…m var¥1alltSm 0 BI tud nt' paign ner for tudent government come under the in ti tive eye of Miami Univer ity. Sophomore Stan Smith run nin for vice-p idcq of mi nority airs t the Unive ty cind, recently, found one of his campaign fliers in a puddle of urine in front of his ldeoce hall door. A campaign bannerw also removed from a well-lit area al¥l sOOved into toilet, tall. Smith said he w a victim of racism last fall when th...…
…immunizations wait in doctors but don't get their hots . use their families can't af f9rd the co t of v ccines. Many famili , including tho e with private health insurance (which en do n' t cover v ccines) are r I ferred to overcrowded public clinics for immunization. The Children's Defense Fund has urged Congress and President Clinton to support a comprehen ive immunization program that is both cost-effective and respon- ive t...…
…arch the -A mQII'$ br 0111y UuIU'U it - 36th Di trtct Court TICKET MORATORIUM ARCH 1 t CH 31 ,1 3 Wo are chal1 0 on • DltiODIJ levol Ith tho·call for more to let ,rid of DIIlo t. Prea. William leffenOD CliDton I. king Con for lepl to have everyone ho m ov 30,000 year in income pay more. Household income 11 bro- en down follows, rdiDg to the U.S. Cens Bureau: abo e $100,000 - 4.2 million Ameli caps. From $75,000 to 99,999- ...…
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…• THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY Th' � In la History arch 7·13 In hat tate w th first anti lavery petition record ? CH , 19 5 - Phylll Mae Dailey became first BI nurse in the avy urse Corp . 1977 - Henry L. Marsh m be came fir t African-Americ n elected mayor of Richmond, Va. 1908 - Alpha Kapp Alpha, first Black sorority, organized at Howard Unive ity. 1898-1952 - FI tcher Henderson, jazz mu sfcian, pioneered in wri ting ar r...…
…EDITORIAL nd every inn r city ran , federal d te fund to econo . c dev lopm nt dep rtment, m nn d by taff who . evl er run b in d who operate th u h their th onl con ern. I of th pr i in th han hip. Politi i low th mselv to be intimid ted by t P hed into votin pprov I of dubio use I th m there' dlin nd gr nt doll will be 10 tor th corporation ill i inv tm nt to orne other city or te if" e don t hurry up nd go Ith thi project." Hungry...…
…why hen HOWE WHAT felt by tuden and educators alike w bort lived for two , l)tbe humor, warmth nd openness that the twi exhibited nd 2)Compton College, afterall, w d to thi day, remai a predominantly African American colleg , ith this com a lot of old f hioncd family love nd African "values". It was the right thing and the African thing to welcome them in. Sometimes, however, I believe that we have a tendency to down play too much of...…
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…By SHOCK ROCK Drop Th Bomb Hip-hop extraordinare Brand ubian are . ng the na tion by torm. Th ir sopho more d ut album "In God We Trust". Th album debuted on Billboards Top 200 at an amaz ing #12 pot (highest rap debut this year). The album also de buted at #4 on Billboard' R&B charts. GetoH aven Rap-A-Lot artists the Oeto Boy are coming back trong in .. 1993. Amid each m mbers solo projects in 1992 (with Wil lie D leaU'...…
…istoryof orthwe tern High Schoo Th m nt p n 0 tudent meet alumni, city and communi ty leader to di cus chall n f in them today. It will b held Tu day, March 9 at orthw t m High Sch 01. For m rc information, cal189 -1865, 1. 284. Oz comes to the Youtheatre . The Wizard of Oz will come to tb Youtheatre tage at Mu ic Hall C nter March 13 and 14 in puppet form. Tickets for adults and hildren are 6 each. For in formation r gardi...…
…Coiorectal cancer high in Blacks Hom TON - AI though col orectal cancer deaths have de clined for will tes, there has been . an increase among Blac men. But prop r nutrition and early detection can reduce colorectal cancer deaths in all people, in cluding Blac . "A first tep is diet," said.Dr. John 1. Hugh of Baylor College of Medicin in Houston. "Prepar ing high-fiber food instead of fried and oth r fatty foods may les en t...…
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…• Choir conc rt Philander Smi th Colleg a- tiona! Alumni oci tion, metro Detroit chapter, presen The Phi lander Smith College Collegiate � Choir (the 1993 Presidential In auguration Choir) from Little Rock, Arkansas in concert at the Metropolitan United Methodist Chur h, Mar h 22 at 7:30 p.m. For more information call 923- 2442. Color Cre d , Cultur topic of conference The Greater Detroit Interfai th Round Table presents" A ...…
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…., . AnnapO' MD--Malyland Governor William Donald Schafer last week shocked much of the nation by t ing a welfare reform policy which would require tho of Black women on welfare to be implanted with five-year birth control device and that Black men receive vasectomles which would remer them in capable of fathering children According to Schaefer, "If they are on welfare am have a certain num r of illegitimate children," women ...…
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…HE AID IT WA not the inten tion of the ca ino owner or developers to take money from those , co continued from P g 1 IN EPT B R 0 1992 former P id nt Geo e Bush igned legi lation th t rai ed Japane e Americans compensations for inter ned or "relocation" during World W r II. More than 25,000 Japene e between 1 Aware D y and the 1994 d dlin have been planned. Project B.A.I.T. will pre ent ex, � r t Spot, e g to th Gras R()() C...…
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…y BY BERNICE BROWN Chairman of the Bent n Harb r Democratic Organization aid the organizan on m t and voted 1 i ru tia te the recall drive aft r le rning a out tb resignation ity Manag r John Elliott and the lay o'fI:' of 2 ity employ . Accordin to Murphy th iniuat to recall them were f r th following reasons: Harbor. denying the residents of tm ety of - F r repeatedly violating the open Benton Harbor an apportunity for m eting a ...…
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…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 ...…
