…VOL. XVII NO. 1 An Informed People is A Free People NOVEMBER 27 - DECEMBER 3, 1994 BY PAUL A DRISCOLL to Op ra t ion PUSH, a civil righ group h helped found. M u c h was ac- complish ed during Clinton' . fir t two JACKSON yea r , Jackson aid, including the creation of 5 million n w jobs, the employm n of mor young o ewasthm d g believed deadly' Jail By SUZAN MILENKOVICH Cllpitlll News Service and 711, By LAURAN NEE,...…
…I .'\ .. ,- \ I I I I I' ,. j I . 1·1, I \, I I' , . , • ' C "II" ,\()\" \lBEH!.O ��ht lqq I Demon trator at Ry n Correctional Facility are demanding the Michigan 0 partment of Corrections fulfill promi e made to the community b fore th pri on wa built. S e tory on page AS. (phot� by N. Scott) -c o By ALLISON JONES By HEATHER MCEVOY Specl., to Michigan Citizen BATON ROUGE - A combina- I tion of legal, economic and po- ,I litical...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 51 An Informed People is A l rCf' People NOVEMBER 13 - 19. 1 �)�.·l L By RO SEI Ich g n CltIz_n HIGHLAND P - Li ey Po , th Mayor of Highland P r i uing City Cler tti Carter and th city council memb - Council Pr ident Pro T m Chri tin Fr n in, Cou ilm mber Tit cCl ry nd Councilmember Greta J 0 on - to block their d 0- Both Porter, t Cl r Council members are bein r nted by ttorn y ou th city la department. City ttor...…
…VOL. XVI NO. flO An Informed People: i!-' " � fIT Pt·qpll �O\'"E�IBER 6 - l:l, 1 �l�·t - Ti ' own r Mi Ilitch, ac- cording to th Rainbo Coali tion EI..ECnON "94 The group made a imi1ar thr t in July but ithdre it after m ting ith team offi cial . "They were supposed to have omething concrete to share with the public by September, but that didn't happen," Mungo id. Busin owned by minori- ti and women have only 3 to 4 percent o...…
…" " Chrysler reneges on promi e , By RON SEIGEL S cI., to the Michl en Citizen IDGHLAND PARK - Chrys ler's move out of Highland Park will not be an easy one. Contro versy is mounting over the de tails of the settlement offer, the qualifications of those negotiat ing on behalf of tb city taxpay- and t racial implications of a major corporation reneging on pro it ma to win 00 aions out <) Bla oommunity. One Highland Park wom...…
…VOL XVI NO 1 ;.lll I,,:. , . ,I"�, t/"'·'··�'1II'·t·P"()I"t· NOVEMBER21-27,1993 By RON SEIGEL DETRorr - The Metropoli tan Detroit board of th Ameri can Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) voted to challenge por tions of Executive Order 22, is sued by Detroit Mayor Coleman A Young requiring that 50% of all construction jobs funded by the City of Detroit hould go to Detroit idents. Acoording to n article in the ACLU fall, 1998, newsle...…
…Je e Jackson be bridged. "In the final analysis, w will either choo e polarization or partner hip. We'l ch multi-cultural education nd div rsity or e'll choos ethnic clea ing," h said. MORE T A 5,700 student crowded into Ro e Arena to h ar th civil rights leader p th university to set up a multi-cultural center and recruit more minority students, faculty and administrators. About 2.8 percent oft 16,349 dents t the uni rsity a BI ...…
…l\1 ell II tries (�r Illislli 1I11 III III sb illllr/ey - I'.I�'· \h VOL. xv NO. 51 All Informed Pcoptc Is A Frev Pc.. .. optc NOVEMBER 7 - 13, 1993 By RO SeiGEL IUGHLANDPARK-Highland Par M yor Lin ey Porter authorized city council to hold a special meeting planning the Future of the city outside the borders of the United States. The two day meeting was held Friday, October 29 and Sat urday October 30 in the Grand Marais hotel...…
…VOL XV NO :) 'II 'f'II" /1 ", I' , tJ l 'I I It, ,,', t ' 't t 1"'1'11' ()VPIH )PI :'q [)4'( ('111t)PI�) 1')92 Stallings 'dthecity' choiceofaSouthfield firm over a local one repre ented "a perfect example of enlitl coming into the community to rape and pillage without giving anything back." He contended that a local developer hould have been involved, since local firms " tayed when everything left." Stallings also tated ou ide busine...…
…, , '( ; I) I( Sill I/.\ tk Itt 'II news ill lal» II' disput« './nl X'/ fJO 1 .)r1/"'()fll,t_dPc'OIJ/,"·-Ar'r"")"()I'/c' i·1 1 '12 In(�'' r • �(JV('lll )L'! ,,� FJL orr-Reading the daily mil' teniug to the nightly news in Detro! t in the wake 0 the Malice Green beating, the public ould think the police officers charged with the beating were the victims. major media repol1s focus I meeting approved CMJ" and a Tax Increment F. bel...…
…ByAI aonJo Miati,,, CilizM . p w er the murder, W yne County Prose- en r John O'Heir i it ouldbeanotherweek before c would be filed. eanwhile, tbe public qu tionlng why the Detroit Police conducted the inv tigation and not an ou ide agency; why no ub tance ab e t were admini tered to the uspected 0 cers; why the lineup w conducted the way it w ; nd, finally, why the delay in filing charg ? G " father of 0 and tepfatber of three, w ...…
…unsu pecting African-American student. into an uncon cion bly o ' coupled with infl ted, unverified grade and graduation rates have · b II caught the attention of the Michigan rim I Department of Educalion. serious crime" and decry the liberal Constitutional tools to fight." I ••• 'tt I Democratic tranglehoJd preventing The 1988 package contained _ _ p age. about 60 crime bills. The 1992 legislation is aimed at . closing legal looph...…
…(photo by Karen Kelly) beli h' ar. ?" -Slater SouiJah In a ap ch Oct. 28 at Central MlchlQan University. , "I dam we won't be voting for (George) Bush, but I dan ore won't vote for Clinton!" Souljah said Her voice j not an isolated call for Black America to reject the tra ditional choice of the Democratic candidate. A no AL Allim;e Party can didate Lenora FuIani, in an appear ance on McNeil Lemer Report on Public Broadcas...…
….. __,. � _- -- .... - - ..._ ..... - - � .......- , - --- --- --- __ - _� _ _ 'L,�\4.:1�, - � -�. - ...... .:.,-. Will mod in U .• 0 DEN IS L SANDERS C.pIt!/ n th second part of a two part ri on h alth car concerns lacing Michi anians. LAN 'IN National bound ric: not only s p r tc two differ nt n tion liti but th Y c n P ra ide . Many Michigani rs re not far from the national borders of our north rn ighbo the Canadi ns. Wh...…
…VOL XIII tJ() t,' rJ( I'., r,1f � 1,1,.. "., LANSING-Rep. Jo eph F. Young. Jr., D-Detroit, beUeye that Detroit should get a greater portion of lottery profits, since the state's largest city pends the most money on the game. , Young either wants Detroit to have a bigger piece of the action in the present game or to have its own I ottery, � , "If we have our own lottery, we :would have our own winners," :Young said. Young has requ...…
…dl m I tr C record for I c o p r icipa Ion By TERRY KELLY D orr - Hope of Black contractors for their h re of the propo ed VA ho pit I construction project dropping as f t the thermome ter out ide. And faced with the di mal trac record of the apparent low bidder, Bate on-Dailey, the goal of 20% Black participation on the $230,000 million project seems as unlikely as the reappearance of summer's warmth . Virgil Cobb, president of...…
…W inatOD, DC-{CNS)-A the U.S. Senate ebated bi-partisan, comprom e civil righ bill follow ing the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thoma , Black Democra and Republicans here began d· c ing campaigns for the 1992 elections from the city council to the White House. With both major partie now foc ing on increased' Black vo er interest, the po ibility of African Americans eeklng the pre idential nominations in both maj...…
…I tnner-ci flight-justified? The rever e migration of BI c to outhern state ,e - caping the gang violence of I rae urban rea in the we t, north, and ea t, wa recently poll ighted in the n tional new media. A Blac doctor said he De it time to abandon L.A. when hi daughter's priv .tc e le m ntary school b�gan hoi ing 'drive-by hooting' drill, BC' Today h nOled.· D pi t thi Ir ntic flight by m ny upp r-income BI c prof'c: ion I ...…
…i fant death rate reaches staggering levels 4f) out of 1 ()(J() child d' In fl t HIOHI..AND PK - Highland Park' infant mortality rate in 1 wa ering 0.5 per 1000 children born. Ac cording to W yne County Dep rtm nt of Public He' Ith '_-';'�_.;<"'-�."""1. Dir ctor Cynthia T It I one of the highc tin thc uate. The rate i almo t twice that of Detroit' 1988 rate of 20. per 1000. but Taueg aid there are poe ets in Detroit with a cou...…
…\Whether it was by 1,�00 v�es or 7,000, taking he . ur an vote fo granted c r BI nchard hi governor ip, a d Sen. Dav d Holmes, 0- Dqt. De trott co ti ist Ed Smit H Dispute erupt over Black jobless 'figures Blanchard aide denl UL finding disagree on "The State of Black Michigan." Department of L bor Director Elizabeth Howe criticized a report called "The State of Black Michigan" released by CULE in July. Howe id the report...…
…s The data' on "e ces de th "i c lcul ted by taking the number of B1 c Ameri n wbo die annually nd u tracting the number in a pe-. vember He Uh, f the fact .,... ..... _c . ..$tIl/[RIipotter 1m e of brainle s childr n, ome born with in tern 1 rg ns outside of the body r h ving no limb were u ed to discourage ex pect n young mothers from indulging in lcohol, tob c co, n illegal drug usage. Ped atrici n Gerald Oliver sed ...…
