…VOL. XVII NO.5 An Informed People is A Free People DECEMBER 25 - 31. 1994 BY JULES LOH vie irrevocable, Ku Klu Klan obitu- ary em beyond pecul tion. There re- PU ,T nn (AP) - C 11 it y r- nd pilogu to t 30th nni ry o vance of F om Summ r. Or call it a final belated triumph of the Civil Rigb Movement: Or call it im ply longed layed funeral no ice: The Ku Klux Klan' d d. Twice before over the past century the Klan med to ha va...…
…VOL. XVII NO. 4 An Informed Pcopte IS A Free People DEC E MBE R 1 � 2 <1, 1994 J C 0 • • , By ALUSON JONES With wire reports MARIETTA, GA.-In the midst of a storm of controversy that erupted following his remarks that the conservative Christian Coalition was the "strong force" in N azi Germany and a racist influence in slave-holding America, the Rev. Jesse Jackson ventured into the enemy's back yard to chastise incoming House ...…
…VOL. XVII NO. 3 An Infonned People is A Free People DECEMBER 11 - 17. 1994 GUI , By SONY A ROSS A soci t d Pres Writer n (.'. :\1:1 nv H II. 1\,,,,,1,, 1I II rihut (' t hr- Danny Whitfield II runs Auto Vision Art Studio. Whitfield's one-man company is drawing in customer from all over the country. See related story B1. L through U. • By MARK FRITZ National Writer . ' m • yt more fare hik s and more rvi trifi by rgum nt ov r ...…
…" VOL. XVl1 "l0. 2 An Informed People is A Free People DECEMBER 4 - 10. 1994 By MARY HOLUNS Special to th Michl9,!n Citizen Th t a ct i Co ye By ALLISON JONES Michigan Citizen r ,I( a · AJllf'n('a's gnals . righ mo ment in th 1960's, Those ar ted were ECE coordinators and Highland Park resident .Vallory Johnson Jim mie M Cl an, and Tonya Sharon, CECE upport r Helen Howe, Dori Ro man and Highl nd Park city coun cilpe on Gr...…
…VOL. XVII NO. 1 An Informed People is A Free People NOVEMBER 27 - DECEMBER 3, 1994 BY PAUL A DRISCOLL to Op ra t ion PUSH, a civil righ group h helped found. M u c h was ac- complish ed during Clinton' . fir t two JACKSON yea r , Jackson aid, including the creation of 5 million n w jobs, the employm n of mor young o ewasthm d g believed deadly' Jail By SUZAN MILENKOVICH Cllpitlll News Service and 711, By LAURAN NEE,...…
…I .'\ .. ,- \ I I I I I' ,. j I . 1·1, I \, I I' , . , • ' C "II" ,\()\" \lBEH!.O ��ht lqq I Demon trator at Ry n Correctional Facility are demanding the Michigan 0 partment of Corrections fulfill promi e made to the community b fore th pri on wa built. S e tory on page AS. (phot� by N. Scott) -c o By ALLISON JONES By HEATHER MCEVOY Specl., to Michigan Citizen BATON ROUGE - A combina- I tion of legal, economic and po- ,I litical...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 51 An Informed People is A l rCf' People NOVEMBER 13 - 19. 1 �)�.·l L By RO SEI Ich g n CltIz_n HIGHLAND P - Li ey Po , th Mayor of Highland P r i uing City Cler tti Carter and th city council memb - Council Pr ident Pro T m Chri tin Fr n in, Cou ilm mber Tit cCl ry nd Councilmember Greta J 0 on - to block their d 0- Both Porter, t Cl r Council members are bein r nted by ttorn y ou th city la department. City ttor...…
…VOL. XVI NO. flO An Informed People: i!-' " � fIT Pt·qpll �O\'"E�IBER 6 - l:l, 1 �l�·t - Ti ' own r Mi Ilitch, ac- cording to th Rainbo Coali tion EI..ECnON "94 The group made a imi1ar thr t in July but ithdre it after m ting ith team offi cial . "They were supposed to have omething concrete to share with the public by September, but that didn't happen," Mungo id. Busin owned by minori- ti and women have only 3 to 4 percent o...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 49 An Infonned People is A Free People OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 5, 1994 "One of the easiest things in the world to do is kick kids out of school, rather than keep them in, "·Eugene Cain superintendent of HP scnoa«: By APRIL CALDWELL Cap tal �ew. Serv ce n it? Some 10 1 officials cont nd h it probably will not, with on u tion ing th constitutionality of th law. Gov. John Engler proposed th bill in Octo r 19 3, becau...…
…" VOL. XVI NO. 48 An Informed People is A Free People OCTOBER 23 - 29. 1994 By UREEN M. FERFOLIA C.pl,.J N. S.rvlc. LAN I G -A prop to limit criminal ap is fa big chall n com I ction day, id a vice p ident of th Michigan hamb r of Com merce. Many vot are unaware of or do not unders ind Propo 1 B, Richard Studley said, -Wh n people don't understand th yare cautious," Studley id. om organiza ions such a the American ivil Lib J1i ...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 47 An Informed People is A Free People OCTOBER 16 - 22, 1994 By RO SEIGEt- Air Pollution Control Divi ion and th Michigan Dep rtm nt of atural Re ourc s <DNR) tentatively approved medical waste inci rator propo by a company called Highl nd Co Gen 13900 kl nd A nu. A public hearing by th s county and stat genci will be held 3 p.m. Mo day, Octo r By MAUREEN M. FERFOLIA £. /,., !!..e�s S_erv�� LANSING - Democrats must ...…
…- VOL. XVI NO. 46 An Infonned People is A Free People OCTOBER 9 - 15. 1994 By ALISON J ES chlg n Citizen Th Unit d S who invad countri and to w r in the name of protecting hum n righ will now h to confront human righ ab of its own within i boundari cism i th issue; a United inv ti tion i t forum. Thirty yea ago El Haij Malik EI lcolm called for n in- v tigation by th United ation Commi ion on Human Righ into th probl ms of Afric...…
…/ .' VOL. XVI NO. 45 An Infonned People is A Free People OCTOBER 2 - 8, 1994 By APRIL CALDWELL plIel.' to Mlchlp.n Citizen LA I G ( pit I • rv- le ) - Although the population behind bars at the 70-ye r-old State Pri n of Southern Michi gan in Jackson i 67 perc nt Black, no African American con tracto have been hired on the $116 million renovation project underway. The renovation project, which will take ix ye rs to com- I oro ...…
…" o y We of Grand Rapids is the aspirant from th Natural Law Party" BILL BALLENGER, editor of the newsl tter Inside Michigan Politics, said recent polls show votes given to the andidat will make the difference in th ra bet ween Democrat Bob Carr and R publican Spen r Abraham. Coon, 35, has pent many years in the lumber busin ,He said he had no po litical pirations until 1992, but he r ched a point where h felt "something had to...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 43 An Inf d Pcoole i A F P ormc cop C IS rce cople SEPTEMBER 18·24. 1994 I G, lebo (AP) - Rap s ar Tup c Sha ur, charged .la t year wi h felo- 11JPAC ne his attorney says. S hakur is a of try- . ing to hit ano h r rap star with a b ball t during an April 1993 c n rt. A near- riot ensu d. Jury selec io r for S hakur's lony ult trial was set to begin n xt wee fore Ingham unty C' - cuit Court Judge Lawrence Glazer...…
…men. A report on potential solutio COMBAT. A8 WSU Nursing College honors Detroit students Five students and an in tructot from Crockett Career Technical Center in Detroit were recognized recently by Wayne State University's College of Nursing. They received certificates marking completion of an eight-week program during which they a Isted faculty members conducting various research projects. Participant (left to right) are LaKisha Sear...…
…,hoi • nc Tiger Wood makes golf hi tory Although the white media Ilk na Tiger (Eldrlck) Wood to gottlng great Jack Nlcklau Wood ha atth age of 18, d mon tr t d hi f r sup rlor golftng skill . 'Wood w'on the U.S. Amateur, the most pr tJg oua ama t ur tournamerlt around. He battled back from aix under p r nd becam the young t ever to win. In comparing the two c re r ,Wood ha reached golfing mile tones ooner than Nicklaus. Wooks Brok 50 a...…
…VOL. XVI NO. ,10 An Informe-d People is A Free People AUGUST :l� . SEPTEMBER �l. 1 �.�n Lending A Helping Hand Northern High School Team Center student ,(I-r front row} Cry tal Boone, and Ebony Paul and standing April Rice and Melinda Martin were part of Highland Park' ·Paint The Town· c,rew Saturday, Augu. t 20, The youngsters are just a few of the tudent who pent part of their ummer vacation helping enior and d' abled cititzens. (phot...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 39 An Informed People is A Free People AUGUST 21 - 27, 1994 MARCUS GARVEY that was all Porter was suing for. ANOTHER I UE involved the decision of city council to al low Johnson to rescind a motion she made at the previous meet ing authorizing the construction of a city municipal complex on the former Johnson site. The comp w pl n p by Porter. . Wainwright said it was illegal to rescind a motion once it was written...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 38 An Informed People is A Free People AUGUST 14 - 20, 1994 By JACQUELY R. ARll Mlchlg.n Citizen with wire .ervlce ,eport. o th on proud organiz tion in now being trangled by two "in- r ibly arrogant 1 d ,it's 1 i ue in the AACP Detroit graduates and Michigan Youth Governors (I .. r) Undsay Huddleston, II; Duane Davis; and Jamal Edwards. DPS· students establish state leadership record At a recent meeting of the Detroit...…
…. . VOL. XVI NO. 37 An Informed People is A Free People AUGUST 7 - 13, 1994 INSIDE r -Pag A2 o G ye: Bornto perform BY JACQUELYN R. MARTIN MJchl an' Citizen The sounds of pounding ham mers and buzzing saws wafting across the Highland Park Com- . munity College campus are sounds of a solid future for stu dents enrolled in the Building Trade Program. Metro Detroit Youth Founda .. tion, under the direction of Den nis L. Gibso...…
…Jo 1 Fergu on tUIDP for vot in Hi bland ng chi an' Bl ck population Th Highland P rk Goepel R ma dr w 0 moer tic S nat candidate Joel Fergu on ( econd from 1ft). Fergu on wa gr et d by city Trea urer Ben Roland, (left) Ora Calhoun and County Commi Ion C�ir Art Blackwell. Ferg�on ne de BY ALUSON JONES DETROIT - A soi mn h h fl 11 0 r t hall hen 95-year old Audley Moore of Harlem pleaded tearfully in a barely audible, husky voic...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 35 An Informed People is A Free People JULY 24 - 30, 1994 -- .. - "'.�I_t .... • By RON SEIGEL Michl n Citizen D OIT - Congre sman John Cony ra, repre enting Highland Par and ome parts of Detroit, wants you to forget what Bill Clinton tells you about health care and what Bob Dole and Rush Limbaugh tell you about health care. Conyers maintains that it is time for the single-payer health plan. This plan would create a...…
…Purchase draw flack By RON SEIGEL COU CIL PRESIDE T Dwight Downes said he did no h r about the chair and so could not comment. According to the City Charter, the admini tration can make purchases up to 2,000 without letting city council know. , Council President Pro Tern . Christine Franklin said she h rd about the chait from a re liable source, but that she hoped this was not so. She said the city might have used furniture it ...…
…and Fri I VOL. XVI NO :\:\ An Informed Pcoph- is A Frv«: People .JlILY 10 - 16. 19q4 , P rception about race nd crime - particularly involving Afric n American male - trongly color th national crim d teo Though only five percent of a11st t crime now falls under f ral jurisdiction, Democrats nd Republican have r di covered th political potency of the crime' ue; and both politi cal parti are determined to "Get tough" on crime in ...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 32 An Informed People is A Free People JULY 3 - 9, 1994 By BERNICE BROW BENTON HARBOR -W it a good 1 on in civics or was it voter fraud? Berrien County Clerk Louise Stin believes the large number of ntee ballots cast by students at Benton Har bor High School raises serious ques tions ofpossible election fraud. She has asked the Berrien County Prosecutor's office to investigate. Benton Harbor Schools i- dents went to ...…
…• VOL. XVI NO. 31 An Informed People is A Free People JUNE 26 - JULY 2, 1994 By JERYL BARGINEAR ItIk:hlp.n Citizen DETROIT - Who would've thought that the stock market would crash in the 80' , or that \ terrorists could attack American soil? That a world super-power could crumble, or that drugs would infest the U.S.? Th e phenomenons are what The Honorable Louis Farrakhan re- Min. Rasul Hakim Muhammad, head-mini ter of the Nation...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 30 An Informed People is A Free People JUNE 19 - 25, 1994 Marty Katz for The New Yen 11m" A conference of prominent Blacks that was sponsored by the NAACP ended with vows of unity. Organizer, the Rev. Benjamin F. Chavis, center, aid anoth r meting Is planned, Min. Louis F rrakhan of the Nation of Islam, left, and Rev. AI Sharpton. By ALLISON JONES With AP wire report! BALTIMO Black leaders met Monday to begin devising an ...…
…VOL. XVI NO. �9 An Informed People is A Free People JUNE 12 - 18. 1994 By NATHANIEL SCOTT Mlch' .'! Cltlz._n __ , _ __ _ jed, ref rs to as: "eli dvantaged" eon tractors. According to Tatem, disadvan- taged contractor can be Bla His panic, Native American or someone who is not properly educated. A percentage of the project is also suppose to got to women contractors, Tatem maintained. HIGHLAND PARK - The long a waited repair and ...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 28 An Informed People is A Free People JUNE 5 - 11, 1994 Khalid Abdul Muhammad, the Nation of I lam figure shot on Sunday in Riverside, Calif., addre ing a Los Angele crowd the day before. M lim hit a trial s·1l y ? _,._,-. protection while h pitalized. OTHER VICTIM IN the at ck were security guards, Vernado Puckett, 34, with gunshot wou nds to both 1 gs and the chest but listed in good condition, Caliph Sadig, 33...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 27 An Informed People is A Free People MAY 29 - JUNE 4. 1994 JAMAL, FO R pok man for th Bl By CRAIG HILL Sp.cl.' to the Mlchl".n CltlDn By obeying the 55 miles an hour peed limit on the exp t N 10 CoaUtlo of SJaCks ror tio in Amer- t OOB III bring th country' transportation to a halt on Jun nth (June 19). According to a letter written by Kalonji Olusegun, national co-chairperson for N'COBRA, the demonstration will b...…
…Police draft tough curfew law Page Sf) VOL. XVI NO. 26 An Informed People is A Free People MAY 22 . 28. 1994 o· By JERYL BARGINEAR IIlchlll.n Citizen CALLTOO DE Funeral servi were held Saturday, May 14, 1994 at Fel- 10 hip Chapel Church, 19555 W, McNichols Road, for an ava ricious alien, usurping tier, a blasphemous b t, called - Apartheid South Africa. Many dignitarie were on hand to r witn to the un precedented eulogy tha...…
…• VOL. XVI NO. 2fl An Informed People.' is A Fret" People MAY 15 ·21. 1994 Citizen Empow rment for a Clean Enviornment (CECE) chief Vallory Levi-John on peak during a community meeting. Detroit citiz By RON SEIGEL � eC?jal_!o the Michl an Citizen __ DETROIT - In the 60's there were charges that "urban re newal" represented "Black Re moval," forcing African Americans (and poor people of all races) from their homes, de stroying n...…
…ANC economic plan: $10 billion P.tJ.!t· 1\'2 VOL. XVI NO �.f.. An Informed People is A Free People MAY 8 - 15. 1994 'How cheap ·5 Black life?' o • a By RO SEIGEL Michl .n Citizen HIGHLAND P - Highland Park Mayor Linsey Porter authorized the Highland Park City Council to hold a "special m ting" in Canada to discu budget issu with his present administration. Th meeting, which the ad ministration calls a "retreat" will be hel...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 24 An Informed People Is A Free People MAY 1 - 7.1994 Min. Malik Shabazz, protested K-mart Department Store with a rna demonstration at the Plymouth/Southfield locale, on behalf of Albert Scott, presi dent/owner of NU-MRK, a Black-owned insecticide prod- uct. . As a prelude to the picketing, a rally was held at the Robinson House Community Center, lo cated at 111 Oakman Blvd, un der th di ion of William and Cheryl...…
…• By RON SEIGEL Sp!c'" to tl» Mlchl(l!n Citizen DETRorr - In conservative commercials criticizing Presi dent Bill Clinton's Health Care Plan, participants keep repeat ing the slogan, "There must be a better way." Some citizens believe there is a "better way" than plans offered either by Clinton, the Republi cans or organized medicine, a way proposed by Highland Park Congressman John Conyers, to gether with two colleagues Jim...…
…VOL. XVI NO 22 An Informed People Is A Free People APRIL 17 - 23,1994 By ANO·REW HENION Civil Righ i ocon rned with " . ingtensions tw ncitiz ns and law enforcement office " that it plans to survey th state's 600 police agenci on how well they handle citizen complaints. Civil Rights Director anette Lee Reynolds said Detroit area police departmenta-al dy are . ng surveyed after a re nt rash of complaints by Blac who all ge they wer...…
…- - - - ------- ------------------------------------------- ..... -----__. ___ Mental health treatment often hard to come by P.'�(' i\:\ VOL. XVI NO. 21 An Informed People Is A Flee People APRIL 10 - 16. 1994 • conolDlc , l outh r By DONNA BRYSON A •• ocl.ted Pre •• Writer South Africa, white hands will still count the mon y. The euphoria gr eting the first all-race election April 26-28 cannot mask the sobering eco nomic le...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 20 An Informed People Is A Free People APRIL 3 - 9, 1994 t . •• etroitco By RON SEIGEL Sp!C'" to tIN Mlchlp.n CltlDn DE'IROIT - The Detroit City Planning Commission is study ing a request by two cellular phone companies - Ameritech and Cellular One - for zoning changes allowing the construc tion in city parks of 100-foot- high electrical facilities to provide energy. for cellular phones in Detroit parks. Mel White...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 19 An Informed People Is A Free People MARCH 27 - APRIL 2.1994 By ESTHER WALLEN C.pltal HeM Service will work with neighborhood watch progr ms, clergy and busin to combat crime, but with a slightly different twist. They are inviting residents to "develop a relationship" with their area police officers. That idea will include bringing a new light to police beats. Officers are encouraged to meet more people in their com...…
…-p A2 Detroit pair assist gospel communitv a. Page AS p B1 VOL. XVI NO. 18 An/nfolfned Pc optc Is A f ft't' People MARCH 20 - 26. 1994 tablishment of guaranteed annual income for all Ameri cans at the poverty level. This would ensure that every Ameri can had t m to get food and pay rent. A guaranteed annual incom S. JOBS,B5 Grassroots G-7 qffers jobs solution: By RON SEIGEL DETROIT - Sunday, March 1 while U.S. Pr 'dent B...…
…p - Page AS Assault at West Point B1 By ESTHER WALLEN c.pIf!/ NeM S rvlce LAN ING - As Gov. John Engler' school fmance refonn plan' prepared tp take bat in th Mhrch 15 ballot, Detroit's Personal inoome tax ould decree. from 4.6 pe1'08nt to 4.4 percent. No change in the Sin Buain Tax. • Property tax A884B8S nta would be capped t � - . percent or the rate ofinfla don, whichever is 1 .A new state rea tate transfer tax of ...…
…-p ,\!elf Ilihle: II ill (111(/ Hoi)' ed? Paqe 83 VOL XVI tJO 16 �4f1lllfl'''IlI'(f F't'Op/t' I�; �4 r'l I' p, c p i«: MARCH 6 - 12.1994 • ea By STHER WALLEN C._,N ... s.tvlc. • o , , Ang la Davi launch By TUREKA TURK Speaking to a room jam packed with students at New York University F bruary 17, activist Angela Davis p nted her crusade against th penal yatem of th United States. "Ttl prison is offered a rem edy,· h i...…
…o fi ea e oloea -P A7 VOL. XVI NO 10 /\n'"fOflIlIO(/f'I'lIp/I"" Ii f"'I'i't ('1111' r[B��ui��f ';7 '.'ARCH � 1".1('�4 ites ed? By MICHELE RUEHS C.plml New. Service LANSING - Black History Month is a time for people to work together to understand other cultures and to forge greater cooperation, but how does it influence everyday life?' In predominantly white ar eas, Black History Month, in February, may not have much of an e...…
…Lessons from Black History: Benton Harbor Mayor Emma Hull (center)' with city employee Steve Archibald (lett). wei com s community activist Sandra Dudley to a historic buslne. gathering ho ted by th So�hwe tern Michigan city last week. Story i on page 86. (Bernice Brown photo) VOL. XVI NO.1 '- An tntot mcd People Is A F,c£' People FEBRUARY 20 - 26. 1994 State, County set to okay Citizens charge environmental racism 8y RON SEIGEL . IA/c...…
…VOL. XVI NO. 12 An Informed People Is A Free People FEBRUARY 6 - 12. 1394 - t t By CRAIG HILL Michl n CltlDn from Philadelphia, music by Ibn Pori'z Band Unit #10, Grout, Ur ban Voodoo Juice, and Mikey Brown along with poetry by Os valdo J. Comalapa, and Willie Williams. Doors will open at 6 p.m. to 2 p.m. For more informa tion call (813) 275-8979. The movement to free Abu fol lowed his conviction in 1982 of murder for the k...…
…-p 81 VOL. XVI NO. 11 �/) tntoi nu-ct Peoplt' Is A Fret"' Pt�oplt· .JANUARY 30 FEBRUARY 5. 1994 Black males misdiagnosed as hyperactive AN 4RBOR-Restless, anx ious Mrican American teen-age boys who can't concentrate are frequently misdiagnosed as hav ing "attention deficit (hyperac tivity) disorder" or ADD. The correct diagnosis is more likely to be "agitation syn drome," which is triggered by environmental stress, according ...…
…-p VOL. XVI NO. 10 tlll III'O"lIr(/ Il, IIp/,, I·; A rref> Pf>Op/f' JANUARY 22 - 29.1994 King of Kings m mber Include (I-r): Pa tor K n n Meredith, Roderick Jenkl White, Shawn Willi m a� Tyran Mer dith. (photo by Craig Hili) , Rozelle R in "out of the rough," unto th "peaceful pastures of hri i ,nity.' Rozelle Whit', ge , entrepr neur, graduate of Detroit Colleg of Bu ines , ex plains: "Young brothers are constantly told of the won...…
…VOL. XVI NO 9 All tntornwa PI'O/>/(' I� .l fU'I' P"P/,/e JANUARY 16 - 22, 1994 By RON SEIGEL Spec,., to tIM Mlchlg.n Citizen DETROIT - Officials under the new administration of Mayor Dennis Archer made an agreement with community ac tivists not to evict homeless peo ple who occupied vacant public housing units. Instead, the City of Detroit agreed to pl'C>Ce3S them for eligi bility and to get two new people a day processed for t...…
