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…Jo 1 Fergu on tUIDP for vot in Hi bland ng chi an' Bl ck population Th Highland P rk Goepel R ma dr w 0 moer tic S nat candidate Joel Fergu on ( econd from 1ft). Fergu on wa gr et d by city Trea urer Ben Roland, (left) Ora Calhoun and County Commi Ion C�ir Art Blackwell. Ferg�on ne de BY ALUSON JONES DETROIT - A soi mn h h fl 11 0 r t hall hen 95-year­ old Audley Moore of Harlem pleaded tearfully in a barely audible, husky voic...…

…VOL. XVI NO. 35 An Informed People is A Free People JULY 24 - 30, 1994 -- .. - "'.�I_t .... • By RON SEIGEL Michl n Citizen D OIT - Congre sman John Cony ra, repre enting Highland Par and ome parts of Detroit, wants you to forget what Bill Clinton tells you about health care and what Bob Dole and Rush Limbaugh tell you about health care. Conyers maintains that it is time for the single-payer health plan. This plan would create a...…

…Purchase draw flack By RON SEIGEL COU CIL PRESIDE T Dwight Downes said he did no h r about the chair and so could not comment. According to the City Charter, the admini tration can make purchases up to 2,000 without letting city council know. , Council President Pro Tern . Christine Franklin said she h rd about the chait from a re­ liable source, but that she hoped this was not so. She said the city might have used furniture it ...…

…and Fri I VOL. XVI NO :\:\ An Informed Pcoph- is A Frv«: People .JlILY 10 - 16. 19q4 , P rception about race nd crime - particularly involving Afric n American male - trongly color th national crim d teo Though only five percent of a11st t crime now falls under f ral jurisdiction, Democrats nd Republican have r di covered th political potency of the crime' ue; and both politi­ cal parti are determined to "Get tough" on crime in ...…

…VOL. XVI NO. 32 An Informed People is A Free People JULY 3 - 9, 1994 By BERNICE BROW BENTON HARBOR -W it a good 1 on in civics or was it voter fraud? Berrien County Clerk Louise Stin believes the large number of ntee ballots cast by students at Benton Har­ bor High School raises serious ques­ tions ofpossible election fraud. She has asked the Berrien County Prosecutor's office to investigate. Benton Harbor Schools i- dents went to ...…

…TO OUG LA-Bill Cinton' at­ on th installatio of Ge ral Aidid in Mogadishu, Somalia, two weeks have been branded "racist" by p officeas of the Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika (pG-RNA). Th office have demanded that the Clinton administration give a public account­ ing of the civilian and military personnel killed in U.s. air attacks and ground weeps and account for all homes destroyed. President Kwame Moh of the �...…

…N() Bl�A(�K IJ()Wl�R ill music iIllIIiS/IJ .. PAGt BI I VOL. xv NO. 35 A" tntouncct Pe-ople I'; :l f II'" ("'(1/>'1' JULY 18 - 24. 1993 Jud , tell eno: , ByJOH HORN JU.ocl.r.d Pr ... build caree "on the b "of ucb defendants. The un ual cballenge by U.S. District Judge Teny Ha er, of the Central District of Californi came as Reno fielded questio primarily concernin immigration and gang violcoce at a wnba1l meeting. Under th...…

…o Candidates discuss' Independent Black Political Agenda '0 ob ervers at Lewis College of Busi Only two mayoral candidat howed. Di c ion of the 1972 Gary, Indi- ana Blac Political Convention baped the evening's debate. T Gary convention was ed to illu tra th importance of grass­ roots input in defining any Black po­ litical agenda. After reviewing those happenings, on nationalist noted that "clearly the Nationali t, Pan-Africani...…

…_. L D orr 1- Two days r the deadline had p ed, and the petitions were filed, seven 0 the 2S candi for city' top job were invited to fieldqucstio from ome of Detroit' harpest veteran Blac journal' ts. ide from fielding tough qucstio , the mayoral mpef jabbed, hooked and 'ted one another in their race to ueceed Coleman A Young and be­ come Detroit' 62nd mayor. "Face the P ", held Thursday, June 24 at Wayne State University's Comm...…

…Gloom for LA's small Black busi ness - PG ,�) � '.,. .... , .. . � high sbelvea stoc:ked bottl 0 beer s like Wild IrilhROIeaDd N Ttain. Gilbert Potter came to Detroit in 1967 100' for wort. He found it Po ,69. I'd DOW 100 for If you JO to plat today lookiDJ for a J y11 tbiDt you' ei aazy or . WNOA F. RXiLlYMHiii '.., ... oar opened cIly'l Go:tPeI Rama. lGoIpII • 92' drew choi1 and goapeI group from tpOIlIOfId by the aty d Hgh...…

…,. ric n Am c n ,-- , t and ill t the lead." Acoording to Cobb, part of the problem 'th Conyer's 'lure t • VAJO, • P A.e D orr�umm be bot political �tuu. Detroit'. con commu­ nity, it'. a mId winter of d1IIppoo­ intmenL Foot-draggiDg politi e failed to tote the 8rc r co tuenb on ODe of choJcest , �cnt bui� ptojcc re- ce memory, tbc con say. Rising in the middlc of the Medi­ cal Center is S240 mlUion 11< am Admi ba on (VA) ...…

…uit rom A charge of radam and discrimina­ tion baa boen backed by a law .uit filed by two former .tuden1a at Wa� Sta1e University. - TIii .tudents are charging that the Eiigllah Proficiency Examination re­ quirement used by the Univel'lity is dis­ crimiDatory and baa prevented them from receiving their degrees. There are two proficiency exams­ ·math and EnaUah. Stuaen are required 10 take both exama and are allowed to fall ooce; ...…

…Coalition begins vo� registration drive U L Project Vote, along lth the AACP, the United Auto Wo era, Michl n SANE/FRBEZE 00 ot r IOC',I and n tional or aniz tio e banded to ther in coali on lDQeue the number of AfrIcan- erican and Latino voters In Micblpn. The effort announced at a June 30 preas confcrence at the Detroit Urban League beadq "Freedom Summer" II a non-par- multicultural voterre tra on LABRE A PRICE e ort spo red b...…

…rch for hum n n om ry ndtob o ire per it, t the LCMId&Ia .. said. About 325 'inmates, all of them field workers on the 18,000 acre prison f I'm, were involved in the ,IDcldent, Islant warden Richard Peabody d. , Peabody refused, however, to comment on reports that the job ac­ don linked to the punishment of prisoners bo refused to build a gur- y for inmates n need to death by lethal injection. An inmate w executed in the tate...…

…Mozambique at the Thre hold of Peace ke on wan pro ecutor ch eked By DESHORN W TKI a temple for God at Jul, 7tb MUSKBOON - On Friday, July �2, the Urban Leagu of Greater Muskegon formally reque ted the in­ tervention of the Civil Right Divi ion of he U.S. Justice Depart­ ment in W: hington, D.C. and the tate attorney general office in the even urrounding the homicide of Louis Franchot Green. A letter dd d to U.S. Assis- t nt...…

…NAACP, Tran Africa, ANC all rip U.S. action premature for two 0: "The violence (in the townshi ) h resulted in ituation here there is no climate for free political activity. Furthermore large numbers of persons, defined as political pri oners in term of greement reached between the ANC and the South African overnment, remain in jail," the ANC said. The South African Human Rights Commission said in a s tement it was convinced there...…

…VOL XIII NO. 33 Jul 7 - 13 1991 'Lewd' rap lyrics sp cia) i cide t By ALUSO 'JO Correspondent MUSKEGON-The ruling of ju tifiable homicide in the shooting death of Louis Green by man who had time to end hom for his gun raises more questions than it answers. Mu kegon County Lou Green Prosecutor Tony Tague ruled July 2 that Robert Collins Sr. shot Green in "self-defense". According to the Prosecutor, on the night of June 18, sho...…

…ajor Black groups: Ian fire chief b me for cnttdren death Ku Klux Klan members working for the Blakely, Ga., fire department are responsible for the deaths of two African-American children, according to a class action suit filed recently by members of the Concerned Black Citizens of Bla ely. The lawsuit identifies Fire Chief Franklin Brown as a member of the KKK and charges that a pattern of "unequal" fire protection exists fo...…

…, ·A Me age for BI ct Leaders," • resolution autbored by Dr. Carlton Goodlet, a board member of the . r Publis rs (NNPA), and t body the to no lonler co aDd promote the re ults or BI ck leaders net in their ffectiag Btac c a or groups to include the Black press in their ini tiaJ pI and negotiation in matters affecting Blac . The re 01 ution e poused the tradi tional role of the BI ck pres being tbe voice of the people, nd...…

…promi e from busine leaders that problem affecting the city's fric community mined. aid a E ARK. .J.---HHS Secreta ry Louis W. Sulliv n, M.D., called for "a open, frank, comprehensive nationa I dialogue on the cri i of the Blac male." Calling the crisis of the I ck male "a crisi for Americ ." Secret ry Sullivan told the National Convention of 100 Blac en of America, "A P inful s the ubject i - much a we ri r op ning ounds...…

…African city'« Denic c. Correspondent DETROIT - The applause from the audience, be _id, )Ie wisbed be could leave tbe ge and join tbe people in t e t nd nd "embrace one and all." . He wen t on to than tbe people of the Midwe t for wb t be called' their broad anti-ap rtheid movement. "Your olidarity b ve given trength nd courage. In the f ce of your own problem nd di fficul tie , you b ve not for t . e HI ver forget you" aid ...…

…ued 0 e2 o rr- During I pre conference I the Detroit P Cl ub Tue d y, Ju 26,' Arab American In tinne Executive Director Jam Zogby repudi led a claim from letter to out-or-state pro-Israel org nizatio from Michig n Sen tor earl Levin, t t th AAI him at the top of their hit I' t sen te pro-I Committee' I I …

…'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...…