…VOL. XVI NO. 27 An Informed People is A Free People MAY 29 - JUNE 4. 1994 JAMAL, FO R pok man for th Bl By CRAIG HILL Sp.cl.' to the Mlchl".n CltlDn By obeying the 55 miles an hour peed limit on the exp t N 10 CoaUtlo of SJaCks ror tio in Amer- t OOB III bring th country' transportation to a halt on Jun nth (June 19). According to a letter written by Kalonji Olusegun, national co-chairperson for N'COBRA, the demonstration will b...…
…, . , VOL XV NO 0.11 AlI/lI/l1ffl1t'cI Pt'l)p/('/s A F,N' People AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 4. 1993 'Former officer L rry Nevers and Walter Budzyn react to being found guilty of econd degr murder In the in the beating-death of Malice Green. Nevers, left, says he "couldn't b lieve" the jury's finding . borhood Pickett, who lives in the nearby 47000 block of Warren, is one of about 30 seniors scattered in front of a TV set in Kronk's See ...…
…VOL XV NO :) 'II 'f'II" /1 ", I' , tJ l 'I I It, ,,', t ' 't t 1"'1'11' ()VPIH )PI :'q [)4'( ('111t)PI�) 1')92 Stallings 'dthecity' choiceofaSouthfield firm over a local one repre ented "a perfect example of enlitl coming into the community to rape and pillage without giving anything back." He contended that a local developer hould have been involved, since local firms " tayed when everything left." Stallings also tated ou ide busine...…
…... . '. '. VOL \IV NO 1't MARCH 2q APRIL 01 1 Q'IL' . eject schools' 500,000 plan A group of paren calling them- lvea "Blac P ren for Quality 1!ducation," said they upported em powered school but not by the board' $500,000 definition. All but one member of the Detroit Board of Ed lion, during a March 24 board mee ng at the School Center Building, voted to implement a school empowerment plan, as defined by a hired consulting ...…
…4. 1992 , AUTO INSURANCE REFORM Whcr annual carU�I!!!lt::-' insurance premiums may be headlnq: y CapItal owd ngl LAN G-Controve y over uto in urance reform plagued th Legi 1 ture and put Detroit at ttle ith the t of teo . Auto insurance ra in Michigan traditio have been b d on rritory among other . But in Detroit, the average driver pay twice much utrounding uburban drivers. Some attribute this to the driving hazards and am...…
…VOL XIV NO 6 DfCU,1B� R 2(' JANUAHY 4 lyQ2 in unity in r f ii, op nd 0 rbu in y our community mor c n.lnth yow c n,inord rtole utirul nd ben ficial th n I I Testimony at NAACP hearings on brutality ISY HANK LOW KAON A OCIA TED PRESS WRrrER INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - There i a political moke creen in In dianapoli that allows the city's police to terrorize its Black citizens, a wi tne told national NAACP panel investigating police c...…
…ajor Black groups: Ian fire chief b me for cnttdren death Ku Klux Klan members working for the Blakely, Ga., fire department are responsible for the deaths of two African-American children, according to a class action suit filed recently by members of the Concerned Black Citizens of Bla ely. The lawsuit identifies Fire Chief Franklin Brown as a member of the KKK and charges that a pattern of "unequal" fire protection exists fo...…
…ar r atening· ,prof ay ie harpton lead - march to pro� t police murder viobltiD2 rights. . "I think civil liberties are . eroded by the presence of drugs," said Rei director of Office of Drug �cies. ·Particularly in the inner . ies peop Ie free to bo there' n- dous fear of leaving their h " But 7.01 on Ferency, profes- or of crimin I ju tice at Three thousand people mar ched through Teanec Jer sey on Saturday. April 21. le...…
…Legalizing drugs By Com!spondent "I blame a majority of the youth problems on the drug pushers, as, they offer an equal incentive to other employment, getting good education, and wee Iy 110 ance," said renowned educator and author of "Conspir cy to Destroy . Black Boys," Jawanza Kunjufu. . ufu . the true chal- lenge' re ofsee��'���hlwDJ"_lafa provide quality employment can compe e against drugs. Kunjufu was the keynote peaker ...…
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…ichi an ace n I ichigan. Arthur Johnson, president of the Detroit NAACP branch. W 0 desa d race relations in Michigan as "fair to poor t" said he was not surprised by the survey's findings. D to racial oppression and segregation, race relations have not im p oved to the level they should hav ,he id, . "The degree of racial isola tion is worse now than it was years ago," he said Johnson said unti -Blacks receive equal oppor...…
…Serving the Stille's Afriwm.Anaoiun Community th n national um through th Turn to 10 • donate skill to lac ician A) TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI - Residen in two of Mississippi' medically underserved and economically depressed coun ties, Tunic and Marsh ll, received free medical screening from docto I associated with the ational Medical Association in ovember. MAt which repre ent early all of the country's 16,000 Black phy ician...…
…Z STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY" "SERVING THE ARCH 29 -:- APRIL 4 Jackson cal He . d institutional racism has manifested itself in both the university setting and government policy due to co rvative political trends brought on by the Reagan administration. "My mixed emotioo is that e're on the right cause e fi racism and fascism, but in 1987 it's th wrong ag� " Jackson said. Instead, students should now concern themselve with ...…
…Tragedy inspires BH woman to launch children's programs P .7 Howard U breaks open the future Pag.3 The Michigan . . : _ ·l� .. _ ___..A:i 2 and Recreation in ichigan to relate to the Kalamazoo group ho Flint's o n Bl ck Arts Fe tivaI ha fared in ucce sive 'There is still lot of wor to be done, but the cIo r we get to it, and the more things begin to fall into pl ce the more excitina it all' becomes" ys Willard Bowe group co ...…
…Muskegon Welfare Mo hers organize aI persons how to re d the DSS manuals . planned. Smith stre ed the need for all el fare recipient to know their rights pertaining to grant , food stamps, and edicaid. Re ding the DSS manuals i the first tep to learning hat your right are, Smith said. Two officers from the Lans ing rea elfare right organi zat n, Julie Harri and Mary Heed, were pre nt t the kegon won to help get the ne group...…
…What Ferraro owes , Jesse Jackson MCP conduct its cond annual Dollar Day demonstration during Labor Day eek to educate Blac con men and to dramatize to th busine com munity th immen purchasing po r of BI c, AAC2 Ex Direct 0 Benjamin L announced. d mo ation will be d Sept. 1-.8 cro the coun try. During that branches ill urge and eir pporters to S2 bi and Susan B. An OIly dollar co' o '''U'IoA'''''''S determination to ope...…
…BIG MA , TH,EA IMAL TAME lWO BL C ENTREPRENEURS TACKLE A WHOLE DUSTRY e4 y Terry eDy Eight months before three tots and their 16-year-old babysitter peri ed in a rue at 248 BeUview, Benton Harbor, city inspectors had detected 'a gas leak at the lve" of a fir floor ga heater. . The city too no action against the landlord to correct the defective heater OT any of the other code violations listed in a five-p ge inspection report dated...…
…BULK RATE u.s. POST G PAID B Harbor, 4 22 .5 E D o E JO ADDRESS CORRECTIO REQUESTED - The cut from 50 million pound per month to 25 to 3S million pound per month. Bloc exp ined that th distributi n of chee and butt r as felt to b cuttin United State Dep rtment of riculture I surplu food distribution pr ram is bein cut b ck and the effects ill felt locally b innin thi month, ccordin to Ber rien County ction direct or...…
…, FRO THE CITIZEN STAFF VOL. V NO.4 DEC. 29 - JAN_. �r.1983 er; ton, Harbor Lodg . located o There are program offering help for poor pe pie in Berrien County ranging from he ting aid to legal aid. Berri n County cti n, Inc. (B ) ill be oper ting t 0 office in Berrien County to provide the rvice to the n edy. The S uth County B offi is loc ted at 323 orth 7th Street, iles and th orth ounty B office be at 170 Ea t all Street, Be...…
…V�L IV O. -OCT. 5,1 2 Director h d out city ilce Coo e ton An informed UICe at city haD . d th re . a commi . on tra el policy d ting b c to 1979 which prohibit tr vel ithout prior commi 'on ppro- 1 Ip memo to Commissioner Arnold olin, Finance Director Jame arlin rote " . . . my under tanding of the proce . that travel dvan for a Comrni . n r need 0 y be pproved by th reque in Cornmi loner. Commissioner orval e told The Citiz...…
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…u so OJECT TO PAGE 3 AY 5, 1 1 I VI TRI�OUNTY SOUT ESTER ICH I ISTE S FO D SE TS S IOn Re. atlianiel Gath �t and city commiIIion er orval ei both read prepared but rece ° ed no (X action from The Concerned Benton Harbor community, ri&ht read.. tenon, Arnold over 80 percent no , 'e are cemed that School Board member Fred- ouId be best .ned by there be no further d D- dje oore, County Co� an of 0 gr 0 g of Benton Harb(X °on...…
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…VOL. 1 NO. 25 Benton H rbor City Commissioners Friday tao ction that should lead to th be innin of 200 to 300 ne hou ing units in th old IC Flats" Mea. The commission voted 6 to 2 nting Capitol nd Associates of Chicago a 90 d y extension on an option to purch 22 cres of City o ed urban ren aI land. Au orizing ichipn Stat Housing Development uth-ority to proceed ·th Capitol's mortga applica tion, th resolution came, ccording ...…
