…L _ Mbanna Kantako and the Micro-Radio Movement ICHAEL TOWNSEND ion ir THECA EFOR ICRO-RADIO . • Mb nna Kantako i Black, blind, broke, and on the verge of creating media revolution in America. Kantako, who live ju t up the treet from Abe Lincoln' home in Springfield, D linoi ,i it 31-year-old un employed public housing resident who operates the nation's mo t notorious unlicensed radio ta tion. Known Black Liberation Rad...…
…, J communi t countrie, id Ron ld Re n reported in The Europe n. Re an urged We tern bu ine t offer "inve t ment, tr ining nd techni cal a i t nee on m ive . c 1 to dev lop function ing m rket economie ." This, the former pre i dent said, will be of "vital importance to providing hope for the younger gen r lion who ri k find ing them elve un employed, un killed and unwanted." Reagan did not explain why he didn't have...…
…n hour-long b r gaming e sion between pro ecutor nd the defen e, a econd charge of conspiracy to c rry con cealed we pon was dropped. 'The father, Robert Col lins Sr., 44, h n Oct. 22 preliminary hearing in dis trict court on similar char g . I n an emotional 20- minute tatement, the r younger Collins explained to P nnucci the incidents th t led up to the June 1 death of Louis, Franchot Green, who was shot in the parkin...…
…eric. Dr. Kin ' dream till i very mu h live for m ny W hington, D.C. young ters, but for many thous nds of others i is only a fant y. Th n lion' pitat virtually remains two tie ,on rich nd privileged, t� other poor nd et by the kind of d privation th t ought be un-Ameri n in ny of the nation' I rge citi but i pe- ci lly unconscionable in the capi lli of the free world. • Th t is why tht: Children' Defense Fund recently organize...…
…"WEDONtT JUST deal with , L ther King," she said. s p civil rtgb ,." 40urtulls in which y pond 10 -video such a "Eyes on the .prize'· and "King: MOnlgomuy :-.10 Memph�" They interview their parents about their recollec- : lions of desegregation and also o. nterview a Black person at least a generation older than themselves. c c Speake h ve included Jeffe on County Sheri M I Bailey, who i white, nd BI c t ch r, who de cribed egr...…
…DETROIT hew the ay boo -up because acreaming. "Ladi . Let me talk. I him the long and are men and other." "If I re you." Wichita aid. "I wouldn't repeat that remark. If you do, , S' Peart, the femi nist movement and I might con- ider it ist, " "Lord. God. You young folks are going to be th d th of me," Sister P arl aid. lOW just got through going through that Tho mm-Hill thing and now you ywng people don tatted som thing e...…
…cco 'Z1- economy. UWe thought e ere oin to et thou nd point of light" he id in hi ermon t Fo' venue B pti 1 Church. "In te d, c'rc cttin thou and nd thou nd of. h de of d rk ne ." L ter in Detroit, J ckson omp red Bu h to ex-Ku lux I n le der nd Louisi na gub rnatori I c ndidate David Duke, who placed econd in rim ry election turday. , "I m more fr id of Georg u h, becau e he h more' power and i more dec ptivc," J ck on ai...…
…Publl r: Ch rl Adv rtlslng Man 9 r: ch I Ru II Adv rtlslng Repre entatives: T rry Broyl J rom Ky· Bob Zwel. .. ' new report i ued by Wayne State Univer ityestab Ii he a very old point: the poor, e peciaUy Blacks play the Michigan Lottery. The number re, fter 11, a 81 ck invention. Like buri I in ur nee nd the churche , policy historic lly w n in tit ution fillin in the ch ms created by raci t ociety, providing financi 1 upport to s...…
…- OV This "'.leek In Black History r7:l· 0 m r2 Wh' h nation' the poor t 01 all island nations in the Caribbean? Who was th first foremo t leader of the jazz form, be bop? OCTOBER 29, 1945 - Melb Moore, inger and ctre ,w born. 1936 - cn to B. Jo , educator, born. Melba Moore In which year did the /UJ tion 01 Ethiopia accept Chris tianity? OCTOBER 30, 1974 - Muhammad All won heavyweight boxing title. · 1979 - Richard Ar...…
…"WHE YOU H VE div SWAP continu d from Page 1, Legislators expect the Senate to reject the bill orthe governor to veto the bill if it passes the Senate. Hollister, who sponsored the bill, sa id the goal is to create an alternative for single, able-bodied individuals who were eliminated from general assistance when the new state budget went into effect on Oct 1. Hollister said SWAP is necessary because 65 percent of those people a...…
…ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF Hollywood bid fond f rewell howbiz legend nd friend bid a fond farewell to Redd Foxx, CBS executive were vowing to do all they could 0 eep the how going. of pres , no decision had beenm de to whether or not Foxx would be replaced or his character wri tten out of the erie. The eries, "Royal Family" (which also tarred Della Ree e his wife) at tracted better numbers in the Wednesday night time slot than C...…
…·2 ZOO WINTER HOURS BEGIN - The Detroit Zoo will close two days a week during the winter schedule beginning Nov. 1 thru April 3D, 1992. The main Zoo, located at 1-696 (10 Mi Rd) & Woodward Ave. is open Wed. thru Sun., from 10a.m. - 4p.m. The Belle Isle Zoo will close on Nov 1 and reopen May 1, 1992. NOVEMBER 2nd BOB HOPKINS ORCHESTRA - Will perform at Club Penta in the Fisher Bldg. Concourse 5:30 p.m. - 9p.m. (972-3760) EXHIBIT...…
…R 27· 0 ATLANTA - PGA PLAYERS OF THE FUTURE?- South C roUn tate Coli e olfte m membe certainly thin they clinched the ch mplo hlp title of the In u ural BI ck Coli Invitation I olf toum ent, recently held at Atlanta' Brown MID Golf Cou e. The toum ment fe tured t m from 12 h torically BI ck college ac the country. Adrienne Gree, (b ck center), mana , Community Relation , . Coca-Cola USA, touring ponsor I ted by C Ivln Peete, PGA profi Ion...…
…Central Community Out- re ch ervice nd U . Y ro . ionofPromi Community Servi ,1 ted t 1 9 Pipe - ton Street, Benton H rbor, i not only providing food nd h lter or th homele • but i no providin rvie for di bled vete ns. Gwen Swift, E cutive Direc- tor for the Center id the Ve ra dmini tion provide ervice for di abled veterans through th Cen er. The Center h ve n provid- in rvice to the community inee Au t 1 . d Swill. Service r...…
…27- OV B R ,1 1 n, • Dr. Gerald Elli , head of the l)epartment of Chemi try and dean f the School of Science and Tech logy t Grambling State Univer- lty in Loui iana, di covered atam zoo recently a p rt of estern Michigan Univer ity' (WMU) V lung Scholars and Ar . tilt Program. How to ttr ct minoriti to the field of eience w r. Ellis' mi ion. At 7:30 p.m. Thursd y, October Oth Dr. Elli , a proponent of the -on method of teach...…
…- GROWING UMBERS OF Nonh American and European firms are entering deal wi th Black governments here and dip ping into the Caribbean's large reserve of young, highly skilled and well-educated brown and Black workers .• From Puerto Rico to Bar bados, from Jamaica to Dominica nd the balmy Bahamas, satellite dishes that end and receive data of companie allover the world rivaling the tourist industry nd carnival galas potent sym ...…
…1 c I Me D OTI: Prete • takeover to Scott 1 de hip. Tremon Mc Dermott believ that I ta eover of the city by th tat, becau e of f ilure to p y debt "would be the be t thing for our . ci tizens until we had a new ad ministra on with connectio to get I fe�eral and tate aid. He claims uch an admini tration : would not be run by the pre nt : Mayor Martha G. Scott. H b lieve I that Council Pre ident Linsey Porter i "sm rter," able to...…
…CHURCH CALENDAR . Holiday Wee end (Getaw y) Retreat Th w St. P ul T ber- n I Chur hoG (COGlC) in Ie irn try ill ho t it fir t nnual Holid y Weekend Get way durin D ernb r 0-21 t the CI rion Suit Hot I in Far min ton Hill. Ml. This vent d igned t promote fellow- hip mong Chri tian Single of II d nomination • throu hout th metropolitan Detroit rca. ' The Holiday Weekend Getaway will f ature Blac Tie Dinner on Friday: Decem ...…
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…• VOL. XIII NO, S January 27 - February 2. 1991 50 cents OU an 0 i ters y the P ntagon 1 L 0 ttempting to hide the growin re i t nce , e .p c ial ly mon re ervi t. The Pent gon tated about 100 oldier have ought con cientiou .. Objector (CO) -Haitian born Air F r talus according to the ATWJ. vi t Rorratd B8 t-�t Military coun elors say the wa given a le: than honorable Army ha revised it rules in n di charge De .17. after he main- e...…
…, .. . " -, � i the mili t sy after 1973 have been tra ed into low- killed entry 'Level support and ervice po ition .. Defe e Dep rtment tati tic in 1985 ,report d tp,r the proportiorrofwbites j igher " kiJle r" t jot) i nearly twice that ot. PI cks.,· ;- . - BLacks .. .comprtsed" ,.ap� proximately 12l>ercent of ibe ac t.j.�e d� force <tWing .Hie Vietnam �a but j:ompri ed �8 Percent Qf thecomb t deaths be- , ., twee 19�-6? 'A...…
…1 I DAVI', H younge t of the. presenters, brought the. more than 100 people in attendance t the edge of their eat houtin , t e . tud ranted one week in J nuary urrounding the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.ts birthday and one week in February to pack a month's worth of events in, he added, noting the february week will not b a Black HI tory Week ut a Celebration of Ethnic Diver ity week. However, University offlcials idea,"...…
…in cclebr ted the Iir t d Y ew Ye r and dec de by bringing into the world a m n child n med nthony Ste art. ineteen ye r later Anthony found hi msel f � TIll ng tho c P rent compl ming of racu m nd har men in hi pi toon in the United States Manne ," . Anthony h d joined the Marine: to .esc pe, a he, aid, "the violent streets of Yonker ." Streets which had tran formed ince his birth into drug-ridden, OK corral type of environmen...…
…; , J in lIy, ome people m y need to file r turn i plio receive re nd or cl m th e med income credit. Ta brac et and rates. The tot r te , 15 and percent, remain. But the m ximum mount of ta able income t 15 percent, for e - mple, i $19,450 for a in le per on and $32,450 for joint filers, incre e of 900 nd $1500, re pectively, from la t ye r. The 33 percent "bubble" r te Ic in t 47,050 nd $78,400, re pee tively, for Ingle pe ...…
….. rd ··Wri Richard Wright, the uthor of "Native S • "Black Boy" and five other novel and hort story coil ction , knew t taste, smell and cool deathlike cares of mi cry. . , Hi Iir t 18 ye r were pent in constant truggle, often near starv tion, often in fear or' beat ing that would wipe out his bre tho Inexplicably, Wright . rose above hi harsh existence and bees me thc nation's first sue cc Cui African-amcrican novelist. Wh...…
…e. chool ir ry promo d 0% pay hik o· co " BARLOW' ALARY will jump from about $41,564, which is what Mary Simmons, the board' former secretary earned; to $60, 093, Cobbin said. Also voting against the reclas sification was board member Bell who is the former Equal Employ ment. o.,portunity .Commi ttee chair said he di agreed with the large increase. "I don't think their jobs reflect director status and that amount of mone...…
…p ew Li 'tor addicts at Highland Park Home Here is a bit of 'good news tal. Sacred Heart Rehabilitation 'percent OJ' 250,9 of.them want to and a ·real, al though almost Center or a similar cility. . stay at a half-way home after secret, success story in High- In addition to excellent food detoxification, but there's only land Park's New Life Home and lodging, thi half-way. room for600-700womena year (NLH), a female drug recovery house p...…
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…10 II on them." Streeter H m uer th com- rm Ion voted to: - Appro e an t 11 non of thre treet 11 ht , two 10 ted t . __ ........ _ Hi hland ad V I Ie Vie nd n t L Vette Street nd the removal of treet light t River view Drive and Valley Drive nd t Britain Avenue. - Adopted a drug loitenng ordinance, where anyone that i standing around in front of ny public place or elling drug will get arrested. Some commissioners aid they i...…
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