…VOL. XVI NO. 19 An Informed People Is A Free People MARCH 27 - APRIL 2.1994 By ESTHER WALLEN C.pltal HeM Service will work with neighborhood watch progr ms, clergy and busin to combat crime, but with a slightly different twist. They are inviting residents to "develop a relationship" with their area police officers. That idea will include bringing a new light to police beats. Officers are encouraged to meet more people in their com...…
…-p A2 Detroit pair assist gospel communitv a. Page AS p B1 VOL. XVI NO. 18 An/nfolfned Pc optc Is A f ft't' People MARCH 20 - 26. 1994 tablishment of guaranteed annual income for all Ameri cans at the poverty level. This would ensure that every Ameri can had t m to get food and pay rent. A guaranteed annual incom S. JOBS,B5 Grassroots G-7 qffers jobs solution: By RON SEIGEL DETROIT - Sunday, March 1 while U.S. Pr 'dent B...…
…p - Page AS Assault at West Point B1 By ESTHER WALLEN c.pIf!/ NeM S rvlce LAN ING - As Gov. John Engler' school fmance refonn plan' prepared tp take bat in th Mhrch 15 ballot, Detroit's Personal inoome tax ould decree. from 4.6 pe1'08nt to 4.4 percent. No change in the Sin Buain Tax. • Property tax A884B8S nta would be capped t � - . percent or the rate ofinfla don, whichever is 1 .A new state rea tate transfer tax of ...…
…-p ,\!elf Ilihle: II ill (111(/ Hoi)' ed? Paqe 83 VOL XVI tJO 16 �4f1lllfl'''IlI'(f F't'Op/t' I�; �4 r'l I' p, c p i«: MARCH 6 - 12.1994 • ea By STHER WALLEN C._,N ... s.tvlc. • o , , Ang la Davi launch By TUREKA TURK Speaking to a room jam packed with students at New York University F bruary 17, activist Angela Davis p nted her crusade against th penal yatem of th United States. "Ttl prison is offered a rem edy,· h i...…
…. An Informed People Is A Free People M .' INSIDE eh 01 By KRISTINA MARLOW c.pltll' N.w. s.rvtc. LANSING-Gov. John Engler propo ed a major overhaul in school financing Friday when he unveiled his spending plans for 1993-94. • Engler's "children' education guarantee" would dramatically c�an�e how education money is distributed by promising a base of $4,211 per student for districts that levy the state average of 34.6 mills. "W...…
…t., , VOL. XV NO. 18 ... 1 If /"'or ""'ei Pcoptc Is A Ft c«: Pcoptc MA H C H :) 1 -27. 1993 I J n. 18, 1 But the all-whit jury deliber- t d or about fi e hou Thursday b fore convicting Fiedler of care- l , rec or n Ii nt dis- ch e of ir nn using death. The charge' am' d meanor punishable by up to two years in prison. Fiedl T could ha faced a 15 y r entence on th man- ficial aid the money was withheld because of the college' failu...…
…VOL XV r�o 17 .1'1 {,'I, II '1" ,11'",l/'/I' t· /1 I " I)"n/l/, MARCH 14-20. 1993 Citizens plan lawsuit to 'stop casino �gambling By RONSEIGE Michl n Citizen community organization called De troi te United Agains t Casino G blinginpl to sue to prevent casiro gambling in Detroit am Highland Park. reservations. Under th e circumstanc ,it i felt th Governor of Michig a:oo the Secretary Interior could allow casino gambling on this par...…
…It J' II II VOL. XV NO H; I' I (' I' , "1 I'," 'I, t ,I ","'" II i , i'I"'t'.'I' March 7-13.1993 Blae ,Hi tary onth Program By RON SEIGEL f Root said. "We're trying to help the �::.:....==��_____ institution (HPCC) improve man agement and get bac on track." . "lope there is some under standing of what we are trying to do," h said. The s tate Department of Educa Hom action to withhold appropriated s tate aid to the college led...…
…... . '. '. VOL \IV NO 1't MARCH 2q APRIL 01 1 Q'IL' . eject schools' 500,000 plan A group of paren calling them- lvea "Blac P ren for Quality 1!ducation," said they upported em powered school but not by the board' $500,000 definition. All but one member of the Detroit Board of Ed lion, during a March 24 board mee ng at the School Center Building, voted to implement a school empowerment plan, as defined by a hired consulting ...…
…VOL XIV NO 1 R MARCH 22 - 2R 1992 Acorn pressures banks to invest in Detroit - PAGE A3 R v r dl crimination: , 0 uch thin ' By N HrrT "Discrimination is IICrilll_�n I d' crimination." Those are the words of John Roy Castillo, director of the Department of Qvil Rights, when ed about "reverse discrimination." "There i no uch thing reve discriminati�n," he aid. "Can a white person be di criminated agaimt? The answer i yes." • Df...…
…Blacks watch In frustration as whites debate South Africa' future 'One ,:IY GREG MYRE JlSSoaAfBDl'DSSWRlDR I SOWETO, South Africa (AP) _ . In Johannesburg, the lightposts are covered with voting posters. In Soweto, the all are spray-painted With angry graffiti. While white South Africa debates �hether it will end partheid in a �arch 17 referendum, many Blacks watch with �tration and warn they . on't tolerate any b cktrKking on po...…
…'1bdr miDdI by an ethic of .ex and greed and TB 0 L lac .on violence. Quantitati ely, m , aid, begiDS ith leaders ho medl more their encourage acts of violence or minds than home, eaure and unj t treatment of people if it benefi their 0 pwposes. He VALU E. 10 'Colonial m t r Ith a bunch of Willi Horton ' o.rl I a date 0' '.ur De ocr. tic c.Ddld.te. I •• t eek, 'or-mer C.lllor I. GOyerDOr Jerry BrowD e ar ed Ark. •• GOyerDOr Bill CIi...…
…THE LSON Neighborhood Project in Mu egon has been named the fir t in a four-part pilot project involving the Department of Social Services (DSS), the Dep rtment of Education, the Public Health Department and the Menta} Health 1. Bach of th pro' Will receive a portion of $500,000, aD()cateQ for Communities First in fate's 992-93 bu. to up a pilot program in their field, e !att three are set to announce the target areas for their p...…
…by DERRICK C. LEWIS Staff Writer The United States General Accounting Office (GAO) has identified more than $250 mil lion in Medicaid claims not paid to the state which Michigan Blue Cross/Blue �.��.��� ve i bility or, a ordi to a GAO report given by Rep. J ohn Conyers during a news conference last Monday. The claims date back to 1972, with the Medical Ser vices Agency (MSA), which administers the state's $2 bil lion Medica...…
…gonH i h byMICHA CHILLICUTI' Mulh,on Co",spoNl.nt Ju t ix month ago. JoAnn Robert w ppointed su perintendent of Muskegon' Height Publ ic Schools. Now six months later, he ha be come the t rget of thre t and an attempted fire bombing at her home. Robert ha vowed to repair the Muskegon Height School sy tem, which she s Id I. In "ruin ." She blamed the recent thre t nd violent ac tion on politician nd Ichool official who have...…
…Caddying pays off tor Detroit students Kudo to four Detroit high Ichool students, ho were. prolent d ith four-year Icholarships from the Bvan Scholar Founs! ion at la t T aday Detroit' school board eetin . C I Technic 1 Hi h School loniorl Tod Willon, brothers a e and Shawn Ward, and Rc aiaunce Hig School I.aior Kevin Siefker ore the Blacks can· fight media • racism b1 Lea A. SalDuel Corr •• ,oNl'nt , " , . tereotypical ima...…
…ome ay that it I . the most concentrated location for craclc cocaine le in e on County. But the resident of t Par anor, nown a 'Brie City', de cribe it a a nellbbor oocS tbat ent from being a relatively nice place to live, &0 a crime-infested baven for crack cocaine dealen nd en In j t 0 year.. . Tbe 200-u it public ho in project in the northeast drant of MUlke on ei bts il predominately Black. It I al 0 dra n a lot of attention from p...…
…ey d NNPA N� Service WASHJ GTON, D.C. African-American Ie der , call ing for cea e-Iire in the Per ian Gulf War, have adopted a n tion- I trategy which includes up port for con cientiou Objector nd war re ister nd rete e of n "open letter" urging Pre ident Bu h to begin negoti lion iHl Iraqi President S dd m Hu ein, Participants at a recent day- long me ting convened under the aus ice of the National o by are hi her amon whi...…
…DETROIT - In the 19605 it egro, In the 191 it i\fr� rican. In the 1980s it B In the 1 it still is Bia At le t for an ccurate coun ·th the u.s. Ce II African-Americans must t Black Am rican on the prt By Li I t rop Capila/ Ne 'S Service LANSI c census form race question, said Betty Appleby, a Cen us Awarene War op Coor dina or. During Neighborhood Builder Alliance and Detroit Complete Count CoiDmittee wor hop held March 21...…
…·ASH) GTO - Tran·· Africa Executive Director Ran dall Robinson characterized first meeting arch 12 of Af'ricail American leaders with Secretary of St te J ame A. B er, III on U.S. policy in frica as "co ructi e, focused and is ue-b sed . and a discussion that been 10 overdue .. " TtaJiSAfrica reque ed the lDCebIl' ag with B er a more policy-focused folio -up to a meetiDg it eld with . t Secretary of St te Herman . January,' 11...…
…By Bernice Oro Corr . ondent ._._....... ..._ " _._._-_.-_ _-- m. TO II A ItBOR M ry Defoe. pr side m of the Twin Citic Branch of NAACP. told the city commi ion Mon d y. March 5, he would like to ee the 'city of Benton Har bor come in compliance with flirmative action. DcFoc : aid sh ha a ked (or a copy of the city' affirm tive ction plan, but has not r ccivcd one yet. She also read the commis ion p rt of the affirmative c...…
…troit utility Community m nd �SU Tru e r tr ct KKK comp rl on Farrakahn' destructive like the KKK. "Ho in your right mind could you make such a te- ment?" Peyton's letter ed. The Ku Klux Klan· a group of proven murder, r pi t, lyncher , and co ants. You, Mr. Owen cannot say the same thing bout Minister Far rakahn." The letter w endorsed by Governor Bl nch rd, COD gresSmaD Jo Conyers, Mayo . CIIpitlll News SetVice LA SING ...…
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…I I Pro e pc Amurcon D m nd d ent Ing By DETROIT - A chanting line of picketer demonstrating in front of Amurcon Apartment Management Comp ny's Southfield office able to ac complish h t earlier mcetinp had failed to achieve - a promise by Amureon that things ould get better. The March 9 demonstration organized by members 0 the Hou ing Co lition Core Group (HCCG), tenants of 11 buildings located in downtown . Detroit all m...…
…Stud nt rg U. m n ment; curriculum and A a er D d KallII�.U In reponse to continous stream of re tionary beb vior by the Howard U. administr - tion, university udents halted the school' annual Charter Day convocation. University presi- Fa . S. Capital News Service LA. SI G - Gov. James Blanchard said the Legi lature's Blac Caucus' criticism ofhi St te of the State addres simply was the lawmakers' yof etting 1m at tention. ...…
…o cia By hy r Capital News Service LA I G - Although dropout rates arc a significant I concern, the problem is shifting with the state's new service economy to affect the middle class. omi Bryon, consultant for the bur u of educational ervices in the state Department of Education, said she bcli ves part of the dropout problem is due to parents who didn't en courage their children to get an education, because the parents didn...…
…� r' cone rn , . 3 --TAT o , Whereever he went in Michigan campaigning for votes in the March 26 Democratic caucuse , Jesse Jackson was met by overflow crowds roaring their enthusiasm. The response to Jackson was constant, widespread and massive. In Kalamazoo, 4,000 turned out to hear Jackson where Michael Dukakis drew only 500 and Die Gepheardt, 7 . In Benton Harbor a city of 13,000, over �OOO Came to hear Jackson; in Ann Arbor, 5...…
…By Alii J DETROIT - Jesse Jackson brought his campaign for the nat ion's h· ghest office to Michigan where he found pack ed halls, spirited followers and a cadre of dedicated volunteers determined to make history. Driving home his message of reinvestment in America, stop the dope the borders, job ; peace and economic justice, Jackson offe ed his listeners in Detroit, Thu sday, a sharp con trast to the r alities of the day's he...…
…_. c o By A) J . e poorest campaign, the richest message, the broadest reach," is how Presidential can didate Jesse Jackson explained his sweep of the South on Super Tuesday, the 2O-state primary. �e, the people can win!" Jackson earned first place in four states, second in the rest and out polled ,every other can didate when all the votes from all the states were tallied, Jack son workers told the press Wed nesday. In a ...…
…unequ ByRho cia B. I Capital News Service LANSING - Equality and justice are just some of the rights people of every race, gender, color and creed are supposed to enjoy as United States citizens. But many argue that there is a disproportionate number of minorities to whites serving sen tences in jails nationwide. And some believe that women receive unfair and insen itive court decisions in cases concerning rape and abuse. Whi...…
…Z STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY" "SERVING THE ARCH 29 -:- APRIL 4 Jackson cal He . d institutional racism has manifested itself in both the university setting and government policy due to co rvative political trends brought on by the Reagan administration. "My mixed emotioo is that e're on the right cause e fi racism and fascism, but in 1987 it's th wrong ag� " Jackson said. Instead, students should now concern themselve with ...…
…�. "SER VING THE STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN CO MARCH 22' 28, 1987 NEWS BRIEFS CP co FEDER TE FL GS RE OYED Greenvill .. - The A P h pa dare luti n calling f r the removal of Confederate fl flying above the tate capital buildin in outh C rolina and I barna. The re luti n al called on Georgia and issis ippi to remove onfederate ymbol fr m their tate flags. The civil rights rganizati n uthea t Regional Direct r Earl Shinhoster declared ...…
…"SER VING THE VOL. IX NO.16 ·z STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY" • B T PHE GREGORY In an extraordinary display of support to rid the University of racism, 61 members of the Univer ity community, including Pre ident Harold Shapiro, told a commit of state legislator about their experi e ith ra i m and offered suggestion on ho to com tit About 800 peopl crammed in the Michigan Union' s Grand Ballroom to listen tudent , former ...…
…VOL. IX NO. 15 USER VING THE .� z STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMJl1UNITY" ac Rev. Jesse Jackson is the targe of a national grassroots drive urging him to support the running of an independent African-American presidential candidate in 1988. The petition ing campaign, which aims to deliver on million signatures to Jac n is being led by Dr. Lenora Fulani, the only African-American woman to run for Governor of e Yor Stat in a con...…
…Who's more likely to ed- male or lem USER VING THE c • • o eft Plge 8 STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COlV[ll1UNITY" NEWS BRIEFS KLAN TO PAY $7 ILLION obil Alabama - In fir of it ind ruling last wee. , the United Klan of America and . of its present or past member ere ordered to pay 7 million for their role in the I9} idn p-murder of a Blac teen er. The verdict by an all- hit jury a arded to the family of ich I Donald ho dy left ha...…
…rrien jai rs VOL. VIII NO. 18 ARCH 30 - APRIL 5, 1986 AWARD NORWOOD $300,000 y a By STEVE GERSTEL WASHI GTO The Senate confirmed the nomina tion of Sidney Fitzwater of Texa to a lifetime appointment as a federal judge de pite charges by Democrats that he tried to scare offBlac voter in an 1982 election. The coat ored 52-42 to confirm the 32-year-old tate jurist nominated by Pre ident Reagan to the u.S. District Court for t...…
…LA AZOO: A tory of triumph by K lamazoo youth 2 VOL. VIII NO. 17 ARCH 24 - 30, 1986 fac s -u. By Larry . Still WASH GTO NPA)- Unle the problems of alienated Black youth, who cannot b ab rbed into the job market re solved oon by the govern ment and private enterpri , the United State may one day face condition similar to m upri n in Haiti, the Philli pin d South Africa, Dr. D uglass Glasgo , director of the Washington bure...…
…25 VOL VIII NO. 16 RCH 16 • 22, 1 86 On the 40th Anniversary of the p g of the Full Employ- ment ct of 1946, John E. J cob Pre . dent of the ational rb Le gue, decl red in W sh in on, D.C. on Thur day, 6 1986, th t th pro contained in that ct 'have come to nothing' and prom s of the Humphrey � ....... a;ii.u Full Employment ct ant Inclalr hlngton Po t corro PLANT,Ark.-A dozen farmers re gather d in th c paciou machin hed o...…
….. . . , , . � .. I I. '. r -TumtoP 4 r Ign A GIVE LIFE SE TENCE e p rt, R.I. - Black Navy Petty Officer itchell Gar ray, Jr. ntenced recently here to life in prison after b ing convicted of murdering hi commandin officer. His attorn y contend d that th 22 year old Garraway had been a victim of r cism hile erving aboard the frigate USS iller. The avy had ked for the death penalty in the case. Ho ever, th life entence enable Gar...…
…ULKRATE U .. Po ta PAID Benton Harbor, 14e<>22 PermIt No. SO Addr' Cor. R'qst 25 THE CITIZEN ARCH 3 - 9, 1986 :I@f%tlItl�:�ltItrlJl:Iffttl�lrtrltI1rl�tl1nl:ttIIttl1tIl1�ltiItlt:1IrfJtmrIttt�f�:11tIlf�@t:tt::II:1�::IIr@I@:tt@lf�I�:I�lf:tl1tltt\�jtI�j};:��: u, COpS old crim co fab YO - Th meri- n Ci il Liberti Union, P Ad nt D p rrrnent of Public r ty nd om 0 other or niz tion ill hold n ti nal conf r n r h 6- , in Atlan G O...…
…TOPAG Junk Food and Early Death VOL. VII CH 31, 1 test score can and u d to examine curricu velopments, determine De d , analyze udent progre in b . c and identify school dis tricts that need impro ment 10.5 in reading and math skills. 0.1 The EAP Handbook cau- .1 15.5 Co· on 4 � 21 100.0 10.5 1 .4 14.0 grade mth te for tenth re ding and following of t th grade ichigan Educational A sment Program ores for reading a...…
…'do All Reporters at the scene in Uitenh e tirnated that more than 50 other marchers ere wounded, many cri1ically, hen a con . gent of 19 police offl opened fire on the crowd ott pointb range with u omatic rifle, pi tols and otguns. Senator Edward Kennedy an nounced on n tional television that he had receiv d reports from church official in South Africa that at I a 40 per om h d beensho. The incident w one of the bloodi t s...…
…gan -Tum to PIIt 4 Citiz n To P.ublish on .. I Mondays HARBOR - This . city wiD lay to re 01 and best kn n reUgious leaders hen mourners titer at nelay, rch 25 for the of ev. .E. £llis, or of Pilgrim R t Baptist urc . Re. Ellis p d Sunday, reb 17 just two days after . congregation celebrated hi 93rd birthday ·th a special rvice. Burial will be in Crystal. Springs C metery. Friend may t Robbins Brothers Funeral y from 11:3...…
…Committee of Urban Le e and the Ur- b n Le gue Juniors ill ponsor 'Eye On Opportunity" Youth Car r Conference, Satur d y, rch 16th t the Christian Community enter, Hac ey at t J rman from : 30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Th motto ed or attendtng hool inter ted high school stu dent who ek care r infor mation and direction as well opportunitie . , e keynote spe er, n- .A .. employed. otor Company, arborn, ichigan and is cti Iy invol ...…
…or that require new major system like heating. Although mo t started in th 1970s, veral are over 30- yea -old. For the most part, they are arted by parent and te che ho were dis- tisfied ith hat they felt ere in dequaci in the public hools. - The curricul at�se schools inc ude b lc re ding, math, d writing. But many of them introduce an "open door" policy, ahhoup t . rally requbed for pIKe t. Y ve long 'ting . t and operate ...…
…L "," GARY HART A D BLACK AMERI CA -T TO PA E 6 SUIT TA GETS VOL. VI O. 17 ARCH 28 - APRIL 3, 1984 ISSISSIPPI VOTI G LAWS -TURN TO PAGE 2 BE TO HARBOR - The Southwestern Michigan Southern Christian Leadership Conference SCLC) will m et turday, rch 31 at 10 a.m. t • ogre lve Bap Church, to discu the possibility of reopening the C . Dr. Daniel E. Cook, pre Ident of SCLC, made the nnounce t nd said letter had been sent to area c...…
…o Vil fAUBUS DORSES J CKSO -PAGE3 ADDRESS CORRECllO I REQUESTED .. ACK P OG SSIVES CO VE E I ATlA T -PAGE 3 VOL. VI NO. 16 MARCH 21 - 27, 1984 • • By T rry elly ST. JOSEPH - Despite plans for ex panded bus rvice throughout the Twin Citie Benton Rarbor city. will remain . the only municipality to subsidize Dial A-Ride, according to a recently relea d nsportation study. Benton Harbor's sub' dy is $36,600 thi year nd will incre...…
….. / . 1 MICHIGAN·DEMOCRA TS TAKE THEIR PICK SA TURDA Y Story and Caucu loe tion on Page 3 25e ORTH OF MA DUSTRIAL PA.�K PLA MILLER ST. Benton Harbor officials -like the proverbial city slicker who m de his living lling the Brooklyn Bridge to touri t - will be mar keting property they don't own, have no intere t in or right to, and can't afford to buy. OVer 50· property own ers and residents of the propo d orth of ain a...…
…,... _ • .--1 1 RETUR CA JACKSO REGAl ( MOME TUM? � To th del" t of many r ers, Tum to ge 7 t VOL. VI NO.1. MA CH 7 -13, , ••• o The goal of Benton Harbor com munity development doe not trans late from the job into his private investments for Community Services Department Director William Lilly, if a fOI:'J11er tenant and the camera Y eye are to be believed. According to courthou record, Lilly is purchasing the property at ...…
…oc In prepared st tement re d at the onday night city cornmis . n meeting by County Commi loner Fred Bird, the errien County Democratic Party char d Enterpri Zon ChairmanRo- ert J c n of expre . rprisingly p rti ttitude" in his lobby' .efforts. he atement a jointly issued by County Commi sioner Baird, illie e County Democrat' Chair Verlin Zimmerman Fourth Co re ional Di triet Chair Larry . I n Benton H rbor mocratic Club Chair Da...…
