…un l .ru 'r Veron W. Morton, Ph.D. it racy Nowl Progr m Director ._ .. __ ..,...._;...- - _ .... ., t r lor a't an in' puhlic .cho I, aidthehill\ ",,"nim provemenl () n nth 'r propo 'al!), and addl!d that he \ a'\ rCltdul the legi 'Iation n w hCln' pa ... cd nu longer -.:n 1�lom:d a dra�tl<': cut In funding. He aid tllat he wa eartul of Ie Jj�lati()n that wa propo 'cd eallll:r that \ oulu have c �t the � 'hool dl�tti...:t mor...…
…HIOHLA 0 PA K - At the corner of Or nd nd S cond . A enue tr n form tion i in the proce 0 bec modern d y 0 i. Some 1 month 0 th onument I Mi ion ry B pti t Church open d it door at 9 W. Or nd Avenue. Shortly there ter, th Eddi illi m Community Center moved from it old location on Jo C mp u Avenue nd bee me part of the n w direction being pun at 89 W. Or nd Avenue. The proce ,tr n (ormation, continued nd the Eddi Wil liam Day ...…
…'Ci y crackdown on curfew viola or ncl from tbe Tactical Service . be ticketed. Thi would include Section nd the Youth Crime parent who f it to pic up thei Unit (form rly nown a the children within two hours fter Gang Squ d), will continue tbe children h ve been detained. heavy patrolling of Ea t Jeffer- - All ordin nee related to 'on and Belle I Ie throughout the exce sive noi e, including the ummer. He id the police will. playing of l...…
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…o .' . y n The Downto n Development Authority (DDA) nd the T x In crement Fin nee Authority (TIFA) Board held their regul r monthly meeting Tue day, April 16, in Benton H rbor' e Oro til Center, 200 Pa P Avenue. During the DDA meeting Aaron Anthony Director of the DDA Bo rd id the Project Committee had met twice with local bu ine people nd di - cu ed the po sibility of con- tructing a fish cleaning tation n addition to the E...…
…Turner 40 year By M ry .oIlid Y Oti and Annie Turner celebrated their 40th Anniver- ary rec ntty by going out to dinner. Mrs, Turner i the form r Annie Bailey. She i retired form Hackley Ho pital and Mr. Turner works with the Mu - kegon Hts. School System. They have three children and three grandchlldre n. Afte r yea rs a t Hac kl ey Ho pital. Frankie Turner called it quit. Sh worked in I.C.U. The hospital gave her a retir in...…
…- M rio V n Pee ble , pictured with "Gabriel' Fire" t r Jame arl Jones, recently directed n upcomin epi ode of the critically acclaimed serte , which be an iring on it new day and time Wed,ne day, April 17 (10:00-11:00 PM, PT) on B . Van Peeble directed nd tar in the coutrover i I current feature film release " ew Jack City," od st rred in the title role of the recently aired de-for-telev! ion mo ie "Tr lumph of the He rt: The Ricky Be...…
…1 other, the Fair H u in pursue the c e towar tion. Horn acknowledged that te t- Upcoming ALMA COLLEGE COLLECTION -A DECADE OF MICHIGAN PRINTMAKING I be hown exelu Ively at the Detroit I,.tltue of Arts, 5200 WooONard from Apri 28 thru M y 5, 9:30am. - 5:30pm., Wed. - Sun. FREE. A lectfon of 40 prints don by Michigan artls during the 19809 will off r examples of all the major printmaking techniques: woodcut. engraving, etching & ...…
…p 14 Briefly ... tri t 0 i , • ency ' n tionwide n t- or of over 100 Minority Bu i ne Developm nt Center. By doing thi ,the gency hope to f cHit t minority bu ine p r- , ticip tion in Gulf recon truction effort . Intere ted partie m y c 11 the Gulf Recon true tion T k Force hot Ii ne t (202)377-1962 for more information. On In five blacks u e computer Twenty-two percent of the nation' 28.2 million Afric n-American over t...…
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…, " ..', '. I / ' .� , ' ._l' _ - " } 'I • The planned reduction of military force th t w del yed by "De ert Storm ill likely reduce the number of Blac Americ n in the rmed ervice by from 100,000 to 110,000 over the next five ye r . Thi red uction, which the military plan to chieve prim rily by cutting recruit ment, will, in combination with rece ion in the near term, ig nificantly reduce opportunitie for Black curr ntly in the...…
…P 2 Hom I In D trolt According to the ce us Detroit h found only 1.300 homele per ODS in com- parison to t year ' tot which ranged from 30,000 to 60,000. The Census bureau . d the natural ob t clc to counting tran ient popul - tion made complet count of the homele virtually impo - ible. Olivia Wilcox deputy director of the Coalition on Temporary Shelters, a Detroit shelter says, "It doesn't sound like they found everyone on...…
…This Week In Black History APRIL 22, 1990 Michael Jord n of the Chicago Bull won hi fourth NBA coring title, averaging 33.6 points. 1882 - Benj min G. Br wley, e d uc tor, author, was born. 1922 - Charle Min u , ba - ist/compo er, was born. Name the first play by a Black woman to be per formed on Broadway. What is her name? APRIL 23, 1872 - Charlotte E. Ray was the first Black woman to graduate from law chool (Howard Unive...…
…EDITORIAL Youth could be, should be a national priority Young people roaming Detroit' Jeff r on Avenu on a warm Spring night have triggered a minor uproar. Merchant and itizen regi te r d loud om plaint with the media whic then added it voic to the howl for "control" of the kid. Mayor Coleman Young got on the b ndwago n an nouncing stringent rule and trong repercu ion for teen violators and their parent. In the proce of hi news c...…
…" ·oln h II I»y M rI Wri bt Edelman : Ma y communities have their share of young men who are chool dropout, tro ub l e m k e rs , or un- employed with time on their hand. Sometime their nighttime activitie tend to be destructive rather than con structive. But what kind of late-night activity appeal to young Black men and keep them out of trouble? B ketball. A Chicago housing development modeled it Mid night Basketball Lea...…
…p reduction in city Acupuncture the wave of he future byD o H U P • HIGH!." D PAR Acupun tur b th the' future? On Highl nd Par ba d phy ici n think that it c rt inly h a ch n e to be. Dr. Conrad Mai tl nd i a phy ic i n who' not only ve r aute, but al 0 optimi tic viewpoint on mo t thinking. Out ide of hi practice a a Urologi t and Physi . n (that' known for his kind and humane bedside manner ... ) that t ke care of the e l...…
…c c � AY th t thi promi e to be a "mu t- ee" event nd theatrical ex perience of lifetime! · The e uing of the play i 1 ie in the 1920' , and the .. "Black Bottom: i jumpin' � with fancy women, fa t num- • b e r , fine wine and fl hy • musicia ns ... And then there's � · Pro) ct : Health-O-Rama · Com to DOH · Project Health-O-Rama � will be held at Detroit Os- teopathic Ho pital (12523 • Third Avenue, Highland Park) on Wednes...…
…P Gc: 8 ( 1 id he didn't ing up d to do J . 1'4�_ "Doctor J eokio , before you read u your paper on Inter- tellar gravitational ten ions in thermo-nuclear propul ion, would you iog us a good old piritual? " was walk out on the streets . and "watch the brothers and sisters," he called it a wonder- . ful kind of chaos. He said he derived his car toons through actual ex perience and true observa tion. Harrington, 79, grew up ...…
…Dum s, 28, is a graduate of Michig n State University. Images and Ideas, Inc. doe , public relation, media er vices, and promotion I work. She said she went into this line I of work because her per onality dictated it, and Image . and Ideas, Inc. is a way for her to use her communicating skills for both her and her . clients. been succe sful in bringing at tention to the legitimacy of the . problem of funding the arts, brough...…
…o Briefly ... Small Buslne Day cheduled Small busines owners from acros Michigan will meet May 1 at the annual Michigan Small Bu ines Day con fe re nce , be i ng he ld from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on the campus of Michigan State University. The conference, spon sored by the U.S. Small Business Administra tion, will include an eve ning banquet honoring the 1991 Mi c hl g a n Private 100, a ranking of the state's fastest-gro...…
…1 P G 11 CIIURCII MUSKEGON- rna e gr ub equently, tibility t t from choir ucce ful if ir mu ic c n be e ily pted to everyd y church choir. Executive t Sweet R in, nic n med the choir label, ay they that they know ex ctly wh t th yre look in for in choir. "Pro Ies ionall y, ce rtai nl y, nd dyn mic . We're looking for the exception I choir. There are orne e ceptional church choir, but delivery i the key." Perh p a bigger k...…
…d vII i in the detail. wha tev r th t plan 100 Ii e, it the r al thin. not whether we houtd have it or not," Wolf added. nes . Commi ioner Steve Wooden id that om of th en ral labor job on the Riverview Drive project could have been done by ome of the local re i- Ward remap plan unconstitutional, attorney says By B R I E BROW On Monday. Ap n l 1 , the Benton Harbor Ci ty Commis ion approved a map of the proposed Ward and a pr...…
…21-27, 1 Zydeco mu ic i non of Loui inC jun fol mu ic, roc ,rhythm nd blu , bl country nd ltz. Ac or- dion i m in fe ture of Zyde o. The n me Zydeco evolved rom th Fren h word h ricot (a- - o h), which mean n p- n. Loui inn tive attribute the Zydeco name to a deriv tion of the popular C jun fol ong called"Le H ricot ." Zydeco i tyle th t w popul rized by Clifton Ch nier and hi protege Stanley Dural Jr., Buckwheat Zydeco. Cheni...…
…we were me ant to he a gr( up." JR r Il c c t s . "You now how thing JU'1 s e c m to come together? really think we were ent a sign from g o d . "W B JLI V in making ev rything we do po itive - that' what in pire u ." ay JR. "Some people look at mu ical career in the hort term: they're ju t in it for the fame and the money. We'r looking at it for the long run; we want to be taken eriou ly a mu i c i a ns a n d w r i Ie r . Again...…
…. ." p o reorultlng for fu ure po Itlon In the lohlg n m r et during 1881. C ndldat mu t h ve 2-3 y r. of uoo ful I e p rlenc. he 0 n fully d.v.lop and oultlv te. territory of aeecunt th.t Inolude hotel •• r .ur t.. ho pltal.. ohool. nd other In.tltutlon.. Our territory m n g r. oombln prov n I nd pro peotlng .klll •• with mee 10 apl Itud .nd .bllity to In.tall .nd r.p Ir .qulpm.nt. Your eutet ndlng ollent pr •• nt tlon .klil. an...…
…ct of U.S. impo eo care ory. h r th n or ny other Wom n continued from Plge 1 up within the political true ture , Women are now bout 37 percent of all BEQ' holding po ition on school board, which r e traditionally "entry-level" political po i tion. It is likely. therefore. that many of these women will move up to higher level of office over time. BLACK WOMEN also re developing tronger, more in fluential ba e s on which to ...…
…ay BLJsh behind cover-up '. ' \ 1/1 \,' • .;. ' '. . I According to Bri n Bee er, n tion I org nizer of the Co lition to top U.S. Inter vention in the Middle E r, un cen ored video-taped age of former Attorney Gener I R m ey CI r ' vi it to Ir q during the w r, contribut d to the firing of two televi ion e - ecutive , and cau ed another t ti n to tot By hun the footage. Becker id n NBC execu- tive w terminated after greeing ...…
….' ,. mon hs) (I o Bloc .1 ._ hi over. • . '. '. " 52 " em r r i mon in the Um t d St te : 5," i one 0 two p per publi h d in th r p rt, Studie in Household and Famil Formation S ie P-23, . 1 The r port i v it ble pr P id from the Superintend nt of Document U.S. Government Printing Office, W hin ton D.C. 20402 (202-783- 238).Th other paper is titled "Living Ar r ngement of Young Adul t Living Independently: Eviden ...…
…In ory 1 , 111 • APRIL 16. 1947 - Kareem Abdul-J bb r, b as k e b a l l player. was born. 192·3 - Bennie Green. saxophonist. was born. Was Black religious worship ever banned from plantation life? APRIL 11, 1820 - First tree U.S. Black ar rived in Liberia, We t Africa. 1856 - Booker T. Wa hlngton, educator, reformer, was born. 1890 - Johnny St. Cyr, ban joist/guitarist, was born. What' is the largest Black-owned compan...…
…n CHILD WATCH by incre in, not reducing, the funding for e i tin , proven progr m. In our underfunde(1 preventive he lth c re effort" we won't g t ah d by robbing Peter to pay P ul. . e mu t m e ure our ele ted repre e t live under- t tld ho tr gic 11y mi guided it would be to embrace the pre idcnr' He lthy Start ide a long it require Congre to r id other poor children' health program for money. Urge your enators nd repre en...…
…"1 1 rnment to i nore tbe rate pli ht of the e of c people, other minoritie oor nd or in people in . country. Th ricb ettin e r nd the poor oorer. It i .nle ric n meric net, ,h government will continue it policie of bl tant neglect of tbe hum n need of th poor nd di - dvanta ed. It i ti me '0 t ke to the treet in m ive c mp ign of civil di obedience to 'dre tize the plight of the h ve o in thi n tion nd adv nee the fight for...…
…, Scott appointed to committ e HIGHLAND PARK - Mayor M rtha G. Scott w as rece ntl y ppointed to e r v e on the Edi on Electrical In t it ut Community Development Ad vi ory Cotnmi ttee. As a member of the com mittee, Scott will be in- trumental in the development of a thre ta k "Edi on Electrical In titute Community Development Ac tion Ki (." The first ta k involve evaluating existing Com- . munity Development aid. and is ...…
…- I h • 1m .D T OIT- The fourth le d cue of de th mon a It i lzhelmer ' Of ease, atd Dian il ins, director of teAl he i rne r ' A ociation .t . t erve ayne, 0 I nd, acomb nd St. CI ir Coun tie . In etropolitlan Detroit Ui'ere are 60,000 Al h 1m r ' v,cUm , 100,000 plu In the state and at lea.t four million In' the United State, II In ' ai , The dl ea e affe t. p . ople of all racial roup •. . • Alzheimer's primarily af f...…
…-I m re dy. 1 am ready. I m 100 in for a pi ce to Ive a 0 ( ve an art e bibi tio ) and I t in a lot f ople ill be lurpri ed,- loyd Binn aid. it t confident 100 of one bo as a tered bl art. inn i vi al arll t. is medium are culpture, ood c rvin , oil·p intin , dra - in - etchin release culp ture and p oto raphy. Tbrou b tbo e combined modes of e press len, he i able to capture creative eni (1 • Binn (is tbe epitome of what a...…
…Briefly ... BTW luncheon focu on Job LOWELL PERRY, an attorney and director of the Mi�higan Depart ment of labor will present "Employment Opportunities in Michigan" at Sharpe's Seven Flags Restaurant, 600. ood ... r In etroi t. The mee ti ng is sponsored by' the Booker T. Washington Busines Association. dmission is $10 for members, S12 for non-members. For more information, con tact Ms. Ozie Bell at 875-4250. u In Cr dl...…
…o TO D the TH M om- ion that h , too, o • In , 01 "We need to get the m n gement in pi ce ," id Commi ioner Steve Wooden. "We need chief of police to come in and traighten our police department out, then we ca con ider combining them:" Wood n id there hould alp doe n't re e it 0 m bin t t dep rtrne nt .. I don't thin e have done our bome or or 11 th d t in orm tion to determine the pi 1 11 e are oin to be involved in ...…
…y Turn t. Lu enior Choir III h ve a Con cert on Sund y, April 2 , t 4 p.m. Their ue t me Clevel nd or hop Choir, e Hope B pti t Church Choir nd Corinthi n Chur h Choir nd of her choir of the city. Rev. I. offett i th ho t p tor. The Urb n: Le ue cur- rently cceptin pplic tion for the JTP Summer Youth Employment Progr m. Thi pro r m provide wor e xperie ce for low in- by ayor obert W rren About two week ago the ne Iy appoin...…
…From th Front Pe In . y (tn mini te w nt to dole 04t nd n or II no ledg to mern r. Unfor tun tely. too many mini te feel if religious m terral do n't Iil t r throu h them. It I not v lid. Furthermor ,m ny imply th t Alive wi h A and By Carolyn W rfleld ,,(,t.s Corn pond,1Il There wa a time Ray Gr y took a lot for granted. Like having a oda or ice cream at the neighborhood dime store, or riding in a friend' new car and being...…
…1 P heryl L e t upport- "To leep it An er"), ho tunned t cro e. with n experience he h d upon fir t rri in in Hol ly ood. "When I fir t c me out here, I too meetin i th m n h o jut belo the h d of the tudio, nd in the middle of the meet in, he 100 ed t me nd id: 'you're pretty, you're o b viou Iy t Ie nre d nd he p u ed. Then, h id '0 h t do I do with pretty, t l e nt e d Blac girl? Do I ie m you up with Tom Crui e? Do y...…
…o T erou incident improprletie in us- e on Hei ht chool di trict operation. The revie in of ... per onnel record olio erie of incident connected to 'chan e Rob r m de ince becomin uperinten- dent. Her lie tion re ulted in u pen ion nd firing of orne employee , in cluding man fired for ub mittin hi d u hter' time card without evidence th t he h d worked. Recent c h nge mented were: -Re tructuring of ev r I d·mini trative p...…
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…... .,. . - This dealer Is seiling Something you don't ant. You'll pay more than Just cash money. You'll trade In your hopes, your·dreams .... even your self-respect. Now, do you really want to buy? y. • I …
…-. • • V('l \'11/ NO 20 ApII17-13 1991 - �O c c nt s • • . . r He onl Iv to a they f1uen e d y r e. Conyer dd that Bu hs pack ge involve plan for "more pri on , more puni h ment, and more pro ecutor ", which would "do little to top crime in the treet." C o-n- r man John Conyer, n Afrie n Am ric n legi I tor repre ntin the fir t di trict includin both Detroit and Hi hland P r ,and enior member of the U.S. Hou Judici ry...…
…BRIEFS Th Struggl Contlnu The P nther ne sp per i bac . The P nther' recently publi h ed their first edition, con- ronting problems uch s dru unemployment. AIDS education, r cism f cing tbe Blac com munity. The purpo e of the Black Panther p per i to e t bli h an alternative to the mainstream pre and, _ along the way, enlighten younger generation of Black. Landon Williams, one of the editors, hope to "again start a dialo...…
…1 Name th popular " tride" piano player who became [amou after Willie "the Lion" Smith and lame P. John on. APRIL 9, 1 8 - Paul Robe 00, actor and inger, was born. 1934 - Dr. than H re, publi her, educator, was born. Did prole tant churches ever own slave ? APRIL 10, 1927 - Brum Ic Br ndon, Jr., cartoonist, wa born. 1947 - Brooklyn DOdger third baseman J ckle Robin on became the fir t African American to play Major League ...…
….. . , - , ' Wh t did America get? The recent Oil War in the Persian Gulf cost a billion dollars a d y. Think bout that as you prepare to file your taxes. Ask yourself, what did America get for that kind of investment? The Egyptians got their foreign debt forgiven. The Syrians got back into the good graces of America and can now be' talked to again. The Saudi's got their homeland protected nd their status in the regi n ngth d. Kuwa...…
…n ongwri r Wri f • In 00 y people, Bl d hite, stieased abhorance t the deeds alledgedly committed by Toni Ri and her brother. Howeverwe m t unders d the psychosocial environment that produced uch a mind in the BI ck community. Maybe Toni re oned th t if Anthony (her husband) could go to the WAR and risk his life for a country that despised his Bl ckness and use him to futher their NEW WORlD ORDER plans, Anthony could surel...…
…I • • ·CU I w LW LOV D other people' n il 100 0 I decided it wa time for m to le rn bout the pplic t i o n nd theory and everything th t went along b c ork w o ek ·c· y four-d .... by DCC. Staff Writer M yor M rth Scott n- CO ID the issue will .. nounced tit Mond v' city be discu sed at the next Town council me ting th t Highland Meeting April 4, at Highland " Par will go b ck to the four- P k Community College. · day wa...…
…1 y COtTespod nl The thre t S hool of Choice repre nt to public educ tion i more th n the y rom peci ic h red inform tion- of 11 hum n com- munitie . In te d, it i the ab ndoning of community re ource r ther th n inject in them with ub t nee nd vit lily. Al 0, it i the oci 1- ly-irre pon ible notion th t In I t we can o lve our problem by running from the . Northern ghettoe e the lot in life for m ny of u who am 'by ATHAN...…
