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…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...…

…�IYOl.11 ARBOR A seriou di cussion ong African-American student represe too place on Sa turday May 13 t the ·University of Midligam (U- M) around the possibility of aeatiDg a .chipD Alliance of African-A erican Stu­ dents. Hosted the Cell er for Afro-American d African Stu· Lounge by the United Coalition Against Racism (UCAR) tJ-M, the � ,/ reviewed recent st dent p'otest adiYity W. tate. University (WSU), .Ferri _ State Un...…

…'foreca it: • I for D m n-d- Black 90' tim troit certain out tate arc in neral and the Republican Party in p rticul r. R rt LaBr nt, vice pr i- dent of polictical affairs and generalcoun. 'Iofthe ichi an .. tate Chamber f mm rcc . ' said the 1990 federal cen u finding c uld cos t ichig n two cats in Congr 5S nd shift four or five t t ats in th Michi an Le . latur. I LaBr nt id a a result of reapportionment, the st te uld ...…

…d . ,poor coadi . in shelters and 0 were the �h_ief S;ymlJll­ Under the c the cures fOl' were· eel as aD"Qua Iy Of more CjIlI"'I.I.-. avallible '1IOa�5S. 8Dd :'_aat IadlIibes …

…ichi an ace n I ichigan. Arthur Johnson, president of the Detroit NAACP branch. W 0 desa d race relations in Michigan as "fair to poor t" said he was not surprised by the survey's findings. D to racial oppression and segregation, race relations have not im­ p oved to the level they should hav ,he id, . "The degree of racial isola­ tion is worse now than it was years ago," he said Johnson said unti -Blacks receive equal oppor...…

…c d straig F I ter A. H Sr. WASHINGTON ( NPA) - The U. S. Department of Labor's, rosy report for the month of April, detailing a 1.1 percent drop in the bon's UD­ employJnent rate to 5.4 percent, the lowest Yet in 14 years, . omleading as reported in the media, said Rep. Aqgustus F. Hawkins (D-CA). The report does DO repre­ sent the true. widespread un­ employment in the African American colDmunities across the nation, Rep. ...…

…I 'S DELEGAT IC P OC S A J C G By Jo· DETROIT - "Jesse', been hung out to dry." That is how one Jesse Jackson supporter analyzed the results of the May 7 Democr tic caucuses in which the Party made its choi ces for delegates to the tional C9n­ vention. From another viewpoiilt, the people come the rcallose . 'We ha\le squandered the op­ portunity for an iodepe den political oveme " 15 politi: lacalOll coordiDator Sam Riddle. ...…

…lUD.vaJ DETROIT - Opportunists, bidden agendas and party hacks threaten the political miracle Jesse Jack on worked in MichipD. On S turday, May 7, State pu h: I 'in ' in 8yJen � rW rei Capital News Service LA SI G - Bu messes Could m e ignificant invest­ ment in ichigan' economic future by "adopting" tudents under e e' g d­ tuition plan, according to State Treasurer Robert Bowman. Bowman said corporations could becom a "pow...…

…�AJI LANSING - Michigan's Blae population is dying of many dise e at dramatically IUgher rates than whites, accord­ UJg to a draft report by the tate Department of Public Health' Task For on Minority Health. The drart report . data gathered so far "stroagly s - gest that the overall health status of Blacks . deterioratiDg_ .. According to rticle puti ished by the AJsociated Press last week, the T Force '11 present its final repq...…

…IICiti Church eader Focu • • on economic po e ASH GTO -Leader of the African Methodis Epis­ cop Church met in Washington, D. C. last wee d issued call for Blacks to pi ce greater emphasis on developing their economic po r. The church leaders were joined in their can by some of the "s leading African American political and civil rights spo per ODS. Addressing the group of ral hundred re the Rev. J JaCksO CP heid Benjami...…

…ighland ark studen bene" s from fundraising effor -TumtoPg.7 ursing charges lead uskeqon group to school reform effort -Tum to .2 or er manager ee z BENTO HARBOR Family members of avy Petty Officer arshall Hayes had their prayers answered when word came Tuesday, May 19, that Haye had survived the Iraqi attac on the USS Starke where the 10-year avy veteran was a ere member. Hayes, a 1976 graduate of Benton Harbor, was report...…

…Blae Ie survival: doing some hing o.help byJ ROYAL OAK-The elected upervisor here gain d more control of . indebted to ip April 29 following ruling by 0 d County 6th Circui Court. Judge Hilda Gage reduced the authority of Royal 0 Twp. Superintendent Patrick cGannon, and returned chief po r to u- ruoor!.,.�n .. G. McRjp y. Gage's ruling modified earlier court order by limiting the perintendent's duti to purchasing agent and ma...…

…"SER VING THE 25 z STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY" MAY 10 - 16,1987 all orth lin teen cr me 0 hite con r I Turn to Page 2 C· hop in To n hip TurntoPaae4 no to ci Tum to PageS Urb n Le gue for annual b n------ .. �- • I rbar y By James Bala Baptiste DETROIT-The Miclripn Chronicle per in ita May 9 . ue displayed a half­ page �t for a Rcv­ Ion product despite a national boycott led by Operation PUSH against the hair c...…

…, Highland Par's new councilman­ the inner and outer Fran Ross Page3 VOL. IX NO. 23 "SER VING THE 00 pf t There is a constitutional ar aging in Michigan hich pits urban school di tric against giant cor­ porations. One kirmish in this ar finds the Pontiac Schools up against Chrysler Corpora- tion. ' Armed with City Council approval to leave the City of Highland Park, Chrysler Corp. no Qualifies for a 50 percent tax break fr...…

…rimme call unge more WASHI GTON-"IfHands Aero America succeeds in get­ ting million of Americans to put themselves on the line for poor and hungry people, I'm all for it," Arthur Simon, executive director of Bread for the World, said today. "People ill be doing omething tangible abou t domestic hunger, many for the first time." But Simon also wants U.S. citizens ho will be participat­ ing in the trans-continental extravaganza...…

…onna Cbee ta Turn to P g 14 2 BUL RATE u.s. Po t •• PAID 141M>22 rm t 0..50 Addr' •• Cor. R'q.t VOL. VIII tant "boy" m ric n. DI G" OF Poor People's Campaign Gets Boost EEK TO BLOCK DE SHIFT W hin ton, DC - Over a thou nd Dem cr tic party a tivi met in W hin ton last k hoping to block what th a hift to th con ervative right by the party's national I ad r. Cow r n organizer Michael H rrington told th �ath rin th t "On R publ...…

…-' • A Mother's Day Heroine Tum to Pltg 14 VOL. VIII NO. 24 A Y 11 - 1 7. 1986 NEWS BRIEFS LK III FOR GEORGIA SENATE Atlanta, Ga. - artin Luther Kin III ha announced hi intention to run for th Geor i t te enate. The 2 -y r-old on of 1 in civil ri h leader Martin Luther King, Jr. will be comp tin ainst a field of three other candidate in the D mocratic primary. All candidate ill be vying for the eat bing vac t d by Julian Bond. Bon...…

…ULKMTE u.s.'" PAID 48022 ... , 0.50 SCLC lau c es oor Peoples cam.paign ATLANTA - At its Spring board meeting in St. Peters­ burg, Florida the South rn Christian Leader hip Con­ ference approved Pre id nt Lo ery's recommendation to launch a econd Poor People' Campa' n in the ummer of 1986 and climax in the nation' capital in 1988. "Poverty" id Lowery, "ha been put on the b ck burner of the nation's agenda, and orne­ body ha...…

…e - The num- of Blac elected officials ro by 6.2% nationwide I t ye r, reports the Joint Center for Political Studies, which h conducted 'an annual censu of Blac official ince J 970. Be­ tween January 1984 and Jan­ uary 1985, the total number increa d from 5,700 to 6056. Las ye r's increase as 1.7%. The outh ain w the largest gain, 85% of the increa in the region with 53 p rcent of the country' BI ck popu­ lation and 63 percent...…

…BULK RAT U.S. OSTAL .. AID Benton Haft)or Mich an 4 022 P rmlt No. 50 VOL. VII NO.25 AY 20, 1985 ct. The cited and th ir en i include illiam 'Bennett, th n Chairman of th tiona) Endowment for th Hum ities ( and current- 1y th S cretary of th De­ partment of Education); Jam Miller, Ch irman of the Feder rade Commi ion; and illiam French Smith, then ttorney General of the United St te at th De­ partment of Ju tice. In th re r...…

…Theme of thi ye r' b n­ q t i 'E onomi D elopmen ommitment to Human Dignity" hich highlight the o 1 the branch h t for the fA Call To Religious liberty SCLC is organizing a mass protest to "guarant e paration of Church and State. 5,000 Black­ robed ministers ar expected to participat _ Turn to Page 10. ; ye r. To achie e the goal, th branch i wor On to dev lop F ir h r voter regi tr ion m mbership nd du ati n. Tic et for the Jun...…

…IF ummer i coming, then it must be time to re ' ter for Summer ou Employment Trainin Program. This ual job program i sponsored by the Private Indus­ try Council of Southwe ern 'chigan, Youth ge 14 through 21 are eligibl fOT the 3.35 an hour job with overnment and non­ profit ncies, according to PIC Director Richard Dornbos. Youth attending school should e th ir school counse­ lor to ign up, Dornbos id, out-of- chool youth shoul...…

…t andards of code enforcement the city operating by? That question concerns Re. athaniel Gathright, pre . dent Concerned Tenan Organization. lett from one of the landlords in Action Rentals to tenant t 474 Pipe- • one led to qu tion. The tenant - Charlene eridy and Barbara artin - nt a certified letter wee, y 24, to Bapti . Their letter amed the landlord that if did not fIX certain items "thin en d y they ould begin withholding t...…

…. .. f 30TH A 25( id • c • I . BENTO HARBOR - u the city lDspecuon department lpful to th o tenanta at 821 Pawnn hen they d er er tin up in a bathtub? Apparently not. ea·' to 821 P onne by dty lnapectors, there wrt1� report. Abo, tbete atill WitJ�� by The 22, Olnontha t of a flood Reed r c ca " said Ballard (a Ie ge d po company) had been out an� pumped out the buement. It was just a complaint." Reed . d there . no r...…

…2 0.24 MAY 16 - 22, 1984 d of national voter regis- tration campaign sharply criticized recent I . do d by the 'chigan Hou ta . hich prohibit three te nd from using their employee to p .. te in the campaign. H Jo, national director of the Ruman Service Employees Registration d Voter Educa . Ii (SERVE) campaign, . d . group will consider taking legal action If the proposed legislation become Jo . Detroit r ntly to ational . tion o...…

…2 BE 0 HARBO� - Ho ould e pend the money? That i the quest­ 'on the Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) want the residents of the city to er. In order to hear the er, the CAB will hold public hearing on Saturday, ay 12, t the Benton Harbor Public library at 11 a.m. . Arnold Smith C B pre 'dent, told tb C B memb r at their ay 3 meet­ in , th t the city will have 614,000 to pend for th fiscal year beginning October 1, 1984. � Smith expla...…

…y • ml ay.3. Amol1l the other speakers t the Summit's plenary 'ons will be Dr. Jame Comer, Director, Child Study Cen­ ter , Yale University; Dr. Bernadette Chachere, Chainnan, Department of Bconomi , Hampton Institute; Dr. Jame A. aya, founder of the "Adopt-A- . Family" endowment, and . er Falaka Fattah, Director, House of Umoja, Phil - delphia. In ddition, other not bles making presentations at the orkshop ns ill be Dr. Lee P....…