…or that require new major system like heating. Although mo t started in th 1970s, veral are over 30- yea -old. For the most part, they are arted by parent and te che ho were dis- tisfied ith hat they felt ere in dequaci in the public hools. - The curricul at�se schools inc ude b lc re ding, math, d writing. But many of them introduce an "open door" policy, ahhoup t . rally requbed for pIKe t. Y ve long 'ting . t and operate ...…
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…tor of Union the program e . Rebecca Co' op 1 ells '11 rve on a 15- member bo rd hich is respon ible for all property 0 ned by th Church of God in Chri . The denomination, b d in emphis, Tenn,,' the larg t Bl ck penteco I church in the United State with more than 3,7 million memb r orldwide. e 're ponsibilitie include supervision of the 34 million All Saint University proj ct, which i being dev loped in downto n ernphis; 0 rs...…
…ID EY PaRlE JOE LOUIS 1Mt5UI.l TO AGE2 o t under the best of circum- tance t 'adde ocial psycholo- gi t Jam cGhee, Ph.D., re arch director for th Urb n Le ue, D.C. ingly bi a cial, economic, and health condition, Blac mal "Becoming cies when they are working; be incarcerated and executed; kill or be killed in homicide ; and end up in mental institutions for p ycho sand neuro s that are fatal twice as often as they are fo...…
…ion for o er t 0 ours, onday ev n . g, the Be ton Harbor City Commission voted to gi pay to City ager Ellis itchell, department head, and deputy department heads. Th commi . on lOted 5 to 2, with Commissioner chael Govatos abstaining, to grant . tcheU a salary increa to round 50,000, from his pre- nt S46 000. tchell' eon- tr ct as extended to February 1, 1986. Commissioner Charles Hen- derson and yor ilee Cooke t th t 0 di nt...…
…• • o 0.9 JAN. 30 - FEB. 5, 1985 S G - Four depart.' ment of th State of Michigan do not employ minoriti or women in proporti n to their. pre nc in the popul tion. That i th finding of th ichigan D pt. of Civil Right rep rted in J nuary issue of the departm nt Let r. " The four departments are: th ttorney General the Legi - I tiv uditor General, tural Re ources and the State Police, the ewsletter tate . The dep rtm nt 'operate...…
…ac fo o • • ore VOL. VII ou BATTLE CREE A "Founders Day" ob rvance, celebrating the 75th anniversary y r of the ational Urban Leagu movement, will be held by the Battle Cree Are Urban League, Inc., on Sunday, January 27, 1985 t 4:00 p.m., at Second Baptist Church on orth ashington Avenue. ith the showing of "Honor in Ye erday, Challenging Tomorro ", a film depicting the . ory of e ational Urban League, and having it's fe...…
…Dr. Marl!in luther King Jr. HIS BIRTHDAY BECOMES A NATIO AL HOLIDAY Turn to Page 8 VOL. VII NO.7 JA UARV 16 - 22,1985 25. Bulk of Black stud ARBOR - More than 75 percent of all Blac u den in the United States are cncentrated within about two percent of the nation' school di trict , according to University of ichigan education Prof. Charle D. oody Sr. Whil the statistic may eem a mandate for new de g regation effort, oody beli...…
…Children in limbo - the foster care crisis TURN TO PAGE 4 VOL. VII NO.6 JANUARY 9 - 15, 1985 lac 'Aged � ta e on cut TURN TO PAGE 3 ants Blae omen involved p Iti Ily . Story on e S h e • Ir e 9 retirement CROCKETI will be honored t a he en;d a career with the Civil Right. CoJ/Brt Arts talent breaking out . ,., Th to the effort of 0 com munity-minded m . ian of Van Buren United Civic 0 nization obtained a grant from...…
…Brea for Sic Ie Cell Sufferers VOL. VII 0.5 JANUARY 2 - 8, 1 85 TU TOP GE 2 SHINGTO , D.C. - The ational ciation of Housing nd Redevelopment Offici s AHRO) . d recently that propo by Office of anage m nt and Budget Director David . Stockman to entirely wipe out Community Development Bloc Grant (CDBG and Urban Development ction Grant (UD G) ould repre nt a 'Dev tating blo t to the nation t capacity to me t critical infr tructu...…
…Got the Christmas Blues? . ,: y / w appeal filed for Maurie Carter ROSS, For one inm te of the ichigan pri n y tern, Chri tma came early thi year. urice Carter ju t hope that the appeal fil d on his half la t month ith the i h igan Court of Appeal do sn't fall th w y of many Christm s gift - 10 t shortly after th h liday . Carter' troubl began on another Chri tma - Christma of 1973. A Benton Harbor police offi cer, Thoma...…
…VOL VII NO.3 DECE y o HARBOR - Syd ney Finley, ational AACP F air Share and Economic Development Consultant, told a small group at th Twin Citie CP election program, th t e Fair re program a created to help improve the economic tatu of the B ck community. Finley . d billion of dollars le ve Blac communiti an nually and Fair Share is the CP effort to top the drain. Finl y e g r for the AACP meeting, Fri- day, Dec. 14 at Unio...…
…bop Tu u blast a. compromi night' city commi ion meting. Dr. lph Chandler, e tern ichigan Univer tty profe r told th commission r during public hearing meting, hi recommond tion to federal Judge En lin ould be forth comin no later than four ee . This a th cond public he ring regarding th redr y. ing of ard boundarie. The city h d ignored reque ts for re p- ion nt until fil d by four city resi dent forced the mo . The plainti...…
…- Eugene Al corn, 0 n r of AI' Insulation Contr or, 3175 Strand, is ing the city of uskegon alledgin th t he was not al- 10 ed to bid on two HUD funded project . Alcorn, a minority con tr ctor, is claiming that des pite affirm tive action pro VI on requiring the city to monitor nd enforce minori ty p rticipation in such pro jects, no uch participation i going on. • ''The city . just not pu - ing affirmative action:' said ...…
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…for Ethiop� Thi • • • • • giving on PAGE 8 o put t HARBOR - and butter distribu tion . will be Tue day, ov. 27, from 8: 30 .m. to 4: 30 p.m., ccording to Louise i e ·t coordin tor for ommunity . ction Agency of Southwest ern ichigan .. That gency i the n ly appointed repl ce ent for BC on an interim basis. Offices for the gency located at 100 ain St., the form r offic of City Venture Corp. Persons eligib for c e a...…
…u kegon Minority Contractor. re nt public dis cu i n of recre tion in the city h do the Benton Harbor ec Pro r m compar with tho in the city of St. 10 ph St. 10 ph Twp., and Berri n Spring. To an wer th t qu ion, The Citizen undertoo tudy 100 ing t the number full n f r the and pa -tim employ ,the r creation program num r of individual re idents a ed that il budgeted erved nd th number of .11:. pp ximately 17,000 for it peopl re...…
…IRMEN SUPPORTED a . Glen Bro received pedal recognition include, ere dhoc Committee to find a \ replacement for Berrien County Action (DCA) pprov d a re commendation that ould allow the CAA of South Central . chigan, Battle Cree , to serve the interim a ncy until another Community Action Agency' e tablished. n 0 • ormc CHICAGO - While he will continue his political ctivitie through the ationaI Rainbo Co ition, the Rev. Je J...…
…U GO -Acrod of 600 penon left the annual MCP Dinner rallied by spe - to the theme of "Vote to e Our Goals Reality _,' A highlight of the evening the announcement by busi oman and civil right der . e Ann Reynold t t ,purc . a $1,000 membership for herself d a 500 life membe for her niece, Cberyl E. Dixon in Chicago. �ntice Sydnor, �CP om of th Life em- ber . p committee receiv d the membership from rs. Rey nold th cro d resp...…
…nqu .pe Ralph Crenshaw, Juanita Echol Randall Jurgen n Charle Yar- . brough orval ei and ayor Wilce 0 e. b t ining wer C mrnis ioner Ch rl Hender- n and icha 1 Govato . Com- mis ioner mold Bolin as b nt. Rev. Fie said 'It i our re ommendati n th t th bard be rein t ted to ull power for the foll in re n. here i a 1 g 1 binding contract bet th city, Benton Harb r oin to hav o ner hip th board need full uthority and for gre t r ...…
…T A. Goodin From idtigan OJronicaJ The finding of the last comprehensive report on the .. "St te of Blac Michigan; 1984," compiled by the . chi gan Council of Urban League E ecutive and the Center for Urban Affain at ichigan I State Unive ity, re grim. It tat: "The social and economic gap between Blac nd White in ichigan i id spre d and per istent and, gi en to v: conservative eli m te, i likely to tay that v: ccording to th...…
…• 10 NO.45 OCTOBER 10 -16,1984 income Blades eswel les poor SHI GTO , D.C. - In the ey me ure of economic tatus - income, poverty atus and unemploym nt 1 vels - Blac are or off today than in 1980, ccording to a ne udy issued October 4, by the Center on Budget and Policy Prioritie . The tudy, 'Falling Behind: a Report on How Blac Have Fared Under the Reagan Polic ie ," al 0 find th t the econo mic gap between Blacks and whit...…
…The City Commissioners approved the Bentoti Harbor Hou' ng Commission plan to cquire and reh bilitate 50 hou s in the city, t the pre-meeting ork- op, Commissioner Charle Yar brough opposed the propo d Sub idized housing unit, ' 0 more subsidized housing - that's my attitude," aid Yarbroll:gh.· "I ould like to e more home owner ," he dded. Votin in f or of t idized units re Commis- loners Arnold Bolin, Charle Hender on, orval...…
…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...…
…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...…
…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...…
…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...…
…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...…
…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...…
…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 ...…
…a - Street people living on the eam grat and ode of the n tion's capital ha on right to ote, mo that could trigger similar d WODS 0 the country, city offi- ci predicted recently. nanimou te by the c' y Board of Elections and Ethic overturns an e Iier dec' 'on by Joe rer, the city regi rar, that homele peop e to live in elters to 'VOte. "Only recently e received five regi - tr tion application, from peop e ho I li d either on grat...…
…IPP o CT 81 d r c or TURN TO PAGE 7 n declared, support bo Coatit· dram at . camp to change Ameri· politics by calling all of � 400 e cted de tea to another "Rambo Con ntion" in Cruea 0, June 29-30, o ek before the Democratic a· 'onal in San Fran . co. And he confirm- ed p to definitely go to Cuba and ibly Latin America to further in U.S. foreign policy before mocr tic nominee is lected. ddition to calling for a "Jac n, ,...…
…FARRAKHAN SPEAK. BE TO HARBOR - Po m ter illiam P. Truehart Jr. has announced that Cl r ICarrier Examin tions ill be open during the period of June 25, 1984 thru June 29, 1984 and urged all tho interested apply to take the te that can le d to Postal Service Employ ment. , e have not opened our register since 1978 and an examin tion of it ha I d us to believe it is out of date, and that m y of the on th regi ter are peopl ho have ...…
…·MUSKEGON GRADUATES SPECIAL PULLOUT SECTIO HARBO -Any jobless resi dents of this, chigan's mo distres d city, ho have been holding their breath for the long-heralded Enterprise Zone bill d better hurry up and breat - the pro la ignores them. The Enterprise Zon Bill (S.8.73) that recently passed e Michigan Senate nd i no in 80 committees does not require busin to hire any r . dent of th zone, Ben 0 or Enterpri Zone .. Committee ch...…
…t andards of code enforcement the city operating by? That question concerns Re. athaniel Gathright, pre . dent Concerned Tenan Organization. lett from one of the landlords in Action Rentals to tenant t 474 Pipe- • one led to qu tion. The tenant - Charlene eridy and Barbara artin - nt a certified letter wee, y 24, to Bapti . Their letter amed the landlord that if did not fIX certain items "thin en d y they ould begin withholding t...…
…. .. f 30TH A 25( id • c • I . BENTO HARBOR - u the city lDspecuon department lpful to th o tenanta at 821 Pawnn hen they d er er tin up in a bathtub? Apparently not. ea·' to 821 P onne by dty lnapectors, there wrt1� report. Abo, tbete atill WitJ�� by The 22, Olnontha t of a flood Reed r c ca " said Ballard (a Ie ge d po company) had been out an� pumped out the buement. It was just a complaint." Reed . d there . no r...…
…2 0.24 MAY 16 - 22, 1984 d of national voter regis- tration campaign sharply criticized recent I . do d by the 'chigan Hou ta . hich prohibit three te nd from using their employee to p .. te in the campaign. H Jo, national director of the Ruman Service Employees Registration d Voter Educa . Ii (SERVE) campaign, . d . group will consider taking legal action If the proposed legislation become Jo . Detroit r ntly to ational . tion o...…
…2 BE 0 HARBO� - Ho ould e pend the money? That i the quest 'on the Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) want the residents of the city to er. In order to hear the er, the CAB will hold public hearing on Saturday, ay 12, t the Benton Harbor Public library at 11 a.m. . Arnold Smith C B pre 'dent, told tb C B memb r at their ay 3 meet in , th t the city will have 614,000 to pend for th fiscal year beginning October 1, 1984. � Smith expla...…
…y • ml ay.3. Amol1l the other speakers t the Summit's plenary 'ons will be Dr. Jame Comer, Director, Child Study Cen ter , Yale University; Dr. Bernadette Chachere, Chainnan, Department of Bconomi , Hampton Institute; Dr. Jame A. aya, founder of the "Adopt-A- . Family" endowment, and . er Falaka Fattah, Director, House of Umoja, Phil - delphia. In ddition, other not bles making presentations at the orkshop ns ill be Dr. Lee P....…
…• MICHAEL JACKSO'N PINUP INSIDE G _ 51 ULE5.COU. TY POLICY e' cleared the path of ro d blocks and e're re dy to move abe d . th rent rike ainst Action Ren- tals," id Rev. athanieI Gathright, pre 'dent of the Concerned Tenant Organization (CTO) after a trip to Lansing, April 23. " e met with officials in the At torney General' office and the Depart ment of Social Service," id-Rev, Gath right. The Berrien County Department o...…
…TWO BLACK MEN MADE TODAY'S EASTER ----- .. --TS FIGHT ACTIO T Eel ESI DE TS ALS, BOR- The Concern ed Tenants Organization (CTO) called a rent rike Tue ay, April 17, in Action Rental to force repairs at 474 Pipestone. The Ten nt lso nnounced that they ill journey to Lansing to meet ith repre ntativ of the Attorney Gene I' offi requ "protection of the law" for city r 'dent. At a pr conference Tuesday, CTO pre 'dent Rev. at hamel...…
…• -PAG 2 ip Conference in Washin ton D.C., these Bento Harbor 4-8 Silj der. They ha e been in olved in a three-year Citize hip ood year, state go ernment. . year' focus on national po red by th 4-8 membe . Pictured from left are: Rodn y . gton, D.C.; Joyce Butler, 4-8 Leader; Antionette Williams; Smitty Cr . tanto Den Sim; Pat Bati t; aren Yen . Gerri Sim 4-H Leader; An tt By •• The Berrien County Commis on is now pl nning n inrn te ...…
…T I-COU TY Y.OUTH JOBS P OGRAM TU TO PAGE 2 A l' MO TALITY TURN TO PAGE 2 BlA TS. E � o I .. ," .. .. 25e , VOL VI NO. 18 APRIL 4 -10, 19 4 G , TI BE TO HARBOR , e have a family living in a ticking timebomb." That wa how Rev. athaniel G thright, pre - dent of the Concerned Ten ants, described the home of the tenants at 235 Lake St. The property is owned by Action Rentals. Action Rental wa also the land lord of the pr...…
…L "," GARY HART A D BLACK AMERI CA -T TO PA E 6 SUIT TA GETS VOL. VI O. 17 ARCH 28 - APRIL 3, 1984 ISSISSIPPI VOTI G LAWS -TURN TO PAGE 2 BE TO HARBOR - The Southwestern Michigan Southern Christian Leadership Conference SCLC) will m et turday, rch 31 at 10 a.m. t • ogre lve Bap Church, to discu the possibility of reopening the C . Dr. Daniel E. Cook, pre Ident of SCLC, made the nnounce t nd said letter had been sent to area c...…
