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…NO! guards res/ore order Bl - I'(I�(' \2 -Pa AS Chris Webber, star rookie forward forth Golden State Warriors, is not only exemplary in his performance on tb court, but has taken the lead where contract negotiations are concerned by hiring Bill Strickland, a Black attorney, to procure a I5-year, 75 million deal on his behalf. The socially-conscious rookie was damant about ethnic repre­ entation, according to a re rt in the Chicago ...…

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…ee a d cold VOL. XVI NO 7 An In/olf11NI Pt'OIJ/l' Is A FIN' Pc optc JANUARY 1 - 8. 1994 00 a e -p A2 zaa c lebratlon December 8. A program rich In rtl expre sion wa follow d by K r mu, a traditional f By SETH ERICKSON sm-' to the Mlchill!n Cltlan LANSING (Capital N wa S rvice) � What happened to the healthy kids in Michigan? Where did they go? Fifteen years ago kids who played on th beach of Lake Michigan' shore would be swim...…

…VOL. XVI NO.6 An tnt o: mod People Is A Free People DECEMBER 26 - JANUARY 1. 1994 moja (u nit y ) urges us to care for each other and to strive for and maintain strong fami­ lies, .comrnunities, and na­ tions. One reason that Black children and fami­ lies in America are facing so many crisis. is that we have lost the sense of unity that brought us through slavery, war, emancipa­ tion, reconstruction, and segregation. We must re­...…

…-, VOL. XVI NO.5 An Informed Peopto Is A Free People DECEMBER 19 - 25, 1993 In By CRAIG HILL Aflchl".n Citizen THE CAMPAIGN has in­ cluded a song produced by the NAACP's Detroit chapter, called "Com Back Home to th NAACP," which carri "an up­ beat Motown sound," Chavis said. The cl.vil • ta 0 gani ti also has improved computer sys­ tems and more personal contact with vera! of the 2,108 local NAACP chapters, he said. Michigan's...…

…- D VOL XVI NO.4 A" intot nu-d Pcopto Is A Flce Pcopte DECEMBER 12 - 18. 1993 • • ho ha moved in later, they ill igniflCaIlt, Sholly said. "Obvioualy thi is not the gross picture you in New Yor • Sholly said. "But any­ thi�g you that tak place in New York will eventually reach here in some form." Th area a trong preven- tion and education program, Sholly aid, integrated into bools, a premarital program anyone obtaining a marri...…

…VOL XVI NO 3 Iln tntosnwc! P"(lp/l' Is A r WI' Pcoptc DECEMBER 5 - 11. 1993 Ajrica Trip .\IIIt/nll' lint! !tlllgiller, /('"n 1/1/(/ /carl/i"g .- Page A� I Highland Par . But in 1992 Chrysl D ti id n economic do nturn made it im ibl for the corpo- ration to ha ciliti in both ::lJ!land P rk nd Auburn . and HigblaM P r. would be shut down. If Highland Par had not agreed to t Auburn Hilla b Chrys r would no facility in Auburn Hill...…

…" " Chrysler reneges on promi e , By RON SEIGEL S cI., to the Michl en Citizen IDGHLAND PARK - Chrys­ ler's move out of Highland Park will not be an easy one. Contro­ versy is mounting over the de­ tails of the settlement offer, the qualifications of those negotiat­ ing on behalf of tb city taxpay- and t racial implications of a major corporation reneging on pro it ma to win 00 aions out <) Bla oommunity. One Highland Park wom...…

…VOL XVI NO 1 ;.lll I,,:. , . ,I"�, t/"'·'··�'1II'·t·P"()I"t· NOVEMBER21-27,1993 By RON SEIGEL DETRorr - The Metropoli­ tan Detroit board of th Ameri­ can Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) voted to challenge por­ tions of Executive Order 22, is­ sued by Detroit Mayor Coleman A Young requiring that 50% of all construction jobs funded by the City of Detroit hould go to Detroit idents. Acoording to n article in the ACLU fall, 1998, newsle...…

…Je e Jackson be bridged. "In the final analysis, w will either choo e polarization or partner hip. We'l ch multi-cultural education nd div rsity or e'll choos ethnic clea ing," h said. MORE T A 5,700 student crowded into Ro e Arena to h ar th civil rights leader p th university to set up a multi-cultural center and recruit more minority students, faculty and administrators. About 2.8 percent oft 16,349 dents t the uni rsity a BI ...…

…l\1 ell II tries (�r Illislli 1I11 III III sb illllr/ey - I'.I�'· \h VOL. xv NO. 51 All Informed Pcoptc Is A Frev Pc.. .. optc NOVEMBER 7 - 13, 1993 By RO SeiGEL IUGHLANDPARK-Highland Par M yor Lin ey Porter authorized city council to hold a special meeting planning the Future of the city outside the borders of the United States. The two day meeting was held Friday, October 29 and Sat­ urday October 30 in the Grand Marais hotel...…

…amal -p A2 o on VOL XV NO. 50 An Informed People Is A Free People OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 6. 1993 By U AN HEDFIELD C.pIt!IN ... SMvIc • .I...oI'tJ["IDilnG - Q. How do you handle the AIDS epi­ demic behind bars? A In Michigan prisons, no differ ntly than any­ wheree It' a qu tion riddling th Michigan prisonoommu­ nity, but the ,for now, . imply this� be careful, "There are two ides to the state prisons' policy on .AIDS; says Wa...…

…o 00 boo 0/---- - ? • o 1 Minority Busine s onth By Amy Finkel eln ho ant to tart busi , id Fo t Carter, professor of marketing and transporta­ tion administration �t Michigan State University. Although the problems are more subtle, Carter said minori­ ties do have a more difficult time than normal obtaining funds from banks. Discrimination should nbt oc­ cur since laws against it exist, said Gary Woodbury, president of...…

…VOL XV NO ·ltJ .. :'.. . . OCTOBER 17 - 23. 1993 Dr.l. c Rlctmond, CORR N tlOnalOlr ctor, Memphl ,TN; urgetheboycoHofSaturncar.OctoberethatGener.,Motor Maxine Thorna., Helen Long, John 80 n nd Joe Gr n (I-r) Headquarter. In 0 trott. (photo by Efu. Korant.m.) , s , By CRAIG HILL distribution of handbills on Friday in the . downtown Detroit area. - ==��==�------------------- DETRorr - The Commission on Relig- On Saturday, A demostration...…

…IAN G-AIDS· 00 d I ding ca among young Blac men in Michigan, according 0 the re­ cently released 1993 State of Black Michigan report. Black men aged 25-44 were dying from AIDS at a rate of 48.3 per 100,00 in 1990, making the disease th second 1 . ng cause of d th next to homicide. �e figure as up from 20.7 h r 100,000 in 1988, henAIDS Bla om n accounted for Michl n' population in 1990 rate of AIDS among ran ed the fi fth leading ...…

…Phc:m � Bua Korantema Iche Gibb r twna to 0 roit from xlco ith an exhl- b Ion of pa nting nd cu ptw at th Arts Extend d G I­ I ry, Inc., 1553 Woodward, Suit 212 In the 0 vld Whitney Bu clng. ·Som til ng Torn and N w· contlnu • thr�ugh Friday, October 2. ta oc fLES LAWSUIT OVER 'AFRICAN' IN PRODUCT NAME By ALLISON JONES Michigan Citiz n Africans in America ere robbed of their name, religion, m��,fum�Mdoo ,m� challenges from bite-o...…

…OU8TO (AP) - Complaints of law officer publicly strip rching Blacks have led to a closed door m ing between the mayor, police chief and more than 60 minority leaders. "Something definitely needs­ to happen and happen in a hurry," aid the Rev. Jame Dixon of the North t Commu­ nity Baptist Church. "Our efforts are tremendously impeded when we are dealing with a police force ay hen they met. in troit. In 0 er to ak the indus- tri...…

…munity,· Mayor Curt' Rich id Monday. Under th curfew,]a office can stop nyone on city street between 9 p.m. and dawn. -On Monday, attendance at Crystal Ri� only high school as down 40 percent and some bu in e in the city closed early. By nightfall though, the Citrus County Sheriff Office was nding home some officers because the community was quiet. M nwhile, the police chief reiterated his support for the of­ ficer who shot Jer...…

…ca e- ByTOOENSI n Citizen DWAYNE BROWN A federal law making it a crime for GIs to advocate for, or join, a labor organization has been used to imprison two Black GIs who pro ted command sanctioned racism at Ft. Hood, Texas. Congress passed the anti-un­ ion la in 1977 in response to fears that active duty service o e By ALISON JONES Spec�1 to Michigan Citizen American (NCOBRA), has for­ malized plans to establish Black Commu...…

…• VIC op ace- o o VOL. xv NO. 42 .. 111/nf('rmt'd Pt'crll(' Is A Frce Poopte SEPTEMBER 5 -11. 1993 Mayor Sharon Pr�tt Kelly of th Dletrlct of Columbia, the R v.· J • Jack.on, left, and com dian Dick Gregory w re mong 20 demonetretor. arr t d Thur day for blocking Ind pendence Av nu In the on-golng .truga. for etatehood for th dl8trlct erst vote 0 DC state ood By ALLISON JONES says. This will enable the federal seat of governmen...…

…, . , VOL XV NO 0.11 AlI/lI/l1ffl1t'cI Pt'l)p/('/s A F,N' People AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 4. 1993 'Former officer L rry Nevers and Walter Budzyn react to being found guilty of econd degr murder In the in the beating-death of Malice Green. Nevers, left, says he "couldn't b lieve" the jury's finding . borhood Pickett, who lives in the nearby 47000 block of Warren, is one of about 30 seniors scattered in front of a TV set in Kronk's See ...…

…la dlo d. m t clea up • • eviction me • • • ac v e VOL XV NO. 40 A" lniouncc! People Is A Free People AUGUST 22 - 28. 1993 York, NY - "It i impor­ tant to consider that t.be African­ American has been neglected in this country," aid Dr. Michael L. Blakely, Howard University di­ rector of the burial project in which slave remains were un­ earthed from a landmark burial ground in lower Manhattan in 1991. T.be bones, the I t rema...…

…Business duo charge Asl a with racism . By NATHANIEL SCOTT S cl., to tIN Michl .n Citizen mGlD.AND PARK, MI - Con­ troversy is nothing new to High­ land Park. And now, either adding to the city's growth or de­ mise is a situation that crosses racial lines .. The principle characters in the controversy are Yong Lee, an Asian and the co-owner of a storefront at 14467 Woodward Avenue and African-Americans, Vernita Humphrey, a High...…

…VOL. XV NO. 38 ;;llllflfOflllt'd Pl'OP/(' Is A FIC'c Pcoptc AUGUST 8 1-l 1993 By Patricia Colbert Mlch n Citizen ex. - African­ Americans and people of color 1 sat in silence hile membe of an all white School Board spent millio if taxpayers dolla . Angry r idents attending the meeting said it was like stepping back in time but it was actually a meeting of the Hamtramck Board, June 15th at Hamtramck High. Although the Board de- •...…

…VOL XV NO 37 . -""bl'f' ��'"!��� . An Informed People Is A Free People _ _ � ��_�����!!!\"t':�(��L:M CAROL MOSELEY-BRAUN \ By RRILL HARTSON A .. ocl.t.d Pr ... Writ., "_��Ll,GTO - In on day, Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun tared down a colleague over a 19th century Supreme Court decision sanctioning slavery and vanquished another in a floor fight over th Confederate flag. Elected in November, sworn in and seated Jan. 3, the Sen­ te's ...…

…TO OUG LA-Bill Cinton' at­ on th installatio of Ge ral Aidid in Mogadishu, Somalia, two weeks have been branded "racist" by p officeas of the Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika (pG-RNA). Th office have demanded that the Clinton administration give a public account­ ing of the civilian and military personnel killed in U.s. air attacks and ground weeps and account for all homes destroyed. President Kwame Moh of the �...…

…N() Bl�A(�K IJ()Wl�R ill music iIllIIiS/IJ .. PAGt BI I VOL. xv NO. 35 A" tntouncct Pe-ople I'; :l f II'" ("'(1/>'1' JULY 18 - 24. 1993 Jud , tell eno: , ByJOH HORN JU.ocl.r.d Pr ... build caree "on the b "of ucb defendants. The un ual cballenge by U.S. District Judge Teny Ha er, of the Central District of Californi came as Reno fielded questio primarily concernin immigration and gang violcoce at a wnba1l meeting. Under th...…

…o Candidates discuss' Independent Black Political Agenda '0 ob ervers at Lewis College of Busi Only two mayoral candidat howed. Di c ion of the 1972 Gary, Indi- ana Blac Political Convention baped the evening's debate. T Gary convention was ed to illu tra th importance of grass­ roots input in defining any Black po­ litical agenda. After reviewing those happenings, on nationalist noted that "clearly the Nationali t, Pan-Africani...…

…_. L D orr 1- Two days r the deadline had p ed, and the petitions were filed, seven 0 the 2S candi for city' top job were invited to fieldqucstio from ome of Detroit' harpest veteran Blac journal' ts. ide from fielding tough qucstio , the mayoral mpef jabbed, hooked and 'ted one another in their race to ueceed Coleman A Young and be­ come Detroit' 62nd mayor. "Face the P ", held Thursday, June 24 at Wayne State University's Comm...…

…PAGf AJ Native American dispute with WSU builds steam III) casino proposal dies By TUREKA TURK 1chlll!n Cltlan - PAGE A3 VOL. xv NO. 32 An Informed People Is A Free People JUNE 27 - JULY 3, 1993 Coretta Scott King, wife of lain lead r Martin Luther Kin Jr. and civil righ activist in her own right, is calling for Ion overdue reparations to ub-Saharana rica. "In 1990, the United Stat pro­ vided I than $1 billion in foreign aid ...…

…PAGE A3 Racist C.X{1111 prohibits lVl\'l/ (t.: radu {II if Jll Were HP city layoj]« preventable? - PAGE A5 o 1 VOL. XV NO. 27 ;111 /nfOffll"cI People Is A Free People JUNE 20 -- - 26. 1993 CURllS URPHY ut Inter-City Bank beca they out expl tion. r Stamard ere doing omething," Murphy Federal inv ted in economically de- ·d. p ed areas, he ·d. Murphy aid the FDIC' inv ti- urphy aid tat meeti with gating his complaints g 'mt Stand-...…

….llk buz, pr frozen rabb . Ironically, th tore i a recent re­ cipient of the Spirl t of Detroit Award, ard given by t City of Detroit to ou tanding iOOividual or org . - tiom for e ceptional wor don in ? Suburbs move to .seize water board By LEAH EL fp!olel to til. hlp .. Cltlztln Al on the committee are Senators Jon Ci ky (R-Saginaw), Joel Gougeon (R-Bay Qly), Jam Ber­ ryman (D-Adrian) and George Hart ' (D-Dearbom). While comm...…

…Modern slavery practiced in Brazil .. PAGE A� HP YMCA evicts jobless tenants j . PAGE AJ VOL. XV NO. 29 1\111,,'o"n('dP('(lp/t'/sAF,e(}Pcop/� JUNE 6.1993 - JUNE 12.1993 Detroit artist Benny White stands in front of his most recent project, a bigger-than-life mural depictir_lg great African American. The mural is WANDA F. AOOUEMOAE/Michig n C iz n painted on the side of Black-owned AAA Party Store, 13023 E. Warren in Detroit. JU...…

…8 By AUSO JONES "'ch' .n Citizen TWo now before t courts are challenging the practice of all-white juri dec; Jing the fate of Black defendants !D Michigan. In federal court in Grand Rapid , Bnimeu Jon i king to have hi conviction by an all-white jury. of c unarmed robbery overturned becaus Bl c were y tematically omi tted from Kalamazoo Cireui t Court juries for a decade. And in Berrien County, an evidentiary hearing on jury t...…

…LO Y prey on the hi torical game of choice for Af­ rican America : t Daily Three am the Daily our. T gam were invented in the BI community which 'pi yed the illegal treet numbers, or policy gam long b ore Michigan i tl­ tuted it own Lottery in 1973. The treet 'gam are still widely pl yed in the Blac community. According to figures released by th Lottery Commi ion, African Americans pi the D 'Iy Three M Four ga ar more etten than ...…

…VOL. XV NO. 26 I\n tnt ot nunt People Is A FIC'C' People MAY 16-22. 1993 D .121' $14.1 $7.0 • • DETROIT -D troit rryin th Lottery. Though the city p pulation i only on -ninth of th D troiters count for a full on -fourth of the Lott ry r venu . Detroit citizen belled out nearly $2 5 million doll in 1 2 in the hop of bing in on one of 7 game of chance d igned to fuel th tate' education fund by feeding on poor p ple' dreams of w lth. ...…

…Black Nurses lift up community -Page A-7 HP residents: Cuts will decimate city --Page A-4 -p 81 VOL. XV NO. 25 An Informed People Is A Free People MAY 9-15,1993 NAARPR conference held in Detroit Davi ., Chavi tn wfocu for movement By LEAH SAMUEL ad nt all walks of life gathered to hear issu dis­ c ed and find inspiration to truggle for jus­ ti e. "We'v com to celebra 20 y . of strug­ gle - organizing, mobilizing and buildin...…

…Africans bring their sport to Detroit PAGE A7 VOL. XV NO. 24 A IJ int cn nu-ct Pc oot» h A F,f'(' People MAY 2-8.1993 er, Sheffield· moo queationed by Dealbom Police Chic Ronald Deziel. "By the time 1 advised (the etbal ult ind t Sheffield aM • col .. MQmbers of Save Our Spirit Coalition (80S) discuss alternative to Mayor Young's proposed 1993-94 budget for the Community Development Block Grant Program. SOS members feel there need...…

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…, ocking 'n rolling'in ciy ewer By LV GOLUBO KI S.rvlc. • con pir cy ar from jury duty 1A ING-A di overy that th virus that caus AIDS can b pre- nt in er water h th Michigan Municipal Leagu (MML) greatly concerned about worker' health­ and po ible law ui . Doc have id nti I d th t HIV, the virus that caus AID, i pent in body fluids such as blood and men, and excretions from infected irdlviduals. Thes excretions th n enter th...…

….. VOL XV NO 21 An lntormea People Is A Free People APRIL 11- APRIL 17, 1993 In 1978, Walter Fauntroy spo e proudly of the cong ional inquiry he helped over­ ee into tbe as ination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., with its dozens of hear­ ing , scores of witn es and 487 trips by investigator to trac leads in five countries. The far-ranging effort by the House Select Committee on A as ination w well worth it, Fauntroy aid then...…

…• IN�ILH- VOL XV NO 20 All Infolmed P"('/)/c If; A F"'I' PeOI)II' APRIL 4 - APRIL 10. 1993 By TERRY KELLY drium, po esp rson for HigblaIXl Mloh n CIttzen Parle cbools, 'Ibis figure includ • fun<1ing for both -12 and Adult HIGm..AND PARK - Riding the Education. fant y of the poor that a dollar bet Benton Harbor, which is the can transport them from rags to tate' only Enterprise Zone and riches, the state lot ry games are t collects few...…

…. An Informed People Is A Free People M .' INSIDE eh 01 By KRISTINA MARLOW c.pltll' N.w. s.rvtc. LANSING-Gov. John Engler propo ed a major overhaul in school financing Friday when he unveiled his spending plans for 1993-94. • Engler's "children' education guarantee" would dramatically c�an�e how education money is distributed by promising a base of $4,211 per student for districts that levy the state average of 34.6 mills. "W...…

…t., , VOL. XV NO. 18 ... 1 If /"'or ""'ei Pcoptc Is A Ft c«: Pcoptc MA H C H :) 1 -27. 1993 I J n. 18, 1 But the all-whit jury deliber- t d or about fi e hou Thursday b fore convicting Fiedler of care- l , rec or n Ii nt dis- ch e of ir nn using death. The charge' am' d meanor punishable by up to two years in prison. Fiedl T could ha faced a 15 y r entence on th man- ficial aid the money was withheld because of the college' failu...…

…VOL XV r�o 17 .1'1 {,'I, II '1" ,11'",l/'/I' t· /1 I " I)"n/l/, MARCH 14-20. 1993 Citizens plan lawsuit to 'stop casino �gambling By RONSEIGE Michl n Citizen community organization called De­ troi te United Agains t Casino G blinginpl to sue to prevent casiro gambling in Detroit am Highland Park. reservations. Under th e circumstanc ,it i felt th Governor of Michig a:oo the Secretary Interior could allow casino gambling on this par...…

…It J' II II VOL. XV NO H; I' I (' I' , "1 I'," 'I, t ,I ","'" II i , i'I"'t'.'I' March 7-13.1993 Blae ,Hi tary onth Program By RON SEIGEL f Root said. "We're trying to help the �::.:....==��_____ institution (HPCC) improve man­ agement and get bac on track." . "lope there is some under­ standing of what we are trying to do," h said. The s tate Department of Educa­ Hom action to withhold appropriated s tate aid to the college led...…

…are charged to t location where the car' rated and it rated wh re it i garaged, 01 on d._ If car i garaged in Bloomfield Hill am h an accident anywhere in the country the 10 . recorded in Bloomfield Hill , he ide VOL. XV NO 15 An Informed Pe()ple I�, A Fro«: February 28 - March 6. 1993 Jobs plan awaits federal funding Urban projects top list . By MATT STRATTON S.tvIt:. ance in rural <10 not the city of Detroit, d c Stod­ dard, p ...…

…/ ES DET OIT -After year of using racial politics to rally city voters to hi ide, it ha come to light that Mayor Coleman Young doesn't wal the talk when it come to putting hi money where hi mouth i . � ced wi th ch llengers in the up­ coming mayoral paign, and uf­ fering the 10 of former financial backers, M yorYoung turned again saying that Young wa angered thi wee to the uncri tical Michigan over remar 1 t week by NBD Chronicle...…

…' . . " VOL. XV NO. 1 � J\n/fl/Oflll('d I'('oplt'/:. ;1 f t c» P('('I'II' Februat y 14-20. 1993 r�. I Chan y nd the Rev. Jo ph Lowery, p id nt of th Southern Chri tian Leadership Conference, announced a three-day human righ hearing in J on ., eginning March 16, to e amine the dea . Th tivi will pent evi- de _Bath red during the hearings to Congres and will demaOO con- g ional heari on the ab well pedal pro ecutor to County S ri...…