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…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...…