…4 .. V_OL.XV NO. I 1 Iln Informed PL'Oplt.' Is 1\ r« .. p People January 31 _ February 6, � 9-93 -- Approximately 30 \JIa'.�,� King Day ceremonies c VETS Post 910. The Po numbers refer to the 9th and 10th Calvary t The Buffalo Sokr 'The nations mourns the I of the former Supreme court Ju tice Thurgood Marsball, 'famed for his . . most ucces ful case, the turmng point of hi career, 1954' Brown vs. the Board of Education, a case re...…
…mi in AIDS h· Black gay, drug u ATL • G -D pite om indications that the d dly di e AIDS i preading into otb rpopulation groups, among African Am ricans it is still h ving its m t d v tating im pact, particularly for gay men and intravenous drug users. That is according to the most recent figures released by the Centers for Di e Control in Atlanta. Accordin to the report, 86 p rcent contracted the disease as a result of hom x...…
…A propo al to drop the p entation of the Am rican flag during an ROTC ceremony ha r mained un changed de pite objections. Board member· Kw me Kenyatta, who boyco ed Tue day' flag cerem ny pre nted by ROTC tud from Finn y High School, remains taun hly opp ed to th ceremony. "The problem I have i that we a board that stands for (the African principle of) MAAT," Kenyatta said in a recent Detr it ew arti le, "The Amencan flag doe...…
…m t w di y_free_up . fund • 'Don't take your guns to town, son. Leave your guns at home. ' HERE I OMETHI G about the presence of a handgun during anargwnent that always seems to horten the fuse and tum otherwise reasonable men or women into pow der-ke ready to explode. If you don't have a gun with you, you can't use it Law involving the use of gum are getting to�r all c America. In many states, tbere is a entence of'three y...…
…• I all • r' un rr "Trum is proper and beautiful in all' and in all ploas. " istan t to the Rev. J president Civil righ l�d ha called for the firing of the principal and susoension of the etro Police 0 o gro held para meet- involved, although po officials on y night to pro t the arrest . office cted properly. o tan! y Jo on, fifth-grader at "This' high prio ty or Lunt Elementary School. Johmon Richardson d. arrested after all...…
…A Nation of Smoke creen They ay ero fiddled whil Rome bum d. Well. it ems America' puffing mok whil th ountry ollaps . In W hington the talk i all ut y in t mill! ry. nd trough everyone from the top b s to th low t privat all admit there are aoo alway have en gay in h military, th debate wages on. All the while, the real' ues confronting the country and its military go undi cus ed: downsizin the military; jo r tion for former army pe...…
…THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY J nu 1 • ru rye The program called CEOs Under venteen.! the result of a joint effort by the Detroit B' Initia ive of Farmington Hills and the Detroitb Joy of J , Inc. Teenagers, 13 - 17, have been attending cl twice a wee after chool at the Detroit Center for Entrepreneurship, new cility 10- ca'ted on the campus of Joy of Jesus, Inc. in the Ravendale community on Detroit' cas ide. The pilot program w...…
…Declaration of ntimen called for an immediat end t lav ry through "the verthrow of prej udice by the power f I ve-and the 'a lition of lavery by the pirit of repentan ." By the 1840s, African Am rica had formed th ir own abolition' t or ganizations and called for independence from white reform lead rs. Referring to whi te aboli tioni t ,one Black re paper id, "They are our allies OURS is the batt! ." Frederick Dougl w the relatio...…
…ENTERT AINMENT IN BRIEF h t' on hold? Beverly Hills 'Cop III was to.have gone into production in February, but producers are now delaying the project, stat ing that the production chedule for the movie is not fe ible for a ummer rele e. What's more, to rush the film (in order to make the preplanned August release) could p h production costs upward to $70 million, $15 million of which i attributed to Eddie Murphy's alary. int...…
…, Hangin' with the Honiegirls , Rap star Queen Latifah joins her Sesame Street Satari Sisters (I-r), Prairie Dawn and Merry w.onster, as they search high and low for the missing letter "0", Latifah's performance with the muppets airs on Sesa�e Street Monday, February 1 on P�, (check local listings.) , :complled by Ka�cene �ark DCPA (Detroit Center of Performing Arts) 2-3 Sojourner Truth - Powel1ul Woman Orator - Sojourner Truth knew...…
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…By ER Cor,.. nt Warren M chell, former columnist for this paper, tells the story of Benton Harbor's rich African American history to school students. (8. Brown photo) . ushert money for M rlin and Cam! Bush rt for uX!ir rental properties at 640 Thre her Aven and 1275 S L Th property at 640 her will t $1 .84920 and 1275 Monroe will co t 13, .00. Under the' City' Rental Rehabilitation Pr gram a By BERNICE BROWN landlord may apply to...…
…Dollars & Sense by Bryon Elson ) h r h nd, if y u r a to, I yer, t ch r r noth r profe ion I who occ ion lIy brin r din mat ri I nd oth r work h m t night, do not a ume th t you c n t k h m -office d ducti n for th r wh r y u do your r ding, Sine thi i n t wh re you regularly conduct your bu in , ch nc r y u will not allow d deduction. Un r certain circum t nc s, how ever, you may claim adduction even if your home office is yo...…
…"TH CO OMY, STUPID!" tb: prirre theme, and mood of otcrs that led Clinton' campaign to victory. w, tll: President-elect to put I n 1m wo that "we rmst revitalize and e nomy." He rti n of tre j t s. In tum, Brown said, "If we are rious ut rebuilding our economy; a ut creating long term, high paying jo for our ople; about maintaining lead rship in manufacturing as well as errerging techrologies; tl¥!n we imply m t have a nationa...…
…LEGAL NOTICE THE CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK ANNOUNCES REQUESTS FOR BIDS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING ON SOUTH MANCHESTER BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD LL BIDS MUST ,BE RECEIVED BY CITY CLERK. 30 GERALD BY 5:00 P.M. MONDAY FEBRUARY 1, 1993. o ructIons at Mayor's Offtce betw a.m. -4:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday). For 00fJY of the I t, I mo.t .xoltlng BLACK FAMILY DICE GAME, eend .00 (money or onty) and -addJI .t mped nv lop to: B.P. N pp r, ...…
…Moo ehouse . . IS coming to town Mickey Murray, 6 foot 5, lb. etball star for Troy High (c of '91) is now playing for Morehouse College. H will be on of tb local tars playing in the Black B ke tbaJ 1 CIa ic, Saturday February 6. Th game will feature Morehou e CoJlege v . Alabama A M University at U of D Calahan Hall at 6 p.m. Tickets 15 for adults and $10 for students .. Call Bill M Gill for advance tickets at 86 1782 (ticke...…
…lxedr e . But m ca CUI me bers -=J .... : - ... 1L. agreed that - ore 0 an� improved commitmeot must be made from tate govemme 0 key·' . which include minority economic de, opment, urban revitaliza tion and educatio Rep. Ethel Terrell, D-Higb IaDd Park, said the goYCrnor' adeli revealed hope for a . more produ . .. "S . from the point of the Civil· Departmen� I think th his cooperation with the department been so of a chang...…
…n frlcan hi tory firs Blac tudent enrolled t Uni ersity of Alab 1956. Feb. 4 • Ro a Par t respon ible for ontgomery, Ala., bus . boycott, born 1913. Feb. 5 - H erican home-run . born 1934. b.6· . T , educator, uthor and poet, born 1900. Bob Mar ley, reggae inger, born 1945. o imed t W APO guerrilas. South Africa cknowledged their strikes in Angola ere providing dire. sistance to t e CIA-ba ed UNIT A (Na tio Union for t...…
…• 1 Ho I IIJ Ealow DETROIT -A coalition of this city's homeless protested . their plight for the seco d time this month when they tagcd a sit-in Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the of- of Detroit Housing Com missio er Tom Le . The first demonstration brought the threat o� jail, the second, promise of a home in t public housing. Earlier, on the holiday mark -s ing the birthday of Dr. Martin \ Luther King, the National . Union for the Ho...…
…Opinion. (ununcuturv � l.cttvrx. Yil'WS ?' . e. \. . youth, aying, ey are truly our hope for tomorro and our hope fot today, too." . Campaign rkers left noth ing to chance. Under Ms. Bint 's direction they gathered . the names of every potential vo er nd canvassed door-to- . door. On Election Day they in stituted a sophisticated car pool and had baby itters and hot food available for the vo ers. Their organization paid off. ...…
…Black 'elected official are more numero than ever (6,681 in 1987), a 350 percent increase sincc 1m). BI ck members of · Congress have amassed an im-, ,Growing u.p in a Black pressive array of COIDDllttee and �-"""--------�!!!Ii subcommittee chairma�ships A little Black girl is given a (eight committee chairs and 18 white doll to play with, in Toni subcommittee chairs in. the Morrison's novel The BIuut Eye ., HouseofR�). (W shington Sq...…
…� . I ·1 . { or CAD i no" -profit or ganizatio t t instills creaive development in the hand icapped d senio citizens . • ; …
…I \ o \' , I .' 0 gro PSI ga her to mapam o 0 I 0 I 75 By cKbmey (NNPA News Service) WASHINGTON Representatives of more than 75 groups at a strategy session on South Africa sancti ns have vowed to lobby both i congress and among grassr ts con- stitutents 0 make artheid's horrors a 1988 0 issue. The capitol hill meeting was opened by Rep. Ronald V. Del lums (D-CA), sponsor of HR 1580, a sanctions bill that he calls a "moral...…
…'nd j m hip ATLANTA - RJR N bi . th Inc.' continuing its upport of a scho] rship program for miaoriti tudying journalism . I ith grant ofS17,000 to the Na- uld ure to . t' on I e p per Publisher' financialinforma- I • '0 ( A). life. In presenting the 1987 gift, Marshall B. B RJR abisco enior vice pre ident, com mented 0 the company's inter- . e in Black journalism. Soon after . n . n voieed i inde-· pendence, Blac ne papers r...…
…J DCDC re urn to HPCC HIGHLAND PK - Dayton " contemporary Dance Company I.will bring its unique and ex': uberant tyle of jazz, ballet and modern dance to Highland Par :5 PerformiDg Arts Center , of Sat. Feb. 13, ai 8:15 p.m. Thi return engagement by I the ward-wihning 14-member troupe will feature new orks and several Highland Park premier inc1udiDg: Till The End Of Tune, which premiered in 1986,' a four movement work by DCDC...…
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…l •• I -------- Highland Park Focus ighland Pa Vat I . l a prov school mila HIGHLAND PK - Voter $1.000 of e ed property pprovcdtherenc ofaS.9tax· valuation -- will be used for mjOagc in a peciaI e ection held chool operati'oos: textbooks, Wedaeaday, Jan. 28, announced classroom supplies, salaries, ut- Highland Park Schools Iities, insurance, and other pobsperson Greg Byadriao. operating expenses, Byndrian The tax --- $S.90 for e...…
…I· .. IF' . not only inOue ted by her vie on equality, bu also by Christian · moral nd philosophical point." fter her brother' de th, he trusted God to get me through" d found the great- . ne s nd magnitude of such t ings peace, hope, giving and haring," Fakir tri s to help pregnant o en by orking on the local board of \he Detroit Crisis Preg nancy Center, ich provides t ' counseling d terial· assistaace. Whil it' opposed t...…
…, . I' '---._ , I.. I' I : . . . African-America 1·1 H: uTime for . , t BENTON HARBOR � It', time for Gov. James Blanchard to recognize the African . American comm� in south- ern Micbigan That is the message PUSH chapter p esident Rev. Walter Brown hopes to send the Gover- ' nor. At stake is' a judg . Feb 10 Chief Probate-Juvenile Judge Donald J. Dick will retire and the Governor will name an appointment. . The' 0 Africa...…
…Benton I Iarhor area news • , ar1 aptl t C rc, -1901 Eastl.nd A\'Cnue"rn po r a series of services d the public . invi ed to tend ch service. D Ca pbell' Building Fund Chairperson d the Rev. C. C . the host pas- I .. Baptist urch: e. Allc oth- cl for e Building Fund Commit- . tee of d I • y • 41entine's Day f�fr�vaCJanZ(l . \/ � Ow,'to £.bJ ITM «�qD�«�]�n��ll� Sa t. Feb.6 I • L Fru it) 'G Cl d :8clllroom il ton In n ...…
…Attorn y nnoun annu I eSiUlY conte t e Berrien County Bar As sociation' once again sponsor ing an essay contest for students of the seventh, eighth and ninth grades to promote e local ob servance of Law Day, May 1, 1988. . The Berrien County Bar As sociation will ward prizes of $75.00, $50.00, and $24.00 to the authors of the top three essays in each grade level, ccording to St. Joseph Attorney Robert J. Ehrenberg, Es ay Co...…
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…I I l' Dear Erik, . I just told a week ago that . a very good friend has been diag- - nosed with AIDS . .I g this in formation from my friend. I was the only person he felt that he could talk with. I am also good friends W\tJt other members of his family and I see them quite often. Here is my problem. I have run into other friends who care bout him and have casual- ly ed about him and what he up to. People have been com plai...…
…·' o rong Bourne, Bruce Foxworth, Eric Riley, Phil Wi 0 n, Jerome JOD Bryan Shelton and Brian . Flo er 0 Shelton 'jlS ranked' o. 1 in the men'§ a ateur �1IAM�bythe UOI ed States Ten- . Association year 0 Maybe McEnroe won t have long to it, "I would like to see (more Black playing tennis)," Mc Enroe ott. "Then I think you'D see a to a1 change in American fo • , …
…fCILA\�§lllfIIIEI[)� HELP WANTED I VITATION FOR IN SURANCE BIDS The Benton Charter Township Housing Commission ill receive bids for Com prehensiVe General liabilitY In surance until one o'clock, 'p.m. (1:00 p.m., EST), February 17, 1988. The policy is to be effective March 4, 1988 thru March 4, 1989. OF AlL'TYPES • INSPECTIONS & SPEC' �1IUII;;;n ROOFI G. A AVAILABLE '-IIrII_· .... -RESTORATtQN • PlU BI & HEATING LAnON • ELEC...…
