…With the renovated Fox Theater, the re tored Gem Theater c t treet, and • the State Th tre bringing in ho nd th Elwood Bar nearby, Downtown Detroit i howing po itive ide of revival. Wi th th opening of Th Vault, a transformed old National Bank building t Clifford Bagley, theatre- -goers can dance to their heart' content and sip their favorite beverage, including draft beer ... My thanks to thoughtful friends for their lovely Ea...…
…THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY MAY 16, 19 5 - art! Lutber In lead the fi t Selma to Montgomery March. 1840 - Ja e . Turner, How many year elapsed be- pollticl n, w born. 1979 - . tween the last known Black Pblllp ndolpb, labor le der player in the major leagues and . and civil righ pioneer, died. the hiring of Jackie Robinson? 1917 - H rry T. Burlelgb, compo er, piani t, Inger, w waraded Spingarn Medal for excellence .in mu ic. 1990 - ...…
…"Why Peter can' do i While Lo Angele wa still smoldering, the Mayor appointed Peter Uberoth to come in and "save the inner city." The appointment is insulting. It is short sighted. It is racist. Why do the powers that be always believe non-residents can "save" African American communities. First of all, African Americans do not need avlng, other than what . we do for ourselves. What is needed most of all is for all the exploiters, the ...…
…Ho ton, D ill Dunjee (1926) "Wonderful Ethiopian of the Ancient OBhiac Empire." Jac on, John (197) - "Man, God, and Civilization." James, George G.M. (1954) - "Stolen Legacy." King, Kenneth (1971) - "Pan-Africanism and Ed tion: A Study of R ce Philanthropy and Education in the Southern Sta of America and East Africa." Lane-Poole, Stanley (1886) - "The Story of the Moors in Spain." Lewi , David Levering (1987) - "The Race to ...…
…contln 1 only blame , because we don't even get together to tal to each other. Tb t to change." BIGHLA D P Mayor Lin ey Porter focused on the problems of Highland Par ying that the city needs busine es and consumers to be more loyal. He also said that he will be holding businesses responsible for "giving back to the community that upports them." "First of America (Bank) has decided to leave Highland Par for reasons I'm till not...…
…ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS I Tone Loc I c in Bi W Y After the popul rity of "Funlcy cold Medina" and "Wild Thang", mo t fol thought Tone-Loc h d dropped off the planet. But now with a new lbum, nd I three acting projects, fans will get to ee alot more of Tone Loc. In one of hi most recent ventures, Ton Loc i trying hi hand at voice-overs, lend- · ing hi gritty baritone to th laid-back iguana in 20th Cen tury Fox' anim ted featur...…
…Compiled nd Edited By KASCENE BARKS SUNDAY, MAY 10 -0- Master of the quiet storm. The jazzy, passionate & swinging Norman Connors revisits the metro-Detroit with his famed group - the Starship Orchestra w/Michael Henderson & Spencer Harrison. Baker's Keyboard Lounge, 20510 Livernois at 8 MI (864-1201). Reserved seats 15 per show. -0- Comedy Central, the only all-comedy network, comes to Detroit's Oakland Mall as part of its 15-c...…
…HEALTH An1JA OCKI Children re e peci By cep- tible to thi trend in obe ity, du to a breakdown in the family unit, Kai er aid. I HIG , MAJOR dairy and meat-eating tate according to Petersmarck, ha the fourth highe t percentage of overweight residents "IT' TH PROBL M of th Black health professionals to meet in St. Louis The Blac Congress on Health, Law and Economic (BCHLE) today announced it will hold its fourth Quadrennial Confer...…
…, I , I BENTON HARBOR Votin to re cind th con were M yor Emma Hull, Commi sioner Ch rle Yarbrough, James Turner, Steve o on the chec relea ed Ii ting, a c ck of 6,199.06 to Robert Whi te, the ttorney th t e care of all the city's leg affairs. There have been m ny complain from tb commission of th amount of money that' being paid out in attorney If the ci ty i broke, here is all the money coming from to p y these bills? Each ...…
…IN L than two years Couture! bas moved from its west- ide loca tion to downtown. And what started with high-! hion acce orie like earrings and carv , has blo omed into wear that sizzle. Wild leg ging; equinned, beaded, and studded bustiers; fun hats, and hand pain d, two-piece lei ure wear are rnong the things he tocks. Tillman refers to her merchandise as "affordable extrava$ance" and believes that she' created the po - sibili...…
…BUSINESS FINANCE Con urn rTip RAnIER 1lIAN JUMP n their Con people for their pranks on � Hill, wban B will ly relish equal fact that tJ-eir guys woe 'J t like rest tre�" At ontre' the Ch� am i Bank, gave B aIXl cq\Ill �ty to iImlvtn.)'. � � dr:ck in vestigation hit the Congressional B k Onx:us hard. Twenty-two of the 26 in Congress were founj k> overdIawn ttm ac- 00UI11s during the 39-IlDIlth perod fmmJuly 1 to Oceoer 1�. FI...…
…, RELIGION 7 c d Handel' o c . " y. ro erb 2 :23. Just one day before rioting bro out in Lo Angele , Quincy Jone directed n all- tar hallelujah chorus of R&B and go pel arti in the rewor ed ve ion of "Handel's Messiah. " WIlli 8 n OodF hor We want you -- Send the history of your church along with photo (If possible). - Send all church announcements and information about activities. - Send inform ation about accomplish...…
…o u reepond by 30, 1 2 EDUCATION Sohol rshlp 1 Athletlo Aw rd.1 Sohool S leotlonl We Match You With Multlpl Souro The Larg •• t, Curr nt 0 t B , MONEY BACK GUARNATEE ACADEMIC SUPPORT SEARCH INTERNATIONAL (616) 324-0771 P,O, BOX 1805 PORTAGE, MI 49081 10 01 oount to 'Mlohlgan Citizen' R aders Not all signs of discrimination are this obvious. What you may hear is: "I rented that apartment right after you called." ...…
…(b) The of 0.10% or men by (2) ofa ge or In 00 01 a or y penn .GpI ..... 4Kf upon a or at 10 or yaoo"ibIe m or • Inc ., ... ed ng of motor 0, by a per on who I. under the Influenoe of • ng oracon ed ,ora oombln tlon of Intoxlo tlng liquor and a oa ItroIIed , or who a blood alcohol of 0.10%, or more by tof aJoohd. (3) A pereon, or not. I not oper a v upon a hi pIIIoe open to the general pubIIo or QeI'1I8Rt1ItY aoo ... 1bIe to m...…
…b "11 rea mi a of 0 m tryin to organize a leepin peopl wa the peopl up fir. t to their huma i eritage. enyou'llget action." • Ir About 250 people turned out for th anti-violence rally. H len Moore and Councilwoman Greta Johnson. David FI nagan came out with his fath r to show hi. support for the an it-violence rally. . Kwame Kenyatta • I Followera of Y hweh B n Yahweh lao attended the rally. Due to the Rodney KIng Incident, the tr...…
…I U L "There' ying t hen the n tional economy ge cold, Michigan gets pneumonia," Arthur nti del, n oci te profes or at the Wayne St te University School of Social Wor t Sunday, Anti del poke at an open forum, "Unemployment: Familie at Ri k," held t the Midwe t Labor Institute for Social Studie . Hi lecture focused on what be called "hidden cos " of jobl n an(Hhe in ction on the part of lawmakers to alleviate it. "Michigan has s...…
…Short g of Black Ph.D.' Many f ctors h ve been blamed for the teep declin in th number of Blac men who get doc torat ,but now ome educators ay that another major ca e i that univer- ities m e it ier for for eign rs to get financial aid than th nation' B1 c . Archbishop tricken Archbi bop Jame Lyke, the country' only Black Catholi archbishop, has been diagnosed with in operable lung cancer, the Archdiocese of Atlanta said...…
…/ ,- . , I • t •• 'j • I ... , !o!rl i ( " '1" � .. ,I � �. , Arthur t he pl to out publicly on the' uc of AIDS, but "no AIDS c tivi t group i going to orce me to do anyting I don't want to do." he . d he had been pres ured by uch organiza- tio ince hi reluctant disclo ure April 8 that he AIDS. But he . d he is till considering what role he should play, and, meanwhile, "high-pre sure tactics absolutely will not ...…
….. .. '7HE P RAM wide open, " cxplaim Mr. Hefner. "The ooly rcqlirerTx:nt we have � that the tudcn have an ineresr in the �." loog thcytmve sornetIing k> wril: \t or want first-hand experience in jour IIllisrn. New Yo Comcctions provides 1bem an oudet. The b' IOOtivatq fia>r for the . the frecdoo1lO wril: t dEy wanL A rccmt is ue featured columns on prejudice, cultural pride, teligion aOO othec . impoJ1aDt D their ownliYes. ...…
…This Week In Black History y - Were there ever all-Black professional baseball teams in corporated in leagues with all white teams? MAY ,1Bm- ton E go mment official, was born, 1 5 - rt. Abbott publisbed � first i ue of � Chicago Defender. 1950 - Poet G ndolyn Broo w first Black to win a Pulitzer Prize (for "Annie Allen"). 1972 - Frank W a 26-year-old Black security guard, alerted police to � Waterga break-in. Was the Quake...…
…• 2-month old Javier Dowdell, �.�ofoolumnl I <htwn WIlborn. He the eon � MI9gt. Donald Dowdell, oned In Madrtd, Spain Alrforoe 8Me, and Elena DowdeI. We wish only happy years ahead for Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward . Donald. They . celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary recently ... The annual Caribana Fe - tival will be beld in Toronto, Canada on Friday, July 31st until Sunday,. August 2nd at the Sheraton Centre Hotel. 869-1393 is...…
…I I I I I I I , I • I ," I I I . I I I I 10- � , . . , I 1 0% I I I n� m n' r Wearing Apparel • I I wn/gard • I rmcrew I I I , f . . All men' ,women' & children' pink ticketed merchandi .. Exampl. : 19. 9 R g. pric . 13.97 1 t markdown 8.92 2nd markdown 2.68 30% addition I .24 NO Drap.ri ,to el , b dding coordinat .. All Furnitur HI QUA TIT. …
…EDITORAL Thi m ho, tc -butt ttitu pittin uperpo er might the people of color in Granad Liby , P n m nd Ir q manife i elf on th tree 0 Americ in the epid mic of police bru lity. Th jury in the Rodn y Kin tri 1 echoed Rea an/B h: might i right. In e ch inva ion, Reagan/Bush rgued the U.S. had th moral right to t e tion, that th m ller country had to tand corrected. In e ch c e military FORCE w j tified by the bad behavior of the ...…
…ce B ETT, L 0 (1987) - Before � yflower: A History of Blae America. B LL, D RICK (197 - Race, Racism and American Law. B RNAL, M RTI (1987) - Black Athena, The �iatic Roo of aassical Qvilization: Vol\lIl¥: 1. The . Fabrication of Ancient Greece. BLYDEN, EDWARD W. (1887) - Ouistianity, Islam and � gro Race, BRANCH, TAYLOR (1988) - Parting the Waters: America in � King Years. DE GRAFf.JOHNSON, J.e. (1954) - African Glory. � S...…
…P 1 "Some people t re-employed getting bout h If of wh t their previo job paid. Others join th ran of the permanently unemployed which i partly what causes the jobl rate to go up every year. Still others take early retirement. They're tired of fighting it, and give up. And there are till others who join the ubterranean workforce. They're paid in ca h for their labor and live marginally, doing .. I JOB both creat lot of they Inv...…
…ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS "lUV' out �re am in a big y. It n't disaiminatc." Tho e are Magic Johnson' o am the theme behind the conference called by Ar- nio aOO . Jo n to announce that they're hosting "Playing It Safe: The Truth About HIV, AIDS, and You". Aimed teducating �� yowtg adul about AIDS, it will be produced by Paramount for borne vi tte (expected to be bout 15 million), will be donated to Magic Johnson' Foundation nd other...…
…JENNIFER HOLLIDAY TO FIGHT INFANT MORTALITY - Recording star Jennifer Holliday will b the featured p rformer at Wayne County's annual Mot,her Day Benefit Gospel Extravaganza, according to Executive Edward H. McNamara. The concert will be held at 7pm, May 11, 1992 at the Music Hall, 350 Madl.on Av In downtown Detroit It will conclude a week-long serl s of activitie and m dia coverage de igned to ncourage xpectant and recent mothers to ee...…
…nbroilin for e ample, i light o time and NY on tyle. 1bi con mporary nd imple cooking technique i perfect for quic me 1 wi th lean, fie h por ." P nbroiling i j t what it ounds Uke: cooking by direct heat (broil ing) in pan. Since the heat ouree (the pan urf ce) l 0 close to the meat, p mbrollin generally take' bout half the tim it ta 10 broil the me piece of meat. Tender, smaller and uniform piece of m at are appropriate for pa...…
…MAFRICE 0 tated in hi letter that he has, "obtained evidence which tends to how that the jury panel that was sembled for Mr. Carter's trial may have been im properly, unfairly, nd unlawfully tampered with in an attempt to ex clude Blac jurors from being lected for trial." Mafrice have a igned tatement from . Clementine Brown, in dicating that he w "ready, willing, and Ible to serve a juror but when Th city ell CORD three prope...…
…WESTERN MICHIGAN I HS ckDown Memory Lane //" ull P r ,11 .m. - until. Individu I tt ndin mu t r pond by Jun 24.1 .by nd in mon yord ronly,(nope onal ch c ) to: Benton H rbor m comin , Inc., P.O. Bo 1372, nton rbor, 49022. Phon (616)925-3703. Committe membe in lude Lenward Taylor, Chairman, Ker- ey B rne , George Ervin, Jr., Emm J. Hull, Juli c ee, Peron Mitchell, M ttie B. Thomp on, J me F.A. Turner, Ch rle L. Yarbrough, Gle...…
…WHERE RE THE fundraisers, clothing and medicine drives, tate and na tional lobbying efforts and delegations to Haiti that the African-American community can do for, and within, its own? Haiti is the place where the identity of BI c people in the New World was formed. In 1791, Toussaint L' Ouverture helped launch the revolution in Haiti, then named Saint-Dominique, that made it the first republic in the Western Hemisphere and t...…
…n hop • J mp hotsr. ne! will Ii him on I v I pi yin hu r the Natiorial Youth Sports Founda tion for the Prevention of Athletic Injurie , a Boston-based profe ional group. proper pitch1Dg form. sound biomechanic:a, Bramball Coache also hould avoid t'e temptation to keep calling on tbiir star pitcher to win game, be That could t tbe pitcher for in- jury. ODe UDlJrublJilbedJaI __ - …
…, , RELIGION Send your Church History, Upcoming Events, Pastor's Anniversary etc. to: Michigan Citizen P.O. Box 03560 Highland Park, MI 48203 or call 869-0033. '1' ve b en trying to find out bout my own c ground," aid Fer on, who first experienced Inipi t Sie ' home nd now ionally attends the ceremony taw t lodge n Blissfield, Ohio. "It' prayer form that I've found to very compatible with my Catholic faith. It' a...…
…390 8191 MA RUTH SPE,A,KS THE TR.UTH' 564 . 844· I. 1 I . I ., Triples Coming 20 412·&12 111·000 671 841 1 2 1. whouplored 212··. Trip to the city 98.1 300 2- known with the old gat 124 998 133 150 100 14 nation. 3. TItle of the heed of of 635 902 110 2 4.M tor 32 J·(.,.....,.,;:)·f ..... ·,·� Voted to go I 0 oIoeed on to d pending I and reconvened and euthortzed .,tofP . Amended Agend to add an Ex Comm ...…
…�----------------------------------��----�--------���----------�-- Photo byD.Cwp Judg Thoma. and Judge Craig Strong. Rev. FOR r (I) pictur d with a friend:. YOUTH 0 EDGE OF GREATNESSS - (Ho t.. '): Kar n VI .on, n, Angellqu Simona, Klmb rly Clark, Sandy Hand and 'Sandy Hand and SUicia Jame .. / Form r City Council pr ldent, Erma Henderson. Dr. Benjamin Hook. net Don Davia. C mentlne and eon Ro r B rtI Id. . I …
…'JOL XIV NO 23 time 0 , the Circuit I. Tbrougbout Caner Dele. ADd tbou people � supported ' effo j tice, tbeIe been no real • until DOW. TTRlALITw establishedthatonly Frank Mafri�e, an attomey ith 0 Blac jurors had been called for jury Sommers, Sc:bwar1z, Sil�r a Scbwartz of duty and both ere excused by court. d He itt signed 'd, hi�h "re .. ------------------ - - - . Want better schools? FLODEAN • RI .."wwr.r DBTROlT - Teac...…
…trong one. Publl h d each Sund yby New Day Enterprise 12541 Second Street P.O. Box 03560 Highland Park, MI 48203 (313) 869-0033 FAX (313) 869-0430 BENTON HARBOR BUREAU 175 Main Street Benton Harbor, M149022 (616) 927-1527 FAX (313) 927-2023 Publish r: Charles D. Kelly Editor: Teresa Kelly Managing Editor: Wanda F. Roquemore Office A i tant: Catherine R. Kelly Contributor : Bernice Brown Salama Gordon Mary Golliday Al...…
…Pilot program for teachers approved Detroit school board mem bers Tuesday night tentatively approved spending $1 million next year to carry out Supt. Deborah McGriffs pilot pro gram to upgrade teaching skills and overhaul the districts core curricul urn. . McGriff hopes at least 50 of the system's 248 schools will volunteer for the experiment, which she.says will produce in creased student achievement in reading, writing, mat...…
…r conflict council. He d he told t the Ii bou d ve one to city council fi t, and trying to correct the error in tbe second pro He dded t he po ith ad- min tration official thi ye r, under yor U y Porter. Cicci Iso exp eel co m t in tbe council 01 ution there DO deadlioe for (he administra- tion SO pond and expressed fears Local artist invited to compete for recording contract H you arc an establi bed local �rding artist with ...…
…wmch Black actor mIMIe a IMlig Ar a com«IUm b«aJlSe of socktal conditiolU at 1M time? " APRIL 30, 1843 BI lea participa in Nation al PoU tical Convention for tbb flnt tiDle B alo, N.Y. 1931 _' . C " U.S. · Conp •• man (MO) was born: 1961- IlUe M.,.. of the San FraDCiaco Gianta tied a major leape record lib four home I'UDI in ODe pme. How lIIQ1Jy members are there 0/ the AME CIUlrch 4/ filiDtioll? "" MAY 1. 1867 - First four ...…
…e 0 troi t Idle i1d ld th ir monthly meetin t orth e t ctivity Center. lei Lee, rvin her econd term, pre ided pi for the conel ve to be held in y t t ou leld S ton completed ... Willi J eneral c irm n. A ci I hour folio ed t m eting. mbe ttendin ere Peter Brigg , Winola Con w y, Lewi 0 rqu , Ocie Ora e, W Iter Fo ter, Hildreth Fullwood, Thelma Haugabook, Lucille Har ri on, Edward Keye , Peter nd Mildred Kyle, M jorie McWill...…
…DETROIT . The city al 0 nticipate that big b ine will cause an incre e of about 5000 job for the wor force by by the year 1995. THE CITY'S deficit estimate range high $300 miUion while revenue continu to hrink. Much of the public dissatif ction with what Detroit residents charge is in competence due to "political payoffs" that have placed inap propriate individual in positions for which they are not qualified. The City Council ...…
…READERS WRITE EDITORAL , . W canbeall we want to be! By KEN ETH NODGAA We are beautiful, humble, gentle, great, proud, strong. intelligent, and confidentl We are African American men and women. ' We have endured hundreds of years of slavery, and racism, the pain of segregation, lynching, unemploy ment, and yet we have remained strong. Sometimes we may become angry knowing the past, but then we realize that it was nothing we ...…
…BUT AMAZI GLY enough, orne job applicants forego this elf-coaching and go out of their way to .flaunt their idiosyncrasises. Robert Half International, Inc., a San Francisco head huntery, surveyed top person nel executive of 100 major corporations. RHI asked for storie of unusual behavior by job applicants. �e ponse was enthusias tic and abundant. Some of the more amazing, believe it or not, are as follows: "The candidate told...…
…T THE TIME, Schadler and his wife, both white, were Christm shopping in downtown Benton Harbor. They entered a Black ig and record store where a figety, nervous African American male pulled a gun and fired ix times point blank at Sch dler. The assailant ran from the store • and fled. Two years later, based on testimony of convicted drug use , Wilbur Gillespie, Benton Harbor police had Maurice Carter arrested in his home town of Ga...…
…-- -- -_ ----- A po esm n for the • United egro College Fund nnounced that proceeds from Prince' single "Money · DoII't Mattu 2 Night" will be · donated to the UNCF. Additionally, plans for a · sequel to Prince' uperhero · comic book venture are in the • works. · Th Un n or d tory Lutber Campbell i getting · nasty in print. Hi newly- • pubU hed autobiography i • "A NAtty As They Want To · Be: � U1tCeMored Story of : Luthu Ca...…
…Compiled and Edit d By KASCE E BARKS SUNDAY, APRIL 26 :r The Salvation Army and Workbench Furniture are joining forces in an effort to collect 750 pieces of furniture over a three-week period for families in need throughout southeast Michigan ending 4-26. A ."� • J <, ," sim ultaneous effort will be underway in southwestern Michigan. including the Grand Rapids areas. Battle creek, Muskegon. Holland. and Kalamazoo. Those inter...…
…HEALTH . THE GRAVITY 0 the itua tion wa ummed up by Louis R. Caplan, M.D., chairmand of the department of neurology at Tufts New England Medical Center in Bo ton. As Caplan put it: "Stroke is more common in Blacks and has a higher mortality rate. It's a more important problem relatively in Blacks than white, and if you look at sudie in younger people, tho e under 65, the figures are even more impressive. Blacks have a death rate...…
…pro rty. o H - De ayne O'Neil, Cornerstone Alliance; Dick Scban2e, Peoples State Bank; Jay Van Den Berg, BENTON HIJtBO - Benton Whirlpool; Carolyn Graves, Benton Harbor City Commis ion has Harbor Atea Sc ools; Benton approved to hire the Winois- Harbor Fire Chief Dave lincoln; Par Group to conduct the search for Brian Sydncr, Benton Harbor Water a qualified 'city ger. Plant; Glenn Yarbrough. Benton At the April 20 Commi ion Harbor ...…
…re re e eerp from a Ion etter that I recently received. r Dr. Faul r: I am 44-y r-old b o a p yc trlc cial r. Your artiel 0 , el tioDlbip een BI ' atrue bome for me e I live t my boyfriend, ho a 42-y old BI c man. "We have been lovers for IS months ind be sWI cal me hite whenever he i et ith white people on job or elsewhere. It' ale wa 'you white people are no good.' I trongly believe that a person' color does not speak of ...…
