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Friday, February 7, 2003
Black awareness of HIV is stressed
The 39-year-old Detroiter is on a mission to inform African-American Detroiters, in particular, about the growing incidence of HIV/AIDS infection in the area, and where those affected can turn for help.
Black History Month events
Today
State of the Black Union: The Black Church: Tavis Smiley will present a series of workshops and a symposium. Church and Financial Literacy, Church and Public Health and Church and Technology workshops, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 7. Symposium will examine whether the Black Church is Relevant, Repressive or Reborn, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 8. It will feature many of the nation's most prominent African-American ministers, leaders, theologians and professors. 888-534-9956.
Thursday, February 6, 2003
DESIREE COOPER: View of world much clearer from space
All we do is fight over who deserves our compassion and who must live without it. Who gets in, and who doesn't. Whom we'll enslave, and who will live free.
Police seek help from public in tracking drugstore robber
Each time, he strikes at the same hour, on the same day, and at the same drugstore chain.
Program to address black people, HIV
The 39-year-old Detroiter is on a mission to inform African-American Detroiters, in particular, about the growing incidence of HIV/AIDS infection in the area, and where those affected can turn for help.
State sued by student as college aid pulled
Teresa Becker, a junior at Ave Maria College in Ypsilanti, declared her major recently, but her decision carried an unexpected price: the loss of about $2,000 in financial aid from the State of Michigan.
Wednesday, February 5, 2003
3 young deaths to be probed
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta will investigate the apparent unrelated deaths of three children in metro Detroit -- the latest, a 5-year-old Bloomfield Hills girl who died Monday.
Black History Month events
To add an event, send a fax to Antionette Griffith at 313-222-5985.
Today
Poetry with Aurora Harris: Kicking off Macomb's Celebration of Black History Month, 10 a.m. Feb. 5. Macomb Community College, South Campus Library, Warren. 586-445-7997.
BRIAN DICKERSON: Granholm's budget menu: Lean cuisine
During last year's campaign, Jennifer Granholm promised every interest group, industry lobby and trade organization she spoke to that its members would have "a seat at the table" once she was elected.
Bush team seeks time in U-M case
President George W. Bush asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to hear his arguments criticizing the University of Michigan's admission system as an illegal quota system.
ECONOMIC TROUBLES TRICKLE DOWN: Nonprofits go elsewhere as usual sources squeezed
Staffers at the Detroit shelter Alternatives for Girls shared the thought each time they turned away a woman in need: if only there were more beds, more space, more ways to help.
State of black church topic of radio host's seminar
After telling audiences coast to coast that African Americans face new threats to hard-won civil rights gains, National Public Radio's Tavis Smiley is inviting two dozen black leaders to Detroit this week to talk about the black church's role in facing these critical issues.
Tuesday, February 4, 2003
DESIREE COOPER: Agony of AIDS is tarnishing Africa's beauty
A year ago, nearly 100 of the world's top photojournalists -- a fifth of them African or African American -- fannedacross Africa to capture the spirit of the world's second-largest continent. The pictures, all taken on the same day, tell of a vibrant, hopeful people and a beautiful, sometimes punishing, landscape:
Dig into a family's past can be tricky
That year, the professor's wife brought home an audiotape of a speech -- a compelling account of the speaker's great-great-great-great-grandfather brought to America as a slave.
SUSAN AGER: Tragedy muted until we know the players
As grief goes, it's aloof, like the surprised sadness you'd feel if you learned a half-brother you never knew had died 10 states away.
Monday, February 3, 2003
ANALYSIS: Experiences alter our grief
When the shuttle Challenger exploded, the nation gasped in shock. Seventeen years later, as the shuttle Columbia fell to Earth in pieces, the nation let out a long, weary sigh.
BRIAN DICKERSON: Readers pass judgment on court matters
Recent columns in which I defended a judge's decision not to jail a 16-year-old drag racer convicted of manslaughter, poked fun at President George W. Bush's prescription for "lousy" juries and marveled at the privacy afforded by modern undergraduate housing brought these responses:
Faithful searching for solace and sense in tragedy
Wisps of incense smoke dissipated into the air as prayers echoed from the Bharatiya Temple on Sunday for the seven astronauts who lost their lives when the shuttle Columbia disintegrated Saturday morning.
Icy mess could complicate today's morning commute
The National Weather Service said a mixture of freezing rain and snow is to pelt Oakland and Macomb counties today, making for an icy -- and potentially nasty -- morning drive.
Sunday, February 2, 2003
SUSAN AGER: Parents turn sorrow into others' hope
When Herbert Ouida put his 18-year-old son on a plane for the University of Michigan, he couldn't help but marvel and smile.
The Blackwell collection: Detroiter's huge range of African art is made ready to share
Educator and African art collector Catherine Blackwell wrote that poem so many years ago she doesn't remember when.
Saturday, February 1, 2003
UNVEILED: ROSA PARKS BUS RESTORATION: A young voice rises -- crowd is stilled
Standing amid a sea of spectators, 16-year-old Suai Kee (sway kee) almost disappeared into the crowd gathered at the Henry Ford Museum for Friday night's unveiling of the restored Rosa Parks bus.
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