…women German get jail in race motivated attack stJHI.. GERMANY - Two Ger man skinheads aged 21 and 16 were tenced to prison in January for a racially motivated attack on two Americans. The incident occurred last October when the two led a group which harassed Black American ath lete Robert Pipki at a disco. Pipkins was aided by teammate Duncan Kennedy, who is white. Both of them were then beaten up by the group of 15 skinhea...…
…-� L___\I{I!:_�\_(_'_"_' _j "I EEL THEY hould put a limit on 80 pirin rather than coverage," he'd. Aexx>rding to th Michigan In uranceFederation(MIF), nin urance lobbying group, 259 people ha ceeded 1 million in claims over the p t 15 y However, Cooper ys it tim for the ape of strophic injury to build up ince often it i a life-long condition. Philip Co tello, member of the firm Braunlich, R nd Braunlich PC in Monroe, . d tha...…
…By RO SEIG L ItIlchlg n Cit zen for io U.S. Committee for UNICEF pre ident Dr. Gwendolyn Calvert Baker (center) ccepts the National As ociation of Negro Busine and Profe ional Women' Club contribution for UNICEF programs in Somalia from NANBPWC executive director Ellen Gr yes (left) and Helen Scott (r), chairper on of UNICEF project . o o f ee • a Riden of the M tropolitan Detroit area will have the oppor tunity to discu the fut...…
…o W part of a movement of grass roo peopl This Week in Black History ebruary 6- 2 FEBRUARY 9, 1964-Ar- thur he Jr. became the Who was the first Black first African-American on ,pitcher in the major leagues? U.S. Davis Cup team. 1965- Martin Luther King Jr. met with President Lyndon Johnson at the White Hou to discuss Black voting rights. 1962 - Diahann Carroll gained first romantic lead in an all-white Broadway musi cal, No Str...…
…01 0 , • clin in African-American vo participation within the political proc 0 r the past twenty ye . In 1992, barely 45 pe nt of th Amam-American regis t red vote ballo for the p idency. In e York City, th re are hund of thousands of unreg istered Black vote , and nearly one-h If million regi tered BI c vot ho failed to up port David Dinkins last Novem ber. Million of African-Americans f I that the el ctoral system has n...…
…Readers Write DOl to roll th dice and have "noise congestion, and traffic downtown" in its qu t to become � "world class city" and bring casino to its downtown. Detroit can't afford th luxury to I t all that traffic and MONEY go through the tunnel nd over the bridge to Windsor when it could capture orne of that MONEY. So let's have a "world cl city." Lets have "noise, congestion and traffic downtown." Lets hav casino gambling, because ...…
…all 69-00 for ore 'formation. A1 Hows: m-8pm m-4pm WV1Cl NT ROBERT HARRI TR " KATHRY YA EZ SEC"ETARY T1TU cCLARY con HIGHLAND P-ARK,MICHIGAN UonI Club I AM'S Showca Supper Club, 12111 Hamilton, H.P. p Th purple ribbo will be dis tributed at the Detroit Urban League he dquarter f of charge. Donatio being c oopted to contribute to t cam paign. e pec 1m: top the violence Forty-sixpercent ofall chil dren in the cit...…
…- ByAW 0 JO E CBICAGO-It' Black His tory Month. The special hows, announcements, arti cl and events are quickly filling up your calendar. But, wait. This is the year to expe rience up close the source of this great history, a trip to Africa. Now, since actually traveling bac across the At I,antic is beyond the reach of moat, there is a worthwhile substitute that is doable: a trip to Chicago to take in the new Africa Exhibi ...…
…Ash Ii ·Adi1kira· printilg stamp. BASKETBALL GA E - Manhood Round Ball Classic - Alabama A&M University Bulldogs vs Morehouse College Tigers presented by Man hood Inc. at the University of Detrolt Mercy (Call han Hall - Uvernols at McNichols) at 4pm. Detroit area high schools 'battle of the bands' will be held at 1 pm. Tickets on sale at De troit Subw�y restaurants. Call (834- 0088). EXHIBIT - A historical look at U.S. Auto Sho...…
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…Norplant comes under crtticism Michigan- orplant, the five-year contrac ptive, will 'be made available in Michigan be ginning April 1. The tate is planning to di tribute $500,000 worth of the contr ceptive to low-income women d perate to control their family size, teenagers who would other w isc opt for abortions, and dru U ers giving birth to ad- dict d babic . . dema P iti n 0 ci ht white in e h po ition. Th ficc r king th...…
…, False testimony can add to term, high court says Washington-The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that defendants who take the stand in their own defense and com .. mit perjury may be adding to their pri on time for obstruc tion of justice. Writing for the Supreme Court, Justice Anthony Ken nedy said that "a defendant's right to testify-does not incl ude the right to commi t perjury. The appeals court say that the threat of ...…
…- Decentralized rvi -!nefti ienl computerization. W inwright P nted a tentative plan involving an agreement with the Municipal Development Group (fMDG). Under thi agreement TMDG would pure building in Highland Park at California nd Woodward Avenue, recently v c ted by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employ The city would I it to con olidate municipal office functions, some of them now held in perate bundlngs at remote loc...…
…THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY B t!II 1870 and 1900, how many Black members of u.s. Con r were there? , What was the weight limit for ,. ship transporting slaves betwet!ll American ports? MARCH 2, 1867 - U.S. Coe- enacted charter to' tablish Howard Unive ity. 1976 Follow ing i original production at the AMAS Musical Theater, Bubbling Brown Sugar opened at Broad way' ANTA Theater. 1947 - Benjamin O. Dav Jr. was first Black Air For...…
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…EDITORIAL \'IE\YS &: ()PI�H),\ ell-ou Black i city-whe n't enough Detroit i Sell-out city, Th mayor' campaign ch t of millions i being used to push hi own private ag nda, new r ports have r vealed. The ize to which Young' kitty h ballooned. the length of hi reign. the number of andals i nvolvi ng his aid and above all, the plight 0 th African American population under his term exceed in all r pects the political dy nasties of other...…
…READERS WRITE peop ,thmwhydo me &I�r-."".':'" P PIE seem to the I 8IX1 each other. Evay y B kill, rob, and tape each other. y wrecking their bodies with � am aIcoool. Many Black womenare WIeCldng tlmbodi aOO their bali for "fix". Many of our Black yo are killing ore amther for a coat or a pair 0 • Many m to love their m1 exploi , b ba tbemgelves.l..ove their e�mi but themselves. What a shame! ! ! What a shame! ! Many 0 our cdebrated a...…
…I t- econo ot , in m ny uniqu r ci I mi , c n-Americ n, Cribb n, Euro- p n, nd w il uth rn cultur s. In the 1950s and 196 , the city wa a peculiarly segregated city; yet d pite its com plicated racial . and ethnic i entity - the creoles, who w re both whi te and Blac , people of Irish, German and Ital ian descent, Latin Americans and Bla (who represented s6meo 40 percent of the city's population) and heat d desegregation bat...…
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…Senior Service Line hy rw1.ltlld.l C tur Ic� Soap Scraps by Sell Groves STRANGER THAN ncnox Jam Patrick Healy (ex "Dynas. ty," ex "Santa Barbara") was charged with trying to slash the throat of his sister's estranged hus band during a family argument. My West Coast sources say to expect some startling revelations bout the talented, but volatile, lrish-bo Australian actor, if and when thi case goes to trial. RETURN TRIPS: Joeep...…
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…DETRorr - Although th crowd that entered Wayne State Univer- ity Matthaei -Comple w mall, the cheering and houting w tb perfect ckground for the show down between two of the b t vol leyball teams in the City Of Detroit, Cas Tech and Henry Ford, at the Detroit Public School Girl Volleyball Championship held on February 18th. ' D pite the agres ive and barp play of Henry Foro, Cas Tech raI-· lied from behind to in both matches. T...…
…/ 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...…
…o RD members have u ted that tate offi ci ,und r the dministration of Michigan Governor John Engler, wl h to d' redit th colle and wish it to die. Board m mbers y the attac on the college i . t prejOOice ' against a college which i predominately ac and prejudice against the poor. State official , HP Bo rd members say, d ire to th deficit by cutting money for a college which provid equal education alopportunity. "I l!_ate to p...…
…) "�,u.nGTO -The Pen tagon ys it a� in the fi 1 1992 year, $129 billion worth of military contra , an 8 percent d line. Californi received 21.2 percent of the $112 billion a arded in the United Sta a Defense Department report ·d. Another $17 billion w awarded to contractor in American territories like Guam and Puerto Rico. Georgia nearly doubled the value of i contra over 1991, with a 1992 total of $3.8 billion, while the val...…
…CALENDAR ed The Alzh imer' ocia- . tion-Detroit Area Chapter i e king volunteers to i twilh an Adult Day Care Program for perso with a memory imp ir- o ment. The next training i on three con cutive Saturday (Fi b. 27 through rch 1) from 9 .m. to p.m. Call 7- 2n. Tax assistance program offered The and th tional ociation of Bl ck A ountants are offering a free tax i tan program at th D tr it Public Library to prepare ta forms f...…
…111(;IIL.\�J) P.\I{K "You may WI'iu me down in his· tory with your b . , twistedlia, you may trod me in the le)' dirt, but still, ��/'UrUe." -Dr. It' row time for African History Month, popularly koown Black tory Month. We m t endeavor to p our history upfront and in mental f� all year long. We m t keep in mind that the African·American male' till an endangered sped and they are in need of more upport and help as we rrove toward...…
…tor» QI1lI'lOSOn 0 through cduca . oountry. He equallye piouing the ri 0 the righ 0 all Ameri with an emp . onduewmwercthebard est hit by inequality and inj My frieIXl mI former Greenbe Dean of Col Ie, Thurgood ball' tant t the NAACP Le Defeme Fund from 1949 to 1961. When Thurgood went to the S�reme O:>urt, � chose .Jack to ucceed him bead of the Legal Defe F\u¥t. J for many of when he remem rs thc giant of man woo led and ...…
…THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY 21·27 12, Who wrote tlu! poem to Harlem"? With whas recording label did the Four Top ing in 1964? FEBRUARY 23, 1924 == 01 d H ye , Inger, awarded Spingam Medal for hi international reputation in the music world. 1907 - Al In Locke, first Black to in highly coveted Rhodes Scholarship. 1868 - W.E.B. DuDo , scholar-activist and author of The Souls of Black Folk, wa born. 1979 - Frank E. Pete en Jr. b...…
…EDITORIAL -� • da ge Th right wing nu in the tate legi laulre are propo ing what they call crime fighting reforms. What i ing proposed will only get police offi ers killed while al '0 uther eroding civil rights in the name of drug wars. Th Republican-legi lat rs n w have the numb rs they feel to push throught th legi lature th ir conservative, anti-liberty agenda. Th y want to give cops the right to push own doors and invade hom wit...…
