…WANDA F. ROQUEMORE/Michigan Citizen ACORN seizes house to protest city's 'illegal' stoppage By WANDA F. ROQUE OR n Cltlz.n Q OIT - Angered nd f�trated with the city's low P ce in proce Ing homestead ing applications under the Nui ance Abate ment Ordinance (NAO), ACORN and residents of an tside neighborhood recently opened, cleaned and claimed for the com munity a vacant house the city refuse to proce under th NAO. "City officia...…
…Only light Improvem nt for Black In key te t PRINC TON NJ-African American students last year continued to how slight im provement on what is generally considered the nation's most important tandardized test. 1be combined verbal and math scores of Black students on the Scholastic Aptitude Test rose by one point last year to 737. But, the slight rise continued a is-year increase in Black scores. Nevertheless., the average combi...…
…RD incumben hinder GOP for Ho control. "I don't think th co ttai are going to be there," B llenger aid in reference to President Geor Bush' low pproval ratin , which he id won't help Republican elections efforts. "I think for that re on the Democra have a much better chance," Ballenger continue. "In fact, the odd re th t (Democratic presidential candidate) Bill Clinton is going to carry Michigan. If he doe , that' going to help th...…
…PU o red " �. petpIe to tell their time if day. It is a caPlrxm they tofrndtht!tmelves onthe'"'fJtfIalmaJ g«Jg1tfJhy. h tells them Mht:retheyt7t; atd� theyQ1f!." - Dr. John H rl Clark. �'expedBlUsfirdi1d born in l.9OO • follows: Black 70.3 .whi 76 Families laded by women: B 56.2 pereen; .. whia 17.3 percent. Educatioo am�: for every$l,(D)whi earn,g of equal ochratioo earn: - H.S. Dropout - men $797 and women $974; - H.S. E...…
…CHILD CH '. line Pleventlon run by Department rl ttl m1 It aC\l1iculwn deYe10ped by Dr. Debotah ProttJow..stith, a physidanam deano � .. _ ....... v Sdro ciPublic Health. 1m project cxn:entm� in � city's two poorest nciglOO' mods, (ft predomina1ely Blade, am <R pmdonlimlely white. A 10«ssi0n OOUISC fOr high scmol students focugeson the . ofviolen:em11Dmicideaniintro dua:s altcmltiYe ways ., J.t:SOlve cooftids. St\XbJIs lear...…
…DETROIT \'lE\VS O� EJ)l�C:\TH)N II I ri , rica e pneumonia" eem never more tru th n tod y. Thi i 0 d pite th [: ct tty more Bl k Ameri ns ve become middl income than . .. ever in the . tory of t . country. ceordin to th Popul tion Reference Bure u of W hington, D.C., the percent of Bl c ho eholds eaming 25,000-$50,000 nnually in t 1990 census w 26.6 percent, the middle income m urement, nd nother 11.9 percent earned 50,000 o...…
…THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY ApprqximDtely how many BJach are Ii.sted as mgintJen it Who's Who Among Black Americam? bUshed Blac newspaper, N�'Yort� WhichAmt:rICanB/Qck baro once held�chonrpionship tit- les sinrultaneously? SEPTEMBER 29, 1988 - Fkn GrHIItb.Joyner set a world record (21.34) winning the 200-meter dash at the Seoul Olympia. Sister-in-law J JoyDeI'- too � gold in .the longjwnp, setting an Olympic record {24' 333'�....…
…ro und r ainbow As w,:, go to press, Ross "On-Off" Perot is convening hi state coordinate to mull over what appears to be an all but certain dectsion to get back into the race for president. We think J e Jackson should put Ross under the Rainbow a Ross- Jackson ticket. ' I Yes, we believe that Ro Perot is a facsist, but so. is George Bush. We now Ros Perot is an opportunist, but so is Bill Clinton. � be is an egomaniac, but so are all...…
…ITH I TO HI HER EDUC 0 Th c h III (P One) Higher education often tarts early. We often hear bout the lac of po itive African American role model today. I m not in agreement with that er tion. Neverthel ,it i impor tant that we ometirn top and reflect bout th e who have been there for us in big nd not 0 big way . The following two part ar ticle wa written by my friend, Dr. Anthony Ro t Assi tant Vice President for Stud...…
…iety t val famiU eocoura omen under 21 to w it o ve children. But their numbers I Contlnusd from A6 " "TEACHERS A E just scared, " ys one concerned parent, "They don't know what empower ment would result in. They al 0 don't like the power the principal "A lot (of empowerment) would annihilate th union. It wouldn't be good for tudents because there would be no improvement in educa tion. They would only give money to chools wil...…
…o Don't look now, but Ho Frat . Hoi, the dynamic rap group from Bust I t Records, is in the house and sure to make their mark in the world of Hi p- Hop. Number one, they're different-there are five of 'em: King Ho, Heavy Ho, Mighty Ho, X Ho and Lo Ho and they choreograph and write as well as they rap. Indeed, Ho Frat Hol is no stranger to the Big Time, having performed with Hammer in music videos and on stage since 1988. Southe...…
…Top 10 Singles Don't G ," Top R&B/Soul I. Bobby Brown "Humpin ' Around," (MCA) Last Week: No.2 2. R. Kelly Public An- nouncement "Slow 0 nee (Hey Mr. OJ)" (Jiv ) No.3 3. Hi-Fin "She's PI ying Hard To Get," (Jive) No.4 4. Rude 8qy "My Kinda Girl," (Atlantic) No. S S. Chaka Khan "You Can Make Th Story Right," (Warner) No.6 6. Arre ted Development "People Everyday," (Chry alis/ERG) No. 16 7. Tevin Campbell "Alone With You," (Qwe...…
…27· 2 HEALTH n UTI n By E th r h pro Reprinted from the Detroit Fr Press with special permls Ion from Esther Sh plro yth: The C n dian Ingle payer y tern i ocializ d m dicine. ct: It no t ocial ized carrie . Myth: The .... anadi n ingle payer y t m ratio care, cau ing d ngerou delay' in tr atrn nt. ct: Thi i imply not o. Canadian men and women routinely r m im te t high-tech m chine, uch Ii thotripto , which cru h id...…
…v r r By BERNICE B�OWN BENTO HARBOR - Rev. Jame Atterberry, Director of the Benton Harbor Street Mini try, expre ed the need to the Benton Harbor City Commi ion to have more police officers patrol the intersection of Broadw y and Empire Avenue. Atterb rry aid he and others have been wor ing on the comer of Broadway and Empir for the past eight months, trying to communicate with individual out on the street. Atterberry aid for t...…
…2 WESTERN MICHIGAN , Balgooye w 0 d t Ii e or ve . 0 ce in the city, rema d quiet, refu in to n er the Council om . In ef ect, the I wyer too 'Council oman Wilkin' uthority y, d idJ on �ron me 0 person'. directive-that her commit e or coun for notbin if be decided thin ould different way. YO Robert Warren t, listened, aid nothin and took no ctlon to protect hi co tltuents' right to peak t the mee . One item that w on the end ...…
…•• -e- Fer millions of Blacks wlDsay IIey in � in start- • but never did, the tcm. American eeoromic ex val\Bble mon aOO .����r������. �. FordDle BIacIcs who think that ItdJey bM it cmicr than us," many aed questions remain. How I11II1Y people have good credit wtm 1hey � oli of a foreign CDUdIy1 they IBI sud, wealth in wily would they rome to America'. ghettos to work 16 IDa • day! As peq>1e from a .... ms, they have learned,...…
…TA COl E n important staple in th non-Italian pantry. Spaghettmi, tortell.ni, stellini and lots ot "ther "ini" words have been embraced � j' �� English lan guage. And thousand of recipe are bei ng developed to mee t consumers'demands for variety. Here are a few receipes ure to please the pallet. Torteliini With Danl h Blu Chee 4 ounce D ni h Blue Cheese, crumbled, 1 U-ounce p clea Ire h meat torteUini 1/4 cup virgin oli e oil ...…
…I I RELIGION By ARGAR T A SFIELD For more than five months ev. Milton Brunson nd his Thompson Community in e h ve held the number one pot on th n tion' go pel m ic cha ith their 1 te t rele entitled "My Mind I M de U " any have called the project an ttempt for the choir to crac the youth market "Everybody b their own idea of hat th Y thi an al urn i going to be and wb tit i ," Brunson counters. "All I do is h ve youn fol come in...…
…'Comtspondentswanted ��������������������������lln Grand R plda, K I mazoo Battle _., -. i Or ek for weekly I newsp per, Mu h v Intere t In your I oommunlty, billty to --------------- report vents aocurately, Will train th right Individual, Send reaum I � TilE LAST liME, SToP lOOklN6 TtiRouMI YOUR BINOCULARS BAC,,�RbS .'! ed. Call p60k�p. LEGAL NOTICE AfftfCAN MY TERY INCEN E BUNDLES of 100 Itlekl $2 '9'n. order $12. - Bl...…
…P 1 p ce, to improve their own lot on earth? Th itu tion i chilling anta y. , But for Derric Bell, th promin nt civil rights activi t and fornier Har vard Law School Profes or, the danger i very real. In "Face at the Bottom: The Permanence of Raci m (B ic Boo ,September 23, 1992), Bell use allegory and historical ex- mple to rgue that raci m h al ways been an integral. permanent nd inde tructible component of American ociety. ...…
