…Yahweh ben Yahweh embracing a legal advi er after h wa ac quitted of murder. Black . . supremacist and disciples , acquitted MIAMI, FL.-A Florida state jury has acquitted Black supremacist, Yahweh ben Yaweh, and three of his fol lowers on the murder of a man who allegedly challenged another follower. Apparently, the jury did not believe the prosecution's star witnes forcing prosecutors to drop remaining state murder char ...…
…The election of Carol Braun ofillioois is a majorvicory. t only' � � first African Arrerican woman to in � Sena�, but � filst Bla pe n in the Senator Ed Broo of left in 1979, TheCo�onal Black Congress (CBC) become a powerful force to be reckoned with on � HiD. Besides Carol M I Y Braun, the me will welcome vera! new, energetic advo ca for children with proven legisla tiv skill. These new faces in CoJ18reSS ioclude: SANFORD BIS...…
…I)FI'R(HT THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY u 3 m.c. if beIiewtlto be lheSOlll'f:e 0/ the expression "T1N Rea! McCoyr' lWIoMmthepmnierBltrkjoc/c qcfthe late 19thQntury? JANUARY 6, &l6-1Ia'okl R. PelT)' became seoorxl Black RananOdOOlicBis1q>in US.fm.. mry. 1&31 - � World Anti Slavery Convcnnon ope� in London. 1991 - Roscoe Lee Browoe was tar in the Alley 1bcater's production of wa._,. Joe 1lunt:r's Cane ard Gone, in Ii> n. 1� -1JQ...…
…• After all the interferance from headquarters, the Detroit Chapter NAACP branch is finally slated for an election January 17. And though there has been much ado about the interference from . the national office, the election means too little to too many tQ count for too much. Who heads up Y local chapter makes little difference, because the NAACP has to first make some major change to become relevant. . First, the group has to be wil...…
…• . den in T AID' citizens need to me ure their commi tment to desegregation in both school and ociety a whole in order to" uccessfully combat the problem. "Ifwedon'tcommitourselv .we arc on our way to a econd-rate ociety," Bates ·d. • Bates . d part o( the problem is that many have 10 t their "reference to other ci thens, " in effect wri ting off one-third of the population by ying "they just can't cut it" He said there sh uld...…
…, By Ro rt Francia Eng • .0 , of Hlftory .t the Un/w,.1ty 01 Pem"ylven/ .. Bureau istant ub-commis ioner for the Ninth Di trict 0 Virginia in June 1865. He understood the new agency in the terms conveyed by its ho rte ned. informal title. "Freed men' Bureau." Mo t of the more than forty tbousam Blacks in hi dis trict were refugee freedmelb He in itiaily aw himself primarily as advocate" for th e freedmen; the abandoned Ian wit...…
…- Day In The Life of aJCD" and "Tell Ya 'Bout A Bitch," the straight-up raw tales like "Bon Appetit" and "Kibbles & Bits," and the serious sagas of "Personal Loser" and "Cold Kaos. I' The mix of styles and topical matter refleet JCD's childhood in fluences which range from Parliament's freakliness to )L\l Green's soul to the ISley Brothers' ,political jams. It was Marvin Gaye, though, who had the bi est impact on him. "Marvin's...…
…She w h ned the "dance debutante of the Year" ome 50 year go by New York Time» critic John M rtin. In 1948 he traveled to Africa nd lived with the people in the interior vill , learning their 1, nguage nd dancing in their �eremonie. Today, little has changed for internationally renowed choreographer Pearl Primus. The 73-year-old dancer and anthropologi t i till learning from nd giving to her people. "I dance not to entertain but t...…
…: c din to thly j ,mor th run id it tim f, y p ovi in thi country. Si out of id a e pin ref nn d. the f ct d, th n cited th e - nt expe involved in Ion c r f ni ,nd th ri in of th ir ic tio . Virtu lly 11 of th nu in th y th t rever he lth- pI i even lIy implem nted by th he dmi tration, it h d to t nefi ould ffor- dable and equally available to every on . So fu the fundin of he lth-c re reform i concerned, thr out of four...…
…CCO DI G TO Elliott,the freeze will be on until the City' Asses or's Office finish assessing all the properties. He went on to ay, he didn't know how many properties the city had because the assessor's office is still going through evaluation of properties, but 600 pieces of properties from the State of Michigan have been converted bac to the City for delinquent ta es. They seven ci ty-owned properties approved to be old were: - 1...…
…Coupon Corner by DI.Hl.:l Queenan A D , 2�, I 00, ich. � (receive up to 7 or a h t . rt). nd in py of r ipt ed 9/30 h 12/ /92, a copy 0 a ttery 'waJrrantv fil , d the UPC I rom Motorcraft BA, BR, or Utility ttery to receive S5 • 0(0 c ft c p; nd from MOlOl'Cran BX, BXT, srr, or BXH ttery to receive your choice of S7 or racin . rt. Store form required. Expi 1/ /93. A YO AC CRA GE- A L '9l EBAT, P.O. Box 3473, onticeJlo, Mi n....…
…PUBLIC OTICE The City of High nd Park announces a public hearing by Highland Par City Coun cil. Place: Ci y Hall Council Chambers Da e: January 4, 1993 Time: 6:00 pm Subject: The city of Hi h land Park proposes a tran fer of property on Hamilton tween Glendale on So th; Davison expressway on north; and, Thompson on west. The purpose is the transfer of land for the development of a entertain ment center by Highland ark Hor...…
…FAMOUS HA D - PART II - South dealer. North-South vulnerable. NORTH .532 .6 .AK·1094 .Q953 WEST EAST • A94 • J 1086 • 73 .9852 .Q7 .J85 • A K 108 7 2 .64 oora .KQ7 • A K QJ 104 .632 J The bidding: South We t North East 1. 2 2. P .. ' Openin, lead - kin, of club •. eek Vie described a series of fine defensive plays made by the young French star, Jean-Marc. Roudinesco, who held the West hind. He led the ing of clubs, ...…
…card is 117 in lh Bowman set, now worth up to S60 in mint condition ... Early cards of potalti upers at- Inct collector intere t, and among Uti year's young players, Rang rs catcher IV A ODRIG, 'EZ is an intere ting prospect ... Ivan, from Vega Baja PR, w igned a 16 year old, and de buted in lh major I t year at19 .. , He w only the fourth teenager in the I t 2 yean to play regularly in th majors ... Rodrig L: id red LO h ve the s...…
…I U L "There' ying t hen the n tional economy ge cold, Michigan gets pneumonia," Arthur nti del, n oci te profes or at the Wayne St te University School of Social Wor t Sunday, Anti del poke at an open forum, "Unemployment: Familie at Ri k," held t the Midwe t Labor Institute for Social Studie . Hi lecture focused on what be called "hidden cos " of jobl n an(Hhe in ction on the part of lawmakers to alleviate it. "Michigan has s...…
…Short g of Black Ph.D.' Many f ctors h ve been blamed for the teep declin in th number of Blac men who get doc torat ,but now ome educators ay that another major ca e i that univer- ities m e it ier for for eign rs to get financial aid than th nation' B1 c . Archbishop tricken Archbi bop Jame Lyke, the country' only Black Catholi archbishop, has been diagnosed with in operable lung cancer, the Archdiocese of Atlanta said...…
…/ ,- . , I • t •• 'j • I ... , !o!rl i ( " '1" � .. ,I � �. , Arthur t he pl to out publicly on the' uc of AIDS, but "no AIDS c tivi t group i going to orce me to do anyting I don't want to do." he . d he had been pres ured by uch organiza- tio ince hi reluctant disclo ure April 8 that he AIDS. But he . d he is till considering what role he should play, and, meanwhile, "high-pre sure tactics absolutely will not ...…
….. .. '7HE P RAM wide open, " cxplaim Mr. Hefner. "The ooly rcqlirerTx:nt we have � that the tudcn have an ineresr in the �." loog thcytmve sornetIing k> wril: \t or want first-hand experience in jour IIllisrn. New Yo Comcctions provides 1bem an oudet. The b' IOOtivatq fia>r for the . the frecdoo1lO wril: t dEy wanL A rccmt is ue featured columns on prejudice, cultural pride, teligion aOO othec . impoJ1aDt D their ownliYes. ...…
…This Week In Black History y - Were there ever all-Black professional baseball teams in corporated in leagues with all white teams? MAY ,1Bm- ton E go mment official, was born, 1 5 - rt. Abbott publisbed � first i ue of � Chicago Defender. 1950 - Poet G ndolyn Broo w first Black to win a Pulitzer Prize (for "Annie Allen"). 1972 - Frank W a 26-year-old Black security guard, alerted police to � Waterga break-in. Was the Quake...…
…• 2-month old Javier Dowdell, �.�ofoolumnl I <htwn WIlborn. He the eon � MI9gt. Donald Dowdell, oned In Madrtd, Spain Alrforoe 8Me, and Elena DowdeI. We wish only happy years ahead for Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward . Donald. They . celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary recently ... The annual Caribana Fe - tival will be beld in Toronto, Canada on Friday, July 31st until Sunday,. August 2nd at the Sheraton Centre Hotel. 869-1393 is...…
…I I I I I I I , I • I ," I I I . I I I I 10- � , . . , I 1 0% I I I n� m n' r Wearing Apparel • I I wn/gard • I rmcrew I I I , f . . All men' ,women' & children' pink ticketed merchandi .. Exampl. : 19. 9 R g. pric . 13.97 1 t markdown 8.92 2nd markdown 2.68 30% addition I .24 NO Drap.ri ,to el , b dding coordinat .. All Furnitur HI QUA TIT. …
…EDITORAL Thi m ho, tc -butt ttitu pittin uperpo er might the people of color in Granad Liby , P n m nd Ir q manife i elf on th tree 0 Americ in the epid mic of police bru lity. Th jury in the Rodn y Kin tri 1 echoed Rea an/B h: might i right. In e ch inva ion, Reagan/Bush rgued the U.S. had th moral right to t e tion, that th m ller country had to tand corrected. In e ch c e military FORCE w j tified by the bad behavior of the ...…
…ce B ETT, L 0 (1987) - Before � yflower: A History of Blae America. B LL, D RICK (197 - Race, Racism and American Law. B RNAL, M RTI (1987) - Black Athena, The �iatic Roo of aassical Qvilization: Vol\lIl¥: 1. The . Fabrication of Ancient Greece. BLYDEN, EDWARD W. (1887) - Ouistianity, Islam and � gro Race, BRANCH, TAYLOR (1988) - Parting the Waters: America in � King Years. DE GRAFf.JOHNSON, J.e. (1954) - African Glory. � S...…
…P 1 "Some people t re-employed getting bout h If of wh t their previo job paid. Others join th ran of the permanently unemployed which i partly what causes the jobl rate to go up every year. Still others take early retirement. They're tired of fighting it, and give up. And there are till others who join the ubterranean workforce. They're paid in ca h for their labor and live marginally, doing .. I JOB both creat lot of they Inv...…
…ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS "lUV' out �re am in a big y. It n't disaiminatc." Tho e are Magic Johnson' o am the theme behind the conference called by Ar- nio aOO . Jo n to announce that they're hosting "Playing It Safe: The Truth About HIV, AIDS, and You". Aimed teducating �� yowtg adul about AIDS, it will be produced by Paramount for borne vi tte (expected to be bout 15 million), will be donated to Magic Johnson' Foundation nd other...…
…JENNIFER HOLLIDAY TO FIGHT INFANT MORTALITY - Recording star Jennifer Holliday will b the featured p rformer at Wayne County's annual Mot,her Day Benefit Gospel Extravaganza, according to Executive Edward H. McNamara. The concert will be held at 7pm, May 11, 1992 at the Music Hall, 350 Madl.on Av In downtown Detroit It will conclude a week-long serl s of activitie and m dia coverage de igned to ncourage xpectant and recent mothers to ee...…
…nbroilin for e ample, i light o time and NY on tyle. 1bi con mporary nd imple cooking technique i perfect for quic me 1 wi th lean, fie h por ." P nbroiling i j t what it ounds Uke: cooking by direct heat (broil ing) in pan. Since the heat ouree (the pan urf ce) l 0 close to the meat, p mbrollin generally take' bout half the tim it ta 10 broil the me piece of meat. Tender, smaller and uniform piece of m at are appropriate for pa...…
…MAFRICE 0 tated in hi letter that he has, "obtained evidence which tends to how that the jury panel that was sembled for Mr. Carter's trial may have been im properly, unfairly, nd unlawfully tampered with in an attempt to ex clude Blac jurors from being lected for trial." Mafrice have a igned tatement from . Clementine Brown, in dicating that he w "ready, willing, and Ible to serve a juror but when Th city ell CORD three prope...…
…WESTERN MICHIGAN I HS ckDown Memory Lane //" ull P r ,11 .m. - until. Individu I tt ndin mu t r pond by Jun 24.1 .by nd in mon yord ronly,(nope onal ch c ) to: Benton H rbor m comin , Inc., P.O. Bo 1372, nton rbor, 49022. Phon (616)925-3703. Committe membe in lude Lenward Taylor, Chairman, Ker- ey B rne , George Ervin, Jr., Emm J. Hull, Juli c ee, Peron Mitchell, M ttie B. Thomp on, J me F.A. Turner, Ch rle L. Yarbrough, Gle...…
…WHERE RE THE fundraisers, clothing and medicine drives, tate and na tional lobbying efforts and delegations to Haiti that the African-American community can do for, and within, its own? Haiti is the place where the identity of BI c people in the New World was formed. In 1791, Toussaint L' Ouverture helped launch the revolution in Haiti, then named Saint-Dominique, that made it the first republic in the Western Hemisphere and t...…
…n hop • J mp hotsr. ne! will Ii him on I v I pi yin hu r the Natiorial Youth Sports Founda tion for the Prevention of Athletic Injurie , a Boston-based profe ional group. proper pitch1Dg form. sound biomechanic:a, Bramball Coache also hould avoid t'e temptation to keep calling on tbiir star pitcher to win game, be That could t tbe pitcher for in- jury. ODe UDlJrublJilbedJaI __ - …
…, , RELIGION Send your Church History, Upcoming Events, Pastor's Anniversary etc. to: Michigan Citizen P.O. Box 03560 Highland Park, MI 48203 or call 869-0033. '1' ve b en trying to find out bout my own c ground," aid Fer on, who first experienced Inipi t Sie ' home nd now ionally attends the ceremony taw t lodge n Blissfield, Ohio. "It' prayer form that I've found to very compatible with my Catholic faith. It' a...…
…390 8191 MA RUTH SPE,A,KS THE TR.UTH' 564 . 844· I. 1 I . I ., Triples Coming 20 412·&12 111·000 671 841 1 2 1. whouplored 212··. Trip to the city 98.1 300 2- known with the old gat 124 998 133 150 100 14 nation. 3. TItle of the heed of of 635 902 110 2 4.M tor 32 J·(.,.....,.,;:)·f ..... ·,·� Voted to go I 0 oIoeed on to d pending I and reconvened and euthortzed .,tofP . Amended Agend to add an Ex Comm ...…
…�----------------------------------��----�--------���----------�-- Photo byD.Cwp Judg Thoma. and Judge Craig Strong. Rev. FOR r (I) pictur d with a friend:. YOUTH 0 EDGE OF GREATNESSS - (Ho t.. '): Kar n VI .on, n, Angellqu Simona, Klmb rly Clark, Sandy Hand and 'Sandy Hand and SUicia Jame .. / Form r City Council pr ldent, Erma Henderson. Dr. Benjamin Hook. net Don Davia. C mentlne and eon Ro r B rtI Id. . I …
…W inatOD, DC-{CNS)-A the U.S. Senate ebated bi-partisan, comprom e civil righ bill follow ing the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thoma , Black Democra and Republicans here began d· c ing campaigns for the 1992 elections from the city council to the White House. With both major partie now foc ing on increased' Black vo er interest, the po ibility of African Americans eeklng the pre idential nominations in both maj...…
…round, rful and moralized . ' THE VIOLENCE has been aniong the worst since diCtator Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier WIS forced into exile by a popular upris �g in February 1986. In one slum district, soldiers went door to door killing people, d for several days after the coup roamed the streets in ca, firi:ng into the air and at pedes trianS, according to witnesses and h�an-rights voups. . Two weeks after the coup, any Aiisti...…
…, campus, incre , percent ov I ment. A thr -ye -old program · called Michigan M t en- oowues � EnrO and hiring. On in five no a minority. Th univ ity h 2,510 BI dents enrolled, com pared to th previous record of 2,456. ian-Americ 0 num ber at 2,697, or 8.2 percentof th campus popul tion. . : Oakland County · pushes for more · minority cops PONTIAC. Mich. (AP) - The Oakland County Sheriffs De partment is going high-tech it...…
…Justice Marshall gran on of a slave n Thoroughgood. Th future Supreme Court jusice w the on of a w iter and a choolteacher. Hi mother hoped he'd be a den-, . 1. but instead h turned to law. He enrolled in Howard University's law program after the University of Maryland rejected . him because he w Black. : He worked as a lawyer for the �AACP, then became legal direc- or for the NAACP Legal Defense �nd Educational Fund, Inc. JUSIC...…
…HIGHLAND PARK Commltt d to B tt r ov rnm nt· OV mb r, 1 Endo p yor Fir A oc. Local ride to vote? C II 867· 308 -v« i VI on TH BOTTO LI E DBTROIT-"I am going to mov way on the out kirts of town," wailed Ray Charle 1 tared, wide eyed wake t my telephone. And just like day fol- · low night, that dad bl ted in , truder rang at 4:01 a.m. I knew, but 1 didn't want to know, who was on the other end of the line. Something told m...…
…By ATHANIEL SCo.TT tim ted 400 go pel con rt who gath red t King Solomon Auditorium were ho k d Sunday, Octob r 27 when the ann uncem nt, the featured roup, th Jac on Southern ire fr m Jon, Mi i ippi would not perform. Co-promot rs, Mini ter Kir Mc- Reynolds and Reverend tthew Swyer nded the tage and mad the nnoun ement after the Souther naire had old T- hirt , album, tap ,CDs, vide and autographed picture for cIo e to two hour...…
…CORN AND THE FDC a1so believe that the financial sysum i nUll be 0VErbauled. I There needs to be a fundamen • tal change in the relationship � between the financial mar , place, government institutions and citizens. Demanding <X'diMy tax- payers pay for the b "lout is I_e f<reing the victims rl toxic contamination to pay for clean- ing up after reck! pollu That b ic injustice h been compounded by govern ment's irresponsible bo...…
…/ K.am ult Publl her: Ch rl D. K lIy - Editor: T r i Andrich Advertising Manager: Mlch I Ru ell Advertising Representatives: T rry Broyl •• Jerom Ky. Bob Zwalak h hand of David Du k a he chool Center uilding The decision by th Detrolt Board of Education to go to court and fight the ban against male academies i regretable. . First, there is the cost of pursuing the right to e tablish segregated academies. The precious nd few doll...…
…VIEWS OPINIONS ..--:- What do Leroy Carr, Mer- line Johnson ("the Yas Yas Girl") and Tampa Red have in com mon? In w ich state of the US is it believed there is only one AME church? NOVEMijER 6, 1946 - JeweU K. n, educator, was born. 19 - Coleman y 0WlI was elected mayor of Detroit. What was the important in vention of Lewis Temple? - NOVEMBER 7, 1746 - bsalomJo , founder, BI ck Episcopal Church, w born. 1837 - Elijah P. ...…
…I m tel'S." He said: "My view of the world expanded, I realized people didn't all live like th y did in Ponti ." At Cranbrook, Ott' dream 0 coming an engineer received ub ta e. -"I had alway loved drawing, howing how thing come together." He was given a mentor whom he It hadowed," accompanied throughout a workday and beyond. The extent of his cultural ignorance watt's greate t realization. He recalled beingconfronted with an ar...…
…-- -- - - - ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF Hangln'�ou In Tin Ion Everyone w wear paj , however m t who did ho up t he tar .. tudded premiere of "House Party 2" wore everyday cloth . M ny of the t members includ Kid N'Play and Martin Lawerence, and Kamron (lead member of the Young Black Teenagers) did how in their jammi . Other tars joining in the fun t the premiere and after party included Georg Stanford Brown, Ralph Tresvant, mem...…
…·2 o ·DETROIT STORIES - Opens the Deerolt Repertory Th atre Renova ttbn Se on on Nov. 7th and runs every Thurs. thru Sun. until Dec. 29, . 1991. Tlcke.t $12 all performances. For Info caH (868-1347). DETROIT STORI ES Is a collection of sketches • written for, of, and by Metro o roft rs on a variety of ubJect relevant to Ilf In our city. BLANCS .:' U of M's Unlv. ptay will pre nt LES SLANCS, (Lay-Blahnk) Lorr Ine Hansberry' gri...…
…ro Kal mazoo' north Hoop ters beg n tournament commit ewe pur p w to give 1 mazoo top On Saturday morning, October flight competition. Since 1973 the 19th group of BI k' ha e and Hoo te 0 ed excl ively move ' in the upper echelon of a ritable, non-profit org niza- Kal mazoo's busines community lion who e purpose is to give support met in Scott Restaurant for a to recreational program for lea urely breakfa t of egg nd northside youn ...…
…COMMIS 10 R Ch rle Y rbro gh id t city couldn't - ford to p y that mount of money for :police chief. "I don't care how good i . He' too good for at that lary." . He id if the city w willing to Pay that mount for the poli� chief, nat would it co t for a publtc afety director, who would be overseeing both the police d p rtm nt d the fire department. I "Every week we hear you talk about crimes in the treet and drugs in the streets, ...…
…SHE S D the BACC demand time: You're hurting the organiza- I m ZOO' , AACP m tlng -b com forum for I cted . Black offlciai . By DANNY COOKS Cotre.pondMrt At the concl uslon of the Metropolitan Kalamazoo Branch' NAACP's regular third Sunday meeting on October 20th, in the Dougl Community Center at 3:30 p.m., a panel discussion of i ue germaine to the Black community YI coordinated by NAACP Politi A:al Action Chair Lee Steward,...…
…long tim. Th ir lat ill trat th C ng .. _�.."id ration of th "of and for peopl " con pt and giv • ty of c for Am ricans to i r term limitations for th itol Hill Gang: • • TIle managers and framers of � nation' budg t and fiduciary tern pending millions of 1beir own rronies in the way tbeyv been pending bill ions of ours for years, on accounts that have insuf ficient balances. Program u h Term Limitati should be con- sidered by ...…
