…Be The Best You Can!1 By E. d PROJECI' BArr MANHOOD a nonprofit or ganization with a new concept, new vision, a new paradign. This is theirl uniqueness; their concern and objective is "Help ing Boys Become Men." Mr. Tommie Summerville is Executive Director of "MAN HOOD" now in its fourth year. This organization was designed to bring together African . American boys in the Detroit area and adult males who have the skill, des...…
…ctualIy are. �)�'NION COMMENTARY LEITERS, EDITORIALS keeping us and er poor peop e poor i what keeps the rich in business. keeping us quiet ith drugs and guns, if nece sary - is ho they managge to get Y with it And the myth of our racial in- eriority is what they use for an excuse. That' why we can't me up with a "cure" for racism e e deal ith the I eco omic exploitation that it up. Dr. Lenora Fullllli is the na tional chairpe...…
…MICHIGAN CITIZEN s OPINION � .The Mi .educatton . . of tn« Ne·gro By on Da�e� . Carter G. Woodson, one of In the senes and seventies our most distinquished his- 0 the phrase was "oreo". It meant· torians, and the founder of the Black �D !he outside, but white Association for the Study of on the IDSlde.. Negro Life and History, was In an era of mtense, even convinced that the dilemna of militant Black consciousness racial conscious...…
…HIGHLAND PARK FOCUS He expressed concern about hat ind of agreement the council could negotiate and whether the council could determine the f cil.itY physical ppearance nd ensure it ould not harbor serious of fenders. Porter stated that council embers were consulting block chi and ould be olding an open forum for all people in Highland Par "Everything right no is in exp tory tages.· Porter said The Highland Par Police d rue A...…
…Loss of traffic light threatens seniors mGHLAND PARK - Mel vin Wi)]jams, a long time com munity leader, warned High land Park Mayor Martha G. Scott that removal of a traffic light at Woodward Avenue and Ford created a danger for senior citizens trying to cross the busy intersection to get their gas bill paid Since Woodward Avenue isa state highway, it is the state, rather than the city that decides whether or not to have tra...…
…�. I HIGHLAND PARK FOCUS .. .......... . : .. ,......... st. · h :=w.�� : .. '/..:: ... !)}f�iX..;}g:t:;: .. ;· ·· ay .:::::::: .. ::: .. : � :: .. ::.. Flo ers .:.::::::.::::.: .. : . athletic Scholarship Assistance Program. Won't you please e a gift of love on thi Valen tines Day by he pmg the cause. mini- For more information regarding the HPCC Valentine D y Flo r sale, please contact: Mrs. Shirley urray by calling (313) 25...…
…Special Election in doubt By on . I HIGHLAND PARK - Doubt is being raised as to whether there can be a special election for the Highland Park treasurer to replace Lucille Jones, who died last year. A representative from the Highland Park City Clerk stated that city elections could not be combined with school elections. This means that Highland Park would have to hold a special election or wait until a state or federal election...…
…CHICAGO,- John on Product Co., Inc., one of A eric' I rge t African __ ·r1l·_ft manufactur· com- ni , made un ecedented commitment to i community by recently launching an annual program, en . Give to the Ore m", This unique p thropi c program will help African American consumers support their organizations and t e dive role in co trolling the . y of these i titutio The "Give to the Dream" program announced t the nn ,I mbly -Sta...…
…I I \ In And About Muskegon Black History onth observ.ed in ·Muskegon By Mary Golliday Andra Jamel Turner celebrated his 4th birthday recently with a party at home with family and a few friends. He had ice cream, cake and a lot of goodies. I asked him what he wan ed to be when he grew up. His sister CC said, you know I want to be a doctory. J arnel said me too. CC said, copy cat. I said, hold it You can both be doctors, Dr. ...…
…I t SELMA MARCH 1968, a testiaaOllJ to the I hlp 01 tbe AfrIca rica e urcb. A.M.E. MlDiste Jol d the --=:!..-�..:.::!::.���:::.._____!:����::..:._.:.2E�� o were detenniaed they could make a dir- du� research, collects histori cal documents, pub' es boo on Black life and history and promotes Black hi torty through community organiza tion, hurches and cbool. From 1915 until his death in 1950, he served a the association's director ...…
…r dENTON HARBOR AREA NEWS $25,000 for TF A, hich was to go to people's utility bills. ot o e TF A pplication taken. That money was spent on rent or hatever e e the management spent it on. That's a dis-al- 10 ceo You got to pay that b ! Yo canno pend money out of its category," he dded, Yelorda said, it obvious th t a lot of oney was "pumped into the office sup _ pli store, ( ain Street- Office Supplies, Benton Harbor), on the ...…
…MICBlGAN CI11ZEN BENTON HARBOR AREA NEV,:S I come tax talk , I brings pro esters omee ing I , By mice Dr signs need to be put up. You BENTON HARBOR don't even know where you are The discussion of a possible going, because there's no signs." citywide income tax brougb a "I think the city income tax is fe concerned businesspeople worth looking into," he added to the Benton Harbor City Commission Charles Commissio meeting, Monday, Ya...…
…I I Ho on ys that while rumor has it that e's agreed to do numerous film projects, e i stillj t looking over aipts, but does no intend to make her sil ver screen debut soon. . .Natalie· Cole stepping lightly while still recovering from her recent foot surgery .. �. Veteran ew Edition members were disap pointed they didn't win (for favorite duo or group), but ne member Johnny Gill id he never dreamt he ould he here this soon. A...…
…Quarte e Uni�n mar s 42nd anniveflsary Church, Pleasant Grove Baptist ost pastor will alternate' -. (]lurch, New Mission Baptist The Rev. Leonard Rob�' 7:00 p.m. Blac History ��r�. _ Church, and Hopewell Baptist pastor of Christian Light B - All members are asked to The public 15 invited to at- Male Chorus..aH of�ton Har- list Church will pray the pra�r p cas.: attend and on time, .ac- tend .according to Mrs. Geri .' 810118 With Omai Fe11...…
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…'Dear him back' . Dear B.R., In mainta� any kind of . relationship, its1uDportant to be WII�� open and hone t with e ch other. If the ofjou decide to continue -your friendship, then you need to let him know of your feelings and hopes of him being in love with you again. Try to find out what happened to your' former relationship. What are his feelings? What happen to the woman he left you for? Is he ready for a serius commitment?...…
…YOUR FINANCES co ulinq e the tar imp ct 0 pe istent disaiminatio But . clunond cted. Yet this court, supposed bas . on of equality, tri down Richmond's effortsas though discrimination never existed" On By and then refused to accept them. Moreover, the suit al leges r cial discrimination, emotional distress, conspiracy, and antitrust violations. - Top BI C Holl ood ke p Arti t Launc es IfiIO:ft!.lrLrc: TV rna eup artist June ...…
…BEITER LIVING sOjourn r Truth Adol • · es of pasSage -. easing I ado e cents 'in 0 adulthood I I I If you think being an adult in today's orld j difficult, try being as adole cent! Many people are bringing a time honored solution into current use. This solution, the adoles cent rites of passage, is one which we would like to see all African American families and Project, Dr. Hope Hill, Acting organizations make a part of Olief...…
…,.,U . C Ad. 21 , 211 m Sf!aIOD OIl the 101- HJlbWld Park, aBe er ood landscaping. Th city paid them for- tb ervice. AU employees re residents of the area. By erving an incu,:?ator service to get small business de oloped in the neighborhood, the C bas been ble to begin to ddress the unemployment in the re. Several business pr jects are currently under consideration. Local business d residents have found it d vant geous to wor...…
…MlCHlG anz 23 , I CLASSIFIED NOTICE BY PERSO S Cl..AIMING 11TLE I UNDER TAX DEED To the Owner or Owners of any and all Interests in, or Liens 'upo the Lands herein Desttibed: TAKE OTICE: Sale was lawfully made of the following desaibed �d for unpaid taxes on that land, and that the under- signed title to the land under Micbi,an Citizen Adv. 1129189, tax deed or deeds issued for the 2/5/89, 2/12/fN, 2/19/89 land. You are entitl...…
…·• PAGS7 \ Blanchard bud et Cuts to fuel prison growth including state hospital closings, an agency official said. Blanchard's budget, which will be released on Feb, 9, will put, more money into correc tions at the cost of almost every other department, the governor and aides already have cknow ledged. Thomas De Loach, director of the office of public informa boo, . d that the Department of Mlnapmcot and B · t e in the en...…
…· I WORLD NEWS Project Bait Pr oria court B ac s resisting a territorial hift JOHA BURG - A Black rural community won a b ignificant ictory last month in its battle to keet from being for incorporated into a nominally inde- pen B Homelandd nearby. frican President P.W. Botha had ordered that community of about 9,000 inhabitants 100 of Johannesburg should ccast to b part of outh Africa d becom part of the independant d d Bophuthats...…
…I I , I 3 PrI To I . . fe w Detroifers' t . I I . prepar�d · for jobs. son, said the Corrections stantial amount of local resi- Joca1s keeps Humphries going. post-secondary credit hours department commits itself to dents, he said. she said. beyond high school in any sub employinglocalresidentsusual- "VIedidn'tlaydownandplay _ �m a r� and I always .ject to credit hours in prison ly without �y difficulty. . d�d, because wet did g�...…
…II (>PINION COMMENTARY'LEITERS EDITORIALS , • no camp omise the truth about the iDjustice of current dcmestic foreign poli . It is out p )'Cf, in the advent ad of the n tion I celebr ti on in te to Dr. King' legacy, that ore of us • be imspired to del' more of the Jeade ip r ponsibilities toward an effec tive socio-economic transfor ma ·on of this soceity. We all ould contemplate and take up the courage of Dr. King's leaders...…
….' Reverend Jesse Jac on, recently returned from a trip to Africa, is urging us to put aside the word I"Black" and call oursel ves "African-American." I see nothing wrong with this term as a way to describe peoples of African heritage; I often use it myself when writing or speak ing. But we need to be careful not to misuse it. Often the folks who advocate using the term "African-American" sound very militant. They emphasize th...…
…HIGHLAND PARK FOCUS m ximum of If ha· . net becoming to you. You sho be comi to lIS. 8.67- 707 I E The a sociatiou's cor re ponding secretary, Leroy Shanti, prai d yor Scott and Public Safety D· ector Emerson being "very accommodating and ry cordial- Emerson stated that police re tching the area and that they re preparing to take ac tion against some of the peop involved. Scott also said she was ork ing to get the restaura...…
…August llson's set 'for HPCC A ' MaIcoImX As part of . celcbntion of egro • ory,. Highland Park Commonity Co Perform- ing Arts CeDtrz will a weekend of adauraI actMties.. · The . oftbe weekcod ewms will be PuIiIzer Prize . - ning playwrilht August Wilson's ·Malcolm X·, produced by e Penumbra Theatre Company of SL Paul The performan� wiD be OIl Saturday, Pebnwy 11, at S:OO p.m. t the Ceatcr located Third and GJend.� HWlland Pa...…
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…Conyer : aide �hen sh.oke" . I .. bows By law firm on the side. One ource said that Featherstone warned Lewand - at a special caucus that he would run against him, unless Lewand agreed to erve full time as chairman and work for his law fum part time. The source stated that since the state chairman's salary was S5O,000, it should be a full time position. "We won't go back to plantation politic . DETROIT - At the 1989 Michi...…
…• ck ae Fred Ferrris, Admini trative A . t nt to Highland Park yo rth G. Scott, said e is tudying the problem in the light of the injuries to the kers, but currently had no comment to give. At the tim of this writing, ha been unable to reach an spo e person for Detr it yor Coleman Young. Richardson states that if the . . erator i built currently planned, toxic substance ould be pr doer wide areas and many peop Would be ucep ...…
…ewHope Bapfst Church . recognize Black Hi ory Month By M ry <;0- day Rev. John Barnes will be the guest speaker, Pebruary 12 at 3:30 p.m. at the Spring Street Baptist Church for Black His tory Month. Choirs of the city are invited. Mrs. Barbara Mc Afee, chairperson and Rev. Daniel Dixon is the pastor. Ministers Wives and Widows will have a Sweetheart Social Tuesday, Pebruary 14 at 6:30 p.m. at New Light Baptist Church. Mrs....…
…go o Loacbsaid "If cut oney from our unity pr tend to h e more people in state h pi - and vice ve • he .d. e current b dget for the department includes S807 mil lion in tate general fund d De Loach id that th ide "I D C budget d i elude $850 million from the eral fund. The remain ing $300 million com from federal aid d third-party in- urance p ymcn . • …
…I, co BH Co11!SpOlldent Govotas, Kerry Shannon, AI nold S' Fred Sims, George WysiDger and S� Wooden. HIKE BUSINESS The commission also voted UIWlUnously in favor of the Business Registration Or �� of a fee of $SO a year for MalIllUlIa said there are ap- proximately 356' . the City ofBentoo Harbor. He said new business can take advantages of police ser vices if they have a problem and they can call the police if there BE TO...…
…nt ·ch· n the in the City Cler s of- vy equipment e Department of . According to nning the employee ho held the po ition s rued January 30. - Reappointing Al Whit field to the Benton Harbor Public rary Board - Taking $500 from the commission's tr vel budget and giving it to the Benton Harbor Benton To nship ior Citizens Center's Senior utri Project. Ann Bankston, repre eating the Senior utrition progr m came to the commi...…
…MICHIGAN CITIZEN. 15 BENTON HARBOR AREA NEWS I Hea ot race di ..... ··mination nd f ortimcr hired Karen KnoU for AWloa J the CoUDSCIor position. Knoll' Correspondent qna1ificatio : ...-..;;.......;;..;;..J�.;;;;.;:;..;;.;;.;;.______ -B.S. Degree in Criminal I BENTON HARBOR - In J,;"ti�;-Six �ths a fifth an un ual move, the u.s. Jus- emtriet Council seaetary; . tioe Departmcllt fiJed and Won a - Three months as a fruit class actio...…
…. the to • J W. err "win be Rev. District Moderator . . T. Burton, tor of e P r dl e . ionary Baptist C1lurch. The other services are as fol Io : . invit d to t- et, 3 O'cloc Lent service will began Ash Wednesday, February 8 at 7:15 p.IIL t the t Co do United Cot, in the Annie Banyon Chapel, at Bel- . levie and Pipestone, Benton . Harber, The sermon, Secret Ac tivities", will be given by the Church Pastor, Rev. Richard H. ...…
…BETTER LIVING mo ey. .S50000 I Racism - DO we complain too much? By Dr. Chari W. Faulkner Do you want me to stop writ ing about the problem of racism? Som people do. Every time I write .about discrimina f Oft, I receive a predictable number of compliants and , criticisms. Here are some of them: . Before you answer, consider "When you tell peop e how to this: solve their perso al problems, I 1) Ninety-seven percent of like you...…
…. Pane are so ve ere's a recipe or every mood and ev ry n. Here are some 01 our favorites. othing could be easier than making a batch of pancakes. Mating pan cakes requires no special skills and no specialized equipment except a hot, flat surface. Follow the tips below and you can create a batch of I fabulous pancakes: � • Mix ingredients (2 cups Bisqu1c . 2 , I cup milk) lightly and quic y just until bl nded. Don't try to beat...…
…MICmGAN YOUR FINANCES - 'I'm retired, wha should I do?' I . The IRA allows you to � beneficiaries so as to' avoid d I-�pate in mv probate. It's a good service, use .--- J it! I Job's yroll ded ctlo IRA plan? V. Bo ,Mil aukee, Wlsco In. ve los in 0 e com pany I'm redred t do you rece me d? M. Tate, Chicago, IlliD • s, A. At your age losses are the one thing you cannot afford I suggest a CD-Annuity with a one year tax-deferred...…
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…In Highland IPar D�part Public Sal AUTO Aucno I 0 1: 1914 Ch vTolet 2D • VI 11 1AB0890BYI033c;t, 2: 1984 Ford Sta Wgn 3: 1977 01d�bU .20 4: 1977 Old 4bi1e 20R 5: 1978 Buiek 4U 6: 1974 CheYrole� TK VI ICCY3441t53791 7: 1974 Chcnolot O. Navy Seaman Recruit Mom que T. McCray, daughter of Cheryl A. McCray of 14369 Coyle, Detroit, has complete� recruit training at Recruit Training Command, Orlando, F1a. During McCray's e�t-Wee...…
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…once BY PERSO S CLAIMING TITLE UNDER TAX DEED To the Owner or Owners of any and all Interests in, or Liens upon the Lands herein Described: - TAKE- OnCE: Sal was lawfully made of the following' described land for unpaid taxes on that land, and that the under: signed has tide to the land under tax deed or deeds issued for the land. You are entitled to a reconveyance of this land within 6 months afterreturn of service of this not...…
…I R1eCo'vering La addicts help �.,. ue r each other Pictures on 3,·5 Turn to 2 ,. ,! I . II �25¢. G Z e ByGi Pocock Capital News Service LANSING - If the Pontiac Silverdome were filled up 388 times with garbage it would equal about the Same amount of solid waste Michigan generates each year. Unfortunately, no huge Sil verdome trash cans exist to con tain 12 million tons of waste - 80 percent of . ch is dispose...…
…• • • meet with me on that Thursday. We met, just the two of us, on February 18, 1965, in his small office on the second floor of the Ho el Theresa, at 125 Street and Seventh Avenue (now Adam Clayton Po IIlr. Boulevard). Mal colm spo e softly and deliverately. It if the time h d come for him to put so e things on the record. Three days later, Malcolm X, t the age of 39, was shot to d th at Harlem r Uy of his upporters. • "...…
…'. I I � 5, 1988, Michigan Citizen 3 I Aid "for mothers su , cuts I Continued from Pag 1 though DSS is losing about $21 . million in state funds, said C. I Patrick Babcock, director of the Department of Social Services. Before Jan. 1, Medicaid coverage only applied to about 43 percent of families living below the poverty line, a level federally calculated to coincide with various size households, he said. . Poor families wit...…
…• o ? • c o i own. In the outh and Southwest, the decline of the oil industry has led to hundreds of thousands 0(·10 t jobs. In Texas lone, requests for emergency food h ve doubled since 1983. o c ild arian Wright Edelman In the Farm Belts manyfami Iy farms go under each year. Lit tie wonder that doctors in Iowa d Minneso a are now remark- that rates' of childhood mal nutrition, nemia, and growth failure (all relat...…
