…'We want service!' J DETROIT - ore and bet- ter city services. That demand part of the tform drafted by community ctivis during a city 'de convention July 15. Commu ity groups p r ticipating in the draftin of platform ant didates for city elections to re pond its provisions. The se ion' which drafted the "Public Services" section of the PEOPLE'S Platform was chaired by two people Clive in community issues --- Fraa A Attorn y...…
…ar on plan to r thousands awaited entrance to Cobo Center for the special events of the eveni the 74th Annual NAACP Springarn Medal, which was received by the Rev. Jessie Lou' Jac on, J c As the fmal even for the AACP c me to a close ·8 Co o ion in e t Sr. The awards ceremony Vi pre . ded over by Dr. Benjamin L. Hoo , CEO/Executive Director AACP. Hoo chal lenged NAACP presidents from a th nation to t e the m e back to...…
…Gny-o hou af 08 In Benton Harbor 13 BI c Male," the p el fe tured the internationally known acad mics, writers and lec turer ,Dr. athan and Julia Hare of an Fr ncisco, Califor rna. ERIC he Endangered Dr. r address d the problem of ID achi vement rates Afri • r1 males within the public educa- � . . that many Afric A er' .males of school age lac not only discipline nd motivation but more importan Iy, purpose. Hare spoke to...…
…T L TI·O W 0 D.C. - SeYeJ'al major civil rights Ie der laSt week, for fir time, openly que ioaed Pre ident George Bush's commitment to Civil R· . Their COllUDCllts came at the end of a White H ceremony observing e 25th anniversery of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. During the ceremony Bu h pledged the ·viligant d g Il' . enforcement of all civil rights la • However, his pledge met by skepticism. Former pre idential candidate Jess...…
…YC UP F CKe EAT·O ryJ Hayn LANSING - The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus turned up the heat on State Lot tery Commissioner Michael Carr during a hearing here, June 22. Caucus Chair Rep. elson Saunders pushed Caucus demands for more African Americans in executive posi tions and more lottery advertis ing dollars for the Blac media. "Commis ioner Mich el Carr, if you cannot present a' proposal to us hen we meet fo nder ...…
…- Farr n han tell Oem ? • Banned A Juice. tends. in Liberia Liberi�t a - sure t t . prod is part of of the t the batch oriei Uy produced tbe1cnlllDtry. for the U.S. market that r ed i of the J NNPA ConupoNlent …
…. I Was in.toD, DC - Di - tres ed ;ver t e Hou e Subcommittee' 7-0· ch- mcD! vote reeo boa to the fuU body ci Coaprea, F Federal Ju e Alcee Lamar H . toId�A-the coofusing and no based OD facts before that committe", Rep. John Conyer Jr.(D., ), chair of the House Subco . Criminal Justice ich co - ducted the impeachment bear- . . precisdy unc:xwered in the Deal' fair to the Ju . I have long ex- perience and know that r . . a d...…
…... • • I ruli g: core one tor the peQple . . DETROIT - Detroit Or ganizatio of Tawils (DOT) tIae first round in its uIe for decent housing for t e c:itize of Detroit n Wayoe County Circuit Court Judge . d Kaufman ruled . takiDg the F.. Re ofdinaDce off the � 2 primary ..... __ IA urr followed ODe day after Gov J ame B siped ioto a PI' local �mments &0 F.. Reat . Earlier , DOT had obtained 12,(D) . to put a Fair R� or . ...…
…IT ByR E Members of the Detroit Tenants Organization (DOT) say their worse fears have come to pass, Governor James Blanchard h signed into law Public Act 226'which bans local gover ments from enacting Fair Rent fa . In a related action, Secretary of DOT Vic . Carvari said the Greater Detroit Chamber of Commer� d ui 0 July 5, . to ba the Ie· tion taken off Of the A 2, 1988 ballot. Judge Ri� Kaufman of the W yoe County Circuit ...…
…-I Tenant group meet aides II Blanchard . , ed queSbOlI:aS i.ag the la and apply .• S said the teDaD gro explained Fair . ReD pr- dinaDces worked ill other major . . She the Gcwerdor's cWisors Iisteacd attteativeJy to of the reviews of their doalme ted proof and DO ODe challenged �U:. temeats. Aides, ho ever, told the tenants they re able only to dvise the Governo , not make his mind up for him. Presently the bill, which b...…
…...,...._.__ African-Americans ....... and the Constitu io an interview wi h Justice Dennis Arc Ro a Par s of Baseball - Curt Flood P 14 Serving the SlI*'s African American Community Ca • ? • a 9. n e a est folio ing De roit Council no vo e Deve 0 er on Atlantic City, ew Jersey, have portrayed the opposite. A Bill oyer's special aired last year revealed higher property values due to land grabbing by speculators have l...…
…Serving the State's African Amencen Community -An ar eid grou pia Co gres a a CALLED TO REVOLUTIO - omen ttendiag hat is belle d to be th flrst-e r, inter- nfi i e parenti re caned to OIfrtion against tb p vaiUng r SYS1tem. Hearing the call, front row, l-r, Doris Gree of Columbia, S.C., Delta 1b ta .exeeun board member; Dr. Dorothy I. Height, of Washington, D.C., former Delta natio i nt and president, tio al Coundl o{ 0 Women; FJ ie Au...…
…in, ea ing dea grand jury call By Larry 'Doc' Blue JACKSON - The controver sy over the beating death of Jacks n Prison inmate 0 car Ro is J r a the hands of 12 prison guards continues, fol lowing the official ruling the death was "accidental" The AACP marched July 8 and 9 in front of the Jackson County Prosecutor's office ad ding to the demands for a grand jury investigation, a demand issued by some mem bers of the state le...…
…• n • d to a • Ing o ey Page 13 Success is no s ranger to oses Findley By Larry A. Still NNPA News Service WASHINGTO (NNP A) - The nation's ex panding Bla -owned ne�paper publishers were urged to demonstrate greater influence and power in serving their communities as they elected new officers at their 47th annual convention in Detroit, June 17-W .. Over 200 participants at tended the four days of ses sions of the a...…
…erco procra . n ination .. z o ur an ar are a nts workin for the out lawed African ational Congre ( C). Given the government impo d re rictions on pre s freedom, it i virtually im possible to confirm the govern ment charges. For its part, the ANC h refused to comment on the bombing In the p , ho ever; C President Oliver Tarnbo h condemned such bombing if they were aim d at white civilians but h endor d ur- ini er F...…
…1 c ools jo· c VOL VI" NO. COURT TO DECIDE: IS DEATH PENALTY FAIR ASHINGTO , DC - The u.s. Supreme Court hu eed to decide whether the ay the death penalty i handed out in this country is fair to Bl c . The deci ion, which is expected next term, ill be b sed on a Georgia death penalty c . The ju ices will hear arguments that the death penalty is signifICantly more likely to be given in ituation here a bite penon is illed by a Bl per...…
…2 VOL. VIII NO. 33 JULY 13 - It, I a es a a and State Department regula tion ,H alleging that the regula tion 'are calculated to have a chilling effect on . . . co . ionally protected rights dom of religion, free and travel' by thre teo .0 imprison U.S. citizens who travel to and from Libya. The complaint further states that the Reagan adrnini tration eks to parate and isolate inister F arrakhan from his brethren in faith....…
…ung r 8r:1d Oppression: m e C e of la o EGO - J ani Bro s, of Continuing Educa u e on Community a ing for· support omen of the com munity s the Community Ser vice division of uskegon Community College and a coalition of B1 omen's . ations prepare to ho t 19 7 Concerned Blac oundtable Con- ce on September 19 1987. n September 20 of thi th I �86 conference is Third annual session in B. H. heduled for Benton Harbor's L e M...…
…Muskegon Welfare Mo hers organize aI persons how to re d the DSS manuals . planned. Smith stre ed the need for all el fare recipient to know their rights pertaining to grant , food stamps, and edicaid. Re ding the DSS manuals i the first tep to learning hat your right are, Smith said. Two officers from the Lans ing rea elfare right organi zat n, Julie Harri and Mary Heed, were pre nt t the kegon won to help get the ne group...…
…2 VOL. VII O. 34 JULY 22 - 2 • 1985 GTO Despite th public relation camp' gn of the Reagan drninistr tion to th contrary federal pro gr m geared t trengthenin minority busine have helped. That i the conclu . on of Dr. Frank L. orri E ecutive Director of the Congre ional BI c ucu Found tion B articl , Pr- ic Opportunity , played major role in improving the tatus of Bl c and poor iti- zen orri orri pecific federal p grams m ...…
…25t VOL. VII NO.33 JULY 15 - 21,1985 Black performers -TU TOP GE 12 Funenals become targets of South African -police SSl'(JI8CIS community r Samuel Lan ,hold up the coffm of a flVe-month- o died from inh 'ng t ps to by South African police. Eight people ere killed h. Since then, the numbers offune h ve mere d dnmatically over e been ki any of th deat .-e no related to funeral in p . Anglican . th ee ,a cro d had filled a movie theater...…
…2S( -NUL tells how to get -ahead ---PAGE 3 VOL. VII NO. 32 JULY 8 - 14, 1985 Black psychological • prison ---PAGE 10 i labor. n oldon t dfun PHILADELPIDA - Re ident who were displ ced ter the city m ed th headquarters of th r di I cult OVE said they nt more control over th di tribution of 1.8 mil li n th t ha b en donated to h lp rebuild their lives. eighhor d 1e er t y in the distribution money to re idents f r h ve rec ...…
…• o oin • SEATILE, ASH. - 'Con tinue to do wh t you've been doing. Agitate and explain the i ue for your readers," Georgia State Rep. Julian Bond, a pioneer in the Civil Rights mo ment urged the ational ewspaper Publishers Associat ions convention here. Bond, who began his career an ctivist hile working for the Atlanta Inquirer newspaper, recalled the role of the Black Pre in chieving civil rights gains for Bl cJc People dur...…
…BLAC REAGA GOP'ers H·IT RI G HTS AI DE Tum to B. c • man wi 9 T TOP G 17 Muskegon: 8srrisn County: -EXCWSIVE- B.H. PAYS, 3,000 FO AFF' A ED AUTO I ECRET E 0 TURN TO PAGE S Co • I Y . T TOP GE9 Economic' planmng body - named - 0 BLACKS ¥ . Fob From The Michiglln Orronicle A federal lawsuit charging the tate of . chigan with erecting "restrictive and unconstitutional barriers" which inhibit oter registration an...…
…EqualOpp· u It, at Heights City Hall · pi ce of the American pie for minority workers and busin BENTO HARBOR - ton Harbor , among 10 diltre d, incblltrial com munitie in IlHno', ichipn, Ohio d Pennsylvania hich will recehe ance . through a $191,974 technical ' tanee grant, according to Samuel R. Pierce Jr . ., retary of housing and urban de lopment. 'The citie share some of the great '�ama f: ced by America's indu t· '_�I"II.ft...…
…entia) candidate J couldn't a Fourth of July bar ue at just that. V· . f� in his South Caro home, J n enticed n n with the ' tbouabt of running t sepp. Sen tor Strom Thurmond. conceded that the Sen- only "an 0 " but n to re· the , ho i a re ent of oniy to " . 'I· LADE for announce his intention to re . de in South Carolina, blch he already don , and collect 10,000 IIII'latlllrel before A 1. The latter could be done easily o...…
…, TURN TO PAGE 13 (H RBO STRE T DA CERS WI I N CHICAGO t AACP ITAG -TumtoP 3 becc Cbairm oft e Commi tee For Voter Particip . invitin t Harbor. Center I spo proaram activit· . Tum to TC • 01 - h comm t 0 9 Community L ad r REBECCA LENO 25e YORK - Among the major concerns that the tiona) Urban Uagu will be focusing it attention on at its 1984 Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, July 29-August 1, are the upcom- in ...…
…. - - ADDRESS CORRECTIO REQUESTED I • c- . of J TURN TO PAGE 3 o CHE 5 0 UTTE VOL. V NO. 34 JULY 27 - AUGUST 2, 1 3 incumbent d Jame Turner ere cti e Republicans, Democratic y chair Verlin Zimmerman id the Democrat choo eDy beeau he BE HARBOR - There are three ndidates for the city's fir ard comrni ion t. They face off in Tue y' primary, hich m f turn out to be no more than a practice run. Pending before th U.S. District Co...…
…ioc L vote S SPEA OUT GET OUT OF SOUTH B opi 0 on Ph ph t Lewi of th 4; H .p adium publi r' s. Pub· employ u h eDdC)nc� biU th ould require puUin fund out of South f·. 3 2S e nts , .' G C 395 LOT o y B Terry eUy he tate L ttery t h ve t r port their e min to the Inter n I Revenue rvi e. rr lin ed the Daily Three d D ily ur to the BI c community id ' u h L tter mmi i ner rr be ore the pe ial H u ub-C mmitte haired b...…
…. - ADDRESS CORRECTIO REQUESTED VOL. V 25 ts r. ould be impo - id iI n vi i in ho pita] 40 y th t same e n d left the hospital half h ur before the The ooting occured bout 8:40 p.m •• Ger id il n be arne bell er nt topped for and t it thr to offi ial out oL o p o y - I 8 TO H R80R - S' trona d by predomin ntly nton H rbor cu tom r re ... milli n y r in lottery le and th ould return me of that mon y for e onomi d...…
…BULK RATE U.5. POST AG E PAID 8 ton Harbor, 49022 it No. 50 A CP EEDS TO CLEA HOUSE. Eth I P yo e amin th o nization Pa S. ODRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED VOL. V 0.31 JULY 6 -12,1983 25 e n�s y' The city h d b en 1 te in m in intere t p ment on tho t 0 loan on t 0 ion Pre n noted. LB official said they felt the city a at it debt rvi e limit and ou d be unable to pay the inter e t on the entire 1 million in ddition to the i...…
…BULK RATE U.5. POSTAGE PAID B ton Harbor, 22 It .50 VOL. IV 0.34 JULY 28 - AUG. 3, 1982 I . go to benefit the . y's 10 -incom re and ill· ould be ay C ford, t Director of the ational Lo Income Housing Coali tion in ashington, D.C. called the plan "rip-off UDAG" and id the plan by benefiting middl in come peopl ho appeal to the banks ould re It in the "gentrffie ti n" of the city. Given the high unem ploym nt of ity re...…
…BULK RATE US. POSTAGE PAID 8 on rbor, I 4tOZ2 It .50 , EPAG 3 25 VOL. IV 0.33 JULY 21 - 27, 1 2. , mmer of 1981 ill hand some measure of seri>u of problem . reflected by the fOJl(NflDl infonnati>n: tio y although B Ameri- men "in eDJeCO Florida, four of by policemen and unanned. only an approximate 10 percent e population, they are 80 percent of tho t by police. - Of the 1a fIVe killings by police- part of a report under...…
…- BULK RATE U .:5. POSTAGE PAID _VOL. IV O. JULY 14 - 20, 1 2 ich n ill go to y Community Deeartment Director, be returned fund, area. Some 30,000 foreement in th Be . area. Build . in ctio ill be conducted. There will be 100,000 vailabl in and grant for pri te housi re b in th BeUvie area so. Plans call for n penditure of 7 000 per home. Co' 0 3 due HUD from th …
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…VOL. II 0.34 JULY 30 - AUGUST 5, 1980 SERVI G TRI-COUNTY SOUTH ESTERN ICHIGA 20 CE TS nt, C. re- o C o ere found i If over nd its fund for p ym nt. "I d Ser- vice to e if they could help. y id bring in all your receipt from February. I didn't them, I ed the . t company. They th y c dn t gi m to me but if the Department of Socia] Services ould del ys inevitable. According to Bernard, ere flooded with many p . ns, by th ...…
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…JULY 16 - 22, 1 80 SERVI G TRt-COU :rv SOUTH ESTER ICHIGA 20CE TS r p Accord· to , any city Jling Urb Re- for development can to�I'S�I_"OeIl'L .. ;t;tltilMal* demands th t 21 to 28 percen t of the 0 en be minoritie Boone said. K. orris Gavin, Ben ton Harbo City Attorney, ho drafted the agre ment for the no· ch pro . . n had been in- ded in the contract. de a Dum nee_mI. for the city ," Gavin .. He in dicated that the ci...…
…VOL II O. 1 JULY 9 - 15, 1 0 SERVI G TRI-COU TY SOUTHWESTER ICHIGA 20CE TS r fourth member under que . n, en Piatt, provided the Board with . letter fr m Senior Citizen …
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