…VOL. XVI NO. 49 An Infonned People is A Free People OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 5, 1994 "One of the easiest things in the world to do is kick kids out of school, rather than keep them in, "·Eugene Cain superintendent of HP scnoa«: By APRIL CALDWELL Cap tal �ew. Serv ce n it? Some 10 1 officials cont nd h it probably will not, with on u tion ing th constitutionality of th law. Gov. John Engler proposed th bill in Octo r 19 3, becau...…
…-p 81 VOL. XVI NO. 11 �/) tntoi nu-ct Peoplt' Is A Fret"' Pt�oplt· .JANUARY 30 FEBRUARY 5. 1994 Black males misdiagnosed as hyperactive AN 4RBOR-Restless, anx ious Mrican American teen-age boys who can't concentrate are frequently misdiagnosed as hav ing "attention deficit (hyperac tivity) disorder" or ADD. The correct diagnosis is more likely to be "agitation syn drome," which is triggered by environmental stress, according ...…
…8 By AUSO JONES "'ch' .n Citizen TWo now before t courts are challenging the practice of all-white juri dec; Jing the fate of Black defendants !D Michigan. In federal court in Grand Rapid , Bnimeu Jon i king to have hi conviction by an all-white jury. of c unarmed robbery overturned becaus Bl c were y tematically omi tted from Kalamazoo Cireui t Court juries for a decade. And in Berrien County, an evidentiary hearing on jury t...…
…- American racists active in German neo-Nazi groups - A2 D OIT - Despite community efforts, dead fli , live roa and hardened rat feces continue to pl gue some �r city store . In order to promo1e an of what being comumed in some beavi ly populaled African American com munities, the chigan atizen along with representatives from vario com munity group visited ome of the neighbortxxxl stores and found a long list of unIalthy cond...…
…pound. lDauraoce Lonnie Baker told an iDq panel convened by Nlcbo and FBI in tf to , he .. Sharp e ins P eu, and bad got Involved'll he told Sharp that Powell hiding near a h con tainer. Baker aid he Po ell alive on the ground and he moved out of the way. "I didn't the man getti shot. I didn't know who got bot, . .1 w just 0 stunned that the gun went off," said Baker. Tbe boo in of a bopllftl ''''pect Ju e 18, by an In dianan...…
…mi New YORK - The C'om mis ion for Racial Justice, major civil right organiza tion, announced that it will (ca 'No blood for 01/' y cKi y NNPA News SelVice . W ASHI GTON, DC The la t ctive duty task for ex-Air Force Sergeant Mi e Bo den w s to bring home body b g of rines Killed in the Beirut bombing in Oc tober 1983. Today Bo den is mobiljzing nti -War ac tions in Philadelphi . L rry Moore of Mil- au ee recently organiz...…
…Pioneer jazz saxophonist Lamonte Hamilton dies Paqe 2 • polic uit fil 70 victim u over 40 ncldent in o ay Sp!ciallo th Michigan Citiun LOS ANGELES. CA, -Blac and Latino re ident of Lyn- ood, California, and other filed I w uit in federal court September 25 alleging more th n 40 incident of police brut lily and mi COR duct by L.A. County deputy ne r i rr a signed to Lyn ood. rri All but one of these inci dent took place...…
…'We want service!' J DETROIT - ore and bet- ter city services. That demand part of the tform drafted by community ctivis during a city 'de convention July 15. Commu ity groups p r ticipating in the draftin of platform ant didates for city elections to re pond its provisions. The se ion' which drafted the "Public Services" section of the PEOPLE'S Platform was chaired by two people Clive in community issues --- Fraa A Attorn y...…
…ByJO , JO ES Capital ew Servia LANSING- The proposed S22 million cut to the Michigan Youth Corp budget could be a great help to Michigan busi nesses and Department of Men tal Health clients, or not, depending on who you talk to in the Legislature. Passed by the Senate April 13 and on its ay to the House, the bill ould take an 84 percent slice out of the Michigan Youth Corps' 1990 budget, $25 million to S3 million, and would re...…
…L Gri ban Medicaid-funded bortio Capitlll News Service I .' Michigan, e.nding lO-year !.ANSI G - The batt is battle in tbe state Legislature, on to co al vo er confusion tiag WnO" vote would allow about a proposal to end appropriations to Medicaid edicaid-fuoded abor . recipients for abortions to COD- Organizers of the Committee tiDue. To combat the ooafusioo, to Ead Tax-Funded Abortio both Committee (0 End Tax- d the People' Campaign ...…
…Mother appeals to community for help Kalamazoo vets begin fund for Benton Harbor youth suffering Agent Orange effects on Pig 5 Serving the SU*'s African American Community AL - Arson, the urban ewal program of the underfunded O's continues to destroy the state's inner cities. If it's not HUD-funded demoli- tion p ojects tearing down major buildings and neigbborh it is arson doing e job. e Leath- ewland building on in Street in d d Bento...…
…r fo break ay. Ho ever, recent "months, Farrakhan indicated ad' to relOm difference ith feflo uslims and to improve relations with Chrisitans and" Jews. .Farr - han also say he will focus on Black economic development in America. U.S. A BASSADO IN SOUTH AFRICA Pretoria, South Africa - America's fir Black amb sudor to racially-tom, hite-ruled South Africa hu oftkially taken up his new po. Ed arc! Perk.ins as orilinally nomin te...…
…rrien jai rs VOL. VIII NO. 18 ARCH 30 - APRIL 5, 1986 AWARD NORWOOD $300,000 y a By STEVE GERSTEL WASHI GTO The Senate confirmed the nomina tion of Sidney Fitzwater of Texa to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge de pite charges by Democrats that he tried to scare offBlac voter in an 1982 election. The coat ored 52-42 to confirm the 32-year-old tate jurist nominated by Pre ident Reagan to the u.S. District Court for t...…
…VOL. VIII NO.5 DECEMBER 30 - JANUARY 5, 1986 New Year's Expectations 'he n ' , u C ,ml U .h .1 , , ·t .. 'I" th h.tii .nu ru- ·('(:t .,' t \, rl n I Ion .ir e P I q un' d. ..' , you t o r !t,·tng. you m t \ ,r to ',lrn\'ClUJ 1 .• 1 L. Li! . 1 (In ,'.1 v o u u':t. 1: v III l"l" It ,HI Itt·LI\. 1h\.. }""I;\' \"I:: rc u rn t ) \\1 1. La- . l u t not Il.t -t n.p -r your 'Ai l 1.1 io n \ It'·, IL.1 I II,. I \ -r], -vc r� till c. WIN...…
…BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Benton Harbor Michigan 49022 Permit No. 50 Add'55 romr Req'd 25t - Dorothy purlock' orld Inyoly • popcorn and politic • Thl unlikely combination could only.oly froma omanofwhomltcanbe •• ld,"Ve terday'aHerolaNotEnough."Con· fused? Tum to Pag 12 for Larry Cart.r'. account of one of Kalamazoo' y ry own. (Larry C rt r photo) onu inners in Lo ery con est There are eight western Michigan residents who re...…
…• • o 0.9 JAN. 30 - FEB. 5, 1985 S G - Four depart.' ment of th State of Michigan do not employ minoriti or women in proporti n to their. pre nc in the popul tion. That i th finding of th ichigan D pt. of Civil Right rep rted in J nuary issue of the departm nt Let r. " The four departments are: th ttorney General the Legi - I tiv uditor General, tural Re ources and the State Police, the ewsletter tate . The dep rtm nt 'operate...…
…t andards of code enforcement the city operating by? That question concerns Re. athaniel Gathright, pre . dent Concerned Tenan Organization. lett from one of the landlords in Action Rentals to tenant t 474 Pipe- • one led to qu tion. The tenant - Charlene eridy and Barbara artin - nt a certified letter wee, y 24, to Bapti . Their letter amed the landlord that if did not fIX certain items "thin en d y they ould begin withholding t...…
…of the in- ed.' Ra id no formal bid an- noucement a m de but that during the year a the city ha n d d in rance. agents were contaacted and ed if they were intere ted in doing busine ith the city _ Ra lin on Ra lin n id most a ent ere told con r tion ith if they ere intere ed in biddin , t o division ccording to BE TO ith an 18 percent minority popul ti nly fi e per percent of it city t ff in th min rity ran city man er P ul Pre...…
…oc In prepared st tement re d at the onday night city cornmis . n meeting by County Commi loner Fred Bird, the errien County Democratic Party char d Enterpri Zon ChairmanRo- ert J c n of expre . rprisingly p rti ttitude" in his lobby' .efforts. he atement a jointly issued by County Commi sioner Baird, illie e County Democrat' Chair Verlin Zimmerman Fourth Co re ional Di triet Chair Larry . I n Benton H rbor mocratic Club Chair Da...…
…,. VOL. IV p. JU -JULY .1 7: cifJCa1ly at the m �or' y B popu- tion. He obtained CETA fund and put re' ents to or and initi ted nutrition program for th elderly and h ndi pped. ore than $3 millon in federal and other fund ere channeled into Tchula under Carthan' I dership. But too y, the city overnrnent i ain almo all hite nd there are no feder 1 program. For th la few ye Cart y he h been on the proverbial ramo d tr - railro ded...…
…• , bmit- th criminal orx: 18 000 onday aftern n bid for th gen ral legal or. opening - Gavin sand Gavin dded that for th Spelman's. Cooke brought criminal legal h the Small, Small and Dett- ould charge at 75 per man bid in already opened me hour for any time nt and said it had been th in exce of thre hours en mistake. any given , or for rny It was Donald Dettman o r the first 1,200. of the same fum ho h d The only other attorney re...…
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…VOL. II 0.34 JULY 30 - AUGUST 5, 1980 SERVI G TRI-COUNTY SOUTH ESTERN ICHIGA 20 CE TS nt, C. re- o C o ere found i If over nd its fund for p ym nt. "I d Ser- vice to e if they could help. y id bring in all your receipt from February. I didn't them, I ed the . t company. They th y c dn t gi m to me but if the Department of Socia] Services ould del ys inevitable. According to Bernard, ere flooded with many p . ns, by th ...…
…SEE uBLACK EMPO APRIL 30 - AV 6, 1980 SERVING TRI�OUr.TY SOUTHWESTERN ICHIGAN Berrien County cion A Board of Director managed quorum ed- nesd y, April 23 and ble to conduct busine . F ced with recent r ig n tions the Board h been un ble to meet on pril t 6, for lac of quorum and had to po tpone the meeting. In attendance re board m mbers Rev. ilas Le ,Darlene Ble n, Har- ry yoolds, Vertis Tho- - m Dan Dej y Ken th Platt Beu...…
…PAGES6A 07 Serving Tri-County Southwestern ichigan 20 CE 1'5 BOA 0 GIVES PEEPLES 30 0 YS ith po ible bo d in Community ciation fund- o ing, the Berrien County Board (DCA) has gi n the agency' director t J . Feb. 11 ith cer- …
…Vol. 1 0.8 By Ch elly ;, . An apparent attempt to control CET A funding re- _ suited in an unan unced pr_ vate m ting at the CET A I on dnesd y, January 24 at 8:00 in th momin . I I ad appearing in ified tion of th as the only offi cial announcement prior to r ting th available to county for the economically disad ntaged. The legal did not indud notic of the early morning m ting, or of any tinge At tate i th ne thrust of ...…
