…I TAKE IT that mo y. not . people, more important to you. You're a piece of art ode. You' so busy trying to ve taxpar fifty hue that people on t in this cold !her. Shame on you. Do you sleep ell at night? Tonight when you go to bed I really hope you can't find leep. You have en a ay wh little lifestyle th poor people had. No you leave them nothing. If everything were taken away frorp you. just ho would you feer. You can't begin ...…
…This Week In Black History o mb r 17-23 nnn born. What· the name ofthl! ear- lies: leno Black painter in tbe US? NOVEMBER 19, 1921 - Roy C p nell , baseb 11 pi yer, wa born. 1878 - Ch rl . Gilpin, ctor, W born. 1949-J 0 I . n w elected the MVP of the N tional Leagu . What particular religious group denied Blacks t� right to become priests in the church UIItil1978? NOVEMBER 20, 1923 - G rrett A. Mo an patented traffic ligh...…
…• In 5t I 022 • Burdlc I 9008 Publl r:Ch D. K lIy - Editor: T r K lIy Advertising Man ger: lch I Ru II Advertising Representatives: T rry Broyle J rom K y - Bob Zwalak Cuttiing the Color Ta while building the 'hood African Americans in Michigan pay a Color Tax. In polite and � legal circles its called an auto insurance premium. In reality it's a color tax. The Detroit Chapter of the National Association of Colored People (NAAC...…
…I I VIEWS OPINIONS O.Hi on • recent even merely indicate that ome major "Afrocentric" adjustments need mad pronto. Bee of th ay I often ,_,thA41A things. some ay that I am analytical. always looking beneath the surface. That· true. If e only too things at face value. there would be very little reason for . ous scientific research. I am the kind of person who won'tBUNDL Y endorse some- one bee knil .. ethnicity, inclu' Clarene...…
…to Gammon. "My Dad w one of them. When I won chol hip to o to rt hool h worried ttl w ting my time, that I wouldn't get a ',real' job." Art i very difficult b in , Gammon conced . "If thirty per cent of the hundreds of thousands of arti out there m ke a living at it,. that' great." In American culture art i removed from life, it' set apart because "we believe i non-func tional." ART HAS ALWAYS been a component part of all the g...…
…- - ENTERTAINMENT . IBRIEFS '" Livin up to hi name, : Tra edy, The Intelli ent • Hoodlum, recently hit by • a car I the treet from _,,",,,,,....,,_. Q Tragedy i workin with four different producers on the new album which i yet untiUed. Eric dler of the Bomb Squad will produce a , cut, the Large Pro(i r from M in Source i producing . "Adolescents At War", Bpitomy of Scr tch i in volved on "GangstersInBlue" and finally, the ...…
…U R 1'��-IlCa4Wi nd figure -wer monumental. Th y were people carred, but till upright: u h ulptures one feel , would not How nyone to push tb m over. In th outh African conte t, th Y made a powerful tatement Tow rei th end, he became more and more frail, hi culp ture became even more monumental. Sadly, hi major wor remain in clay and may be I t. He could not afford to cast them into tbe magnificent bronzes they �ould have been. Y...…
…17· .1 P OP PREACHER' In Spor Illu trated nd on t-----_ public televi ion thi week w the 1-- _ e-old lle tion th t bo in promoter Don Kin who I kno well d ve worked with cl ely, w conn ted with the mob. In ct, it w ted that I advertently w ed to rrange meeting where mob ter brought in n un dercover gent without the know led of King or my elf to try • and entrap Mr. King in an illicit deal. The f c of the King ting and other mat...…
…4 BENTON HARBOR AREA Commi ioner Ch rle Y rbrough id th t the City' .. Public Wor Department bas uc fully demoli hed orne be> 'within the city in the p tand the city could al 0 ave money if they let " olic By BERNICE RO N C�!pOt!"'t Ponti c Police Chief Homer Ell worth h greed to ke cut in I ry to fill the police chief position in the Ci ty of Benton Harbor, ccord ing to City Manager S ve M nning, M nning id be bad talked to...…
…WESTERN MICHIGAN o 'v DANNY COOK other organizations but they don't ConNpond«tt have the imp ct of Junior Oir . "I love ds. I'm doing what God The Kalamazoo Junior Girl Or- called me to do," he ponded . pnfzaUon, located at1114 W. Pater- when ked why he p be he elf. son, pon ored "I w a teenage mother," he con tightly-choreographed, high- tep- fe ed. "I went through ome ping f: hion how recently t the tr um tic experiences." She id ...…
…NO'BlIER 11- BUSINESS FINANCE you type IOd The part 0 : gnod opening festiviti for thi Fortune 500 IOOlpany to sho - its enhanced futwe by in vesting . in it If. Th Ouysler Technology Center (CTC). a ling giant c:I a building that · housed lunc.heoo. is a monu- ment eX IICOCC8's. amd Ouy s, dedic . 00 to education. research mel renaissance. • Like Blae America. Owy bid many financial Since Iscocca joined can- · I*lY in 1978...…
…Sickle Cell Detection program et . Patients, families, taff, vol un [eers, and local and tate dignitarie will gather at the Roo tertail on Novermber 23, to mark the 20th an ruversary of the Sickle Cell Detec- ion nd Infonnation Program, Inc. lbe organization conducts a model comprehensive statewide program that includes education, testing, counseling and a variety of patient ervices, • Charles F. Whitten, M.D., Distin ,gufshe...…
…- CHURCH CALENDAR Hom coming Day Nov. 17 True Ught Mi ion Church of Detroit will celebrate its Second Annual Homecoming Day on November 17, 1991 beginning with Sunday School at 9:30 a.m.; morning worship ervice 11:00 a.m. and an afternoon ervice at 3:30 p.m. t 8714 W. Mc Nichols, Detroit, MI. We invite all members, - former members, .family nd friends to attend this exciting celebration. For further information please cont...…
…C.Jllh1('<)27152;- I ,,-, t()f ,\) •. (If (I'. 1 \ J: t I .1(' \ 1 f I ) I' ,I .• () r (' CD L 0 L P U E y A B J rry Crookett, Clerk Benton Charter Town hlp a..n AIN. 11117111 UTO 0 IL No Credit Ch • 0 Down. A •• um��------------�------------------------� Payment. '88-1U Cera, Trucks. 1-800-873-8t503 24 HRS. Their La Your Gelnl 1144 PERSONAL BENTON HARBOR AREA SCOOLS an 'Immedl opening for an Eleotronlc. tnstruetcr....…
…. . • THIS MAKEs SENSE QUICK, EAsy ERECTION You can b com a .A..tllo./;oall � ath rbilt distributor under on of four basic programs. No matter which program you choose, you still : get all these advantages as a Weatherbilt distributor: THIs MAKEs SENSE- . OPEN WALL REDUCES SUB LABOR 1 ....--__,�--- R·30 in uladon n ceili for u� �nef �(ficiency R·30 in ulation n 11 (Of super �� �Ad ncy Open for air!hat ducts ( on rirM and l...…
…dl m I tr C record for I c o p r icipa Ion By TERRY KELLY D orr - Hope of Black contractors for their h re of the propo ed VA ho pit I construction project dropping as f t the thermome ter out ide. And faced with the di mal trac record of the apparent low bidder, Bate on-Dailey, the goal of 20% Black participation on the $230,000 million project seems as unlikely as the reappearance of summer's warmth . Virgil Cobb, president of...…
…LII/ORLO AND NATION Fula'ni in race for president . :omrm·.ssion re quirements for rec iving fed- ral prim m tching fund . "My campaign h rai moo than 5500,000 in matchable doll ," Fulani id. In her second bid presi- dential candidat on the N . onal Alliance Party ticket, Fulani str ed th . u of national h alth service, a human hous ing policy, d f nse of the hard won civil and human rights for people of color, Women's right...…
…oodro St nley, 40, who erved for eight ye on th Flint city coun il, w elected m yor of t t city with n rly 60 percen f t vo . Hi 8,OOO-vote victory over incumbent M tthew Collier w attributed to up port from bor nd political group . There w I 0 general di ti f ction with Collier, po yed in the Stanley cam- pai puppet of big b ine ." Public di ti fac tion, nd "clear nti-incum bent trend," rather than race, put vote in Stanle...…
…A-4 us . SHIELDS Pro ram Director Kathleen W t y h ha found great re i tan e in every part of our oci ty-includjng th Blac com munity-to helping moth rs with a drug problem. "Even th church arejudgernental," ays Ms. West. When he was looking for a place to locate part of the SIDELDS pro gram, he approached five chur ches in the Watts area. '> "THEY W sympathetic to the babie , but they didn't want the mothers in t uilding," ...…
…D," 'Wichi 100 li e th yor nd hi t u erin .Irom egoti m. Th y thin they kno but their actio prove or, . "Ye. you re right Wichi "I ide "And i t r Deborah ge her half of the Bad Award beca h i tryin to force di crimination upon hool children by trying to overturn the b n on II male academi ." "Ye hI" Wichita aid. "That i ter n to be run out of town." "And the Bad Award, Mi ter Wrote: ho ge that?" S' ter Pearl ked. "The Bad Award...…
…erica could come up with w that in the city of Detroit, loan applications by whit jected almo often those by Blacks. M ybe Comeric wants us to call it redlining rather than discrimination? THU ! WE MA Y be witn in a rising and a falling of two political figure bee us in ome circl the position is: Rev end Jes J ckson is not effective, and nor does he have the people po er he once commanded with hi "rainbow coalition," and Rev er...…
…DETROIT 1 Y ATHANIEl SCOTT " Writ., DETROIT-For i ye thi m n, the "Country Preacher," the ho maw , tatters, mate , neck bone , gre t God Almighty man who "mid wife" brought into thi world; th Reverend Wilmor Allen h b en bro dca ting the Hollywood Go p I C hion Go p I Houron radio tation WCHB, 1200 on your AM dial. Sinc its initial broadca t, th broadca t time ha increa ed and today he is on each Sunday morning from 6 a. m. unt...…
…K.am Suit Publl her: Ch rl D. K lIy Where' h leader hip gain t racist lending prectices? Wh re is th poli tical lead rship on the banking qu tion? Two weeks ago ACOR ( ociation of Community Organization for Reform Now) relea ed a report howing that raci m runs rampant throughout the lending institution. Forget that you make a middle-cl income, have a nice job and a good credit rating. If yO\} re Black, walk into a bank hoping to...…
…What as "the e ro Ren aissance, " or "the Harlem Ren aissance?" . OVEMBER 12, 1941 - adam Lillian v . found th N tion I Comp y. "Dutch" Moria! w elected first BI ck m yor of N Or Ie ,La. 1875 - Bert Wil· , comedian, w born. How many JJlack Catholics are there in the United State ? OVEMER 13, 1913-Dr. D nlel Hal Willi MS, pion r surgeon, becam member of Am rican College of Surgeon . 1985 -: N.Y. Mets pitch r, Dwight Gooden,...…
…• It the. imple truth. Today Dodge pic up , Ramcharger . Ram Van and Ram Wagon are a force to be rec oned with. . Becau e now they re available with the ew Dodge agnum Serie Engine . V�6 or V-8 ga oline-powered . engine with new equential _�� ... ,-,\ multipoint fuel injection for more power and torque. Or the mightyCummin Turbo 3.9L Ma num V·6 Die el with new charge-air cooli g. And what these engines do for Dodge trucks makes an...…
…/ I ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF Davi leave hocking will Late jazz trumpeter Mile Davi , who died last month, left more than $1 million to be split among family m mb rs. The eight-page will, however, eems to ay more about tho e with whom he had differen ces. While leaving 20% <1f the e tate to his daughter Cheryl, 40% to on Erin; 10% to his nephew; and 15% each to brother Vernon and ister Dorothy; Miles' will left noth ing to t...…
…»:> VOLU E TWO: LATER WORKS In thi edition, ri ht' cl ic nd wrenching utobio raphy Black Boy, bout the uthor' truggle to e pe a life of poverty, ignorance, nd terror, i pubU h ed in its entirety for the first time. Originally titled American Hunger, the utobiog raphy co isted of two p : "Soutlu!rnNight, "covering Wright' life in th South before hi move to Chicago in 1927, and "The Horror and the Glory, "tracing hi arrival in Chicag...…
…By ANTHO C RTER P IGE from TM City un TMWFL? D ad/ TheUSFL? Dead/ Th Ar na Football League? In a wheelchair/ TheWLAF? Comato et So what are th chance that the new Profe ion I, Spring Football League (PSFL) will go belly up just all the other pring leagu ? "I don't want to answer that and get into controversy. I'mjustlooking to pI y," id Kevin Singleton, the very much alive linebacker fro the Albuquerque, N.M. team of the PSF...…
…4 - Bro n Program. teaches independence, self-reliance. Project Together, a joint venture ment skills. between Lake Michigan College and the Department of Social Services "REV. CHILD is uch a posl mission, was created to as ist wel- tive example and arnage of a Black fare recipients to remove barriers to male in this community," said attaining self- ufficiency. ' Audrey Hale, Program Coordinator Participants that are enrolled in fo...…
…'.' WESTERN MICHIGAN .' . Th women of Prog ive Mi - ion r.y B pti t Church will be v vin th ir Annual Women' D y . Mil. Stephanie Duncan nd on Sund y, ovember 10, tarting. Debra with their 10:45 .m. orning Wor- Mist of Ceremony will be ip S rvi : Thi$ ye r' th me will Mrs. Cerell Calhoun of. th ho t be, "Women In The ew Testament church. Othe on the program in Church; Ministering With SpIritual elude, Mrs. Ro a Jeffries, Mrs. Judy ...…
…BUSINESS FINANCE J MB" m yo 0 min ity graduat con- tinu to rive multipl job offers." Sponsors of "Destin tion MBA" , so point to d gr phic trends - predicted short ge of ill d I bor in th United St t s d other d vel- oped countrie. d economic glo- balizatioo - that e likely to in cre demand for minorit es with busine s expertise. TIO "D TI WILLIAM BROESAMLE. pre ident of GMAC. added. "Cor porations will cootinu to individua...…
…, 02ND US COLORED INFANTRY -- In memory of members of this Infantry will be honored by the Detroit Black Historic Sites (BHS) Commit tee at 11am at the Elmwood Cemetery located at 1200 Elmwood at E. Lafayette. Also Invited to par tiCipate In the memorial ceremony are m mbers of the Brewster Oldtlmers, the Detroit Chapter of the Tuskegee AI men, the Marine Corps League, V erans of all wars, & J.R.O.T.C. fr several area high schoo...…
…RELIGION u nd Kelly have one INGING, PRAYING AND TAYING TOGETHER-Kelly and Kelly family go pel in e left to right re mother Ev Tracey V.I0, EIIl 111,14, Rachel, 8 and Andria 15. Elli Jr. h his nn pread bove hi family. aci In D on no fo I EYE ON GOSPEL I The Gospel Music Industry uffers Another Loss By MARGARET MANSFIELD The gospel world is mourning the recent death of Rev. Ernest Davi. Davis won gospel fame over the last sever...…
…elf York L S E Y NIT T E S K 0 H E J 0 A I B NAY lEW L E S Y U U E N MDT SUO L N A L T ERN R S 0 S TEe P R FHA I WIN T E U A T V S E I TOR F V M T A lOY M E C S R M N o 0 UNA RAN R 0 SRI 0 U A H A T Y 0 GEL G N A E 0 K Y K R S M 0 E 0 S G H TOT C A A S N G RAE 0 B L U T 0 K C C M A A LAO G E F C E A L NEE E T N U G REA H A H A S LUI N RAE G 0 E L N SUR N E N H LEV Y B I P T T SEQ S 0 E R M J H INS A A V S E MEN T N A K o C E AVO ...…
…Itb the p tented, to-lncb tbick ome re energy. emcient e e in Tbl We ther BlIt Do Po er Company Ener You can b come a � ......... \� ath rbilt distributor under on of four basic programs. No matt r which program y u ch e, you still g t all th s advanta s a a • Weatherbilt distributor: nus MAKEs SENSE QUICK, EAsy ERECTIO 1i-ns MAKES SENSE- OPEN WALL REDUCES SUB LABOR 1 ,---......,.._--- R-30 In ulanon in ceiling for uper en r...…
…W inatOD, DC-{CNS)-A the U.S. Senate ebated bi-partisan, comprom e civil righ bill follow ing the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thoma , Black Democra and Republicans here began d· c ing campaigns for the 1992 elections from the city council to the White House. With both major partie now foc ing on increased' Black vo er interest, the po ibility of African Americans eeklng the pre idential nominations in both maj...…
…round, rful and moralized . ' THE VIOLENCE has been aniong the worst since diCtator Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier WIS forced into exile by a popular upris �g in February 1986. In one slum district, soldiers went door to door killing people, d for several days after the coup roamed the streets in ca, firi:ng into the air and at pedes trianS, according to witnesses and h�an-rights voups. . Two weeks after the coup, any Aiisti...…
…, campus, incre , percent ov I ment. A thr -ye -old program · called Michigan M t en- oowues � EnrO and hiring. On in five no a minority. Th univ ity h 2,510 BI dents enrolled, com pared to th previous record of 2,456. ian-Americ 0 num ber at 2,697, or 8.2 percentof th campus popul tion. . : Oakland County · pushes for more · minority cops PONTIAC. Mich. (AP) - The Oakland County Sheriffs De partment is going high-tech it...…
…Justice Marshall gran on of a slave n Thoroughgood. Th future Supreme Court jusice w the on of a w iter and a choolteacher. Hi mother hoped he'd be a den-, . 1. but instead h turned to law. He enrolled in Howard University's law program after the University of Maryland rejected . him because he w Black. : He worked as a lawyer for the �AACP, then became legal direc- or for the NAACP Legal Defense �nd Educational Fund, Inc. JUSIC...…
…HIGHLAND PARK Commltt d to B tt r ov rnm nt· OV mb r, 1 Endo p yor Fir A oc. Local ride to vote? C II 867· 308 -v« i VI on TH BOTTO LI E DBTROIT-"I am going to mov way on the out kirts of town," wailed Ray Charle 1 tared, wide eyed wake t my telephone. And just like day fol- · low night, that dad bl ted in , truder rang at 4:01 a.m. I knew, but 1 didn't want to know, who was on the other end of the line. Something told m...…
…By ATHANIEL SCo.TT tim ted 400 go pel con rt who gath red t King Solomon Auditorium were ho k d Sunday, Octob r 27 when the ann uncem nt, the featured roup, th Jac on Southern ire fr m Jon, Mi i ippi would not perform. Co-promot rs, Mini ter Kir Mc- Reynolds and Reverend tthew Swyer nded the tage and mad the nnoun ement after the Souther naire had old T- hirt , album, tap ,CDs, vide and autographed picture for cIo e to two hour...…
…CORN AND THE FDC a1so believe that the financial sysum i nUll be 0VErbauled. I There needs to be a fundamen • tal change in the relationship � between the financial mar , place, government institutions and citizens. Demanding <X'diMy tax- payers pay for the b "lout is I_e f<reing the victims rl toxic contamination to pay for clean- ing up after reck! pollu That b ic injustice h been compounded by govern ment's irresponsible bo...…
…/ K.am ult Publl her: Ch rl D. K lIy - Editor: T r i Andrich Advertising Manager: Mlch I Ru ell Advertising Representatives: T rry Broyl •• Jerom Ky. Bob Zwalak h hand of David Du k a he chool Center uilding The decision by th Detrolt Board of Education to go to court and fight the ban against male academies i regretable. . First, there is the cost of pursuing the right to e tablish segregated academies. The precious nd few doll...…
…VIEWS OPINIONS ..--:- What do Leroy Carr, Mer- line Johnson ("the Yas Yas Girl") and Tampa Red have in com mon? In w ich state of the US is it believed there is only one AME church? NOVEMijER 6, 1946 - JeweU K. n, educator, was born. 19 - Coleman y 0WlI was elected mayor of Detroit. What was the important in vention of Lewis Temple? - NOVEMBER 7, 1746 - bsalomJo , founder, BI ck Episcopal Church, w born. 1837 - Elijah P. ...…
…I m tel'S." He said: "My view of the world expanded, I realized people didn't all live like th y did in Ponti ." At Cranbrook, Ott' dream 0 coming an engineer received ub ta e. -"I had alway loved drawing, howing how thing come together." He was given a mentor whom he It hadowed," accompanied throughout a workday and beyond. The extent of his cultural ignorance watt's greate t realization. He recalled beingconfronted with an ar...…
…-- -- - - - ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF Hangln'�ou In Tin Ion Everyone w wear paj , however m t who did ho up t he tar .. tudded premiere of "House Party 2" wore everyday cloth . M ny of the t members includ Kid N'Play and Martin Lawerence, and Kamron (lead member of the Young Black Teenagers) did how in their jammi . Other tars joining in the fun t the premiere and after party included Georg Stanford Brown, Ralph Tresvant, mem...…
…·2 o ·DETROIT STORIES - Opens the Deerolt Repertory Th atre Renova ttbn Se on on Nov. 7th and runs every Thurs. thru Sun. until Dec. 29, . 1991. Tlcke.t $12 all performances. For Info caH (868-1347). DETROIT STORI ES Is a collection of sketches • written for, of, and by Metro o roft rs on a variety of ubJect relevant to Ilf In our city. BLANCS .:' U of M's Unlv. ptay will pre nt LES SLANCS, (Lay-Blahnk) Lorr Ine Hansberry' gri...…
…ro Kal mazoo' north Hoop ters beg n tournament commit ewe pur p w to give 1 mazoo top On Saturday morning, October flight competition. Since 1973 the 19th group of BI k' ha e and Hoo te 0 ed excl ively move ' in the upper echelon of a ritable, non-profit org niza- Kal mazoo's busines community lion who e purpose is to give support met in Scott Restaurant for a to recreational program for lea urely breakfa t of egg nd northside youn ...…
…COMMIS 10 R Ch rle Y rbro gh id t city couldn't - ford to p y that mount of money for :police chief. "I don't care how good i . He' too good for at that lary." . He id if the city w willing to Pay that mount for the poli� chief, nat would it co t for a publtc afety director, who would be overseeing both the police d p rtm nt d the fire department. I "Every week we hear you talk about crimes in the treet and drugs in the streets, ...…
…SHE S D the BACC demand time: You're hurting the organiza- I m ZOO' , AACP m tlng -b com forum for I cted . Black offlciai . By DANNY COOKS Cotre.pondMrt At the concl uslon of the Metropolitan Kalamazoo Branch' NAACP's regular third Sunday meeting on October 20th, in the Dougl Community Center at 3:30 p.m., a panel discussion of i ue germaine to the Black community YI coordinated by NAACP Politi A:al Action Chair Lee Steward,...…
