…Hello 1990.'. 9 un po By Spe r Capilai News Service lANSI G - Ensuring a heal thy, productive, drug-free path for Michigan youth is - being made e ier since the governor a ded grants to the Student Assi tance programs statewide, The multi-thousand dollar grants are provided through the governor's discretionary fund, and supplements the govern: nt fuadi ytar for the Student A i tance progr . In total, the funding represents ...…
…8yR E Correspondent Dr. M ulana Kar e nga, originator. of the African celebr tion Kwaanza, brought the essence of truth to the University of Michigan's Hutchins Hall on Mond y . December 4, lectur d to ap proximately 100 tudents on the seven principles of Kw nza. Karenga said in the ancient Egyptian text, the boo of Com ing Forth By ight, that African are commanded to bear witne to the truth, to set the scales of justice in t...…
…I be addreued if to be com- a proposal I've maybej the •• �-., aad tha . something I hope to be talking more in the coming weeks,· Engler . d. "We're orking on a le . • lative plan that might provide property t relief d might be incident of ho John Engler are o· to …
…c DETRorr - The Detroit Chapter AACP filed suit last gai the Automobil ASIOC:&I· at·1On of erica for r - cial discrimination against the ci y drive . case will affect all inner . drivers cr he tate who pay higher premiums b sed on their ddr ratthan their per sonal driving record. "AAA h m n ch ge exorbitant re on ably higher . premiums to perso "President George Bush' promi e to recapture the American Dream for home er hip ...…
…ic �������dIt����lrie,�·on School districts are ap- to poorer district said Ronald propri tely concerned, aid Koehler, the editor of the ea. illi m Sederburg, R - . governor' news office. " East . airm of the Relatively prosperous out- K-12 Senate appropriations of-formula school districts al- ry 0 lim to By Capital News Service LAN I G - �tarting Decem ber 3 th odd re getting longer for lottery ph y rs. In order to increase tu...…
…BuUalo - Most· ues that concern the average African American "leader" - integra tion, desegregation, affumative action, government ponsored progr , assimilation, accep- Brock, of the Los ADaeles DeterminatiOD Com- ee aU tb thiDp distractions from the real of for Americans for 300 r come a game of politics. I don't see the legislature coming up with anything effective, • Hood . d. e ought to p some _ coosideratioo to . it to...…
…hi e .supremacy magic changes Eg By Ro e Eolo Corres ondent America's official standpoint, although his complexion is dark, and his fe tures and an cestry visibly African, he is con sidered white . Hefny said he strongly resists the labeling of his race as white. Though he qualifies a Black person in terms of his phy ical appearance, he is refused the standard benefits of BI ck Americans like Affirmati Ac tion, and minority b...…
…•• I . U e of dog , search hetlccpter SU oUce overr anger tudents FLODEAN s. RIGGS Stll/f Repotter S urday Nov. 4 a recently opened Lansing-area record store jointly owned by four MS U student ponsored a promo-party at one of the citys v z ac popular night spots. Conrad Parrish, 29-y ar-old publisher of Lansing's African Amer ic n newsp per, the Metrop attended the party taking pictures of the ocial functiOn. During th...…
…I I o er In urance tudy reveals exce profit By SHElLEY DeLUCA Capillll News Service LANSI G - Michigan in surance companies are overes- imating their losses and not being efficient in their ad ministrative costs, claims the author of a preliminary tudyon po ential uto rate reductions in the state. "The report identifies where rate reductions can be made ba ed on what profit the in surance companies should be making, " ai...…
…Legalizing drugs By Com!spondent "I blame a majority of the youth problems on the drug pushers, as, they offer an equal incentive to other employment, getting good education, and wee Iy 110 ance," said renowned educator and author of "Conspir cy to Destroy . Black Boys," Jawanza Kunjufu. . ufu . the true chal- lenge' re ofsee��'���hlwDJ"_lafa provide quality employment can compe e against drugs. Kunjufu was the keynote peaker ...…
…By CIIpitIIJ News Soviu LANSI G - As the body couat in the drug war rises maay are . if it' time to caD a ybe, ys a group urging � ideration of alternat� •• : __ 1 ,1; ... ft I •. . wuUwuaegJ lV'UOD. . DefiDetIy not, ys Michigan Czar· DooaId Rei . . The present policy is a .• . KenniDgton Wall, 01' of P . iaformation � the J>rug Policy Foundation. The foundation is a w ..... OIl. D.C. - based or .-IIZIIIJiQIl dewted to explor...…
…No· equity with school proposals LANSING - Although the two school funding proposals on the Nov. 7 ball promise more money for public educa tion, they will not solve the problem of equity, says a mem ber of the House Education Committee. Rep. Joseph F. Young Jr., D Detroi said neither the half cent sales tax increase UDder _ ropo I A or the 2-cent in crease under Proposal B will eliminate the disparities in per- pupil p J...…
…es . cal DETRorr- From march to lobbyiDg to voter registration, the homele are tretching theirpoliticalmusc A Dilllion people are ex pected to march on W • on October 7. The march . cal- . e of lobbying Con- gr civil demo tr tio and the first nation I Homele rai e oice the Homeless announced their . increasing political involvemen a press conference last month held t the Union office on Cass Avcn . W yne Pippin, Union pr t...…
…eft .• llutMe, Dn�:UUo� (Web.rtet's New World Diction IIry) c o er ly African American city's Council pr . dent t. The teme received . de media coverage and condemn - tion by community, labor, nd public offici But sever I Afr ic: n Americ n y an Afric n Ameri simply can not be r cist - by defmition. " . . �aDllS e in titutional oppr A. . -NNPA COMSpOIIdenl WASHINGTON, D.C. - Pr . dent George Bu h and the nation' governo...…
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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...…
…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...…
…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...…
…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...…
…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...…
…'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 ...…
…"Tbc man to pull our elves up by our DOO(Stta bu then he ole our boo It, was the opening state ment of renowed Black his .. torian and lecturer Dr. John Hendrick Clar . Clark w invited to Wayne County Community College's orthwest C p on Sunday June 18, one of the guest speakers to ddre a few of the multiplicity of ch llenges African-Americans face today. Clar expr d his disdain. for the it upremi t bind that Bla have allow d t...…
…• Only Governor' appointment can rectify imbalance central d Black popul ti n, . uch a. Sagina , Flint or Lan in , may not h v the number to elect judge, Gre n i qu ted as yin. H y th Governor must com pen . t for this shortage through th appointment procc. s, The t te "must try to make o id alliance form By.A Y i Correspondent . A ARBOR - Over the la I two ye r Afr ic n American college tuden have become more active in...…
…\ Although the demonstra tion too pi eei the middle of a Blac city, ccording to Greenpe ce estimate, II those arrested were white and only ·a small percentage- of the demon trator wer Blanch�rd' proposal , pa ed the tate hou nd enate a a part of the governor's budget bill and . o on hi desk. Up and Ou of P rty, a co lit ion of community, church, labor, and welfare rights organizatio including WRO, . . peop to call. Blanchard...…
…paizatiou, .roup aud .,.. .. lIICI aad --QUeI proteatiDg the IDellIUI"e • the IDgenaOl' CJWIl propouJ. A ooalition c::aDed Up IDd Out of POYerty W'lC& COD cemed •• to come to the Call U aited ethodiat Churm, 3901 Cau SeIdeD 5 p.m., M�day J 5 b o for r peo to call in protest to I Governor BlaDchard' Detr . office (313) 256-1003 d Governor Blanchard collect at his LaDs· office at (517) 373-3-400. . seekiDg farthec in- fo ti...…
…�IYOl.11 ARBOR A seriou di cussion ong African-American student represe too place on Sa turday May 13 t the ·University of Midligam (U- M) around the possibility of aeatiDg a .chipD Alliance of African-A erican Stu dents. Hosted the Cell er for Afro-American d African Stu· Lounge by the United Coalition Against Racism (UCAR) tJ-M, the � ,/ reviewed recent st dent p'otest adiYity W. tate. University (WSU), .Ferri _ State Un...…
…'foreca it: • I for D m n-d- Black 90' tim troit certain out tate arc in neral and the Republican Party in p rticul r. R rt LaBr nt, vice pr i- dent of polictical affairs and generalcoun. 'Iofthe ichi an .. tate Chamber f mm rcc . ' said the 1990 federal cen u finding c uld cos t ichig n two cats in Congr 5S nd shift four or five t t ats in th Michi an Le . latur. I LaBr nt id a a result of reapportionment, the st te uld ...…
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…ByJO , JO ES Capital ew Servia LANSING- The proposed S22 million cut to the Michigan Youth Corp budget could be a great help to Michigan busi nesses and Department of Men tal Health clients, or not, depending on who you talk to in the Legislature. Passed by the Senate April 13 and on its ay to the House, the bill ould take an 84 percent slice out of the Michigan Youth Corps' 1990 budget, $25 million to S3 million, and would re...…
…OITCOU ell II. OKAYS LI ITED REPARATIO S p�. By Alii onJ Correspondent DETROIT - By a unan i- gress approved payments of mous vote, the Detroit City $20,000 to each. Council April 19 approved a . Cleveland said he didn't resolution urging the U.s. Con- want to put cash in the hands of gress to pay limited reparations young Blacks. He told this to the descendants of slaves. paper he tbought tbe money . The resolution calls upon the ...…
…, African AmeriCans enl··---=- . Parr m ry B ae CfluCUS I TIO COU cil ings of their citizens. AlIi J Since 1967 a Detroit citizen, Conapondent Raymond Jenkins, has joined DETROIT - City Council the movement calling for member Clyde Cleveland has reparations for African introduced resolution calling Americans. for limited reparations to "As long as the student PW'- African Americans. ' sues a course of study with pass- His resoluti...…
…, RCH I FOR U CF " Latino, AslantPacific and Na- 1M American women 0 are sorely affected by limitations in • choice because of poverty. . for birth-control u e in the The Partnership Program United States but doctors are recently covened a (orum on allowed to presaibe i for ter abortion, reproductive rights minal cancer cases. e drug and the rc ofthechurchinaf- has been rongfully ad- fuming choice, attended by minstered birth co...…
…-A Summit: ',.,._ ... A E \ I VI D� AlU J Despite controversy sur rounding the organizing stages of the African AmeriCan Sum mit (AAS) set for April 21-23 in N Orleans, organizers insist all segment of the African American community are urged to participate. As reported here last week, there' sOme debate over the participa . 0 of Louis Far rakhan of the ati of Islam. AAS taff or anizer Kay H' y' Louis FarrakhaD and Angela...…
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…I I Pro e pc Amurcon D m nd d ent Ing By DETROIT - A chanting line of picketer demonstrating in front of Amurcon Apartment Management Comp ny's Southfield office able to ac complish h t earlier mcetinp had failed to achieve - a promise by Amureon that things ould get better. The March 9 demonstration organized by members 0 the Hou ing Co lition Core Group (HCCG), tenants of 11 buildings located in downtown . Detroit all m...…
…Stud nt rg U. m n ment; curriculum and A a er D d KallII�.U In reponse to continous stream of re tionary beb vior by the Howard U. administr - tion, university udents halted the school' annual Charter Day convocation. University presi- Fa . S. Capital News Service LA. SI G - Gov. James Blanchard said the Legi lature's Blac Caucus' criticism ofhi St te of the State addres simply was the lawmakers' yof etting 1m at tention. ...…
…o cia By hy r Capital News Service LA I G - Although dropout rates arc a significant I concern, the problem is shifting with the state's new service economy to affect the middle class. omi Bryon, consultant for the bur u of educational ervices in the state Department of Education, said she bcli ves part of the dropout problem is due to parents who didn't en courage their children to get an education, because the parents didn...…
…Hom /e m na, citv open up - , vacant proiect« 8yRoseEnl DETROIT Members of the Wayne County Union of the Hom luss (NHU) and ap proximately 30 of its hoomeless attended a meeting of the City Council on Monday February 20. HU President Wayne Pip pin requested that the Council make vacant, repairab public housing vailab1e to the Union to be made habitable. At a prior meeting with the council, its President Erma Hender on prom...…
…FAIR Study: - I ightlinel racist, conservative . The media watch grou p, FAIR, issued the results of its study: "Are You on the Nightline Guest List? - An Analysis Of 40 Months Of Nightline Programming." The 45- page report con cludes that one's lilcelihood of appearing on ightline's guest list is enhanced by being a white, make member ot the govern - - ment, military or corporate es tablishment. The study found that certain ...…
…gency food stamps and clothing. Peters said, the organization representatives tried to help. �CK-�ne ly -We're poor, but we are formed Hamtramc Welfare human beings," she said. "We Rights Or anization (WRO) have rights too." reportedly got the Hamtramck Pete�s charged that: social service office to respond -. - Clients were told to co� to client problems' after � t 7 a.m. and �t had to Sit threatening to stay the entire 10 the <?ffice...…
…·• PAGS7 \ Blanchard bud et Cuts to fuel prison growth including state hospital closings, an agency official said. Blanchard's budget, which will be released on Feb, 9, will put, more money into correc tions at the cost of almost every other department, the governor and aides already have cknow ledged. Thomas De Loach, director of the office of public informa boo, . d that the Department of Mlnapmcot and B · t e in the en...…
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