…VOL. XVI NO. 27 An Informed People is A Free People MAY 29 - JUNE 4. 1994 JAMAL, FO R pok man for th Bl By CRAIG HILL Sp.cl.' to the Mlchl".n CltlDn By obeying the 55 miles an hour peed limit on the exp t N 10 CoaUtlo of SJaCks ror tio in Amer- t OOB III bring th country' transportation to a halt on Jun nth (June 19). According to a letter written by Kalonji Olusegun, national co-chairperson for N'COBRA, the demonstration will b...…
…Police draft tough curfew law Page Sf) VOL. XVI NO. 26 An Informed People is A Free People MAY 22 . 28. 1994 o· By JERYL BARGINEAR IIlchlll.n Citizen CALLTOO DE Funeral servi were held Saturday, May 14, 1994 at Fel- 10 hip Chapel Church, 19555 W, McNichols Road, for an ava ricious alien, usurping tier, a blasphemous b t, called - Apartheid South Africa. Many dignitarie were on hand to r witn to the un precedented eulogy tha...…
…• VOL. XVI NO. 2fl An Informed People.' is A Fret" People MAY 15 ·21. 1994 Citizen Empow rment for a Clean Enviornment (CECE) chief Vallory Levi-John on peak during a community meeting. Detroit citiz By RON SEIGEL � eC?jal_!o the Michl an Citizen __ DETROIT - In the 60's there were charges that "urban re newal" represented "Black Re moval," forcing African Americans (and poor people of all races) from their homes, de stroying n...…
…ANC economic plan: $10 billion P.tJ.!t· 1\'2 VOL. XVI NO �.f.. An Informed People is A Free People MAY 8 - 15. 1994 'How cheap ·5 Black life?' o • a By RO SEIGEL Michl .n Citizen HIGHLAND P - Highland Park Mayor Linsey Porter authorized the Highland Park City Council to hold a "special m ting" in Canada to discu budget issu with his present administration. Th meeting, which the ad ministration calls a "retreat" will be hel...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 24 An Informed People Is A Free People MAY 1 - 7.1994 Min. Malik Shabazz, protested K-mart Department Store with a rna demonstration at the Plymouth/Southfield locale, on behalf of Albert Scott, presi dent/owner of NU-MRK, a Black-owned insecticide prod- uct. . As a prelude to the picketing, a rally was held at the Robinson House Community Center, lo cated at 111 Oakman Blvd, un der th di ion of William and Cheryl...…
…8 By AUSO JONES "'ch' .n Citizen TWo now before t courts are challenging the practice of all-white juri dec; Jing the fate of Black defendants !D Michigan. In federal court in Grand Rapid , Bnimeu Jon i king to have hi conviction by an all-white jury. of c unarmed robbery overturned becaus Bl c were y tematically omi tted from Kalamazoo Cireui t Court juries for a decade. And in Berrien County, an evidentiary hearing on jury t...…
…LO Y prey on the hi torical game of choice for Af rican America : t Daily Three am the Daily our. T gam were invented in the BI community which 'pi yed the illegal treet numbers, or policy gam long b ore Michigan i tl tuted it own Lottery in 1973. The treet 'gam are still widely pl yed in the Blac community. According to figures released by th Lottery Commi ion, African Americans pi the D 'Iy Three M Four ga ar more etten than ...…
…VOL. XV NO. 26 I\n tnt ot nunt People Is A FIC'C' People MAY 16-22. 1993 D .121' $14.1 $7.0 • • DETROIT -D troit rryin th Lottery. Though the city p pulation i only on -ninth of th D troiters count for a full on -fourth of the Lott ry r venu . Detroit citizen belled out nearly $2 5 million doll in 1 2 in the hop of bing in on one of 7 game of chance d igned to fuel th tate' education fund by feeding on poor p ple' dreams of w lth. ...…
…Black Nurses lift up community -Page A-7 HP residents: Cuts will decimate city --Page A-4 -p 81 VOL. XV NO. 25 An Informed People Is A Free People MAY 9-15,1993 NAARPR conference held in Detroit Davi ., Chavi tn wfocu for movement By LEAH SAMUEL ad nt all walks of life gathered to hear issu dis c ed and find inspiration to truggle for jus ti e. "We'v com to celebra 20 y . of strug gle - organizing, mobilizing and buildin...…
…Africans bring their sport to Detroit PAGE A7 VOL. XV NO. 24 A IJ int cn nu-ct Pc oot» h A F,f'(' People MAY 2-8.1993 er, Sheffield· moo queationed by Dealbom Police Chic Ronald Deziel. "By the time 1 advised (the etbal ult ind t Sheffield aM • col .. MQmbers of Save Our Spirit Coalition (80S) discuss alternative to Mayor Young's proposed 1993-94 budget for the Community Development Block Grant Program. SOS members feel there need...…
…VOL XIV NO. 28 MAY 31 - JUNE 6. 1992 Coalition of 1 00 Black Women honors 10 - - PAGE B7 BH ignores residents in land giveaway Prison officials veto condoms PO T LAUDERDAJ...E, (AP) - Y eh Ben Yahweh, the African American religious leader accused of ordering hi followers to kill, maim and bum non-members, w convicted last Wednesday of con spiracy. Juroll returned only a partial ver dict in the five-month federal trial. Some ...…
…- ., I, y r olt Artl t Curtla Lewl. unv ned h mural ·X· at Mu um of Afrlc n American HI tory d plctlng the m •• n. of empow rm nt available to African Am rlcan : th vote, the atr ngth offamlly, and duca. tlon. Abdullah Om r, M Icolm;. old t brother, aid • im • In rio By Terry Kelly to follow the law , according to NAAAB President Virgil Cobb . "Dozier and Thoma re re- earching and exploring what venues are open to us, includi...…
…-No Job., no Ju ee, no peace- chant d th d monatratora pick Ing the con ruction alt. of th n Veteran Ad· mlnatration Ho.p I at Canfl.1d and Bru h In Detroit. Above David Burnley, of arlin Build ra walka the picket lin Thuraday, ay 14. ( photo) ------- --- - ; .;.... � .. ''\'''\4 .. e :: 'j ,'. I I ; .. :h..... . ' By TERRY KELLY DETROIT-Architects, I borers, engineers, draftsmen, builders, carpenters and the unemployed -125 stron...…
…: LOS ANGELES (AP) - The rival . load and Crip gan y they have [oined fo , but for t e ct purpo e they won't y. A flier ddre ed to g ng members i ciJculating on the tree with the ge "Open season on LAPD." • The Police Department, while, . d it i inve tigating s repo th t gang members a leading role in I t week' o . In an unusual gathering of the au:henemy treet g on Tuesday, lp and Blood leaders aid the riots • w t inner-city BI ...…
…I U L "There' ying t hen the n tional economy ge cold, Michigan gets pneumonia," Arthur nti del, n oci te profes or at the Wayne St te University School of Social Wor t Sunday, Anti del poke at an open forum, "Unemployment: Familie at Ri k," held t the Midwe t Labor Institute for Social Studie . Hi lecture focused on what be called "hidden cos " of jobl n an(Hhe in ction on the part of lawmakers to alleviate it. "Michigan has s...…
…',/Ut "', tJ( ", •• I t. IlIII' 1 1·,' I) t " , , " ' " - P3gC 2 Liberian Tragedy Continues • byD D ClJpillll New Senice LANSING-The budget cut th t could hurt the rt com munity in Michlg n will hurt all of the community, but it ill hit minority rti t e pecially hard. Orant given to the art have been su pended at this ti me nd Gov. John Engler plan to elimin te those grant . The executive director of the Michigan Advocate f...…
…ts tr Ie, In the 1 1 Lo I P. a d Enlyn S It lr t mend eat Award by tbe ord H II orum t a tribute to ber, eld at ortbea ter U Inr Ity In Do ton, M , May S. Mn. Par wa onored for her lifetime of ervlee to tbe principle of free peee . She I joined he re by Elma Le I (I) artistic director of the National Center for tbe M sen of Afrlun-A eric b Artl ts and local children after t e award ceremoDY. (pboto: (c) DOD West). U ba . Le...…
…NATIO AL CHAM.PIONS- Highland Park Community Hllh Scbool' "ParU Be rs" captured back-to-baek national titles In parliamentary procedure, last month, In KI Immee, Florida. T e' even member team members are Vlcent Bryant, eated, and left to rl ht, Dara Jobnson, Anqulnette Hughe , Candace Hunter, Le Ite Kilgore, Sylvia Looney and Key Cbr topher. Bry nt, wbo affectionately call blm elf Kina, w dethroned, John on ld, when be explained the te m...…
…Actlvl t Angel Davl preached the revolution of If-help during her Detroit visit promotln the Black Women's Black' Women work on health by DERRICK C. LEWIS Staff Writer .The Detroit Black Women's Health Project hosted activists Angela Davis and Byllye Avery to speak on issues af- . fecting Black womens health, last Friday at Wayne County Community College Downtown Campus. The night's topic was "The Politics of Black Women's Heal...…
…ASH I GTON, D.C. - - African-American I ol1l.Dizatio exci aDd thrilled that South African anti- partheid symbol elsOn odela is comiog to America JUDe 20-30, but they are protesti plans to invit Frederic W. deKJer presi- dent of t African country' all-white government, 0 vi it the U.S. firsL RecenU years in prison, Mandel the African National Congres p rty leader, will addre the U.S. Congres , meet with Pre ident George B h and...…
…u nes r a si lance. Erner on's bill ould keep the state in line with changes in the federal r te until April 1, 1991 when • the minimum 'wage increase from $3.80 an hour to $4.25 an bour. But unlike legislation enacted by Congress, Emerson's bill ould extend increase in the minimum wage until 1993 and prohibit employers from using a sub minimum wage for wor ers in SI G-Michigan' busi aDd labor leaders say they eire at odds...…
…Homele s jailed for a ing emp y UD house 8yR En Correspondent The Wayne County Union of the Homele -(WHU) ized yet other home located at 14436 Prevost on the CitY west ide, re five WHU members e arrested on Monday May 7. Removed from the home and arr ed were Kim Knighton AlIe� Anthony AIleD, Richard d James Jo The Aliens, home aDd determined to se up house in t revest residence, said upon their release they will be b ck, ...…
…, . By Chri . urr y Capital New Serv�ce . I.A G-- Leg lation i- ing the exci e t x on cigarette would provide dduional revenue for Gov. James Blanchard' Healthy Start pr - ram, .ays the mea ure's chief .pon or. Rep. Perry Bullard. D-Ann Arbor, aid a 25-ccnt incrc c in the tax on a pack of cigaret te • commonly known s " in" tax. would provide an ad ditional 36 million to Healthy Start. a program that would give health care f...…
