…o fi ea e oloea -P A7 VOL. XVI NO 10 /\n'"fOflIlIO(/f'I'lIp/I"" Ii f"'I'i't ('1111' r[B��ui��f ';7 '.'ARCH � 1".1('�4 ites ed? By MICHELE RUEHS C.plml New. Service LANSING - Black History Month is a time for people to work together to understand other cultures and to forge greater cooperation, but how does it influence everyday life?' In predominantly white ar eas, Black History Month, in February, may not have much of an e...…
…Lessons from Black History: Benton Harbor Mayor Emma Hull (center)' with city employee Steve Archibald (lett). wei com s community activist Sandra Dudley to a historic buslne. gathering ho ted by th So�hwe tern Michigan city last week. Story i on page 86. (Bernice Brown photo) VOL. XVI NO.1 '- An tntot mcd People Is A F,c£' People FEBRUARY 20 - 26. 1994 State, County set to okay Citizens charge environmental racism 8y RON SEIGEL . IA/c...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 12 An Informed People Is A Free People FEBRUARY 6 - 12. 1394 - t t By CRAIG HILL Michl n CltlDn from Philadelphia, music by Ibn Pori'z Band Unit #10, Grout, Ur ban Voodoo Juice, and Mikey Brown along with poetry by Os valdo J. Comalapa, and Willie Williams. Doors will open at 6 p.m. to 2 p.m. For more informa tion call (813) 275-8979. The movement to free Abu fol lowed his conviction in 1982 of murder for the k...…
…are charged to t location where the car' rated and it rated wh re it i garaged, 01 on d._ If car i garaged in Bloomfield Hill am h an accident anywhere in the country the 10 . recorded in Bloomfield Hill , he ide VOL. XV NO 15 An Informed Pe()ple I�, A Fro«: February 28 - March 6. 1993 Jobs plan awaits federal funding Urban projects top list . By MATT STRATTON S.tvIt:. ance in rural <10 not the city of Detroit, d c Stod dard, p ...…
…/ ES DET OIT -After year of using racial politics to rally city voters to hi ide, it ha come to light that Mayor Coleman Young doesn't wal the talk when it come to putting hi money where hi mouth i . � ced wi th ch llengers in the up coming mayoral paign, and uf fering the 10 of former financial backers, M yorYoung turned again saying that Young wa angered thi wee to the uncri tical Michigan over remar 1 t week by NBD Chronicle...…
…' . . " VOL. XV NO. 1 � J\n/fl/Oflll('d I'('oplt'/:. ;1 f t c» P('('I'II' Februat y 14-20. 1993 r�. I Chan y nd the Rev. Jo ph Lowery, p id nt of th Southern Chri tian Leadership Conference, announced a three-day human righ hearing in J on ., eginning March 16, to e amine the dea . Th tivi will pent evi- de _Bath red during the hearings to Congres and will demaOO con- g ional heari on the ab well pedal pro ecutor to County S ri...…
…III I Citv l/lIlIlIgcr (JIll {�/ic,. I ('.\'.\' 1/1 {III ,\ i. v tn ( ) III/IS I '. 'I' II , Highland Park youngsters recently participated in the Community Study Group Round Up and Bookfair at Barber School. Youngsters were treated to African storytelling by Shanta. Shanta deligJlted the audience with tales of Africa, cultures. ribbean and African American y r '0 'I Vio • I r By RON SEIGEL judge it for themselves, Conyer, wh...…
…VOL XIV NO. 14 FEBRUARY 26 - MARC H 3. 1992 I lh Food Store See HOMELESS, A-10 ud I i .. udes higan' udent givt!s of hom land NATHANI L OTT ... "WtIt!! The concluding profi� in the' African Conneaio« series. DBTRolT-Okezie Iroha is a Nigerian tudent at Wayne State Univenity (WSU). A senior in busi . ness management. he plans to study law. lroha is from the lbo Tribe. He said that a large percentage of, enslaved Africans who...…
…VOL XIV NO.13 FEBRUARY 19 - 25.1992 orr-One month go t Corinthian Baptist Church, th Chica 0, Dlinoi Living Light Outre ch nlstrie founder and director, everend Bob 'eeden, deli red powerful m ge to Detroit. To parap and conceptualize what Reverend Weeden d, the rebuilding of Detroit i not the job of the city, tate or federal governments. 1be job i a community job and the burden of fulfilling that need OTT' , t uarely on the houlde ...…
…VOL XIV NO. 12 FEOHUAH',' i .: . 18 I Sl92 , Education, Abstinence, or ... Condoms? By DAVID HO HART abitiDCDCe, peciaUy in the younaer , .. Tl'\IICOtt d. - Heavy campa! coDtrlb to HoUle Speaker Lewis N. Dodak are blocking apement on oxp dng parts of Michigan'l o-fau1t Insurance law, cilia an Bnalor admtniltra don polkellDlll. BnJler press aecrotary John Truscott kt the n Trai\ Lawyera Association hu been controllin Dodak thr...…
…VOL XIV NO. 11 FEBRUARY 5 - 11 � 1992 Jordan takes his image off NBA clothing 8-7 UAW says Japanese ignore civil rights -A-3 WVA , e that hi original guilty pie over," n ide cried, momen later. Inv tig tors tracin li nd following leads cro conunuents arre ted J m Earl Ray in London in June. Within year of the ination, on March 10, 1969, Ray pleaded guilty to King' killing. In his new book, Ray now calls th court proceeding a ...…
…VOL XIII NO. 14 February 24 - March 2. 1991 50 cents elth' office, aid the Hou e bill may not be implemented i but it ill "get the is ues out there." Thl bill would redirect . Tour promotes 'Choice' erlt. -;- by DERRICK C. LEWIS SItl/lWriter African Heritage: Where art meets busine s Wi con in State Repre entative Polly Williams was in Detroit last Friday to push for cbool of choice. William was in trumental in e tablish.ng ...…
…on Afric n Americans do not stand lone in' their fi ht for justice for the years of slavery. African will pre ent their dem nd for reparations to the United ation folio in eetin of the Or a ization of African U ity che uled for Niaeria hi June. ·We have more th n legitimate cl im for d m ge for the crime committed ag in t Africa. It's going to be a big i ue in the I t dec de of the millennium. We are going to pu h for It," Jide...…
…VOL XIII NO 12 February 10-16.1991 I c I d r qu on m h m , Bu h) th t this war mu t be won, but we now this conflict will not la t forever nd w.e need to ddre he pre ing i � ues on the home front ... " "African American h ve 1- w ys shared with our fellow citizens a tot I commitment to the protection nd defense of this nation . . . in our illing ness ... even our e gerness to take up arms whenever the need has arisen .....…
…VUL XIII NO 11 f [HHUAHY 3 C), 1991 50 Ce nt s Y DCC. L WI . Stalf Writer More tban 75,000 Blac died wh t experts c 11 "exce deaths" in 1987. The term refers to the number of deaths mong African American which would not occur if Bl ck lived under the ame health conditions as white. ate ee . .lnput on' wa te policy By BEAT ER L. H S CapiltJi News Serv·u I LAMS! G -If �ou are cerned about hazardous , Se WASTE, Page 7 , Homic...…
…EAST LANSING - Amid thunderous applause and cries of "Al1ahu Akb r (God i Great) from a capacity crowd an call of bout 4,000 at the MSU . Audi torium February 18, Minister Louis Farrakban said tbat MSU is a "modern day plant tion" that thinks nothing of Blac studeats. "Nobody care if you $uduate ith �egree, but put tbe ball in that hoop," Far rakhan aid. "You (MUS) use Black people to build your credit. " Farrakh n, leader o....…
…, Why no African Americe c manag y none qual f candidates, said Manning, . the problem that they had, without exception, the &p- . plicants could DOt pass the writ ten exam or the IDysical exam or if they did there ere other problems with background and drug e .. At the Monday night, Buttbecityisstilliooki fOl' February 5, Beato!! HaIbor aty qualified minority caadidatcs, Commission meeting, city resi- said Manning. . dent Ri...…
…BI!NTON HAUO - A Ben Harbor police omcer tin in to ., cCi man milta • Iy believed &0 be • rc 0 ccorcl- in to Berricn County Prosecutor Dc Wilcy. In a 19-pa.c statement Ie Feb. 8, Wiley d -the • tin, Jan. 18, or Norril Stephen Maben by 29-year veteran LI. MD Fiedler -j tira - tbougb Maben w unarmed and not a felon. "It (the jusUCi ble ruling) i not a urprise, " id ()pcration PUSH chief Rev. Walter Brown. "This i a practice in ...…
