…" o y We of Grand Rapids is the aspirant from th Natural Law Party" BILL BALLENGER, editor of the newsl tter Inside Michigan Politics, said recent polls show votes given to the andidat will make the difference in th ra bet ween Democrat Bob Carr and R publican Spen r Abraham. Coon, 35, has pent many years in the lumber busin ,He said he had no po litical pirations until 1992, but he r ched a point where h felt "something had to...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 43 An Inf d Pcoole i A F P ormc cop C IS rce cople SEPTEMBER 18·24. 1994 I G, lebo (AP) - Rap s ar Tup c Sha ur, charged .la t year wi h felo- 11JPAC ne his attorney says. S hakur is a of try- . ing to hit ano h r rap star with a b ball t during an April 1993 c n rt. A near- riot ensu d. Jury selec io r for S hakur's lony ult trial was set to begin n xt wee fore Ingham unty C' - cuit Court Judge Lawrence Glazer...…
…men. A report on potential solutio COMBAT. A8 WSU Nursing College honors Detroit students Five students and an in tructot from Crockett Career Technical Center in Detroit were recognized recently by Wayne State University's College of Nursing. They received certificates marking completion of an eight-week program during which they a Isted faculty members conducting various research projects. Participant (left to right) are LaKisha Sear...…
…,hoi • nc Tiger Wood makes golf hi tory Although the white media Ilk na Tiger (Eldrlck) Wood to gottlng great Jack Nlcklau Wood ha atth age of 18, d mon tr t d hi f r sup rlor golftng skill . 'Wood w'on the U.S. Amateur, the most pr tJg oua ama t ur tournamerlt around. He battled back from aix under p r nd becam the young t ever to win. In comparing the two c re r ,Wood ha reached golfing mile tones ooner than Nicklaus. Wooks Brok 50 a...…
…OU8TO (AP) - Complaints of law officer publicly strip rching Blacks have led to a closed door m ing between the mayor, police chief and more than 60 minority leaders. "Something definitely needs to happen and happen in a hurry," aid the Rev. Jame Dixon of the North t Commu nity Baptist Church. "Our efforts are tremendously impeded when we are dealing with a police force ay hen they met. in troit. In 0 er to ak the indus- tri...…
…munity,· Mayor Curt' Rich id Monday. Under th curfew,]a office can stop nyone on city street between 9 p.m. and dawn. -On Monday, attendance at Crystal Ri� only high school as down 40 percent and some bu in e in the city closed early. By nightfall though, the Citrus County Sheriff Office was nding home some officers because the community was quiet. M nwhile, the police chief reiterated his support for the of ficer who shot Jer...…
…ca e- ByTOOENSI n Citizen DWAYNE BROWN A federal law making it a crime for GIs to advocate for, or join, a labor organization has been used to imprison two Black GIs who pro ted command sanctioned racism at Ft. Hood, Texas. Congress passed the anti-un ion la in 1977 in response to fears that active duty service o e By ALISON JONES Spec�1 to Michigan Citizen American (NCOBRA), has for malized plans to establish Black Commu...…
…• VIC op ace- o o VOL. xv NO. 42 .. 111/nf('rmt'd Pt'crll(' Is A Frce Poopte SEPTEMBER 5 -11. 1993 Mayor Sharon Pr�tt Kelly of th Dletrlct of Columbia, the R v.· J • Jack.on, left, and com dian Dick Gregory w re mong 20 demonetretor. arr t d Thur day for blocking Ind pendence Av nu In the on-golng .truga. for etatehood for th dl8trlct erst vote 0 DC state ood By ALLISON JONES says. This will enable the federal seat of governmen...…
…WANDA F. ROQUEMORE/Michigan Citizen ACORN seizes house to protest city's 'illegal' stoppage By WANDA F. ROQUE OR n Cltlz.n Q OIT - Angered nd f�trated with the city's low P ce in proce Ing homestead ing applications under the Nui ance Abate ment Ordinance (NAO), ACORN and residents of an tside neighborhood recently opened, cleaned and claimed for the com munity a vacant house the city refuse to proce under th NAO. "City officia...…
….' r By RON SIEGEL p.cl I to Michigan CltlHn HIGHU D - U.S. Con- gres man John Conyer said Chryslers' decision to leav High land Park hould entitle the city to U.S. di aster aid, imilar to the help given to Florida and Hawaii follow ing recent hurrican . "Economic dislocations are no le s harmful and dangerou to f milies and people than natural dis ters," Conyers told Th Michigan Citizen. Conyers said that it would be more ...…
…, . •• • f • Highland Park Councilwoman: t' who voted for the Chrysler gree ment in 1987, said he upported it because he thought the company w building a tate of the art complex to compete with other industries, but would keep its world headquarters in Highland Park. "We were operating under the as- umption that we had solid under standing that Chry ler would stay in the city," Ross said. "Never in my mind was it that Chry ler...…
…Detroit students receive scholarships AI Scarface Is Back ENTEHTAINMlNT , By II onJ 'eciM � Aliclti,.,. CilizM "I t)x)ught Mayor Robert Wmen provided n excellent opportu nity for involving his own commu nity in the city' development," aid Robert B. Ingram, Mayor of Op locka, F1orida, and a conference par ticipant. Among the idem wittaSed fi t hand by the Mayors were the San- ford Vill e olject, . ion Area People (MAP) mod...…
…ELSCOTT the Coleman A Young center, were not cI ed while Brew ter Center, which h a hi torieal plaque in front of it, in addition to receivin Federal id for lcohol and drug abu e programs, ere cIo ed. Kay Everett .' clo the on ith Coleman A Youn on it" COU C L ID T fIey 'd,"If the recreation cente ere closed (by the mayor' dministIation) beca of the inoendiary con t, it (the contract) . igned .... Ay hould be opened, 0 . th peopl ...…
…, lor Jackson places blame in poultry plant fire . pected to announce oon wheth r h will eek the Democratic presidential nomination, po e to the crowd for 20 minutes in � ceremony that too on a religious fervor. h poke, a tencb eman ted from Im perial Food Product, where workers bad prepared chicken nuggets and marinated chick en breasts for restaurants and grocery stores for 11 years. Mo t of tho e in th crowd were Black, but AS...…
…ByD NY 00 C 1ft ICAl...AMAZOO-Mo than 330 p . one cram amazoo Coun- ty Jail e open the door. Sheriff Thoma Edmond m t reduce the jail' population to 293 or le to prevent ntence reductio from being ordered under the te' 0 ercrowding emergency law. Th commissione, and the chief judge of the,county, while seekm to apply the overcrowd ing· emergency law, are blatantly viol ing many other righ of t e confined, according to in mat...…
…VOL XIII NO, 41 m rican Wor African by ry Hell "Our history in merica is full of examples of outright deceit, abuse, violence, discrimination and exploitation. This p nomenon is in grained. We have come to accept, without question, the premise that African mericans and other people of color are assigned to the most dirty, hot, hazardous, tressful, and low-paying job ." - Willie Jackson, Executive Director White Lung A soc iation 'S...…
…Pioneer jazz saxophonist Lamonte Hamilton dies Paqe 2 • polic uit fil 70 victim u over 40 ncldent in o ay Sp!ciallo th Michigan Citiun LOS ANGELES. CA, -Blac and Latino re ident of Lyn- ood, California, and other filed I w uit in federal court September 25 alleging more th n 40 incident of police brut lily and mi COR duct by L.A. County deputy ne r i rr a signed to Lyn ood. rri All but one of these inci dent took place...…
…By II SOD Jo e CorrespotUlenl HlCAGO-- In a wide rang ing speech that addressed a v riety of topic - the Ni e boycott. Iraq. tate hood for Wa hington, D.C. - Rev. Je e Jack on 'ti r re t c crowd at th weekly Opera tion PUSH meeting. Septem ber 8. in a vi it to the ocial jus rice organization he founded. Prison im for chang - conterenc« examines high cost, no results By Der rtc . Le Stal! Reporter Hartford ernorial Bapti...…
…• ., ., Der C. Lew S"U Relo".r DETROIT - Reve nd Jim Holley of Detroit's Operation PUSH claims ike h lost 20 percent in le profits due to the n tional PUSH boycott of their gym shoe . Holley indicated Detroit PUSH chapter ba ept people informed of tbe oycott against Nike tbru church e rvice t nd com-' munity civic leaders. He id store in tbe Detroit rea hich ell ike products have not been targeted for boycott. bee the nation...…
…ereo I LO A OELES -- The leader of t alional Baptist Con ven'ion U.S.A. Inc. criticized Pre ident Bush' troop buildup in the Pe ian Gulf. "There i a moral i ue," aid the Rev. T.J. Jemi on, pre ident of the nation' large t African American religious body. "It' over oil. We' re jeopardizing our fine young men and women over oil in the Persian Gulf." The convention a ex- pected to vote Thursday at its 110th nnual meeting on a r...…
…2.9 million projec 70% 81 • In ck ci o TROIT" - Ro dwor being performed on Wood- �.��:l��I,;s:�w��ard between Si and Eight i e Roads, by companie contracted by the tate rai e the que lion of opportuniti for Blac -0 ned con. truction companie . According to Department of Tr n port tion Project Management SpeciaJi t Ar thur Davi, four D' a vantaged Bu in . Enterprise (DBE) loc ted ou tside of troi tare p r ucipating in the...…
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…I ... ! .• # "'." . . .. ,. . ..... I'... ., .. ladeD felt like they were i pri oaed iD their hotel rooms: Grey said, ddiD& that things remained calmed UDtil police officers coefroeted stu dents j ciDg in streets. AD the, studen wan ed to do party, he . d. As they in eir cars playing m . police officers yeUed and ticketed them. "The national Pard stood round with M-l6s nd ith .45 on their hips," Grey said. "Bu when they ot t...…
…k! rime! Does vour grol/p need money? OW TO GET IT! IDERS TELL ByRon DETROIT - Are you in an organization with I t of posi ti plan but very little money? A a me ling sp ns red by the eighborhood ervice Or ganization and th TIP service of the Detroit Public Library, pproximately 100 members of ariou community organiza- rio ere told by experts ho to rai money fr m individuals, corporatio and foundations. Information about fu...…
…d of tho D �,; , . ," ._, /. '. " .' .�,..� .�; -; '�; I . � " •. 'i'��: r • ; ;!.�':'� • • '. ' <, �. � _. .... < -" ....; ��'�\�� : ·f· • ,_ ; .,.t.�,;" , I CIIIIltn'.. ud American racter Ita not W' t surprisingly, affected African- to e' , te r ' Americans to the detriment of . the pr� community cohesion. Anti- tioaal opportuni ' Bl ck r cist entiments and AaIericaDs will . lie to pr dices are still prevalent and . d European-A...…
…by CHARL01TE SMARTE FAAL franchi its former slaves. From the famous m reh on WashinglOn to the Rev. Jes Jackson· second bid for the U.S. presidency in 1988. there has been indeed s revolution takin place. Tod y that revolution i formulatin in the mind of Afric n- American and other minority vo er . Thi political warene i perbap mo t evident in the event that took place and led up to the 19 Democrat" Nation I Convention Atlan...…
…A homeless dvocacy group under the � tional Housing Law Project iD W shiagto o.c, alo. ·th 1)e UBi d Community H . Coa ·lion (UCHC) nd COTS Tem porary shelter of Detro· ob- o taioed a temporary restrai . order to pro . the sale of all propertCs . de d bY the u.s. Departme of Ho - ing and Urban DeYelopment (RUD). e groups h ve accused HUD of be" . direct . tioD of the Stewart B c:KiDDey Ho ele s A istaece Act: , primary cam- ...…
…Detroit ... ; . Bison to close .lnn er city office ... . .. . - ...I Opposed care tha haYe raised ce for pIoyed by S900 millioo. I \ is t UDCIe of __ =--u HaD of Fame . • …
…VOL. IX NO.4. Pope: "At omewith 'Blac Catho ics" NEW ORLEANS -Dmmg his visit to the United States Pope John Paul clapped in time to spirituals, delivered praise for what he termed the "providential role" of Dr. Mar tin Luther King Jr. and declared that the church "can never remain silent in the face of injustice." Mos of the Pope's focus on issues of concern to t American Blacks came hen he met with 1,800 African American R...…
…c ett orce? abo e ates: • o a Washington ( A) - By the year 2000, more than 80 percent of the new additions to the nation's wor force will b women, minority group members and immigrants -- groups that have traditionally f ced barriers to employment and advancem nt in the p t, Secretary of Labor Bill Broc d elared in his annual Labor D ymessage. Job will be pi ntiful as our economiy continues to beome more service oriented...…
…obe t Bor m s be de eated That· e d of the NAACP, AFLCIO, OW ... Tum to Pa S oreign Se • acrsm a ice 0 tate De Serving the Suue's A.frican American Community Ca • o ce eating 0 C 00 i cipal yTerry Y BENTON HARBOR Twin Cities Branch AACP h joined the community in for the firing of Benton Twp. police officer Ed iede trang. Siedenstrang j accused of be ting Benton Harbor igh C 001 Principal J es tter . th night stic after...…
…Hall z Serving the State's African American Community VOL. IX NO.41 basts medea coverage • o ac 0 campaIgn P dybac PU , yJ. H.Jo n on ·t Cb rlott m rte- I CmCAGO - Leaders of Oper tion PUSH say Jesse J ac on's presidential chances are being hurt by negative media coverage. At a press conference held at PU H headquarter a tional E ecutive Director Rev. illie Taplin Barrow, flanked by J c on supporter, aid th t study conduc...…
…25 VOL. VIII • By a y NNPA 'ational Correspondent ASHINGTO - Chant of Take it bac �, drifted down the block. The effect was like a ripple. The word pread and the crowd outside the ashin ton Po grew at an en our - i pee. A th numbers multiplied their enthusiasm fol lowed uit, a did stac of the premi re is of the Washing ton Post Magazine th t were trewn on the ep of the n spaper' he dquarter . S' n ith photograph of a t r ...…
…Co por e communi y c arges e hara me t can inues VOL. V III NO. 43 0- c regory ca or Xmas oyco RE AIDES B R L EP Washignton D - Pre i- dent Rea an c lled a bi partisan meetin of Congre - ional leader last wee to dis way to comb t illegal . But hlte Hou aide d to allo Bl ew Yor Con e sman Charles Ran el into the meeting. Rangel i chairman of the Hou lect Committe on arcotic Abu and Control. Ho ever he h been a frequent c...…
…25 VOL. VIII NO.42 SEPTEMBER 14 - 20, 1986 NEWS BRIEFS ngre sm n fr m Geor ia's 5th ivil rights veteran J hn Lewi . hite uprem y acti ns a in t ashington . ssistant Attorney General illiam Br dford Reyn ld la t ee denied charge that the J usti e Department was dopting new rules whi h would allow it to ignore ele tion bi ag inst minorities. Critic were respond in to a department plan to clear election law change without fir determi...…
…25 VOL.VIII 0.41SEPTE BER7-13,1986 NEWS BRIEFS CAL FOR U.S. -AFRICA SU IT Lusa a, Zambia-Prompted in part bythe Rev. Je se Jac on, leader of outhern Africa's o-called "front-line tate tt have called for an urgent ummit meeting between t emselve and President Reagan. In a joint statement released mid- ay durin Jac on' tour of outhern frica, Zambian Preside enneth aunda said U.S. pre ur on bite-ruled ou h rica a needed in order to ave...…
…BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Benton Harbor Michigan 49022 Permit No. 50 Add'55 romr Req'd 25t - Dorothy purlock' orld Inyoly • popcorn and politic • Thl unlikely combination could only.oly froma omanofwhomltcanbe •• ld,"Ve terday'aHerolaNotEnough."Con· fused? Tum to Pag 12 for Larry Cart.r'. account of one of Kalamazoo' y ry own. (Larry C rt r photo) onu inners in Lo ery con est There are eight western Michigan residents who re...…
…BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Benton Harbor Michigan 49022 • Permit No. 50 Add'ss Corr.R9Q'd ou, Granny!' Friend nd ell-wi hers gather-ed Saturday, Sept. 14, in Covert to honor life long civil righ fighter and leader Octavi Hawkins. The banner displayed above her head con vey th sentiments of tho e in attendance. (Kristin Hay photo) co • I USKEGON - City com mi ioner John H. Williams re thed igh of relief and picked up his li...…
…ve ELDERLY COUPlE FACE LOSS US EGO HTS. - An attempt by an elderly couple to keep their hou off the auction bl ck met resistance by the u egon Heights city council at their Sept. 9 meet ing. Dan Boner, attorney with Legal Aid of We tern ichigan explained to the Mu egon Height Council members that S mmy Sims who is over 70 years of ge and his wife had failed to pay property ta es on their home at 2133 Edward. SO RY In the- Se...…
…J o • n ral lecturer, racial equality. n ti publicized phot gr ph depicted Dr. eredith cr lin off a rural uthern ro dway after being shot during civil right demo tr tion i perhap how he is best nown. AP, financial and material arm to the uskegon commun ity, provides food, counseling, and recreational program to area people. The dinner, a fir t -time event for AP, will be held at the iddle School in uskegon Heights. It will...…
…25t children c estern n trudge bac to hool m ny may not be ge tin h t th y're prorni ed - an education. In tead e pecially if they are Bl c , inferiority might en be the 1 n of the day. cc rding to Dr. Ch rle D. ody Sr. uthor of Equity and cell nee in Edu ation for in here Are e?" public education is de . n- d to te h om udents to pire to hi h atu rol in dult life while conditioning oth to cept 10 atu roles in life. o dy's r...…
…25e ',. CITY TRACK RECORD: LESS THAN 1% TO MI , , The 2.2 million was to be loaned to the hotel developers. As the developers paid back the . money . to the city,. the city would in turn hand it over to a minority group called the Mus kegon Urgan Development Ad visory Group (MUDAG). According to the uit, MUDAG was to use the fund "for various needed and price le local community projects with emphasi on the elimina tion of e...…
…A GTO ronal B pti USA, Inc. d a un 1 tion during it n tion convention h re callin on the U.S. to cea diplom tic re- 1 tion with the South frican o rnrnent nd ri ians throughout the world to join in condemning the practice of parth ide embers of the re lution committe , the Re . Timothy P. itchell and Jo ph y, both of ew York, and the Rev. B njarnin I L. Hook, n tional director of the AACP, . d BC le der should meet with th c ...…
…o Caucu's' 14th annual session AS and The anhattans will be held Frid y, September 28, to - benefit th establishment of the Congre . onal Blac Caucus Found tion' endowment fund, , and the Congr . onal Black Caucu spou will host two f: won show to support the CBCF Fellow Program. The CBCF distinguished lec ture rie will open with Charles V. Hamilton, Sayre Profe or of Government at Columbia Uni versity and over 150 exhibit wi...…
…ST TE POUCE POST CHIEF e or BE TO HARBOR Glady Peeples Bur h filed nomin ting petitio for the office of Lake . bigan College bo d of trustee with the County Register of Deeds. . Bur . a gr duate of the Benton Harbor Junior Col- amed to head State Mayors for eagan-Bush· c ege, ichigan CoI- le . a mem of the fir graduating in 1948, hen e earned an ociate of Art degree. She vice- pr ident of the omen' cia at the time of her...…
…BULK RATE us, POSTAGE PAID on Hlrbor, I 4 022 P it 0.50 T LC CY ADDRESS CORRECTIO REQUESTED TO PAGE 3 .3 2S( o EFFO T' / f BE 0 HARBOR to n, anic id. She noted that U many funding urces had dried up" that any do n own redevelopment will r uire more committrnent from private SDejct:' alist in Com- individuals than before. She explained that the city no had « ructured in-hou ta forces and the per nnel' to begin on-going pl...…
…here e o ogical and environment be requir ," id Fred- n, D., de ty medical 25C , HARBOR - Luella cCoy e and race discrimination chalze the South e em . hi gan Health Care Aanciation, the ency that run emorial Hospital, St. Jo p . Mrs. cCoy, ho or ed t em orial in house eeping for 12 year , •• A.roubles began hen mar ed her 67th birthday, ay 11 of this year. "Tbey came do n on me he d and foot:' the mother of 13 said. "They ...…
…The problem of getting around Berrien County is about to be ddressed - . perhap. County Commissioner ro ed a contr t t 0 ... ·-���e�er:=� ago 'th ranspor- tation Management Inc, to provide tr portation to the county in pilot pro ject. According to county planner Aaron Anthony, th te will reimb the county 100 percent for the planned 4OOJ)OO per year project over the ne t 0 year . Anthony b currently by Gate y R Center and ...…
…AC CO VOL. V 0.40 SEPTE BER 7 -13,1 BULK RATE us, POSTAGE PAID B nton H ,I 4 22 P .5 COV ADDRESS CORRECT 0 REQUESTED DEBATE n said. F or others there ill b a nominal 10 fee. BCA . in . ating the po ibility of cheap lodging and shared transporta tion to th conference, Henderson id. forced to Any person interested in ttending ould contact A at 926-7117. j The i u of or fare . on being debated increasingly. This Spring elfare...…
