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August 28, 1994 • Page Image 1

…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...…

August 21, 1994 • Page Image 1

…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...…

August 14, 1994 • Page Image 1

…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...…

August 07, 1994 • Page Image 1

…. . 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...…

August 29, 1993 • Page Image 1

…, . , 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 ...…

August 22, 1993 • Page Image 1

…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...…

August 15, 1993 • Page Image 1

…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...…

August 08, 1993 • Page Image 1

…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- •...…

August 01, 1993 • Page Image 1

…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 ...…

August 30, 1992 • Page Image 1

…- 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...…

August 23, 1992 • Page Image 1

…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...…

August 16, 1992 • Page Image 1

…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...…

August 09, 1992 • Page Image 1

…·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...…

August 02, 1992 • Page Image 1

…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...…

August 25, 1991 • Page Image 1

…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...…

August 18, 1991 • Page Image 1

…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 ...…

August 11, 1991 • Page Image 1

….. '. (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...…

August 04, 1991 • Page Image 1

…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...…

August 26, 1990 • Page Image 1

…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...…

August 19, 1990 • Page Image 1

…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...…

August 12, 1990 • Page Image 1

…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...…

August 05, 1990 • Page Image 1

…/ 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...…

August 27, 1989 • Page Image 1

…o I c i d of ci y' or economic crl The Detroit Editor. Lest mOlllh, activists from the comnwnity met to diGw up (j People's Platfonn on issues they wanted the CIUIIliI.lIIIes to 11/1- tin s in the city elections. The, ·Micltigfln Citiun is filMing (j s on the plImJa 0/ the pIIII- form. DETROIT - The People' came ill opposi- tl to t Detroi inciDer or, backed by ayor Coleman Yo d approYed by the city CouDcil to burn toxic . e p...…

August 20, 1989 • Page Image 1

…t P rt I DETROIT - Since the urb n rebellion 0 1967, the overall economic conditions in the city of Detroit have declined immensely. Although the relocation of white middle and working-class famiies to the outlying uburban are 11 underw y during cion DETROIT- The Wayne Cou ty Homele Union (WHU) pono ored their econd annual Leadership Program t their om office, 3627 C during the ee of August 14-19. s part of the eek-Iong . e...…

August 13, 1989 • Page Image 1

…By R Enlow terror attack I DETROIT - Residents of the John Smith Hou ing Project and member of tbe New African People's Organization (NAPO) called for tbe �nd of police brut lity bein con- . dueled in th nam of fighting dru . Dun..g a pre conlerence 1 y, A 8, tt Smith t �ir",_�� •• ItIIw:, . tn mayoral race By DETROIT During July hen national ttention was centered on the city of Detroit s 'result of the annual AACP Convent...…

August 06, 1989 • Page Image 1

…EfPOUJj BEAt" RESER o for This year's mayoral 'contest in Detroit is proving to be the mo t . nterest­ ing since 1973, when Coleman Young w elected to the po t by narrow margin over former Police Chief John Nichols. W ASHI GrON - A priest wa fired from hi job as a school principal in Virgini by his Roman Catholic bishop Wednesday Aug. 2, after an­ nouncing he would join the Rev. George Stallings in setting up eparate African...…

August 28, 1988 • Page Image 1

…. , I -I RI Co tu H..,· WlUID Changing milit ry hi lory . not an y k. But throu the dedicated eff rt: fa num r of Blac veter 0 ably David " Carr I of A�g lc th im- r possible m y become reality. I At the' start of the Korean : War the mili ary ill oper ted I with r cially grcgated uni _ 'One of th units, th all-Blae 24th Infantry Regi ... _ ..... " .... str ental in turning b c orth Korean communists at YC1ehon - a village ab...…

August 21, 1988 • Page Image 1

…" .. . .- Do kno you thi . . n? Aumo·�,P� Pkxw(A) 41 South. W hiagtoD Square, iog. ichipD 48CJ33 or call (517) 373-7111. Pre-applicati d be rec:eft1ed DO er thaD Septe ber30,I988. S te ••• to …

August 07, 1988 • Page Image 1

…·1 • -..or .... - po ac:tMIy. Dia e Ragsdale, Dallas (Teus) city co cil membe Jor pro-term, joined America di Mo e ent leader Ver OD Belleacourt (WaBu -Ini i) aDd Portland (Ore) PJ leader Harold Moore in . . F . the· de- pendeDt "People Claoic.e·. 1 n …

August 30, 1987 • Page Image 1

…Mother appeals to community for help Kalamazoo vets begin fund for Benton Harbor youth suffering Agent Orange effects on Pig 5 Serving the SU*'s African American Community AL - Arson, the urban ewal program of the underfunded O's continues to destroy the state's inner cities. If it's not HUD-funded demoli- tion p ojects tearing down major buildings and neigbborh it is arson doing e job. e Leath- ewland building on in Street in d d Bento...…

August 23, 1987 • Page Image 1

…Serving the Stille's African Americtlll Community o o HIGHLAND PK - Holland Consulting Co. proposed to the City Council the develop­ m nt of a community-owned, and developed shopping cen­ ter. According to Ellio Holland, pr . consulting company, the shopping center uld be cb'e ped along the lines of Vrrginia Park Com­ munity Plaza in Detroit, for HII�LB,d ummer tudyin b i Job Enrichment Training Scholarship program. Pictured ar...…

August 16, 1987 • Page Image 1

…o lie VOL. IX NO. 38 o t 's concealedwar against African America s , Pig. � Serving the State's African American Community ports sto e· boycott AUGUST 16 - 22, 1987 eve es 60's coa itio Blacks, women� labor bo;rcott erman's Grant Green FLINr - In a scene that was reminiscent of the 1960's, the UAW and Civil Rights groups joined hands and sang out in protest against 10 wages, ra­ cial discrimination, and sexual harassment outsi...…

August 09, 1987 • Page Image 1

…17 on Highland Park primary ballo Turn to P 6 Muskegon College lose Dr. Rucks The drive for Black ealth­ why do things fall apart? Turn to to P 1 Serving tJu SU*'s African Ameriam Community rab, Afr can Americans b I rael pledge hara men , D. C. - r b-Americans h ve gre ted ith epticism I el' an­ nounced plan to top the alleged hara sment of African and Arab­ Americans e in entry into the country at it Tel Aviv irport. ...…

August 02, 1987 • Page Image 1

…z Community College . J le Vaughn, III, At! Y d Hall and Detroit School Supt. ong distinguised the inspiration Cor at the 001. Turn to • 19 CO LANSI G - A preliminary study by the Michigan Dept of Civil Rights sho that without the Bla enrollments of W yne County Community Hopes In his third year with the ichi an Youth Corps Brian ichols of Benton Harbor sud­ denly learned that he was going to be pervisor for an Y work ere ...…

August 31, 1986 • Page Image 1

…2 J ss J c on es Appeal Luanda, Angola-The Rev. Jesse jackson while on a tour of t em Africa last wee appealed to the Reagan dmini tr tion to top its policy of "d tabilization" to ard the leftist government in Angola. The U.S. along . th hite ruled South Africa have been aiding rebels who are trying to overthro the government of Jose Eduardo do Santo. In addition, the Reagan admini tration has I beled Angola a client state of the Sovi...…

August 24, 1986 • Page Image 1

…25¢ z / From contractor to Congressman VOL. VIII NO.39 AUGUST 24 - 30,1986 Defeat' A e p o Dtsqual! y i ori ie From Federa Dol ar The Re an and United defe ted by U.S. Di tri t b n figlltin the CF thi 19 of Th priations C mmitte by a vote 01 the entire Senate upported the Hoyer Amend­ ment to keep the campaign open to minority and cia! ctivi t chariti . Dan ton pre 'dent of the ti nal Black United Fund ated • Thi i...…

August 17, 1986 • Page Image 1

…25¢ y Larry t NNPA News ASIll GTO - The Rev. Jack n and an inter­ racial deleg tion of labor, political and educational leader heduled a meeting ith presi­ dents of six "frontline" nations on the border of South Africa, Augu 13-28, to help fo e comprehensive and humane U.S. policy for the uthern Africa area, tional Rainbow Coalit­ ion official J ac son d the dele tion planned . its with heads of ate in An la, Tan Zam- b' ,Bot ...…

August 10, 1986 • Page Image 1

…Teaches aerobics to senior eltlzens Pag.9 Arthur Ash in Kalamazoo Page 3 VOL. VIII 0.37 AUGUST 10 - 16, 1986 wn here with his wife Evelyn and daughter Steph . on t Republican primary election and the chance to o mber. Lu al on a place in hi ory. He' ory. houJd he win in arn '86 vote could repeat '80's doom -Pre i­ major Blac organization or th ir repr ntative agreed to meet in hington, D.C., Augu t 13-14 to di u the criti al ...…

August 03, 1986 • Page Image 1

…Vote Tuesday, August 5 YORK - The ichi- gan Civil Right Commission like other state agencie charg­ ed with safeguarding civil rights are falling down on the job of enforcing anti-di rimination law a study by the American Jewish Congre has found. An 82-p e report stemming from the udy ays the enci have compiled at be a medio­ cre record of accomplishment becau they are not funded adequately, employ unqualified personnel, f' to co...…

August 26, 1985 • Page Image 1

…- The a r- e child support payment to B c and bite mothers de­ clined . gnificantly in real terms from 1978 to 1983, ccordlng to report from the Commerce Department' Census Bureau. a e reeei d by omen in 1983 26 percent 10 the amo t reported in 1978 after dj ting for In-. f n $1,470 en 1,980. yments to bite men declined by 13 percent, from 2,840 to 2,480. ccordin to an April 1984 y, the avera child up- port p yment to B omen ...…

August 19, 1985 • Page Image 1

…ou • I 9 whites, Bla ks have little acce to m rtga e m ney , the uburb r home ownership, Though the c ndition de- ribed in th 19 5 rban Lea u rep rt , 'The Bla k i higan , a familiar refrain, there are ome hift in the h using ituati n for Black Michigan, the report me uard re n inding the r shut on the 00- thi ancient Vir inia tate Riehm md. rl to be r u h on h r, for t Id m JU t hov child­ e th man is: • It ill e ju: t ...…

August 12, 1985 • Page Image 1

…itchner (left), Covert people on loosing end c • I • c ce y . in y COVERT - 0 t vi Ha­ kin ,76th Street, Co It, told the To n ip rd on- d y, ugust 5 that belie e th t unfair hirin p ctice are bein it ed t the con ruction site of the Township' 1.6 million elderly hou ing facility. H kin redre per n for th Van Buren County CP h rged that Sup rior Builder th St. Joseph b d gener I c ntractor, h only hired tw I cal minority pe...…

August 05, 1985 • Page Image 1

…E C of the Union of South Africa to protest the nation's system of racist ap rtheid and "state upported violence". The hi toric demonstration, organized by the TransAfrica lobby here, ignalled a depart­ ure from the League's usual, conciliatory, interracial During the gue's 75th annive ry conven­ tion here la t week, over 2,000 predominantly middle cla de- egat took unprecedented ction by m rching through the C pit I treet to t...…

August 29, 1984 • Page Image 1

…What Ferraro owes , Jesse Jackson MCP conduct its cond annual Dollar Day demonstration during Labor Day eek to educate Blac con men and to dramatize to th busine com­ munity th immen purchasing po r of BI c, AAC2 Ex­ Direct 0 Benjamin L announced. d mo ation will be d Sept. 1-.8 cro the coun­ try. During that branches ill urge and eir pporters to S2 bi and Susan B. An OIly dollar co' o '''U'IoA'''''''S determination to ope...…

August 22, 1984 • Page Image 1

…y o D TROIT - Michigan con­ umers are being denied the benefit of major healthcare co t­ cntainrnent legislation becau of political b ckmail' by Senate Republican ccordin to State ep. atthe c eely of De- troit, and reported in the Aug­ t 11, ichigan Chronicle. c eely, chair of th Hou In urance Committee, veIed the charge t nate ajority Leader John Engler and his GOP 001· le gu Gov. B nchard . ed into I ix bills of a yen-bill p...…

August 15, 1984 • Page Image 1

…MUSJ<EGON: Early Blue Lake-Dalton history: The Chicago Trib d john Upchurch PAGE7 o J o in votin ctor out to poll in ovem r. The publi ti n, authored by P ul C rton, political con ult nt nd r e rch r wi t h th t n firm of rttil and Kil y, n or d by th J int Cent r for P liti I tudi . C rt n' b , w hi h i b d n a ca tudy of the Detroit ichi n city inc me ta referen­ dum in J un 19 I, out line peci­ fic technique for getting out...…

August 08, 1984 • Page Image 1

…u kegon: t cuts, t e, unemploym nt oth r m tte relevant to th "fairne . ue" at both of hi I t two pre con­ ference , according to a new analy is . ued today by the Center on Budg t nd Policy Prioritie. The Center is a non-profit research organization in W sh­ ington, D.C. At hi July 24 and Jun 14 pre conference, th President contended th t no vidence e . ted to show that hi bud et cut h d hurt the poor, that ocial progra had b n e...…

August 01, 1984 • Page Image 1

…incl Stat D c rti Ii B.H .. Empir 7 Ii rms . co ntractor Terry y LANS G - The . chigan Depart- ment of Transportation (DOT) through it monitoring proce found ven fum claiming to be minority or woman­ owned ere not so' ality, ccording to DOT document . id-City Excavating, th con ruction company laying wen and r urfacing Empire Avenue in Bentn Harbor' one of the firm "decertified" by the tate, documentation reveals. Decertificat...…

August 31, 1983 • Page Image 1

…DETROIT t I. - Chen in support of the AACP' m . e national voter registration �paign ill end their J6O.miIe tre along the "Underground Railroad" route from entucky and through Ohio ·th am' e Voter R' tion ch through do nto n Detroit on Sunday, September 4. The AACP' Overground Railro d arch, concei d as method of dramat]- zing the . tion's effort to regist more a million Bl c voters Will end in a rally featuring Benjamin L. Hook ,...…

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