…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 ...…
…BuUalo - Most· ues that concern the average African American "leader" - integra tion, desegregation, affumative action, government ponsored progr , assimilation, accep- Brock, of the Los ADaeles DeterminatiOD Com- ee aU tb thiDp distractions from the real of for Americans for 300 r come a game of politics. I don't see the legislature coming up with anything effective, • Hood . d. e ought to p some _ coosideratioo to . it to...…
…hi e .supremacy magic changes Eg By Ro e Eolo Corres ondent America's official standpoint, although his complexion is dark, and his fe tures and an cestry visibly African, he is con sidered white . Hefny said he strongly resists the labeling of his race as white. Though he qualifies a Black person in terms of his phy ical appearance, he is refused the standard benefits of BI ck Americans like Affirmati Ac tion, and minority b...…
…•• I . U e of dog , search hetlccpter SU oUce overr anger tudents FLODEAN s. RIGGS Stll/f Repotter S urday Nov. 4 a recently opened Lansing-area record store jointly owned by four MS U student ponsored a promo-party at one of the citys v z ac popular night spots. Conrad Parrish, 29-y ar-old publisher of Lansing's African Amer ic n newsp per, the Metrop attended the party taking pictures of the ocial functiOn. During th...…
…I I o er In urance tudy reveals exce profit By SHElLEY DeLUCA Capillll News Service LANSI G - Michigan in surance companies are overes- imating their losses and not being efficient in their ad ministrative costs, claims the author of a preliminary tudyon po ential uto rate reductions in the state. "The report identifies where rate reductions can be made ba ed on what profit the in surance companies should be making, " ai...…
…She . d tha these two groups CIIpiIIIl News Setviu tend to lack preaatal care which LANSING - The same � . themajorca ofiDfantmor- proposal . te d to tality.. . I � the IWes of unborn babe Among Michigan' min rity could . a number of population, the infant morality babies die duriQg their fIrSt r te i higher than in many third I year of life, some officials co - orld oountr· Wiener id tend '. With the e of Proposal Proposal A, which p...…
…The ev. Je L Jackson that Democrats mu t now fmd some common nd . th President Elect George Bu b. Jackson made bis tements the momiDa after h too a solid lead in the ov. election. to become. the bon 9 41 president Throupout the presiden tial campaign, Jackson had attacked the record of Bush and that of hi vice presiden- tial runnin mate. Indian Sen. Dan Qu yle. But Wed n�y mOnUn& �ring on ABC "IVs Good Momin America program...…
…( Di rict •• • .p o r sbtIdlOIms aad bureauaacies. A DETROIT - ID the �'. sroup of Detroit area res�ts, and '50s, it a taken for ' UDder the s of ·Citizen .. ted t ordiDary people, participatio· and "People . partial Iy • , .. , � these . • tioas .. e trapped by imper- to be aa:oua Ie. I, aDd over power. in- It started .. the 'Hobart Street Incident·,. ere co &edged - urban re I . ity residen�joiDed by min- contrary to the orig...…
…The truly Capiuu News �rvice L using - People are screaming·to be heard by their government in countries ere nobody is listen ing. In the United S tes, citizens do have say in government, yet many ch not to peak. Only 53 percent of eligible u.s. voters actually voted in the 1984 general election. Even fewer are expected to vote Nov. 8. . chigan figures are slightly higher th n the national . average. Tho e st ti tics dramatize...…
…Serving the Stille's Afriwm.Anaoiun Community th n national um through th Turn to 10 • donate skill to lac ician A) TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI - Residen in two of Mississippi' medically underserved and economically depressed coun ties, Tunic and Marsh ll, received free medical screening from docto I associated with the ational Medical Association in ovember. MAt which repre ent early all of the country's 16,000 Black phy ician...…
…ng Story on pg. 8 • Report findings counter city's thrust y DETROIT - As the city girds for an all 00' assault on drug dealers, the efforts may be doomed before they start. yor Coleman A. Young h nnounced plans to use funds eized from drug dealers under t e forfeiture laws to strengthen the city's police powers with upgraded lab tech nology, heavy assault vehicles and the addition of an elite law enforcement team. of Cha nel...…
…LANSING--Minority-owned businesse are receiving less than their fair share under the state's certification program for minority- and women-owned businessesd, State Representa tive Alma G. Stallworth (D Detroit), Chair of the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus tes tified Nov. 2. "Certification is supposed to . direct a fair proportion of state purchasing to fum that are woned by women and minorities, but the process is not adeq...…
…hat' i . whi e and read all over? eBC pushes aid to Africa u.s. gi 750 for ch I raeli, 96 c n for African P g 2 DeDj min Ch vi qu tion on 4 ower e , I ean be er Is? e're trying to understand th changes would affect o distri in particular, said Rep. Alma G. Stallworth (0- Detroit) chairperson of the cau T e Blac Caucus, which . 13 representatives d three nators, is designe to improve the quality of life for ichigan Blacks...…
…HIGHLAND PARK GOPpian 0 erty, les id P Capital News Servic A I G epublicans re callin plans to cut Michigan' property tone of the best plans to hit t e draw ing bo rd even though no head way w made a two meetings I t week. ichigan' pro rty tax has been criticized for putting so much burden on the state's resi dent and forcing business to develop elsewhere. Un r pro d by Republicans 1. 77 billion property t decrease would...…
…r fo break ay. Ho ever, recent "months, Farrakhan indicated ad' to relOm difference ith feflo uslims and to improve relations with Chrisitans and" Jews. .Farr - han also say he will focus on Black economic development in America. U.S. A BASSADO IN SOUTH AFRICA Pretoria, South Africa - America's fir Black amb sudor to racially-tom, hite-ruled South Africa hu oftkially taken up his new po. Ed arc! Perk.ins as orilinally nomin te...…
…VE DEATH- OW TES ARE BLAC W shington, OC - Accord in to a government report r lea d last wee more thaB 40% of the people waiting execution on the nation' de th-row are Bl c . Th t's even though B s only . ICcount for 12% of the total U.S. population. The Bureau of Justice Stati tic reported th t of the end of last year 32 state held 1,591 pri ners on death-to . Of th t number 903 were white and 672 ere B . Seven- een death-to...…
…V • VIII NO.51 HSER VING THE STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY" NOVEMBER 1622 1986 LAC CAUCUS GRO ashington, DC - The number of Bl ho will be rving in the U.S. Hou of Repre ntative in the IOOth Congre ill total a record 23. The n Bl con ressmember include e E py from issi ippi; K eisi fume of aryland; Rev. Floyd. FI e from Queen Yor and John Lewi from Georgia. The bi e disappointment came in central Loui ian where lawyer Fa...…
…STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY" NOVE BER 9 -15,198 com n y arion Smith Correspondent " BENTO HARBOR - Bu " nessman Calvin Wheeler, of eeler and ciate ; . h drafted plan calling for com munity 0 nenhip and con ruc tion of the propo d Sou th- e em ichigan Community Correction Center. ccording to the plan which wa delivered to official at the Department of Corrections, Ben ton H rbor city and the state", the ne correctio...…
…o , uSER VING, THE a ce Black communities focus of fight money to rebuild indu fie and re ore e ntial program in education, health care, hou ing and transportation," id JWP spa esperson Jill elson in a phone intervie with The ich.igan Citizen. Over t 0 million people in 86 cit and towns have voted "yes" on te JWP referendum. "Peop Ii 1 1)()IW'ede11L trlIHon S 1 ,000,000,000,000 - dollar expenditures for military de feme. ...…
…BULK RATe U .. Posug. PAID nton H.rbor. 148022 Perm No. 50 Ad Cor. R'qst EW E B CABI BERI TROUBLE? BLACK JOBLESS RATE HIGH BLACK I VESTORS BUY COCA COLA A roup of Black inve tor has reached an agreement in principle to buy Coca Cola's Philadelphia Bottling Company. If compl ted, the de 1 ould re ult in the fir t Black-owned Coc Col bottling comp ny in the nation. Black involved in . th tran ction includ F dco Food founder J....…
…• • o J I a o BE 0 HARBOR - A symphony, a fife and drum performance, promenade with flag and costumes ymbolizing nations of the orld, pray rs by clergy of all major faiths in the area, a choir ambled from area churche the award of a holarship and a recept ion featuring video highlight of the career of rtin Luther Kin , Jr. will mark the Twin Citie ' ute to the fir t ob- rvance of the federal legal holiday on the anniver ry o...…
…8ULKRATE u. PAID Ben n H.rt»or, 148022 ,.., 0.50 Add 2 nd th army on the Black in titution of a la that pro- hibi e and marri betwe n Black nd hite. rioter ." S) - d Th P Iso c mpaign d motionally for the re-_ r ci m amon African hit ver here predicting that th rutin tional P rty of Pr i d nt P. . Botha may ct even more har hly to put an end to the n arly 1 � mont of Blac unre t. Alr dy, th ov mm nt i id to b cousid ...…
…By 0 • Yay r : WASHINGTO, D.C. Bl ck male ged 25 to 34 re nearly eight time more li ely to be murdered than hite male in the e e group. Th t fact among th finding of an I8-month udy of minority groups' health con- dition . e u� n- duct d by a force he ded by Dr. Thorn one of the ational In itutes of Health and re e d by Secretary of Health and Human Service g ret Heckler. The study sho ed a wide gap bet een the health con- d...…
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…for Ethiop� Thi • • • • • giving on PAGE 8 o put t HARBOR - and butter distribu tion . will be Tue day, ov. 27, from 8: 30 .m. to 4: 30 p.m., ccording to Louise i e ·t coordin tor for ommunity . ction Agency of Southwest ern ichigan .. That gency i the n ly appointed repl ce ent for BC on an interim basis. Offices for the gency located at 100 ain St., the form r offic of City Venture Corp. Persons eligib for c e a...…
…u kegon Minority Contractor. re nt public dis cu i n of recre tion in the city h do the Benton Harbor ec Pro r m compar with tho in the city of St. 10 ph St. 10 ph Twp., and Berri n Spring. To an wer th t qu ion, The Citizen undertoo tudy 100 ing t the number full n f r the and pa -tim employ ,the r creation program num r of individual re idents a ed that il budgeted erved nd th number of .11:. pp ximately 17,000 for it peopl re...…
…IRMEN SUPPORTED a . Glen Bro received pedal recognition include, ere dhoc Committee to find a \ replacement for Berrien County Action (DCA) pprov d a re commendation that ould allow the CAA of South Central . chigan, Battle Cree , to serve the interim a ncy until another Community Action Agency' e tablished. n 0 • ormc CHICAGO - While he will continue his political ctivitie through the ationaI Rainbo Co ition, the Rev. Je J...…
…of the in- ed.' Ra id no formal bid an- noucement a m de but that during the year a the city ha n d d in rance. agents were contaacted and ed if they were intere ted in doing busine ith the city _ Ra lin on Ra lin n id most a ent ere told con r tion ith if they ere intere ed in biddin , t o division ccording to BE TO ith an 18 percent minority popul ti nly fi e per percent of it city t ff in th min rity ran city man er P ul Pre...…
…ADDRESS CORRECTIO I REQUESTED . HOME COO ED , AS GTON - Democratic pre '- dential nomination candidate, the Rev. Je L. J chon is formulating a stategy for chaDening the Hunt Commi 'on, hich in 1981 developed the delegate selection rut in the Demoerati party . J ckson id that the rules govern- ing next year's Democrati pre' dential nominating pr are "throwback" to an e r . er era and thre ten to "loc . out" the poor and minoritie...…
…OLASS ACTIO FO IGHT OF COU S reat uth- city mrnuni hurs- ith cr t : in court in under e right , commented Cobb t A. Birch during th h for an offen of ded Continu d on P o TOFO -PI' n, and ctuall c n- truer, r ha . impro e. pre rye pr p rty r publi pri at u . - Ta pr p rtie ithin the do n- t n di tri t up to mills to rai fund fo do ntown impro ement. uire, ( n, lea rent r 11 prop rty within the DD di tri r. )) pi ...…
