…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...…
…L Toya d n t YORK, - Ou pok n and often controversi I ctivist Rev. Al Sh rpton appears ready to announce his intention to run for th U.S. Senate. One Sharp ton upporter ys the formal announcement will come on February 22. But Sharpton has refused to announce an exact date. He would be running against veteran New York democrat Senator Daniel Pat rick Moynihan. Currently there i only one Blac in the 100- member U.S. Senate. nt...…
…c cording to Dr. Imari A Obadele who, with two youth's coordinat: ing the Blac Nation Day Week end, ". fueled by the outrageous fact that Mr. Clinton and the Congress are prepared to pend $2�-billion for prisons and police and not a dime for the education and economic development funds, reparations, which hould be in Black hands to be used according to Black plans. The 'Jericho' is the first step in a campaign to halt that trave...…
…council going on, the Par Hi toric Highland Park Community High School' "Parli Bears", the school parliamentary procedure m, won yet another regional championship in competition at Macomb Community College in Warren on Feb. 4. In one portion of the contest, the challenging written exam on Robert's Rules of Order for meet ings, Highland Park senior Mil licent McKenzie placed fi t as HPCHS students had the six highest scores am...…
…c A1 ocal bowler. trike for Cancer cure right D OIT - Th MCF-Pren- tis Comprehensive Cancer Cen ter and Friendly Fun Centers invite bowIe to Strike for the Cure, Saturday, March 5 at six bowling cente . Th eighth nnual no-tap tournament iC) open to bowlers 18 and older of all kill levels an? will be held at the following Friendly Fun Centers: Merri Bowl, Livonia; Sterling Lanes Sterling Heights; Troy Lanes: Troy; Bonanza La...…
….. The NAACP leadership did the right thing last week by telling the world, yes, we will invite Minister Louis Farrakhan to a plann d BI ck ummit. The AACP, the Black Caucu members and every other lead r in the BI ck 'C mmunity ha been under tremendou pre ur from the Anti-Defamation League to denounce Mini ter Farrakhan and th outspoken member of the a tion of I lam. The AD I P wer wa evident as it had ample cc to m dia aero thi cou...…
…7 " 2 -A r y of fail in io ,'lUrks nd P ians finally ucceed in ov rrunning Kemit nd from 800 BC ArB invade t coast to capture Africans for Arab 81 T de. 332 BC - G k armi loot librari of tempi nd lod of Kemit, now called Egypt, and Ari totle s Is whole libraries, d troying what he can't under- tand when Alexander conquers Egypt. 1 1 - 12 Africans are cap tured and carried to Lisbon to please Prince Henry of Portugal. 1453 -...…
…) A1 E TER or t h Ar pI .. nn n event to und rlin BI ck History Month on F b. 15, when the National ( rg nizat ion for the Profes- ion I Advancement of Black ('h mit nd hemical Engi- .1 1. pr nted Dr. Austin Cur- t i , owner of A. W. Curtis Laboratorie . heila Fisher, special pro- grams istant and affinnative ctions officer,. id the center tri to have a slate of events that ap ly to a diverse eommu - nity. "1' mall, but it i...…
…In honor of Black History Month, The Scoop giv a mini profile on the history of Black f male Blu Singers. When m t people think of female blu ingers the nam Koko Taylor, Deni LaSalle, Millie Jackson and others usu ally come to mind. But, long be fore th e ladies were even born, there were scores of Black fe male blues performers who were pioneering the way for them. Big Mama Thornton was one of them. She was known for her st...…
…CO FERE CE - A on -d y conf r- nc w II be held from 8a. m. to 3:30p.m. at the Gen rat Lectures Bldg, Rm 100, WSU, 5045 Anthony Wayn Dr Registration: 20 (In cludes lunch) Panel Presentat ons: .'Nno Is Policing the Police?· ·The Police and the Community: The Indelicate Balance· and "Th Om nibus Crime Bill and its Impact on Youths". For information: 871-2087 DEBORAH TAYLOR - Ms Taylor tells a story using a quilt as a meta phor for...…
…In ponse to a campaign pled by P id nt Clinton to • nd welfare kno it," th past y r n filled with early' ions and planning ftbrts that may I d to a sari of elfare reform proposals dur ing 1994. The Clinton administration's welfare reform plan presumably will be rooted in the four basic principl it released last June: ma e work pay; dramatically improve child support enforce men '; provide education, train ing and other servio...…
…hethcr r lative: have sudd nly dr pped into town or you've been plannin a dinn r f r pe ial friend, keep in mind that entertaining d 'n 't mean e travagan . Y, ur own per nal tou h -from the nterpie °C to the china-and a C w gr at r ipe an make the evening , rnern rable. h imp rtant thing is t let y ur gue know that you care-that' what th y'Il remem r m t. Fr sh salm n on th menu add a tou h of ophi tication to a meal, yet almon i alf r...…
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…By BER ICE BROW BENTON HARBO City n r Bev rty Br r, r gt"t, Po. • with Jeff oel, Pre Ident of Corner tone Antat1c at * e'C�lon held recehtly In the Benton Harbor High School Student Com mons. The City hosted the Benton Harbor bu in s e for the purpose of enhancing a frien�ly, working relation hip. (photo by B. Brown) The Benton Harbor City Commi ion, at th req t of Mayor Emma Hull, approved by a 7-1 vote to replace the five member...…
…UNITY RVIC CIALI T I H ghland P r Com- m� a Firat Pro m, a he.. man Nice network for Highland f'*11c we nts, h n 1m med te n ng tor Com m unity Servlc Sp tit> help 1m pIe ment I Community Re· latlona, Volunte r, Outreach nd Program we rralactN . The Ide I c ndldate have a BSWorMSW t .a.t flree years ex pertenoe n wor1< ng w oomm�ItyNoIun ry or ganlz tlon ; excellent oom m unlc tlon and new letter production skill; org...…
…--------== - --------- - - - - --- -- -- - - - - - - - 1 - Charl Young be- appearnace on a 1937 Jack cam th third Black to gradu- Benny Easter how grew to be a from U.S. Military Academy 30-year ca r on the popular t W t Point. radio, and later television, pro- 1977 - Eddie "Roch ter" gram. Anderson di . Born in Oak- Name the Black inventor uf land, C Iif', to a theatrical fam- the burglar-proof cash register ily, Ander on' �est and th...…
…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...…
…convoy ofU.S. fi on hun ou 'd from Watson. said h to 100 forward to reading The Ram bler. "Paolini is a talented guy, and his paper filled a bizarre niche, letting prison emplo ' sound off," Watson id. "But he went over the line. • "The Rambler was a lively piece, but the racism had to be curbed," he said. . P OL Ie terof pology to Correction Commis ioner Ro rt J. Watson for my alleged racial insensitiv- ity," but he deni...…
…By RACHAEL A. SWEE Y c. "ITS Hl'I*tING the ho over homes.· holds again, • Montallm id. "If • 1 revol ? • HOWEVER, HE SAID no matter what happens ith health care reform, nior citi zens will not be left out in t cold. "Seniors are some of our most vocal, active citizens and no on wants to hurt them,· Carr id." (Lawmak ) will be working to the beet of our ability to make ure niora are not going to be falling through the crac...…
…JOH 0 SAID council members were "sick" of having the Mayor hold pecial meetings to get his plans through. Johnson aid, "There' some thing about this land that some body wants it 0 bad." Johnson charged that the city d not hold clear title to the Monterey Motel and Howard Johnson sites. She gave the' Michigan Citizen a copy 0 a document from the Blue Water Title Company indicating the ti tle was vested in five companies other ...…
…Detroit WAAAAI II , . -r / / WAAAA! "r- Various social " " that even if BRIEFS books for Black children written by Blacks in the Detroit Public School system, The Guild spon sors a Book Give-A- Way Pro gram every year to elementary schools, Willie Williams, a poet and photographer, represented Hilda and Don Vest's Broadside Press, Williams' table was full of books by poets Gwendolyn Brooks, Murray Jackson, Leslie Ree...…
…ouch pollu - rnm nt rticul 1Il chlorid . r t tins done by th com not by n ou id uthority- 1 ving th company with wide opportuniti to police i elf. The d ft 0 that if th county notifi the company of "foul or noxious odors", the applicant has 30 days before it mu t ubmit an abatement pro gram. Paragraph 10 of the draft in dica the company does not have to report conditions which ult in pollution emission vio lations that ta...…
…THE PARTY'S Ten point program, concise statement of what minorities need and want provided services for the under: privileged like Free Breakfast for Children and sickle-cell ane mia testing, both of which the federal government adopted; Free Health Care; Food Distri bution; and Housing for the Homel . They were also responsible for the election of Oakland's first Black mayor, installed Blacks on all levels of the city.s govern...…
…• cont nu d from 9 A1 T VOLU 0 came m the ongoing civil rights mo men which the e id s rted ay b fore the day of Dr. M rtin Luther King Jr. and loolm X. "A lot of people think that rtin Luth r Kingj jumped up one day and had a dream," I ver id. "But we have been involved in an ongoing process of development." Party members w re no allowed to grab a gun and go; they had to be indoctrinated to the platform rul and be well verse...…
…yTUREKA TUR Ru n DMC. the mo t re pected group of p ( ackn of th t I ), "Old School' not a time. Old School . type of rhyme that' true. There re new rap pe who w nt to be Old School, but they can't get it." For a little while th ,th rap ind try med to be full of MC trying to be Old School but nding up lacking flavor and ex traordinary ability to 'p nt themsel through rhyme. No longer was the rap industry looking towards the ...…
…INSIDE OF ME - The poems and illustrations of poe Robert B. Jack son and artist Ronald Scarbough are featured In this-exhibition. The exhibi tion .contlnues at the MAAH, 301 Frederick throug February 28, 1994. Inside of Me Is of universal scope. Jackson draws upon his . many years as a Detroit Public School teacher to create prose that provides a po gnant, glimpse Into the dreams and aspirations of children. Youngsters of virtual...…
…• STUART, FL - Willie E. Gary, the on of a Black sharecropper, learned early on the value of hard work. At age 9, Gary joined spot on the football team substi tuting for an injured player and eventually a scholarship. Graduating with a busin degree in 1971, Gary went on to North Carolina Central Univer sity to earn a law degree in 1974 and opened the first Black law firm in Martin Cou nty, Florida. Gary has built a formida...…
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…lie and I dependently 0 ned And Operated SHU T� �i � Q� V�, �F�F('��1 • W.I.C. Food St mpe M eterc reA nd Vie GI dly Accepted E------ • ATM • Gift Certiflc tee 800 e of5t mp • Money Orders Exp Shlppln -U.P.S. ASSORTED VARIETIES Smucker�s Simply Fruit NATURAL, REGULAR, CINNAMON OR CHUNKY ."., "J� 'Mott's .____, Apple · auce 09 UNCLE BEN'S ASSORTED VARIETIES PASTA SAUCE OR country Inn Rice & Sauce ALASKAN Deming's Red a...…
…By BERNIC BRO "YOU PROVIDE opportuni ti for our people. You provide the jobs, the goods and all of the sources that our people need in the oommunity; well as th urrounding communit ie , It MayorHull id, ·We must be very nsiti and cognizant to the fact that you are to serve t peopl in this community and e have Bcnton l lurbor \\ ('" .\iichigtlll I yor, commis- ioners, , b in and the community to m a great city, and that' hat nt...…
…nd re um to: , ABE M th - Tuesday & Thursday 8:00 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. All GED pUcants must be secondary oertift&1. All ABE applcant must be m n ry certl d. I r eetad eenclda hould bward Ie r of Interest nd oreden aa soon as poealble to: Benton Harbor Area School , Personnel Offlce PO Box 1107, Benton Harbor, MI 49023 or de ve; It'\:): 711 E. Britain Av riue, Benton Harbo;, MI. EOE � LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The aty of HI...…
…1811- Daniel A Payne, edu cator, was born. 1922 - The home of Frederick Douglass was made a national shrine. 1968 - Shirley Chisholm be came the first Black congress woman. 1982 - Quincy Jones wins five Grammys for The Dude, in cludingproducer of the year. Who ignited the Olympic flame in the 1984 Olympics? . For what role did Hattie cDani 1 an 0 r7 �: .' .' �� " -. l"t!p���la:::J;�ll I:.': 19 - Col. Frederick Gre- g...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 13 An Informed People Is A Free People FEBRUARY 13 - 19, 1994 BLACK HISTORY TODAY Victims await justice By ADAM YEO ANS •• oc,.,.d p,.. .. Writ., TALLAHASSEE, lao <AP) - When Fannie Taylor claimed a Black man broke into her house and beat her while her husband was away, a posse quickly fonn to t do h - tacker. Before it as over, th drunken mob had wiped out the yourmo t importan lac ig r ? mostly Black hamlet of ...…
…P trick w of young from a di adv ground, but cum tance cademically ally. ri n, who came ntaged back above hi cir- to exc 1 and prof ion- HE G UP in a South Sid Chicago neighborhood and was rai ed by a ingl parent. Patrick' road out of poverty be gan with a hola hip from "A Better Chan ," program for underprivileged youth, which enabled him to attend Milton Academy, located n r Boston. After graduation from Mil-: ton, P...…
…By CRAIG HIU. VALLORY-LEVI JOHNSON The meeting was held last week at the McGregor Public li brary on Woodward Ave. be t ween Rhode 1 land & Massachusetts where residents of Highland Park and city offi cials were in attendance. Leaders oftha group opposing TANYA SHARON cal waste to the incinerator. McLean said they had passed this information about the incin erator to block club p idents o� their representatives and the city...…
…of yet. During th qu 'on period, former City Councilman John P tterson id the area on Cali fornia i prime land for housing and should be used for that. T PROPERTY off th tax rolls, Patte on qu u- tioned, when the city is facing massive million dollar deficits? " By RON SEIGEL h I.n Cltlnn HIGHLAND PARK - The Highland Par Board of Educa tion unanimously approved an operating budget for Highland Park Community College (HPCC) ...…
…BRIEFS Three Rivers I y . By VERA WHITE Anti .. violence caravan traveling up Alabama the Arts, 107 North Main Pat- THREE RIVERS - February is rick Petillo of Ann Arbor will be Black History Month and for the the featured poet. Vern White of fourth year, oommittee members Three Rivers and local poets will and local leaders have organized make a special p ntation Co several activiti and events in sponsored by the Baha'i Faith in t...…
…OITO o L- olony Highland P r city official re pu hing a plan for new municipal comple and re encountering oppo ition. The rgument of the opponent boil down to ome very b ics: high cost in time of deficits nd downsizing. one of the numbers presented thus far h ve convinced us that the project i ctu lly do-able. But our objection is more basic. The whole proce city taff h invoked to get the city hall don only p rp tuates the colonial...…
…p h th panic button t ry mention of • conflict of in t· in th busin rena. We hould in greement that priso re big busin . But, have we noticed lately that prison ystems re rotten to the core ith dec' ions made out of conflicting interests. We should all have great dif ficulty believing that, at any time or in any way, the Depart ment of Corrections (DOC) has a prisoner's tinter t in mind. Yet, prison officials are given the tas...…
…A1 letter and comment . Plea' nd them to: in Michigan itiz n t -, CURRE TL Y THE MICHIG Insurance Federa tion and AAA Michigan have filed suit against the petition. Attorn y neral spok man Chris DeWitt said whether or not the law can be subject to referendum is an issue for the . courts to decide if a legal battle ensues. FAIR spokesman Rick Stoddard says if the issue goes to court he expects the appro prlatio 1angua ill be...…
…By TUREKA TURK M#Chlp.n Citizen I would like to first tart out by saying that I knew these brothers had it going on when I first aw their video "That's When Ya Lost" back in the warm days of summer. In the midst of flipping channels, I was compelled to stop when I saw a group of young Black men with a funky sound bouncing around in a place that looked like a tropical paradise. "What?" I thought, "No na ked women? No bouncing ...…
…The Artist of the H rl m Renalssanc • a one-hour documentary by Amber Edwards premiering Wednesday. February 16 at 10 p.m. ET on PBS st tlons nationwide (check local II tlngs). tell the little-known story of a group of Afrlcan·Amerlcan visual artists fighting racial prejudice and discrimination during a vibrant period of creativity In the 1920 and '30 . Narrat d by actor Jo Morton. the documentary combine more than hundred tunnlng, or...…
…o The B nton H rbor City Commi ion pprov d amen ed appropriations bud fo th F' cal � rof1993/9 t th ir F bru ry 7, m ting. ' Th 1993/94 pro bud had n imated nu of 6,111,700 nd th m nd d . bud t will have timated re nu of 6,858,200. The City mu t am nd t ir budget henev planned an ticip ted reveIlU and expendi tures have changed from hat originally anticipated at the beginning oft F' cal � . The General Fund' figu were revis...…
…• ave 1r1 a � 1 ppil J 111\ Inllt t \ \' (Pictured) 1 cup chopped tomat 2/3 cup peanut butter 2 tea poon It 12 hot chili ,cru hed 1 medium plant. cubed 1 yam, cubed 2 cup fr h or frozen okr ,thawed 6 cup ater 1 pound dried bl c -eyed . rin d 1 cup cubed t pork, rinsed liar gr n bell pepper, ch pped 1 tar e red bell pepper, chopped . S talk celery, liced 1/2-inch thick 1 (2-1/2 to 3) pound chicken, cut up Fr h ginger...…
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…Pr vious I b c fired b us th y minimally enforced, . d Diane Yupe, a S hOD Bannock an thropologist. Yupe id hertri I have disappeared its culture. "TIlE E too many luxuri , too many ocietal influ ences affecting Indian ," she said. "We can never exist in the old ays. In that case, it' impor tant to maintain and p erve our culture within ourselves to know who we are." It could mean the return of millions of American Indian a...…
…HELP WANTED Mlchlg ... Clttzen Aft.!. 2/13194 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING . The City of H ghl nd Park City Council will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, February 22, 1994 at 6:00 P.M. t> discuss the Ie and transfer of nd for the development of the fonner HoUday Inn property 10· cated at 42 Gerald Avenue In Highland Park, Michigan Legal Description: (42 Gerald) Lot 69 Birth P1aoe Mass Production Sub on au rter Sec 4, ...…
…EBRUARY 13, 17 6 - .- .... ; ...... 0 Jo , fi t BI ck Prote tant minister, was born. 1920 - t 0 1 b 11 w tabli hed in Kan City. 1970 - Jo ph l'IIIOAD�IIAa becam fi t Black member of ew York Stock Exchange. 1951 - The Uni ve ity of orth Carolina ad mitted its first African-American tudent. How many novels did W.E.B. DuBois publish after his 89th birthday? FEBRUARY 15, 1915 - Biologist Ern t E. J re ceived Spingarn Medal for...…
…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...…
