…Politicians look to Benton Harbor model BY TERESA KELLY • "'.""'(:(1 of A ocl.t«J Pre IWpott by U •• Zag.roll BBNTON HARBOR-With debate over enterpri e zones rekindled by I the Lo Angeles rio , Benton Har- Propose 'POWER ZONES' ':If ROBERT W'TROTT ASSOCIATED PRES WRrrER MAKING THE DIFFERENCE - Re Ident of a northwe t Detroit community r cently protested the an ged beating of community r .Ident Mrs. Hicks, who Is Black, by th Arab ...…
…·1 violenc refl t thi t n ion. The e incidents begin with name calling and e cal te from there," Wausau School Superintendent Penny Kleinhans aid. Kleinhans, Mayor John He and Police Chief William Bran dimore said their recent news conference on th ubject of ra cial tension w planned before WSA W -TV videotaped la t week's incident involving the baseball bat. • The white teen-ager ran away from the Asian boy and no in jurie...…
…JOHANNESBURG-Angered by wh tit view foot-dragging by th whit minority Govern ment, the African tional Con g r olved to paralyze outh Africa wi th tri e .boycot and demonstrations to force wifter progre toward majority rule. Th congre recently ac- cused th Government of Presi dent F.W. de Klerk of trying to loe it "into a permanent 'power- haring' rrangement in which the y tern of white minoritiy domination will be largely in ...…
…campaign. • OG d mandorgran- diosecampaign promises led to tre enactmento Medicaid. Instead, it resulied from tbe lief that, f r million of impoveri hed Americars, a b i bealth care Safety net vi tal. Wben I w growing up in til! South. pita! births f r man Bla k women w re t ibl . In 1 ,tre year icaid enacted, nearly one in 20 bla k babi died for lack of tre most i eguards-a clean pita! bed, a bealth care prof ionaJ in anerdar...…
…Education . an impor- tant ele tint tr ggl for human ri ht. It' the means to help our children and our p opl redi cove; their ide, ity and thereby in crease their elf-respect. Education is our p port to the future, for tomorrow belongs only to the people wbd prepare for it today. " colmX (EI-H D II EI-:ihlllbaZZl Tod y in Detroit and he re t of the nation, we (American and African American) do not take education eriously. T...…
…program aIXl Gary ra1-dminnan. In th: enth were Ed n, dittcir 0 Flectio ; Senator Ja le Vaughn; elis sau�tS. Legislative is1ant to Commi ioner Jackie Currie; Sadie L Palmer, StWy Cub foW¥ier & president; Elizabeth . GaIXly, Juanita Reaves, Daryl Miller, R mary Th>mas, Ollie Panetson, Cbarity Hall, Edna Hol comb, Everlee Watson, Sadie Ramsey, Pearline Petty, Mary Bray, Errr.stirx: Thurston, Beryl Riley, president of th: Rosa Gr...…
…DETROIT THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY un 7 Blacks and Media Messages CO!!!!POI! Detroit i le der in dv ncln urb n communic tio with BI c o d televi ion tio , dio tio ,ne p pe nd c ble franchi e. Civil in urrections in urb n cine durin th 1960' prompted th erner Commi ion to report th t media did not how Afri n America in tural context to oclety but crtmln I and tereotypes, Dr. Alice A T it ys that neg - tive medl image of Afric...…
…VIEWS OPINIONS - _,-:::__� ,.,'fI __ ., •. .. - _ - ---_ ""'- . _- � " - .. --�.� ,'#.='\ . - �,� EDITORIAL , • nt Ie ' zon rig , There is a lot of talk about Enterprise Zones. The idea i a Republican one, taken from Great Britain, and advocated by Ronald Reagan when he was president. Nothing much happened to the idea, · but now that the folk in Los Angele have reminded the rulers that all is not well in th country, talk of ...…
…(P rt On ) mo t of you n , 1- though I m origin lly from th E t Co t, lam currently college dmini trator b d in LA County. On week after lA erupted, I w in vit to pea t college orum which w de lgn d to reflect on th ituation. The followin were ome of my thoughts and com- ment. Some time ha passed, but I offer thi two part column another point of reference for an important period that COllege tudents re entering. What I have ...…
…. . . . .- . . . co A Kenneth Coleman Jr. Detroit NAACP suit Continued from P ge A·1 David Doyle, chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, was stunned. "My understanding is the attor ney general is supposed to defend the Supreme Court. They take no posi tion in regard to the plan approved by . the Supreme Court, and then pull this. This is absolutely outrageous," he said. Doyle said the two longtime - Democratic officehol...…
…AD Th hln F m Iy The death of Kh lil Roundtree blow to a great many in the record in d try, ho vie ed the former ro d m n ger to ew Edition and Boyz II Men (more li e family). Boyz II Men have tem porarily dropped out of Hammer' "Too Legit" world tour, following the murder of their road manger, Khalil Roundtree, in a Chicago hotel. As i tant road manager Quadree El-Amin w hot but li ted in fair con dition. Boyz n Men wi...…
…Looking straight ahead ... _' By CAROLYN WARFIELD AIU Corr..ponc»nt Detroit's rich tradition ofproduc ing the world' fine t jazz musicians endure through five women provoking mainstream jazz like none other. An egre of essence and per petualness pervades when these vivacious veterans generate dex '" terous playing styles and satisfying music. Improvished music fuses lyrical harmonies with instrumental tones to make bebop, La...…
…ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT H A UEL do wh t enjoys. "I love thi, nd I'm willing to eep trying. I wouldn't d y 'I n't do th t.' I've m d om mi ta and h d om thing to happen to m . (Tho e things have) made me my elf if I really want to be in thi bu ine . Th n omething in ide 'me would y, 'Don't you dare give up!'" David aJ 0 has dvice for tho e who wi h to go into how busine , becau e he ometime ees beginning actors make m.i take . "Stay ...…
…BENTON HARF30R omrnunlty • one on • die • di o YOU tated that when id ome of the commissioners were her een r met when they ere campaignin but r HONORED - In z Waddell, Princlp I at the Boynton Mont on at Boynton Montee orl gat"er. around portraltofWadd Ilatth Ubr ry Dedic on CeremOny. Pictured (I-r) ar : Staci Hlc Rav n Bobo, LaV la McA ,Ell McClendon and Antoln tte Morgan. (photo by Hf!Rh Bel) By HARDIE BELL Members ...…
…WESTERN MICHIGAN d If- m CI Provided t the Benton Harbor office nd community it . Call for information and reservation at 927-5622. -ChUdren' pedalHeaJth Care Service (Crippled Children' Program): Call Benton Harbor office for information at 927-5620. Y RY GOLLIDAY Roosevelt "Teddy" Hunter has ecepted his calling of the Lord and ill preach his first ermon Sunday, June 7, at 7 p.m. at Beulah Baptist Church. Rev. WillieN. Paul Jr., ...…
…I eeooomic city power. The decline of industry in America's inner citi coincided with the flight of middle-c families, both Black and whi to more affl\Clt surburbm areas that are 'OCNI 00me to most of our cwntty's prodoctionactivity. Cor � America's limited outreach Blades teSUlEd in affirmative action hiringprograrm which con tnbUlcd to wIDksale desertion of wban <m1CrS by Blacks, in concert with �ir white counterparts, to s...…
…IN THI LARG • C LE study of the relationship between obesi ty and vario di e e proce - ses, researchers found ob i ty to be associated with a doubling of the prevalence of high blood pre ure, a 1.5-fold increase in' high blood cholesterol and four time the prevalence of diabetes. While obesity alone is a ri k fac tor, it is frequently compounded by high blood cholesterol that tends to accompany it. Ob ity contributes to an increa...…
…CHURCH CALENDAR tlon I B ptl t Con'gre The ational Bapti t Church School and Bapti t · Tr ining Union Con re , · which anticipate attend nce of 25,000 to 0, Bapti from aero the country, will b uplift d through on by a 5 -voice rna choir. Thi · go pel musical, which will • be h ld at the opening e ion : of the Congre on June 16, • will feature the talent of Al bertina Walker, the "Queen of 'Gospel Mu ic," and Lashun Pace-Rho...…
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…e ech and h rob rvatio on I4v ry- 0 reprinud on this pa -are from her autobio mph" A tao BI broth�r , Bl k i r, i nt you to know that i 10 you and i hope that omewhere in your h arts you h love for m . My name i A ata Shakur (sla name joanne ch imard), nd i am a revolution rye A Bl k revolutionary. By th tim n that i have declared war on all force that h raped our women, castrated our m n, and kept our babies empty-bellied. I have dec...…
…egon Housing It too from fonner PresideD Jimmy Carter to co - vince Mayor Colem Young that selli a six-year-long vacant, city-o douse to H bitat for Humanity for one-dollar - D 2,soo - good investment in the community. That t first in the efl'o of H bitat Story OD Pg. 3 �utting forestry paths A Bento the elite erican Serving the StI*'s African American Community Jesse J is running number 0 e in po follow- in Gary Hart' departur...…
…JU 7 - 1 • IC I A CITIZE 7 6h n I o , 8 ourselv s," he . d, cause e are the ones o've gained from eharry and e are the on who ar most able to accomplish this Dr. Simmo retired p riodon . d one of the ear lies African American dentists to enter th fi ld, maintained a pr dice in East Or ge, NJ for 35 years. After gradu ting from eharry, h did post graduate or t the University of Pen nsylvania and t Tufts Univer sity. H ...…
…THE ICHIGAN CITIZEN JUNE 7 - 13, 1987 3 • I DETROIT-U-SNAP-BAC, a community-based neighbor hood organization, launched • ts housing rehabilitation program Iune 1, 12010 . den, a Habitat for · Humanity-rehabilitated home. In partnership with Habitat for Humanity and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) , U-SNAP-BAC plans to purchase homes with a $40,000 grant from MSHDA, rehabilitate them with Habitat for...…
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…THE ICHIGAN CITIZEN JUNE 7 - 13, 1987 5 , Sometimes theonlv difference between success and failure is the right connection. In Michigan, there's a special division of the Department of Commerce called Minority Business Enterprise. It's your success connection ... and you make it by dialing toll free 1-800-831-9090. Whether you need assistance in cutti ng through red tape ... information on procurement opportunities ... help in con...…
…J CI IZE Benton Ilarhor area news Angus . e' Epis Church (July 13-24 only) d Char Gr y Recreati nal Center (July 27- Augus 7 only). Funding for the program co fro US Depar- nt 0 Agriculture. s Turner ounced t he i drop- ping out of the r ce for Ben ton Harbor city mayor. Turner y Fm …
…-_ � .. - __ "'Jt=��""",_ _ _ __ ..____ � � THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN JUNE 7 -13, 1987 7 Questions and SOME answers By Ouzir, Hi Forum IOHLAND PARK-Our time � . the speed of lightening we perform the endless that stir our in- ter d move us to ction. Our community is fascinat ing and at times, frustrating, and always exciting. Every day brings new diseoveri and ne ma1leoges. Our column this ee will contain a a number of ques tio...…
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…THE MICHIGAN CITIZE JUNE 7 - 13, 1987 9 - onde onth! Cro in the northea that will be a good clue to locating Deneb. It is the top of the triangle, as weD as the top of the cro Remember it is identical to Cygnu , the swan. June is abo the month when the Earth m es its annual trip through the spectacular meteor shower kno n as the Perseid meteor ower becau it appears in the constellation of Por us which is in the high northeas...…
…record in nterpri to help provide b t- came to te housi and mor job oppor- teful for tunities for D yton' inner-city re idents, Since th n Trou tman Enterpri s ha inve ed more than S 1 million into the Dayton community. Included under the rou tman Enterpri ' umbrella re Trout man Con truction, Troutman . ousi e Service d Trout- man (Recording Production. Loe ted in D yton' inner city, the three rvi employ • bout 65 people. Broth...…
…THE ICHIGAN CITIZEN JUNE 7 -13, 1987 11 Church Bril'f� I By The thought for thi wee is; Faith in Christ 111 e the uploo ood and the outlook bright. Thi Hebre ee 's ipture is 11th Chapter. rvice L. Bro n e r. usi will rendered by the choir of E enezer Baptist Church and the ho t church choir. The public . innited to ttend the f 110 . p rvi . Th Re. alter L. Bro n i the moderator. The Re . th iel Gathright i the ho t The B...…
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…THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN JUNE 7 -13,1987 13 us egon's fir. African Liberation Day is just that - - a beginningl MUSKEGO -The Mus- Liberation D y was founded on chapter of the National on the occasion of the first Black United Front held a conference of independent free fish dinne on Saturday, tates held in Accra, Ghana y 25. and attended by eight states. The purpose was to Later, on May 25, 1963, 31 proclaim African Liberation African h...…
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…OB IC I A CI IZ JU 7 o 'l"ru 0 e e • • ra e y of y ur ut th m lves. If you c n . help th m do th t Y u can roy your che p. 5 - If you of y type m e ell-informed, dynamic er. You ant people to 1 ve motiv ted any yin ood things out your event. For ditional inform tion nd for our Bl ealth uildin Guid (19.95 La T y, Inc. P.O. Box 54041, 20031. S cond Baptist Church 600 Lynch B nton Hlrbor, I 49022 616/926-8191...…
