…VOL. XVI NO. ,10 An Informe-d People is A Free People AUGUST :l� . SEPTEMBER �l. 1 �.�n Lending A Helping Hand Northern High School Team Center student ,(I-r front row} Cry tal Boone, and Ebony Paul and standing April Rice and Melinda Martin were part of Highland Park' ·Paint The Town· c,rew Saturday, Augu. t 20, The youngsters are just a few of the tudent who pent part of their ummer vacation helping enior and d' abled cititzens. (phot...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 39 An Informed People is A Free People AUGUST 21 - 27, 1994 MARCUS GARVEY that was all Porter was suing for. ANOTHER I UE involved the decision of city council to al low Johnson to rescind a motion she made at the previous meet ing authorizing the construction of a city municipal complex on the former Johnson site. The comp w pl n p by Porter. . Wainwright said it was illegal to rescind a motion once it was written...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 38 An Informed People is A Free People AUGUST 14 - 20, 1994 By JACQUELY R. ARll Mlchlg.n Citizen with wire .ervlce ,eport. o th on proud organiz tion in now being trangled by two "in- r ibly arrogant 1 d ,it's 1 i ue in the AACP Detroit graduates and Michigan Youth Governors (I .. r) Undsay Huddleston, II; Duane Davis; and Jamal Edwards. DPS· students establish state leadership record At a recent meeting of the Detroit...…
…. . VOL. XVI NO. 37 An Informed People is A Free People AUGUST 7 - 13, 1994 INSIDE r -Pag A2 o G ye: Bornto perform BY JACQUELYN R. MARTIN MJchl an' Citizen The sounds of pounding ham mers and buzzing saws wafting across the Highland Park Com- . munity College campus are sounds of a solid future for stu dents enrolled in the Building Trade Program. Metro Detroit Youth Founda .. tion, under the direction of Den nis L. Gibso...…
…, . , VOL XV NO 0.11 AlI/lI/l1ffl1t'cI Pt'l)p/('/s A F,N' People AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 4. 1993 'Former officer L rry Nevers and Walter Budzyn react to being found guilty of econd degr murder In the in the beating-death of Malice Green. Nevers, left, says he "couldn't b lieve" the jury's finding . borhood Pickett, who lives in the nearby 47000 block of Warren, is one of about 30 seniors scattered in front of a TV set in Kronk's See ...…
…la dlo d. m t clea up • • eviction me • • • ac v e VOL XV NO. 40 A" lniouncc! People Is A Free People AUGUST 22 - 28. 1993 York, NY - "It i impor tant to consider that t.be African American has been neglected in this country," aid Dr. Michael L. Blakely, Howard University di rector of the burial project in which slave remains were un earthed from a landmark burial ground in lower Manhattan in 1991. T.be bones, the I t rema...…
…Business duo charge Asl a with racism . By NATHANIEL SCOTT S cl., to tIN Michl .n Citizen mGlD.AND PARK, MI - Con troversy is nothing new to High land Park. And now, either adding to the city's growth or de mise is a situation that crosses racial lines .. The principle characters in the controversy are Yong Lee, an Asian and the co-owner of a storefront at 14467 Woodward Avenue and African-Americans, Vernita Humphrey, a High...…
…VOL. XV NO. 38 ;;llllflfOflllt'd Pl'OP/(' Is A FIC'c Pcoptc AUGUST 8 1-l 1993 By Patricia Colbert Mlch n Citizen ex. - African Americans and people of color 1 sat in silence hile membe of an all white School Board spent millio if taxpayers dolla . Angry r idents attending the meeting said it was like stepping back in time but it was actually a meeting of the Hamtramck Board, June 15th at Hamtramck High. Although the Board de- •...…
…VOL XV NO 37 . -""bl'f' ��'"!��� . An Informed People Is A Free People _ _ � ��_�����!!!\"t':�(��L:M CAROL MOSELEY-BRAUN \ By RRILL HARTSON A .. ocl.t.d Pr ... Writ., "_��Ll,GTO - In on day, Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun tared down a colleague over a 19th century Supreme Court decision sanctioning slavery and vanquished another in a floor fight over th Confederate flag. Elected in November, sworn in and seated Jan. 3, the Sen te's ...…
…- American racists active in German neo-Nazi groups - A2 D OIT - Despite community efforts, dead fli , live roa and hardened rat feces continue to pl gue some �r city store . In order to promo1e an of what being comumed in some beavi ly populaled African American com munities, the chigan atizen along with representatives from vario com munity group visited ome of the neighbortxxxl stores and found a long list of unIalthy cond...…
…The camp � at the site of the former fortress set up by the group BI Consqo de la Tierra Amarilla. The camp was a joint effort of BI Consejo, the Tierra Amarilla Youth Brigade from Denver and the New Afrikan People's Organization, a Black nationalist group. GOAL OF the New Afri kan Peo 's Organization i to - tablish the Republic of New Afrika "by any means necessary." , REVOLUTION, P A·10 BYRONHARR T ASSOCIAlED PRESS WRI7JR HOU...…
…ro Daniels bypasses Democrats Ron Daniel , former deputy campaign manager for Je e Jackson bring the Peoples Progre sive Convention to Michigan Friday, Augu t 21 through.Sund�y, Augmt 23 on the Campus of Eastern Michigan I of a People' Progre ive Con vention, with an understanding that the convention will not en dorse Daniel' or others' can didacie. A broad range of organizations, third party forma tions and progressive le...…
…·yo lectlon d bat uncover prevrou Iy hidden fact �ho Kno By B rnlc Brown. T rry Kelly Mlchlpn Cltlan B r r I n Sheriff Stephen Mar8chke ran thi r cl t ad In hi failed bid for re- lectlon In the August 4 primary. B TO HARBO - Thanks to the qu tion of a concerned citizen during a candldates forum, new inform tion surrounding even that occured the night a Black youth di appeared in racially hostile St. Joseph have come to l...…
…By KELLY L ANDERSON A • .oc,.ted Pre • Writ DETROIT (AP) - � r Lout Farrakhan urged people to register to vote Sunday, but he stopped far hort of endorsing any presidential can didate. "The people allover the country, the Black poor, the Hispanic poor, the white poor are getting tired of abuse and neglect and the lying of politicians, the deceit of govern ment," the Nation of Islam leader told a crowd of about 6,800 in downtown...…
…DB'J'Rorr-Aa the days of lummer rapidly give way . tbe autumn old, ACORN (Alloclation of Community Or.anizaUoDl for Reform ) tumI the beat. Saturday, August 17, ACORN held a protest rally; proteslln ,HUD', (Housing Urbin Development' ) policy of U' IDOIt of i propertie to " peculators" DOt "owner- occUpan ." The rally, which w at tended by approximately 200 Northwelt rcaidcn , w held at Perfectin Church, 13220 Greenfield. Ac...…
…VOL XIII NO. 39 AUGUST 18 • 24. 1991 - - U Fear community out 0 $250 million VA job By TERRY KELLY Michigan Citizen Writer DE1ROlT-Watching all piece of the $250 million Veterans Ad ministraion construction project lipping away, members of the Na tional A ociation of African American B ine e (NAAAB) brought together thi wee, th major Blac contractors wi th re- ntatives from Congre m n hn Conyers office to say stop be project ...…
….. '. (I .1(11 �JO 3tl AUGUST 11 i : 1"'11 whi pollee force, Rev. J e J c on joined I com munity unity march organized here A t 7 behind , ing rae I te io surrounding the Jeffrey Dahmer Earlier the same day, the Mil lukee Pollee sociation voted overwhelmingly to for the 0 ter of Chief Philip Arreol for s pending three patrol men who � tioned but did not arrest Dahmer. • DAHMER on P ge AUICBB -The unveilln of pollee iOOif- • ferenc...…
…110 t re I r Ily to remove Mu kegon County ProseculOr Tony Tague from office. Though 'the rally w attended by over I hundred people, another 150- 200 bowed up to sign an approved recaU petition. Also on hand at the rally I VJ) r re . trar to register unregistered vote who wanted to si n the petition. Am 8 the pe kersattending (hi rally were Mini ter WiJliam X Wilker, repre ntatlve of ' the Na tion of Islam; Robert Green, the fat...…
…G RA 0 APIDS, Miell. - Ei' t bite police officers are uing the city and tbe police rtment for S7.5 million, lIeging a promotion policy implemented to settle a 1 la uil by mi orit, female officers a OUD reverse discrimination. Plaintiffs in the suit fi d thi e ek in 0.5. Di trict» Court j net ude even hite men nd one w bi ie bo contend they ere over looked for promotion to the ' rank of ergeant despite being near the top of an...…
…The ineo es of the nation's wealthiest citizen have in creased so much in recent years th t the riche t 2.S million Ameri will h ve nearly much after-tax income in 1990 as the 100 million Americans with the 10 est income, a report i ued recent., by the Center on Budget Policy Prio . . -d. S ed aDOther way, the gap between the very rich and other Americans become so great the top 0 e percent of the population this year will have...…
…AID ... J MlChip Citiun Reporter ClDCAOO - Operation PUSH IaUDched an attack on the billion dollar athletic shoe industry nd the fir t opo ent in the battle for equity • N"1ke, Inc. The battl is based on the "Kindem Theory, - explained Rev. Ed Riddic to a PUSH meeting August 4. "This. our community. we 0 it. We are kings of our dominion and Black America in 1989 spent $286 bil lion ith the athletic shoe in dustry: Rev. Riddi...…
…/ CP: Politic fe r; n Dear EditOf: ThaD you for "Free Micliiaan's Mandela" (July 7- 12). We apee in principle t tbe e African People I Organization (NAPO) is doing to help Ahmad Radman ccure his freedom; however, Mr. Rahman i not the only political pri oner in Michigan. Most African American in Michigan prisons are political prisoners. Recently Governor BI nchard r n an ad showing an African A boot camp. Thi NAACP wa ffe...…
