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…(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...…

…CLASSIFIEDS 00 nd I Inolud.d.'..-------------- 84 Old. I U /. / CITY OF HIGHLA ° PARK ATER DEPART ENT ADVERTISE ENT FOR BIOS Bid B TILE CREE MUSKEGON- 15 oublo f t eh t-fr z r, 75.00; '1520 Commendor' 84 Comput r, '1541 dl drlv •• '1526 prlnter, monitor, keybo rd, CASH LOANS w. ar th lender. B d or dlt, No oredlt. C II Nowll 1-800-682-52 For FHA term', see he local daily paper every Monday for roperties available. Ind...…

…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...…

…VOL XIII NO. 33 Jul 7 - 13 1991 'Lewd' rap lyrics sp cia) i cide t By ALUSO 'JO Correspondent MUSKEGON-The ruling of ju tifiable homicide in the shooting death of Louis Green by man who had time to end hom for his gun raises more questions than it answers. Mu kegon County Lou Green Prosecutor Tony Tague ruled July 2 that Robert Collins Sr. shot Green in "self-defense". According to the Prosecutor, on the night of June 18, sho...…

…Appro imatety hat percenta e of Jamaican / consi t elves B k? I . JULY 8. 1914 - lUy in er, w born. 190 - Loul Jord n, axophoni t/orch tra le d r, w born. Which famous American artist was the onofanAMEChurch bishop? JULY 9,1 H eWUU first ucce operation. Frederic: orrow, w appoi nted to Pre ident Ei enhower' taff. 1947 - OJ. Impson, football player, was born. Did Blacks ever pastor and preach at white churches in colonia ...…

…u.s. District Judge , Robert F. CoUin • State cuts aid to college students LANSING - About 2.600 welfare clients now enrolled in college will lose their General Assistance payments starting July 1 because of budget cuts, Department of Social Services Director (Jerald Miller an­ nounced last week. Those students might con­ tinue to qualify for food stamps and medical coverage depending on their cir­ cumstances, Miller said. St...…

…F UIT( HH. \1 . me • ca VIEWS m n inpri onorun r m form of correctional upervi ion, and 66% of all femal pri on re Black women. Given th tattling statis­ tics, one must either conclud that there i something wrong with people of color, or there are condi­ tions and forces within U.S. ociety which are responsible for th dis­ proportion tre incarceration of people of color. RACI M, POVERTY and in­ adequate education are identifie...…

…JU Due VIRTUALLY ALL higher education institutions in the United States, both public and private, are chartered by the individual tates. The only institutions chartered by the federal government are the service academies; U.S. Military Academy (1802), U.S. Coast Guard Academy (1876); U.S. Mer­ chant Marine Academy (1936); and the U.S. Air force Academy (1964). The federal government also suppons institutions in the District of ...…

…Mattie Carter Candidates me or H.P. City races by CARLA UU StalrWri r o It's election time again for High­ land Park and the following people have filed and qualified as can­ didates for the Mayoral race; Titus Mcavy� Anna R Peeples, Linsey Porter, Martha G. Scott, Ethel Ter­ rell, Scotty Wainwright, and Rod­ ney Watts. In addition, candidates running for City Council are Deneene Benefield, Wanda L. Bostic, Katherine Clarkson,...…

…HIGHLAND PARK p 7 ht the ppro t. i. CONC R '� S:':':App�'x In tely SC)o people New Betbel Baptl t Church und y, June 30. (Photo by N. coCt) - ' JULY 18� 1991, • 7:3()�M H 0 0 S 1 E ROO ME' DOW N TOW N ' 'I N 0 I A NAP 0 LIS NEVER TO YOUNG-Eight-year-old Kelly Bufkin t kes in the gospel ounds and later clapped _and danced a the music moved him. (Photo by N. Scott) Raven Ware, a flve-year-old, was as the s ylng goes: It A pretty a...…

…7 DETROIT I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I . I SAM OFTEN SAYS that Iss c 1bomas should remember his roots becaUse hen he w going through hi trial and tribulations being a whimp! according to Sam, TV commentators id Magic Johnson sent him "a bag of balloons" and told him to remember where he came from. So I knew Pal ce Pi tons and Ponti c lions were t1ashe of Sam' danger zone. - "Wro�" . "When ...…

…7·1 • I ct. Career Beginnin IF "mid­ dle-of-tbe-road" high school juniors and nio who aren't at the top or bottom of their cl and re often overlooked. They attend and main in average , but their ic ldlls are a couple of level behind their peers. early all the particip. nts are .. poor and half come from Ingle­ pamet home . THE PROGRAM combines dult mentors, career and COllege preparation, and emphas on basic kills to raise gra...…

…nt rtainment ar i . wher African m ri have n opportunity for the leading edg no urpri econd comin American from th 1 on the at de j t uperbly cted film with Oscar rated performances by George T. Odom, Anne D. Sander and Lawrence GiI1i� but question "Straight Out 01 Brooklyn" not box' for both white and African ongwri r o h Y r Janet J c on nd Kenneth "B byface" Edmond were named Songwriters of the Y�ar at BMI' 39th nnu I Pop...…

…JU WESTERN MICHIGAN TE DE Joann Roberts cited numero complaints in defe e of her recommendation to di mi Warren. Although mo t of the complaint again t Warren centered on hi job performance during the 1 90-91 chool year, Roberts cited pa t activitie that he felt warranted attention al o. Among Robert • complaint against Warren were: ode o C o t e oad rrstmas parade Hard work and dedication gets a dream going By Jao McDowell ...…

…2 BENTON HARBOR /\REA Ino t nH t I ph n for public Th ci ty commi ion proved r Publi Telepho Compen­ greement with Michigan Bell Amerit h Company to in- t 11 fifteen public telepho on it throughout the ci ty. Some of th loc lion would be: Coif x d M in; Pipe tone and Jefferson; Pipe tone nd Empire; Pipe tone icy: n Bell In- than .00 Com pens tion one; $90.00- $239.00 - Compen lion 7 ; $240.00-$269.00 - Compe tion 8%; $270....…

…U 7· 1 Sa Ie t \ . \ nd I h' a I. h B rid'" Cabinet Clean Up IsCrucial The la t time you came - down with the fluoracold,did you drag your elf to the medicine cabinet in hopes of .. finding ome relief! Did you - w de through a sea of bottles trying to remember which medicine wa for which ymptom? Children are. not the onl y o who can be poisoned by what i lurking in a medicine cabinet. The National Safety . Council recommends...…

…1 RELIGION Jehova · the Ca pa e a fog d d DElROrr- All hutory is important alld the Michigan Citizelllul the hinory of an particularly importDltt. From time to time we will prae1Il Oft ow reli DIU pa e, 1M history 01 di/lert!ltt cJwre eltCOtITa e all cJwrchu to end au their clJMreh lti.rtory 0 it CtJII be iIIcluded ill: A LookAt MicJai'QII� ClaMreha. Jehovah ionary Sap . t Church, 1 1 J Camp lit w organized on April 15, lKS. The...…

…Jl!LY 7 • 1 1 ------------------------------------��------------------------��----------------------------------------------�--------------- , or .... mbllng produot •• t home. 7-d y 24·hr. rvlee. Info 504·848-1700. DEPT. p8232. m ASSISTANT METAL EL T TECHNICIAN - Full· m posI on. Full b.n.flt. Pack ge. ed - high aohooI . ploma or equivalent. with oour ework In ohern try and phyaIos. Inm lurgyor m eof a plus. RequIred - knowl...…

…ICHIGA CITIZE JU Y 7 • ,1 1 . lave Frederick Douglass was invited by the Rochester (New York) Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society to give an oration in Corinthian Hall on the Fourth of July, 1852. He agreed, but not on that date; on the day after Independence Day, staunchly antislavery Rochester crowded into the hall to hear what came to be know Frederick Douglass's Fifth of July speech- "Wh t to the Slave Is.the Fourth o/July?" . Douglass...…

…-. • • V('l \'11/ NO 20 ApII17-13 1991 - �O c c nt s • • . . r He onl Iv to a they f1uen e d y r e. Conyer dd that Bu hs pack ge involve plan for "more pri on , more puni h­ ment, and more pro ecutor ", which would "do little to top crime in the treet." C o-n- r man John Conyer, n Afrie n Am ric n legi I tor repre ntin the fir t di trict includin both Detroit and Hi hland P r ,and enior member of the U.S. Hou Judici ry...…

…BRIEFS Th Struggl Contlnu The P nther ne sp per i bac . The P nther' recently publi h­ ed their first edition, con- ronting problems uch s dru unemployment. AIDS education, r cism­ f cing tbe Blac com­ munity. The purpo e of the Black Panther p per i to e t bli h an alternative to the mainstream pre and, _ along the way, enlighten younger generation of Black. Landon Williams, one of the editors, hope to "again start a dialo...…

…1 Name th popular " tride" piano player who became [amou after Willie "the Lion" Smith and lame P. John on. APRIL 9, 1 8 - Paul Robe 00, actor and inger, was born. 1934 - Dr. than H re, publi her, educator, was born. Did prole tant churches ever own slave ? APRIL 10, 1927 - Brum Ic Br ndon, Jr., cartoonist, wa born. 1947 - Brooklyn DOdger third baseman J ckle Robin on became the fir t African­ American to play Major League ...…

….. . , - , ' Wh t did America get? The recent Oil War in the Persian Gulf cost a billion dollars a d y. Think bout that as you prepare to file your taxes. Ask yourself, what did America get for that kind of investment? The Egyptians got their foreign debt forgiven. The Syrians got back into the good graces of America and can now be' talked to again. The Saudi's got their homeland protected nd their status in the regi n ngth d. Kuwa...…

…n ongwri r Wri f • In 00 y people, Bl d hite, stieased abhorance t the deeds alledgedly committed by Toni Ri and her brother. Howeverwe m t unders d the psychosocial environment that produced uch a mind in the BI ck community. Maybe Toni re oned th t if Anthony (her husband) could go to the WAR and risk his life for a country that despised his Bl ckness and use him to futher their NEW WORlD ORDER plans, Anthony could surel...…

…I • • ·CU I w LW LOV D other people' n il 100 0 I decided it wa time for m to le rn bout the pplic t i o n nd theory and everything th t went along b c ork w o ek ·c· y four-d .... by DCC. Staff Writer M yor M rth Scott n- CO ID the issue will .. nounced tit Mond v' city be discu sed at the next Town council me ting th t Highland Meeting April 4, at Highland " Par will go b ck to the four- P k Community College. · day wa...…

…1 y COtTespod nl The thre t S hool of Choice repre nt to public educ tion i more th n the y rom peci ic h red inform tion- of 11 hum n com- munitie . In te d, it i the ab ndoning of community re ource r ther th n inject­ in them with ub t nee nd vit lily. Al 0, it i the oci 1- ly-irre pon ible notion th t In I t we can o lve our problem by running from the . Northern ghettoe e the lot in life for m ny of u who am 'by ATHAN...…

…h uld h pro- HEALTH 00 by Dr. De n Or­ nd hi medical team that I -f t ve c:tarian di r, regular e xer­ i e nd tr. man gem nt c n oft n rever e even the o t e ve re oronary artery 6tockage . .: <{)T. Alexander Leaf, former c"" irman of the preventive med ici ne department at Har­ v rd Univer ity Medical Scho l, calls the research a Iandrna r tudy." - Orni h is a re earcher and t te n d i n g phy ician at the Univer ity of Ca...…

…IL 7· ,1 I Behind- The-Scenes the ter). 'In term 0 violence", V n Peeble id, "there' good peop Ie and b d people. With Godf ther III, you had thr peopl hot in' the th t r. one 0 the p ople involved in the e inci­ dent h d even een the movie yet. " But producer Dou c- Henry and George Jack on had me age for the rowdy youth cuing violence t their cr e e ni g. "St Y the h c away," McHenry id. "We're tired of thi film being the c...…

…o < rom the tur 1 ,it' b out" previou commi IOn meeting, City En ineer Rol nd ad r. Writ: ime to act in our elf-int re t Regarding an article writt n by Scott Ai n, 3-21-91 Herald Palladium, entitled, "Rec Chief See Kid On Street ,In Co rt". In reference to icle which foucu e 0 "Mr. Glenn Yarbrough' crim plagued, Ben­ ton Harbor neighborhood": when in fact our r sidents are plagued -by high un mployment, low elf­ esteem and ...…

…HELP WANTED Th tre: Th re g n r I t to dlr two produotlon. a year plu. upervl all t 0 produotlon. Qualified to teaoh Aotlng, Intr04uotlon to Th re, St r ft, (ld Co tumnlng; In ddltlon, one of the following: peeoh, Communloatlon., Chor I u.lo or danoe. A, F A, or BA with qulv ent prof .Ional exp.rlenoe requlr d. Beginning Augu.t 1, 1881. S.nd a letter of Int t, thr.e I.tt r. of reoomm.ndatlon, 0011 g tr n.orlpt. and I.Uer .tatlng ...…

…o C ARTIST-PHOTOGRAPHER OF TH �From the Front Pew y There i n old cliche' th probably found it or in in the fact th t when one now nothin about nythin, the.n one c nnot be held re po n- ,.ible for re ult or outcomes surrounding that p rticular subject. old often-he rd cliche', "ignorance i bli probably pplie to many ir­ um tance , However. one of hem hould not be the Black church. he "bury your head in the sand" ppro ch to i...…

…001 -fu LA SING - Ott. 1 marked the beginning of a new fiscal year, which mean' Michigan' new tate school aid act went into effect - to the di may of many "out of Iormula" choot district in Oakland and Macomb Coun­ tie. Zimbab e presiden honored at U y Derri C. Le stag Reporter I G - Zim­ b Pre ident Robcrt ugabc r ceived n honorary Doctor of Law degr e from Michig n Stat Univer ity Frid y, Sept. 2, t fe tive ceremony att...…

…ymbol'of r p rt- contin edt re lifted on ojec . Cooper. La Firm. the City's Ie 411 coun ct. id."a· th He th de at i no coming togeth r, it . nece . ary for CEDC to quire th ite.· nd b cue the CEDC could bor­ ddition I money that nee . ry to renov tc the ire, do some dditional con­ . trucrion nd improvement on the it • th n th City." He id He' th ill be put­ ever I hundred doll r in the cr Stev an­ ith the loan. ble to cqui...…

…Congressiona Black Caucus honors past and ne Leaders" NNP)' Ne Serviee Congresswoman CarCiss Collin (D-Chicago), Vir­ gini Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, California As embly Spe ker Willie L. Brown Jr., and South African Leader Nelon Rolihiahla Mandela (in absentia) were ,among the top ten di tingui hed service award recipients at the his­ toric 20th Annual Legi lative Weekend of the 24-member Congres ion I Black C ucu • September 26-30 in ...…

…'·1 , 1 • not n te to ap­ I Con­ th care. .ro: t Am .rrc an and e thni ticular live ith ub- land rd he It c re and the infant mortal ity rate for fr ican American children continue to ri e. T e Summit adopted of action" ich et I for reducin infant mort lity nd poverty mon chidren, e p nding prenat I care and increa ing cce to mily pi nning er- i m ire imp rtant than reducin J in­ fant mortalu . in America. e have learn...…

…o OBE Blacks need 'common· ground on tactics of liberation . At the recent Summit of Black Organiz tions con­ vened by Benjamin Hooks of the N.A.A.C.P., the Rev. Jesse Jack on is reported to have laid out me rationale for the Ni e boycott and urged African American organiza­ tions to wholeheartedly sup­ port the boycott. ' Tony Brown is said to have countered by uggesting that wh t Black people really need to do i manuf cture ...…

…, thl. i cc rt in fric n mcri n people huy the c n­ ept of i mc g rat io n ," nd th n p nd all their time tryin to cmuu tclimplemcnt t cl m of m a i ns tr am nnin of m " …

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…Highland Park Focus y tern in contr ct ith PVS 01 ood Chemic I • Inc. for the fur­ ni iiin of hydron oro ilicic cid to the W ier Oep rt­ ment; nd the council ap­ proved a reque t to enter into contract ith Jo e C e i­ c I .Jnc. for t e furni hin of Ii uid chlorine Cor t e Water Department. T e council pproved a re- quest by the W ter Dep rt- ment to ive the bid proce r r the rep ir of tcr in- t c crib. Foe Hope ill pon or it ...…

…t en have �han-� ........ And tod(Jy, the tim you_ . have to coo /or your fa fly getS I and J • But, can count on one, thing to stay the same- Kraft' . excellent. quality. We've made i� our b�iness to keep pace with you in these changing times by offering consistentlY good tasting food products. And convenient new ways to prepare them. And we've . I been doing it Jor 75 years. .' Ca�ng homemakers have come to expect nutritious,...…

…o been periencing the problem and ho mo t nt to e them re olved. Our role will be to et up the Cram ork nd pro- vide the i lance nece ary Cor them to ccompli h lhi . A re ide n t 0 fort h Ro edale P r on Detroi t ' we tide, Hc drix earned a B chctors De rce in Bu 1- o clerical i II or i th munit Sc rv icc s , including Youth Scr ices, th Office on Violence Rcdu .rion and the l ic rnau cor' Force, as c l! , 'Ith the Department ...…