Jackson; in Ann Arbor, 5...…
…Vol. X .1 Dr. . Boykin earns na ional recognition DETROIT - To be teenager, pregnant, and possib ly a high school dropout, can be frightening experience. More than 6,000 Detroit public school students, however, have had a very special friend to tum to in that situation - Dr. Nancy Boykin. In 1966, Dr. Boykin founded the Detroit Public schools Con- tinning Education for Girls (CEG), a dropout prevention program designed to meet...…
…VOL. IX NO.4. Pope: "At omewith 'Blac Catho ics" NEW ORLEANS -Dmmg his visit to the United States Pope John Paul clapped in time to spirituals, delivered praise for what he termed the "providential role" of Dr. Mar tin Luther King Jr. and declared that the church "can never remain silent in the face of injustice." Mos of the Pope's focus on issues of concern to t American Blacks came hen he met with 1,800 African American R...…
…erco procra . n ination .. z o ur an ar are a nts workin for the out lawed African ational Congre ( C). Given the government impo d re rictions on pre s freedom, it i virtually im possible to confirm the govern ment charges. For its part, the ANC h refused to comment on the bombing In the p , ho ever; C President Oliver Tarnbo h condemned such bombing if they were aim d at white civilians but h endor d ur- ini er F...…
…VOL. VIII 0.22 APRIL 27 - MAY 3, 1986 coali By Larty A. Still NNPA News Service W ASHI G TO - FolIo - ing th ational Conference of Black Mayors convention in Atlantic City (N.J.), the 1986 political eason opened here acti ely with the presentation of th Congre ional Blac Caucu "alternative Quality of Life budget, the founding of the Rainbow Coalition Party and everal fund raising events. Di trict of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry...…
…• omen In Karat • Page 9 Alumni d mand urry-up offen , . the e 1 hool I i Turn to page 3 lege did not vary from 30 percent. Here are other f cts and a tabI on colleg enrollment from th report, folio ed by chart owin Bl ck high hool gradu t totals for lected year : -From 1970 to 1984 th number of Bl ck college stu d nts e 14 to 34 more than doubled to 1.1 million hile the numb r of bite colleg udent ro by 37 percent t...…
…e - The num- of Blac elected officials ro by 6.2% nationwide I t ye r, reports the Joint Center for Political Studies, which h conducted 'an annual censu of Blac official ince J 970. Be tween January 1984 and Jan uary 1985, the total number increa d from 5,700 to 6056. Las ye r's increase as 1.7%. The outh ain w the largest gain, 85% of the increa in the region with 53 p rcent of the country' BI ck popu lation and 63 percent...…
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…a - Street people living on the eam grat and ode of the n tion's capital ha on right to ote, mo that could trigger similar d WODS 0 the country, city offi- ci predicted recently. nanimou te by the c' y Board of Elections and Ethic overturns an e Iier dec' 'on by Joe rer, the city regi rar, that homele peop e to live in elters to 'VOte. "Only recently e received five regi - tr tion application, from peop e ho I li d either on grat...…
…. - - ADDRESS CORRECTIO REQUESTED I • c- . of J TURN TO PAGE 3 o CHE 5 0 UTTE VOL. V NO. 34 JULY 27 - AUGUST 2, 1 3 incumbent d Jame Turner ere cti e Republicans, Democratic y chair Verlin Zimmerman id the Democrat choo eDy beeau he BE HARBOR - There are three ndidates for the city's fir ard comrni ion t. They face off in Tue y' primary, hich m f turn out to be no more than a practice run. Pending before th U.S. District Co...…
…- AV 3,1913 , o oups from Benton Dar or testi- �JIMUl!h April 26 befor the Ho Urban offered recommendation on the Growth e (EGA 1 is! tion te nd i no before th te Hou . BHAS SUPT: DROP RULE THAT JOBS UST GO TO RESIDE TS CITY GR: DON'T EED STATE WATCHDOG One group from th city offered recommend at . ns that ould rengthen community control 0 er the EG . Th other offered ugge ion t t ould le n ommunity control ov r th propo Gro th ...…
…VOL. IV 0.47 OCT. 27 - OV. 2, 19 2 Sen Tri-County South n ven ballot questions to decide. u of omen Vot rs pr sent an n lysis of th qu stions on P s 8 and 9. County Commission r Chari s not king r -el ction, but giv r nt on P 3. rson is his endorse- Ona Alston looks t th inn' 9 st t m v r in B nton Harbor High School Girls' b sket· ball on P 9 13. u.s. Congre an John Conyer ying Headlee is deadly", ccu d the Republi an gubnator...…
…p the surgical e Coo e te of th city ddre De t month " nal d" "pre nt to dr 0 attention on the rno " , will be contactm the attorney to if there y loophole in th " 1977 merger of th g orial. The Concerned mister n ve point d " e of that merger there ere no Bla b rd and only three city re " ent d) ere not going to . of the board d dven uthority, TU TOP G .. …
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…VOL. II AUGUST 27 -SEPTE SER 2, 19 0 RVI could r . or arne d charter. Tb ayor out fo tro g yor form of g rnment that could be form d only after a charter change. In other bu " on- dy, th commission 'held public hearing for tax e empti fo Tech Fab r and Twin City etal Finish at hich th re were no public comment . city, qr e AI S SERIOU Finley, 40 h d n by . a car driven by ymond Jord , 562 Broad y, on Friday, ugu 15 in f...…
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