…mi New YORK - The C'om mis ion for Racial Justice, major civil right organiza tion, announced that it will (ca 'No blood for 01/' y cKi y NNPA News SelVice . W ASHI GTON, DC The la t ctive duty task for ex-Air Force Sergeant Mi e Bo den w s to bring home body b g of rines Killed in the Beirut bombing in Oc tober 1983. Today Bo den is mobiljzing nti -War ac tions in Philadelphi . L rry Moore of Mil- au ee recently organiz...…
…" Highland Park Community College does a "first" - page 3. arra a • • , '1 MO •• )lllery Oaicgo Citizen CHICAGO - tion of I lam leader, Minister Loui Farrakhan aid the reason that any sc ools re filing to educate stu dents, is becau e the religous root has been removed. D rinl a recent Saturday evenin Iuadraiser, the con trover i I le der addre ed over SSO ullim , Catholic. Hebre Is r elite and other Ie der of indep...…
…student take control. • Oakland U. controversy ity new paper as being repre- sentative of t entire Black tud nt body, ay 'committee United und r rhe b of pokesperson Monica WhH , "self determination," Oakland whicb she disclaimed. University' Black tudents The three letters criticized voted to place Black Aware- the presence of whi on the ness ontb (BAM) activities committee, the hifting of the under their own supervi ion. month' fo...…
…z INI OH,�.'l4 TIUN IS P()�·.'ER lac lIked out of a Black Aware ness Month Planning Com mittee meeting last Thursday, threatening a boycott of February's BAM events if change were not made. Monica White, Associa tion of Black Students (ABS) u By Derric C. Lewi SlIIll Reporter Diua ti fied wi th pur ported hite control of Black A areness Month (BAM), more tb n a dozen Black o and Universi ty tudents delegate to the commit...…
…Emerging from ble k 8�' , Blacks face dire tim s in 90's B Trabiaa Shorten Capilill News Service Co"espon:delll LANSJ G--E�onomic reces- ion in Michig n could mean another depression in Michigan' urban reas and a disproportionate rise in Black unemplo t, 0 'ng urb n official . A study released by the alional Urban' League silo ed a dramatic reversal in the eighties in tbe equality of w g earned by Blacks and whites in the Midw...…
…I tnner-ci flight-justified? The rever e migration of BI c to outhern state ,e - caping the gang violence of I rae urban rea in the we t, north, and ea t, wa recently poll ighted in the n tional new media. A Blac doctor said he De it time to abandon L.A. when hi daughter's priv .tc e le m ntary school b�gan hoi ing 'drive-by hooting' drill, BC' Today h nOled.· D pi t thi Ir ntic flight by m ny upp r-income BI c prof'c: ion I ...…
…i fant death rate reaches staggering levels 4f) out of 1 ()(J() child d' In fl t HIOHI..AND PK - Highland Park' infant mortality rate in 1 wa ering 0.5 per 1000 children born. Ac cording to W yne County Dep rtm nt of Public He' Ith '_-';'�_.;<"'-�."""1. Dir ctor Cynthia T It I one of the highc tin thc uate. The rate i almo t twice that of Detroit' 1988 rate of 20. per 1000. but Taueg aid there are poe ets in Detroit with a cou...…
…\Whether it was by 1,�00 v�es or 7,000, taking he . ur an vote fo granted c r BI nchard hi governor ip, a d Sen. Dav d Holmes, 0- Dqt. De trott co ti ist Ed Smit H Dispute erupt over Black jobless 'figures Blanchard aide denl UL finding disagree on "The State of Black Michigan." Department of L bor Director Elizabeth Howe criticized a report called "The State of Black Michigan" released by CULE in July. Howe id the report...…
…s The data' on "e ces de th "i c lcul ted by taking the number of B1 c Ameri n wbo die annually nd u tracting the number in a pe-. vember He Uh, f the fact .,... ..... _c . ..$tIl/[RIipotter 1m e of brainle s childr n, ome born with in tern 1 rg ns outside of the body r h ving no limb were u ed to discourage ex pect n young mothers from indulging in lcohol, tob c co, n illegal drug usage. Ped atrici n Gerald Oliver sed ...…
…The olution of t BllC mal according to Dr Simpson, Pisto of Tlber- e e Baptist Ch reh. Durin the " ICt lie At �isk· confere ce, hosted y Hi hllnd ar Com- 'y College ( CC), Oct. J -1 , Samp on iid to the stu ents in t e mixed audience of bout 400 peo le, ·You are tb elution, don t look for solutions, you are ,he solution. St rt with .di covering your elf, tart with di cipline." H pointed out di cipline is hunning the everyday ...…
…, LANSING .- There are $:\00.000 worth of floures c nt Ii hts iuing in the hase ment or it cell block in the State Prison of Southern Mi higan at Jac son. . That" becau e th prison -can 't afford to have union electrician in. tall them. The late Department of Correction could afford to have the light put up by By Trab n Sborte Capi/tll New Service LANSI a-As Michigan's gubernatorial race ne rs it end. Gov. Blanchard' urb h ...…
…Caravan to focu on dwindling peace dlvldend and moun�ing dome tic cri is budget rea that Deed federal pending dollar ac cording to other car v n' other m jor pon or in cluding: the Southern Chri - t i n Leadership Con ference, the Feder tion of Southern Cooperative, Clergy nd Laity Con cerned, the Southern 0,.- i C Major Deep South freedom (civil right ) or 'ganizations are urging outherners to "stand up and fight for th...…
…001 -fu LA SING - Ott. 1 marked the beginning of a new fiscal year, which mean' Michigan' new tate school aid act went into effect - to the di may of many "out of Iormula" choot district in Oakland and Macomb Coun tie. Zimbab e presiden honored at U y Derri C. Le stag Reporter I G - Zim b Pre ident Robcrt ugabc r ceived n honorary Doctor of Law degr e from Michig n Stat Univer ity Frid y, Sept. 2, t fe tive ceremony att...…
…Pioneer jazz saxophonist Lamonte Hamilton dies Paqe 2 • polic uit fil 70 victim u over 40 ncldent in o ay Sp!ciallo th Michigan Citiun LOS ANGELES. CA, -Blac and Latino re ident of Lyn- ood, California, and other filed I w uit in federal court September 25 alleging more th n 40 incident of police brut lily and mi COR duct by L.A. County deputy ne r i rr a signed to Lyn ood. rri All but one of these inci dent took place...…
…By II SOD Jo e CorrespotUlenl HlCAGO-- In a wide rang ing speech that addressed a v riety of topic - the Ni e boycott. Iraq. tate hood for Wa hington, D.C. - Rev. Je e Jack on 'ti r re t c crowd at th weekly Opera tion PUSH meeting. Septem ber 8. in a vi it to the ocial jus rice organization he founded. Prison im for chang - conterenc« examines high cost, no results By Der rtc . Le Stal! Reporter Hartford ernorial Bapti...…
…• ., ., Der C. Lew S"U Relo".r DETROIT - Reve nd Jim Holley of Detroit's Operation PUSH claims ike h lost 20 percent in le profits due to the n tional PUSH boycott of their gym shoe . Holley indicated Detroit PUSH chapter ba ept people informed of tbe oycott against Nike tbru church e rvice t nd com-' munity civic leaders. He id store in tbe Detroit rea hich ell ike products have not been targeted for boycott. bee the nation...…
…ereo I LO A OELES -- The leader of t alional Baptist Con ven'ion U.S.A. Inc. criticized Pre ident Bush' troop buildup in the Pe ian Gulf. "There i a moral i ue," aid the Rev. T.J. Jemi on, pre ident of the nation' large t African American religious body. "It' over oil. We' re jeopardizing our fine young men and women over oil in the Persian Gulf." The convention a ex- pected to vote Thursday at its 110th nnual meeting on a r...…
…2.9 million projec 70% 81 • In ck ci o TROIT" - Ro dwor being performed on Wood- �.��:l��I,;s:�w��ard between Si and Eight i e Roads, by companie contracted by the tate rai e the que lion of opportuniti for Blac -0 ned con. truction companie . According to Department of Tr n port tion Project Management SpeciaJi t Ar thur Davi, four D' a vantaged Bu in . Enterprise (DBE) loc ted ou tside of troi tare p r ucipating in the...…
…G RA 0 APIDS, Miell. - Ei' t bite police officers are uing the city and tbe police rtment for S7.5 million, lIeging a promotion policy implemented to settle a 1 la uil by mi orit, female officers a OUD reverse discrimination. Plaintiffs in the suit fi d thi e ek in 0.5. Di trict» Court j net ude even hite men nd one w bi ie bo contend they ere over looked for promotion to the ' rank of ergeant despite being near the top of an...…
…The ineo es of the nation's wealthiest citizen have in creased so much in recent years th t the riche t 2.S million Ameri will h ve nearly much after-tax income in 1990 as the 100 million Americans with the 10 est income, a report i ued recent., by the Center on Budget Policy Prio . . -d. S ed aDOther way, the gap between the very rich and other Americans become so great the top 0 e percent of the population this year will have...…
…AID ... J MlChip Citiun Reporter ClDCAOO - Operation PUSH IaUDched an attack on the billion dollar athletic shoe industry nd the fir t opo ent in the battle for equity • N"1ke, Inc. The battl is based on the "Kindem Theory, - explained Rev. Ed Riddic to a PUSH meeting August 4. "This. our community. we 0 it. We are kings of our dominion and Black America in 1989 spent $286 bil lion ith the athletic shoe in dustry: Rev. Riddi...…
…/ CP: Politic fe r; n Dear EditOf: ThaD you for "Free Micliiaan's Mandela" (July 7- 12). We apee in principle t tbe e African People I Organization (NAPO) is doing to help Ahmad Radman ccure his freedom; however, Mr. Rahman i not the only political pri oner in Michigan. Most African American in Michigan prisons are political prisoners. Recently Governor BI nchard r n an ad showing an African A boot camp. Thi NAACP wa ffe...…
…ajor Black groups: Ian fire chief b me for cnttdren death Ku Klux Klan members working for the Blakely, Ga., fire department are responsible for the deaths of two African-American children, according to a class action suit filed recently by members of the Concerned Black Citizens of Bla ely. The lawsuit identifies Fire Chief Franklin Brown as a member of the KKK and charges that a pattern of "unequal" fire protection exists fo...…
…, ·A Me age for BI ct Leaders," • resolution autbored by Dr. Carlton Goodlet, a board member of the . r Publis rs (NNPA), and t body the to no lonler co aDd promote the re ults or BI ck leaders net in their ffectiag Btac c a or groups to include the Black press in their ini tiaJ pI and negotiation in matters affecting Blac . The re 01 ution e poused the tradi tional role of the BI ck pres being tbe voice of the people, nd...…
…promi e from busine leaders that problem affecting the city's fric community mined. aid a E ARK. .J.---HHS Secreta ry Louis W. Sulliv n, M.D., called for "a open, frank, comprehensive nationa I dialogue on the cri i of the Blac male." Calling the crisis of the I ck male "a crisi for Americ ." Secret ry Sullivan told the National Convention of 100 Blac en of America, "A P inful s the ubject i - much a we ri r op ning ounds...…
…African city'« Denic c. Correspondent DETROIT - The applause from the audience, be _id, )Ie wisbed be could leave tbe ge and join tbe people in t e t nd nd "embrace one and all." . He wen t on to than tbe people of the Midwe t for wb t be called' their broad anti-ap rtheid movement. "Your olidarity b ve given trength nd courage. In the f ce of your own problem nd di fficul tie , you b ve not for t . e HI ver forget you" aid ...…
…ued 0 e2 o rr- During I pre conference I the Detroit P Cl ub Tue d y, Ju 26,' Arab American In tinne Executive Director Jam Zogby repudi led a claim from letter to out-or-state pro-Israel org nizatio from Michig n Sen tor earl Levin, t t th AAI him at the top of their hit I' t sen te pro-I Committee' I I …
…Ten'ants call for Housing Dir cor's ou t r Cerence t the Fi r t r - byterian Church on Saturd y June 9. The Conference ended with march to. nd rally at 'he leffrie low-ri project. Temple at J hn Lodge. PUBL) HOU I d- vocacy groups. tenant -. mem ber of the Wayne County Union of the Homele and people from aero th city turned out 200 tron to up port. the re urbi hment r her th n destruction of the e vi able uni 19anizing ...…
…color of ju ice o her as ail double I andard in son' dea' h Blac la makers plit o chool und,ing , y CgpiIIIl Nnn Svvice By D rrick . Le Correspondent A gun hot in dead-end lIey on M morial Day weekend, end d the life of eventeen y ar-old Regin Id Elli . Th su . P ct. John M. 46, a white m n from SI. Clair Shore, i till at-large Iter a w rrant a i ued for his ar- LANSING - With the ever gro iDg Dumber of school finance pr...…
…on WASHINGTO • D.C.- -If taxation ithout repre- entation in America rong in 1776, it is till rong in 1990," said Rev. J e Jackson calling upon PresideDl Busb to meet ith him on the i De of Slatebood for W hiJa&1on, D.C. The predominananUy African American population of the tion's capi1al DO YOIi me ben in either the U.S. Sena or the H of KeI�1eD1a1i founding d ipaled three-fim. of a person - thougbt it be cia ere to locate ...…
…ASH I GTON, D.C. - - African-American I ol1l.Dizatio exci aDd thrilled that South African anti- partheid symbol elsOn odela is comiog to America JUDe 20-30, but they are protesti plans to invit Frederic W. deKJer presi- dent of t African country' all-white government, 0 vi it the U.S. firsL RecenU years in prison, Mandel the African National Congres p rty leader, will addre the U.S. Congres , meet with Pre ident George B h and...…
…u nes r a si lance. Erner on's bill ould keep the state in line with changes in the federal r te until April 1, 1991 when • the minimum 'wage increase from $3.80 an hour to $4.25 an bour. But unlike legislation enacted by Congress, Emerson's bill ould extend increase in the minimum wage until 1993 and prohibit employers from using a sub minimum wage for wor ers in SI G-Michigan' busi aDd labor leaders say they eire at odds...…
…Homele s jailed for a ing emp y UD house 8yR En Correspondent The Wayne County Union of the Homele -(WHU) ized yet other home located at 14436 Prevost on the CitY west ide, re five WHU members e arrested on Monday May 7. Removed from the home and arr ed were Kim Knighton AlIe� Anthony AIleD, Richard d James Jo The Aliens, home aDd determined to se up house in t revest residence, said upon their release they will be b ck, ...…
…, . By Chri . urr y Capital New Serv�ce . I.A G-- Leg lation i- ing the exci e t x on cigarette would provide dduional revenue for Gov. James Blanchard' Healthy Start pr - ram, .ays the mea ure's chief .pon or. Rep. Perry Bullard. D-Ann Arbor, aid a 25-ccnt incrc c in the tax on a pack of cigaret te • commonly known s " in" tax. would provide an ad ditional 36 million to Healthy Start. a program that would give health care f...…
…ar r atening· ,prof ay ie harpton lead - march to pro� t police murder viobltiD2 rights. . "I think civil liberties are . eroded by the presence of drugs," said Rei director of Office of Drug �cies. ·Particularly in the inner . ies peop Ie free to bo there' n- dous fear of leaving their h " But 7.01 on Ferency, profes- or of crimin I ju tice at Three thousand people mar ched through Teanec Jer sey on Saturday. April 21. le...…
…The Panama invasion. What happened? . Drav dJo Gov. Jaua Blanchard dis- agrees the pison buildup is strainiag the stale's budget, say Ron Koehler of the governor's news office. " He (}ill ) ought to do his h ework," Koehler said 35 . "We' winding down the' constnIdioo phase," he said. BlIT, VEN WHE the tate has built the prisons, they aren't all in use yetHillegonds said, Many of the operations cure traces African merican lit...…
…In defense of Cong. Gus Savage I :, .1 II tf ' .. I _� t t II . I I \ ... "I I. II,: '" vv r n ;: I 1 • I , \ fill ' I � "1 !), I : II' l . I' . I �. I .;, ,U ud r al or Want Editor ou ted; called � rrakhan Ides, "boy " yFiod n .R Staff Repone: DETROIT � A group of ichigan St te U oiversity state News· reporter say, campus daily ne paper' when it comes to racial d sexu I harrassment. T 0 Hi P nic, one A ian, one white and s...…
…- Activities, Maoddi 'PO e on the topic 0 "Prole Against Ap rth id," but afterward scolded the crowd for being complacent and not holding powerful African Americans r in the m come from the bottom up, COD an don By Flod n S. Rigg DETROIT African Americans are content with whatever changes th 1960s protests brought about, said Makaziwe "Maki Mandel d sday, arch 2 t Wa e tate Uni r ity tent Center Building. Addres ing about 500...…
…I ekea voca Ie 8y 0 eigel Co"esponilenl I)ETROIT - Rev. Moralee Smith, a' oman who runs. a Detroit mi sion aid, that "those who started working I ith her "didn't bc licvc children ould cat out of · garb: gc can. It June A Cronk of the Cen ter for Handicapper Aff� ir 'in Lean 'ing . aid that before the Reel ran Administration, " ever had I thought I'd sec a time .. here people illing to or' couldn't afford a place to live, ...…
…DETROIT - In the 19605 it egro, In the 191 it i\fr� rican. In the 1980s it B In the 1 it still is Bia At le t for an ccurate coun ·th the u.s. Ce II African-Americans must t Black Am rican on the prt By Li I t rop Capila/ Ne 'S Service LANSI c census form race question, said Betty Appleby, a Cen us Awarene War op Coor dina or. During Neighborhood Builder Alliance and Detroit Complete Count CoiDmittee wor hop held March 21...…
…·ASH) GTO - Tran·· Africa Executive Director Ran dall Robinson characterized first meeting arch 12 of Af'ricail American leaders with Secretary of St te J ame A. B er, III on U.S. policy in frica as "co ructi e, focused and is ue-b sed . and a discussion that been 10 overdue .. " TtaJiSAfrica reque ed the lDCebIl' ag with B er a more policy-focused folio -up to a meetiDg it eld with . t Secretary of St te Herman . January,' 11...…
…By Bernice Oro Corr . ondent ._._....... ..._ " _._._-_.-_ _-- m. TO II A ItBOR M ry Defoe. pr side m of the Twin Citic Branch of NAACP. told the city commi ion Mon d y. March 5, he would like to ee the 'city of Benton Har bor come in compliance with flirmative action. DcFoc : aid sh ha a ked (or a copy of the city' affirm tive ction plan, but has not r ccivcd one yet. She also read the commis ion p rt of the affirmative c...…
…troit utility Community m nd �SU Tru e r tr ct KKK comp rl on Farrakahn' destructive like the KKK. "Ho in your right mind could you make such a te- ment?" Peyton's letter ed. The Ku Klux Klan· a group of proven murder, r pi t, lyncher , and co ants. You, Mr. Owen cannot say the same thing bout Minister Far rakahn." The letter w endorsed by Governor Bl nch rd, COD gresSmaD Jo Conyers, Mayo . CIIpitlll News SetVice LA SING ...…
…EAST LANSING - Amid thunderous applause and cries of "Al1ahu Akb r (God i Great) from a capacity crowd an call of bout 4,000 at the MSU . Audi torium February 18, Minister Louis Farrakban said tbat MSU is a "modern day plant tion" that thinks nothing of Blac studeats. "Nobody care if you $uduate ith �egree, but put tbe ball in that hoop," Far rakhan aid. "You (MUS) use Black people to build your credit. " Farrakh n, leader o....…
…, Why no African Americe c manag y none qual f candidates, said Manning, . the problem that they had, without exception, the &p- . plicants could DOt pass the writ ten exam or the IDysical exam or if they did there ere other problems with background and drug e .. At the Monday night, Buttbecityisstilliooki fOl' February 5, Beato!! HaIbor aty qualified minority caadidatcs, Commission meeting, city resi- said Manning. . dent Ri...…
…BI!NTON HAUO - A Ben Harbor police omcer tin in to ., cCi man milta • Iy believed &0 be • rc 0 ccorcl- in to Berricn County Prosecutor Dc Wilcy. In a 19-pa.c statement Ie Feb. 8, Wiley d -the • tin, Jan. 18, or Norril Stephen Maben by 29-year veteran LI. MD Fiedler -j tira - tbougb Maben w unarmed and not a felon. "It (the jusUCi ble ruling) i not a urprise, " id ()pcration PUSH chief Rev. Walter Brown. "This i a practice in ...…
…MllbeIli' B According to a statement rele ed by Berrien County Pro ecutor DeDDis Wiley, Maben once by Fied ler. Autopsy reports showed Maben died of a gunshot d to the chest. y F'tedler Dt to 755 P&\'ODe in the city looking for a murder suspect. ben, who at the Pavone Street addre , wa wanted on two misdemeanor warrants of driv .ing with a suspended license and ha�· improper registra tio plates on a motor vehicle. Maben, un...…
…, a k: • IX r raci urance U 0 urance rates urg fr can ro 9 r anction EW YOR -Harlem bould be declared a h alth dis ccording to doc- tor ho tudy found tha man in H rlem bas worse ce of living past e 40 tb4n one in poverty- tricke'n Bangladesh, ccording to an Associated Press report. e . ...e a chronic disaster ea right in fro of our eyes that most people are a e of; aid Dr. Harold P. P director of Olft� ...... don't...…
…reparations or some renumera tn.e action is warraated," The .measure to Consider providing fund for descen dants of laves has been referred to the Admininstrative Law and Government Rela tions sub-committee of the House Judiciary Committee for appropriate ction, says Janis Hazel, senior legislative aide to Conyer _." .. _"" Appro per ODS turned out to an nd and er lyoffer their assistance 0 Con gressman John Conyers in his...…
