…-p ,\!elf Ilihle: II ill (111(/ Hoi)' ed? Paqe 83 VOL XVI tJO 16 �4f1lllfl'''IlI'(f F't'Op/t' I�; �4 r'l I' p, c p i«: MARCH 6 - 12.1994 • ea By STHER WALLEN C._,N ... s.tvlc. • o , , Ang la Davi launch By TUREKA TURK Speaking to a room jam packed with students at New York University F bruary 17, activist Angela Davis p nted her crusade against th penal yatem of th United States. "Ttl prison is offered a rem edy,· h i...…
…By DO BRYSON from my fa: BY 111 A •• oclat d Pr Even before apartheid formalJ;y intro- duced after the National Party too po four decad ago, the South African government had begun pushing Blacks off land to tate the • make property vailable fOl" bites and provide cheap Black labor for hite farms and tnine&, Land Act of 1913 re8trictA:d Black Iand owners to ten percent of the oountlY' Black letu1em, convinced the act would adopted...…
…• By KYLA KI G By AARON M. FONTANA c. Iml News Service LANSING - Officials are not posjtive if it is a fluke that the once soaring costs of prisons are slowing down - But they are keeping their fingers crossed. Gov. John Engler's fiscal year 1994-95 budget recommenda- tion for the ' nt of Cor- r ns pent growth fro y 994, . much below the 16.6 percent av- erage of the 1980s. ' "And 1994 will have a bigger increase than there wi...…
…DR. ARTI-IUR L JOHNSON WALTON A. LEWIS DR. VIOLET LEWIS treat people I Ii e to be treated. I don't kno where I would be without people ho have been 80 kind to m . I never get tired of thanking people for what they ha done for me." ESTHER G. EDWARDS fought to provide an opportunity for African Ameri<»'1l8 to P tice medicine with privilegee equal to those of white physi cians. He joined th taff of Providence Hospital where h was...…
…II ighlurul l'urk ------------------ SOME 0 THE' u ad dr.eecl by the program are per- f ty, un mploym nt, substance , drop-out , pregn ncy, crime, nd viol , ck- d li through- out diff nt ofth city rvi d li ry m e1. Initially, 2,500 e di tributed round t commu nity, 555 vor bl r pon e received, a 22% po rate. HPCF olicited oup kitch e , choo ,civic groups, block clu , church organizations and engaged in on on-one dialogue ...…
…c () ;\ I, I 'I' I () N The proposed legislation to put 100,000 more oops on the streets and to spend billions to build more prisons will be a trag edy for the Black people of America. The prisons will be filled mostly by people of color who never had a chance. I am an employee of the U.S. Government, a mailman, which is as practical a profession as any job. The idea of diverting money from housing and education to prisons is b...…
…governor of six more. When will it top?" Davi asked. DAVI AL 0 ALLUDED to the fact that 12% of Blacks do drugs and 12% percent ofwhite& are also active in the drug scene. But 36% of those arrested are Black. "Crime," Davis id, It· ideo- logically represented as the pri mary social problem." Davis id that, in todaya so ciety, there are a number offae tors that contribute to this fact. "It's getting very difficult to . figure...…
…• INeE WE HAVE a wait ing Ii t for people to get an edu cation, how could we require them to get a GED or high school diploma belo they can a job," h id.·Th are not enough lots Cor those who al- dy want n education. • Th tate needs to provide more education resources Cor the . inma , Light . d. Poin . d the legislation . not an attack on the prison in dustri program, nor hould it be compared to the recent "three stri , you're...…
…By ANTOl ETTE DYKES m'" to the IIlchlen Citizen - While Lcs ring from e and the Timothy Christian Riley D 'wayne Wiggins round in th buff in balmy Or lando, Florida. � , nude... in butt nakedl I caught up with th th Tonyie - brothe Raphael and D'wayne Wiggin and Raphael Wiggins 00 in Timothy Riley - they filmed their ne video,"!Dy Your H«Jd On My Pillow, " tb third ingle from th ir chart topping platinum Sons of Soul CD. ...…
…ACT WORKSHOP .:_ Registration Is open at Oakland Untv. for the work· shop t prepares for the ACT· dOt· lege entry exam, beglnnlh'g Fe. '1�. The next ACT exam Apr 91 A three-session ACT workshop Is set for Saturdays, March 1 2. 19 and 26, the first session meeting from 9am to 4pm. For Information/registration call (313)370-3120, anytime. ALMOST SPRING - The regular meeting of the Michigan State con ference of NAACP will be held In ...…
…God." - . e elleville • In d amatize e o EVER ONE 'YOr- ably di posed to cC ry' ef fort. According to The iociated P , 0 B pti t preacher in Hou ton called Blac Bible Chronicle , "an abomination.· God "wan us to do His or nd He an us to do it His ay,· Carl Hodges, t di gruntled preacher, was quoted aying. Locally, however, Poole pointed out that vernacular in terpretatio are an tablished part of the tradition of Bible ...…
…n over 11 balan ed diet rich in e nti I for growin children, nutritioni t lore mmend two -oun e rving of le n m t, poultry or fi h e ch day. M ny children do not get enough iron or zin • 0 import nt far h Ithy circu lat ry y tern. On of th tour e of th nutri nt i f. Rounding out th rvin of bre d or cere I. erving of low-f t milk for trong ne nd teeth. Th BBQ Beef-Wich i ea y to emble for a quick n k or main di h. Children will ga...…
…• ATM • Gift Cert c te • 500 of5t mp • Money Ordere • Exp 5hipp ng-U.P.5. Mile and Limited to Manufacturer Coupone lued up to See Store For Detail • W.I.C. Food 5t mp M tercard nd Vi GI dly Accepted EJ Clo ed Sunday 12 Midnight, re-Open Mond y7 am. Prices and items effective onday, February 28 thru Sunday, arch 6, 1994. Copyright 94 Food and. We reserve the right to limit quan ities. We are not respensb e or typograg IC or pi...…
…By R Ie BROW AT THE FEBRUARY 21, m ing, Commi ioner Charl Yarbrough asked, "how did the \ salary get to 30,000 when the po ition was adve.rti ed a $20,500 to 25,000?" He also said the original job description required the applicant to have a college degree in recreation, but the job description he had before him, the applicant only had to have a college degree with major work in public administration and experience in the admini...…
…NOTICE to TAXPAYER 'DIE MARCH 1994 BOARD OF Ial Hi and Par Bo rd of R vi following days t City Hall: ichigan 48203: 11 in ion on t 30 Gerald Av •• Highland Park, ch 15, 1994 ch 16, 1994 ch 17, 1994 3:00PM - 9:00PM 3:00PM - 9:00PM 9:00AM - 3:00PM at ich t and place th afor d troll 11 be subject to revie and corrections, and all person 0 y con ider themselves ggrieved by any valuation of property s new t forth in s id ssessment r...…
…uch, - to -.nQI� 1 1 - Virginia State U ni ity in Pete burg, Va., i \ found . 1 7 - Ghana gained inde pend en from Great Bri in. 1 - Phil d lphia Plan minority hiring guide for ix What poem by Landon Hua d«JJ.s with 1M raid on H�"'Ferry' 1 10-& LV nn pub- lis fi t edition of "Th Pit - burgh Cou . r.· What Black vocalist popular ized tM hit "My Cherie Amour'" Dr d Scott 8 -Canada. 7th - Irv Cross. 8th - William Tecumseh ...…
