…III I Citv l/lIlIlIgcr (JIll {�/ic,. I ('.\'.\' 1/1 {III ,\ i. v tn ( ) III/IS I '. 'I' II , Highland Park youngsters recently participated in the Community Study Group Round Up and Bookfair at Barber School. Youngsters were treated to African storytelling by Shanta. Shanta deligJlted the audience with tales of Africa, cultures. ribbean and African American y r '0 'I Vio • I r By RON SEIGEL judge it for themselves, Conyer, wh...…
…4 .. V_OL.XV NO. I 1 Iln Informed PL'Oplt.' Is 1\ r« .. p People January 31 _ February 6, � 9-93 -- Approximately 30 \JIa'.�,� King Day ceremonies c VETS Post 910. The Po numbers refer to the 9th and 10th Calvary t The Buffalo Sokr 'The nations mourns the I of the former Supreme court Ju tice Thurgood Marsball, 'famed for his . . most ucces ful case, the turmng point of hi career, 1954' Brown vs. the Board of Education, a case re...…
…( , and Dominique R. Pace (Renaissance) First place winners each received a 150 Savings Bond. Other participants h received a $75 Savings Bond. The debates were organized by the Association of Black Judges, the Wolverine Bar Association and the D. Augustus Staker Bar Association. If( II I,V rJ() III 'I"/"{""'II,II'I"I'/I" '\/'11 "1"1'/' .JI\NUI\HY24-]O, lq�.3 Let The Debates Begin I n memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Detroit high...…
…iame e twi found d d A P cial et i being prep red or the January 16 funeral of Gladys YVOM nd Mary Yvette cCarther, per haps th world' old t con- neeted Siam twins. When the ervice com mence at the Greater Com munity Bapti t Church in Pacoima, Compton Com- By TUREKA TURK are re idents of thetci ty. Th layoff r the first t n Mayor Colmen Young' pu h to privatize city rvice and are paral yzing tb y terns in the proce . Meanw...…
…, By TUREKA TURK lanta, Baton Rouge, �troi rAkron, and other cld plan to a lchlq action uit gai t the .s. govern- Amidst empty, temporary New ment, ccordlng to Je . Year's resolutions promising better Also at the January 2nd meeting jo , financial tability, and healthier N'COBRA planned to spread repe.ra li(i lY. ,the reparations movement tions ware throughout the nation resolved, in a January 2nd meeting in with a march on W hington,...…
…... VOL XI.' tJO " .i.. . 'I i n c! I ",,'.'\ I", .'" I , 1,'.rJlJI\HY \ q lC)(n \ A. 1 c man i still not legally cons ered a man, ccording to the language o U.S. Constitution. It is this reality that m ke Alvin J. Baronet que tion the ponsiblity of descendcn of laves to p y tax 'on payroll. If anything, Barnett re oned, African-Americans deserve to be compe atCd for 400 years of unpaid labor .. "We ere DOt, and till have not, been ...…
…Special' KWANZAA edition of the Michigan Citizen available on newstands or call 869-0033 to subscribe. z Can't pick a number that will hit? Try Madame' Samara's lucky num bers eech week in the Michigan Citizen At your local newstand or corner store. Call 869-0033 to subscribe. Special FREE Publication for metro Detroiters In ide I Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Q; Dat with d ath n ar. c >- Pag 4 0 J '0 Q) Ii: Women ...…
…TUESDAY OV2 7 A:M. - 8 P.M. EdV ughn .. a FREE - Special Detroit Election Edition of the Michigan Citizen October 31,1993 - FREE N ne K tety Ocana y I, formerly known as Isaac H yes, presld d ov r the debut of Ashentl Kingdom Coli etlon, a m rch net line that m rrl uthentlc African tr ditlons, symbols and 'abrlcs with cont mporary d Igns. Her , gr ets Ga Erlich of Oak P rk during th e I bration at Hudson's In NQrthland. The line in...…
…ByRO SEIGEL Mlohlpn Citizen RIGBLA D P -A company named Highland Park Horizon De velopment Corporation wants laoo in Highland Park called Area 1 South between Hamilton aoo John C. Lodge, W t Davidson aoo Glen- , dale to use for ino gambli if tbe tate legalizes it At i December 21 meeting, the Highland Park City Council set two hearing dates to consider the deal, tlx>ugh no information is available on tbe group requesting the lan...…
…ARA: Candleholder tor awen nell_. reprMen ng .... eon and aoclal ctu. Vol. XV No 5 .l\n tnt.n mc«! People Is A Free People December 20-26. 1992 hundred percent in support of the �e( . 'Police are . upposed tobe public serve and if the public co 1aiDs repeatedly about certain police officers' behavior, then tho e OffiCCIS hould find other work," aid ·���������r�������:::w. iI "'-"·�-'·"-ve , ra r. e ar with second-degree mwder in t...…
…VOL. XV NO.4 All informed People Is I Free People December 13-19. 1992 ByRO SEIGEL lch/pn CltIz." mGBJ...AND P - County Commi ion Chair Arthur . Bl c ell i demanding Chry Ier Corp. pay reparations to Highland Part and Wayne County for its brupt and complete pullout from the city fter years 0 receiving tupayerhelpwhenitwas in trouble .. Blackwell joined Highland Parle Mayor Linsey Porter in the move for reparations. Porter announce...…
…VOL. XV NO.3 An Informed People Is A Free People December 6-12, 1992 ByTUR D 0 -. The murder of Malice Green, the beating of Rodney King, and the evetyday ult and persecution of African-Ameri by the very group designed to protect citizens has caused many to open their eyes to the problem of police brutality in the community. At 1 t three gro have prong up to comb t the aul t on the community. any thought the or w done er the demi...…
…VOL XV NO :) 'II 'f'II" /1 ", I' , tJ l 'I I It, ,,', t ' 't t 1"'1'11' ()VPIH )PI :'q [)4'( ('111t)PI�) 1')92 Stallings 'dthecity' choiceofaSouthfield firm over a local one repre ented "a perfect example of enlitl coming into the community to rape and pillage without giving anything back." He contended that a local developer hould have been involved, since local firms " tayed when everything left." Stallings also tated ou ide busine...…
…, , '( ; I) I( Sill I/.\ tk Itt 'II news ill lal» II' disput« './nl X'/ fJO 1 .)r1/"'()fll,t_dPc'OIJ/,"·-Ar'r"")"()I'/c' i·1 1 '12 In(�'' r • �(JV('lll )L'! ,,� FJL orr-Reading the daily mil' teniug to the nightly news in Detro! t in the wake 0 the Malice Green beating, the public ould think the police officers charged with the beating were the victims. major media repol1s focus I meeting approved CMJ" and a Tax Increment F. bel...…
…ByAI aonJo Miati,,, CilizM . p w er the murder, W yne County Prose- en r John O'Heir i it ouldbeanotherweek before c would be filed. eanwhile, tbe public qu tionlng why the Detroit Police conducted the inv tigation and not an ou ide agency; why no ub tance ab e t were admini tered to the uspected 0 cers; why the lineup w conducted the way it w ; nd, finally, why the delay in filing charg ? G " father of 0 and tepfatber of three, w ...…
…unsu pecting African-American student. into an uncon cion bly o ' coupled with infl ted, unverified grade and graduation rates have · b II caught the attention of the Michigan rim I Department of Educalion. serious crime" and decry the liberal Constitutional tools to fight." I ••• 'tt I Democratic tranglehoJd preventing The 1988 package contained _ _ p age. about 60 crime bills. The 1992 legislation is aimed at . closing legal looph...…
…(photo by Karen Kelly) beli h' ar. ?" -Slater SouiJah In a ap ch Oct. 28 at Central MlchlQan University. , "I dam we won't be voting for (George) Bush, but I dan ore won't vote for Clinton!" Souljah said Her voice j not an isolated call for Black America to reject the tra ditional choice of the Democratic candidate. A no AL Allim;e Party can didate Lenora FuIani, in an appear ance on McNeil Lemer Report on Public Broadcas...…
…\ ('1. \ \ I '\(,. �., \11 l ntorm ct! """1,1,'/' \ /'11 t' /'('II/,it' Octuhcr 2::;-.�1. 1')'),2 DE11l0rr - A list compiled by concerned citizens bearin the name of stores su peered of operatin under un anitary conditions was bmded 0 er to the Michigan Dep rtment of Agricu1twe for iDspediOD. Guided by the Ii t, tate iDIlt)eC1lOll have UDCO red an may of pro lema and uecl a of citla on to Detroit grocery to . ollowing up on a compl...…
…part of "Communiti Fi 1," med t meeting the needs 0 t e bo need it mo t defined by each p rticip ting community. The program i d 1811 d to imple ent local community and human rvice id under tb upervision of certain te agenci . The only provi ions imposed by Gov. John S U ITV,B4 . COQUllLARD c plr.1 N.w. S.rvlc. to Action," w held t the University of Detroit Mercy Conference Center in Detroit It w the second in sene of conferences ...…
…\ ()I. \\ I 'C).·r i . I, , .. "1/'1'/" ,/,1, l » \ t ,., /',,,/,i, (hluh,," 11-1-.11)1)2 Qu on urround h �Iff' rol In youth' drowning By TERRY KELLY IIlchlpn C n BBN'ION HARBOR - When the vote in Benton Hamor broke with tradition in tho August primary, am switched to the Republicq ballot, tbey did it for ODe on: to 0 t Berrien Sheriff Stephen M ehke. "It hurt m to vo Republican, " said one nior citizen. "But that to 0." dld-d...…
…I Derrick Bell: 'Racism is here to stay' 4 • P�HJ(' B-1 0 Vol. XVI No. 46 An tntounoa Poopt«: I�; .i F ,,', I ','OP'f' October 4 -10. 1992 , , 'W , By All on Jon MicJU,� Citiz." The Rus ian plan' of interest to Afriean Americans who have yet to ee the Am riean version of a jump tart to put too e held in lavery on their way to capitalism: 40 cres and a mule. Many hi torians and ocial cientist place blame for the economic depri...…
…WANDA F. ROQUEMORE/Michigan Citizen ACORN seizes house to protest city's 'illegal' stoppage By WANDA F. ROQUE OR n Cltlz.n Q OIT - Angered nd f�trated with the city's low P ce in proce Ing homestead ing applications under the Nui ance Abate ment Ordinance (NAO), ACORN and residents of an tside neighborhood recently opened, cleaned and claimed for the com munity a vacant house the city refuse to proce under th NAO. "City officia...…
….' r By RON SIEGEL p.cl I to Michigan CltlHn HIGHU D - U.S. Con- gres man John Conyer said Chryslers' decision to leav High land Park hould entitle the city to U.S. di aster aid, imilar to the help given to Florida and Hawaii follow ing recent hurrican . "Economic dislocations are no le s harmful and dangerou to f milies and people than natural dis ters," Conyers told Th Michigan Citizen. Conyers said that it would be more ...…
…, . •• • f • Highland Park Councilwoman: t' who voted for the Chrysler gree ment in 1987, said he upported it because he thought the company w building a tate of the art complex to compete with other industries, but would keep its world headquarters in Highland Park. "We were operating under the as- umption that we had solid under standing that Chry ler would stay in the city," Ross said. "Never in my mind was it that Chry ler...…
…Detroit students receive scholarships AI Scarface Is Back ENTEHTAINMlNT , By II onJ 'eciM � Aliclti,.,. CilizM "I t)x)ught Mayor Robert Wmen provided n excellent opportu nity for involving his own commu nity in the city' development," aid Robert B. Ingram, Mayor of Op locka, F1orida, and a conference par ticipant. Among the idem wittaSed fi t hand by the Mayors were the San- ford Vill e olject, . ion Area People (MAP) mod...…
…- American racists active in German neo-Nazi groups - A2 D OIT - Despite community efforts, dead fli , live roa and hardened rat feces continue to pl gue some �r city store . In order to promo1e an of what being comumed in some beavi ly populaled African American com munities, the chigan atizen along with representatives from vario com munity group visited ome of the neighbortxxxl stores and found a long list of unIalthy cond...…
…The camp � at the site of the former fortress set up by the group BI Consqo de la Tierra Amarilla. The camp was a joint effort of BI Consejo, the Tierra Amarilla Youth Brigade from Denver and the New Afrikan People's Organization, a Black nationalist group. GOAL OF the New Afri kan Peo 's Organization i to - tablish the Republic of New Afrika "by any means necessary." , REVOLUTION, P A·10 BYRONHARR T ASSOCIAlED PRESS WRI7JR HOU...…
…ro Daniels bypasses Democrats Ron Daniel , former deputy campaign manager for Je e Jackson bring the Peoples Progre sive Convention to Michigan Friday, Augu t 21 through.Sund�y, Augmt 23 on the Campus of Eastern Michigan I of a People' Progre ive Con vention, with an understanding that the convention will not en dorse Daniel' or others' can didacie. A broad range of organizations, third party forma tions and progressive le...…
…·yo lectlon d bat uncover prevrou Iy hidden fact �ho Kno By B rnlc Brown. T rry Kelly Mlchlpn Cltlan B r r I n Sheriff Stephen Mar8chke ran thi r cl t ad In hi failed bid for re- lectlon In the August 4 primary. B TO HARBO - Thanks to the qu tion of a concerned citizen during a candldates forum, new inform tion surrounding even that occured the night a Black youth di appeared in racially hostile St. Joseph have come to l...…
…By KELLY L ANDERSON A • .oc,.ted Pre • Writ DETROIT (AP) - � r Lout Farrakhan urged people to register to vote Sunday, but he stopped far hort of endorsing any presidential can didate. "The people allover the country, the Black poor, the Hispanic poor, the white poor are getting tired of abuse and neglect and the lying of politicians, the deceit of govern ment," the Nation of Islam leader told a crowd of about 6,800 in downtown...…
…Gloom for LA's small Black busi ness - PG ,�) � '.,. .... , .. . � high sbelvea stoc:ked bottl 0 beer s like Wild IrilhROIeaDd N Ttain. Gilbert Potter came to Detroit in 1967 100' for wort. He found it Po ,69. I'd DOW 100 for If you JO to plat today lookiDJ for a J y11 tbiDt you' ei aazy or . WNOA F. RXiLlYMHiii '.., ... oar opened cIly'l Go:tPeI Rama. lGoIpII • 92' drew choi1 and goapeI group from tpOIlIOfId by the aty d Hgh...…
…,. ric n Am c n ,-- , t and ill t the lead." Acoording to Cobb, part of the problem 'th Conyer's 'lure t • VAJO, • P A.e D orr�umm be bot political �tuu. Detroit'. con commu nity, it'. a mId winter of d1IIppoo intmenL Foot-draggiDg politi e failed to tote the 8rc r co tuenb on ODe of choJcest , �cnt bui� ptojcc re- ce memory, tbc con say. Rising in the middlc of the Medi cal Center is S240 mlUion 11< am Admi ba on (VA) ...…
…uit rom A charge of radam and discrimina tion baa boen backed by a law .uit filed by two former .tuden1a at Wa� Sta1e University. - TIii .tudents are charging that the Eiigllah Proficiency Examination re quirement used by the Univel'lity is dis crimiDatory and baa prevented them from receiving their degrees. There are two proficiency exams ·math and EnaUah. Stuaen are required 10 take both exama and are allowed to fall ooce; ...…
…Coalition begins vo� registration drive U L Project Vote, along lth the AACP, the United Auto Wo era, Michl n SANE/FRBEZE 00 ot r IOC',I and n tional or aniz tio e banded to ther in coali on lDQeue the number of AfrIcan- erican and Latino voters In Micblpn. The effort announced at a June 30 preas confcrence at the Detroit Urban League beadq "Freedom Summer" II a non-par- multicultural voterre tra on LABRE A PRICE e ort spo red b...…
…res . ulf you're in 10 e an emergency curfew, you ought to have a plan for dealing with the 70,000 homele in this city," ACLU attorney Paul Hoffman said , during a news conference. Bradley spokesman Bill Chan dler replied: "The mayor impo ed ACLU, P ge 8-10 ·Ice-T' ong "COp Killer" warn police to top . brutality . RTI T IN THE MAKING - Aujual JohnsOn, 1, recently jnsMd r artistic biliti during Family FWl Day For Special P...…
…� ." OU J NBW YORK (AP) - Rap sin r Si ter Souljah id that Bill ainton is a racis t; cc ed him of posturing on racial mat ters "like a lot of white poli ticia "and called the Democrat a oking, draft dodging omanizcr. Appear ing two morni television talk hows Wednesday and at 'a pre con ference T ead_y, Souljab re ponded to an attack on her by Clinton i I� , - " . . .. , , Yea, _b olulely (Clinton is a racts...…
…By TERE A KELLY CINCINN TI, 0 '0 -Supporters of the Rev. Je J c on h ve pushed the effort to get J c on on national ballot to a technological high. An electronic petition drive . now underway throughout the United States to rally upport for Rev. Jac on as the Democrat's vice-pre idential candidate, according to Cincinnati publisher Marchita Malone, who launched the drive. "Many people believe that Rev. Jesse Jackson is ready, qu...…
…Politicians look to Benton Harbor model BY TERESA KELLY • "'.""'(:(1 of A ocl.t«J Pre IWpott by U •• Zag.roll BBNTON HARBOR-With debate over enterpri e zones rekindled by I the Lo Angeles rio , Benton Har- Propose 'POWER ZONES' ':If ROBERT W'TROTT ASSOCIATED PRES WRrrER MAKING THE DIFFERENCE - Re Ident of a northwe t Detroit community r cently protested the an ged beating of community r .Ident Mrs. Hicks, who Is Black, by th Arab ...…
…VOL XIV NO. 28 MAY 31 - JUNE 6. 1992 Coalition of 1 00 Black Women honors 10 - - PAGE B7 BH ignores residents in land giveaway Prison officials veto condoms PO T LAUDERDAJ...E, (AP) - Y eh Ben Yahweh, the African American religious leader accused of ordering hi followers to kill, maim and bum non-members, w convicted last Wednesday of con spiracy. Juroll returned only a partial ver dict in the five-month federal trial. Some ...…
…- ., I, y r olt Artl t Curtla Lewl. unv ned h mural ·X· at Mu um of Afrlc n American HI tory d plctlng the m •• n. of empow rm nt available to African Am rlcan : th vote, the atr ngth offamlly, and duca. tlon. Abdullah Om r, M Icolm;. old t brother, aid • im • In rio By Terry Kelly to follow the law , according to NAAAB President Virgil Cobb . "Dozier and Thoma re re- earching and exploring what venues are open to us, includi...…
…-No Job., no Ju ee, no peace- chant d th d monatratora pick Ing the con ruction alt. of th n Veteran Ad· mlnatration Ho.p I at Canfl.1d and Bru h In Detroit. Above David Burnley, of arlin Build ra walka the picket lin Thuraday, ay 14. ( photo) ------- --- - ; .;.... � .. ''\'''\4 .. e :: 'j ,'. I I ; .. :h..... . ' By TERRY KELLY DETROIT-Architects, I borers, engineers, draftsmen, builders, carpenters and the unemployed -125 stron...…
…: LOS ANGELES (AP) - The rival . load and Crip gan y they have [oined fo , but for t e ct purpo e they won't y. A flier ddre ed to g ng members i ciJculating on the tree with the ge "Open season on LAPD." • The Police Department, while, . d it i inve tigating s repo th t gang members a leading role in I t week' o . In an unusual gathering of the au:henemy treet g on Tuesday, lp and Blood leaders aid the riots • w t inner-city BI ...…
…I U L "There' ying t hen the n tional economy ge cold, Michigan gets pneumonia," Arthur nti del, n oci te profes or at the Wayne St te University School of Social Wor t Sunday, Anti del poke at an open forum, "Unemployment: Familie at Ri k," held t the Midwe t Labor Institute for Social Studie . Hi lecture focused on what be called "hidden cos " of jobl n an(Hhe in ction on the part of lawmakers to alleviate it. "Michigan has s...…
…'JOL XIV NO 23 time 0 , the Circuit I. Tbrougbout Caner Dele. ADd tbou people � supported ' effo j tice, tbeIe been no real • until DOW. TTRlALITw establishedthatonly Frank Mafri�e, an attomey ith 0 Blac jurors had been called for jury Sommers, Sc:bwar1z, Sil�r a Scbwartz of duty and both ere excused by court. d He itt signed 'd, hi�h "re .. ------------------ - - - . Want better schools? FLODEAN • RI .."wwr.r DBTROlT - Teac...…
…NAACR responds : A panel of local rep ntadves trom civil rigb organizatio met last Sunday at the general m mber , hip meed 0 the Detroit B ncb NAACP in re po e to recent petroit serf, "Who Spea r Blae America?" : A10n ith local leaders, the orum included videotaped respon- • e from national he d of the " AAC , the Urban Leagu , the Southern Chri ti n Leadership Con ference (SCLC) and the Congre n Racial Equality (CORE), : "It ...…
…Ron Danie ,S0, i twenty-year veteran of indepen nt, progressive politi . Today, he i a pre idential candidate who wan to offer Bl c , omen nd progre ive group more than imply 1 repre ntative in the Whi Ho . He said that he wants to offer them a new y tern of JOvemment b cd on human rights and social Justice. "What came out of the his to ric Gary eonvenuon in 1972 w the chaneDF to create a new politics in thi society, a third force...…
…- - - - _- - -- - VOL XIV NO. 20 APRIL 5 • 11, 1992 � , - -'.)'-_"� - _"�''''''' - _ .. a - LEAH SAMUEL i ""Wrl!!r .. not pay for adult day care, he ked if tlie proposed plan covered it. "We've got to cover much we can," responded Conyers. "Adult day care is a very important part of medical delivery. I'd like to examine various ways that assistance and sup port can be made and the ways that . they are being made in other tate ...…
…... . '. '. VOL \IV NO 1't MARCH 2q APRIL 01 1 Q'IL' . eject schools' 500,000 plan A group of paren calling them- lvea "Blac P ren for Quality 1!ducation," said they upported em powered school but not by the board' $500,000 definition. All but one member of the Detroit Board of Ed lion, during a March 24 board mee ng at the School Center Building, voted to implement a school empowerment plan, as defined by a hired consulting ...…
…VOL XIV NO 1 R MARCH 22 - 2R 1992 Acorn pressures banks to invest in Detroit - PAGE A3 R v r dl crimination: , 0 uch thin ' By N HrrT "Discrimination is IICrilll_�n I d' crimination." Those are the words of John Roy Castillo, director of the Department of Qvil Rights, when ed about "reverse discrimination." "There i no uch thing reve discriminati�n," he aid. "Can a white person be di criminated agaimt? The answer i yes." • Df...…
…Blacks watch In frustration as whites debate South Africa' future 'One ,:IY GREG MYRE JlSSoaAfBDl'DSSWRlDR I SOWETO, South Africa (AP) _ . In Johannesburg, the lightposts are covered with voting posters. In Soweto, the all are spray-painted With angry graffiti. While white South Africa debates �hether it will end partheid in a �arch 17 referendum, many Blacks watch with �tration and warn they . on't tolerate any b cktrKking on po...…
