Chicago Defender back issues from February 2001:
Sean `Puffy' Combs trial is drawing national attention
Feb 01, 2001; ... Sean `Puffy' Combs trial is drawing national attention Although hip-hop rapper and entertainer Sean "Puffy" Combs doesn't perform often, his record releases are always hot. One summer when the "Puffy" introduced his product at George's Music Room, fans packed the streets for ...
Daley's youth jobs program seeks partnership
Feb 01, 2001; ... Daley's youth jobs program seeks partnership Mayor Daley Tuesday unveiled his Summer Youth 2001 Program in which he hopes to hire 18,000 youths though he only has funds for 9,000-11,000 because of federal cutbacks to this program. But Daley's program goes far beyond just giving a ...
Policing the police: Their actions should be regulated
Feb 01, 2001; ... Policing the police: Their actions should be regulated In light of recent allegations of sexual coercion brought against an officer on the Chicago Police Department, many are wondering: Would it be proper for citizens to be able to question the seemingly unlimited license officers hold ...
McDonald's endorses `Save Our Children'
Feb 01, 2001; ... McDonald's endorses `Save Our Children' Vocalist and writer Peter Love, who was a popular entertainer in Chicago, has returned from the West Coast, where he enjoyed much success. Upon his return to the Windy City, he brought with him a very significant song, "Save Our Children" ...
City improves lighting for CHA residents
Feb 01, 2001; ... City improves lighting for CHA residents Through a joint effort, residents of CHA can breath easier and safer now, since their exterior street lighting has been improved, thanks to Mayor Daley's multi-agency initiative. CHA CEO Terry Peterson announced the lighting program during ...
New captains get challenge from Hillard, Daley
Feb 01, 2001; ... New captains get challenge from Hillard, Daley Wednesday's graduation of 35 new police captains to meet a citywide requirement doesn't mean the new position is without challenges. Chicago Police Superintendent Terry Hillard said the revitalized captain's position will bolster ...
Bush, legislators can make your vote really count
Feb 01, 2001 ... Bush, legislators can make your vote really count Thousands upon thousands of would-be voters who may have been disenfranchised on Nov. 7, 2000, protesters who disputed the Florida vote and, in fact, those who queried the results of the presidential election itself should get some solace ...
Stars to advise ex-felons on music industry
Feb 01, 2001; ... Stars to advise ex-felons on music industry A popular soul singer is appearing on the Rev. Harold E. Bailey's Probation Challenge Internet/TV show today and will teach ex-felons how to get into the music industry. "We're looking for more talent, R&B, hip-hop and the like," ...
Ryan: Illinois Strong
Feb 01, 2001; ... Ryan: Illinois Strong In his third "State of the State" Address, Gov. Ryan Wednesday gave Illinois high marks and said it will get even better as the state boosts trade with Africa and takes other steps to improve. Having enhanced the Industrial Training Program that provides job ...
Spring Fashion: Urban look goes cosmo
Feb 01, 2001; ... Spring Fashion: Urban look goes cosmo Thanks to weeks of prayer, it seems like our tormented winter days are coming to a close and you know what that means ... toss that fur and bring in the bikini, baby, spring fashion is here! Or should I say mix that bikini with that fur, ...
Workshop Coalition calls for Ryan's resignation
Feb 01, 2001; ... Workship Coalition calls for Ryan's resignation The troubles of embattled Gov. George Ryan deepened Wednesday when a coalition of African American contractors asked him to resign, due to his administration's alleged insensitivity to affirmative action access. Responding to Ryan's ...
Agency offers alternative to predatory lending
Feb 01, 2001; ... Agency offers alternative to predatory lending Tough times await predatory lenders here, as Chicago Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) is intensifying its reinvesting programs and legislators brace up to curb their practices. "Regulations to stop their activities are under way ...
Bob Law warns Tillman critics to stop the 'silliness'
Feb 01, 2001; ... Bob Law warns Tillman critics to stop the `silliness' Nationally renown radio talk show host Bob Law Wednesday warned Black critics of Ald. Dorothy Tillman (3rd) to end the "silliness" in trying to get the mainstream press to denounce her Reparations convention that kicks off ...
West slated to keynote homeless group gala
Feb 01, 2001; ... West slated to keynote homeless group gala Harvard University Professor Dr. Cornel West is keynoting the 20th anniversary celebration for the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless tonight at the Chicago Cultural Center where activists plan to lay out strategies to eliminate the woes of ...
Rev. Leonard Barr, Marcella Reddick perform `Sounds of Our Heritage'
Feb 03, 2001 ... Rev. Leonard Barr, Marcella Reddick perform `Sounds of Our Heritage' The Rev. Leonard Barr, the Fats Waller of religious music, is one of the important personalities who is opening Black History Month Monday, Feb. 5 at noon in the Daley Center, with his daughter Marcella ...
James Lacey featured in `Absolute Dance' in N.Y.
Feb 03, 2001; ... James Lacey featured in `Absolute Dance' in N.Y. Chicago native James C. Lacey, who earned critical acclaim with the Bryant, Metropolitan and Washington ballet and toured Europe and the Far East, will be featured with the Lydia Johnson Dance Company in New York in a series of danced ...
`Black Inventions Exhibits' set for The DuSable Museum's gallery
Feb 03, 2001 ... `Black Inventions Exhibits' set for The DuSable Museum's gallery Celebrate "Black History Month" during a very special program and reception featuring an appearance by Lady Sala Shabazz, curator of "The Black Inventions Museum," an exhibit that details inventors and inventions from the ...
Towing the line on faith-based services
Feb 03, 2001 ... Towing the line on faith-based services Churches and religious organizations, especially in the inner-city, have for a long time been the bedrock of economic, religious and social pursuits in the communities and people they serve. However, the administrators of President Bush's ...
Black History Makers: Andrew `Rube' Foster was Father of Negro Leagues
Feb 03, 2001; ... Black History Makers: Andrew `Rube' Foster was Father of Negro Leagues Andrew "Rube" Foster known as the "Father" of the Negro Leagues. On Feb. 13, 1920 Foster and six other businessmen met at the Paseo YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri to form the Negro National ...
Public Announcement declares they `Don't Hold Back' on RCA Records
Feb 03, 2001; ... Public Announcement declares they `Don't Hold Back' on RCA Records Black slaves gave to the world thousands of songs that were fashioned creatively from their spiritual experience, ultimately forming the foundation for much of the contemporary ethnic secular musical tradition. One of ...
Anti-death penalty coalition unveils phase 2 of plan
Feb 03, 2001; ... Anti-death penalty coalition unveils phase 2 of plan As thorough as teaching academic basics, the Illinois Death Penalty Moratorium unveiled phase two of their campaign to end executions, educating both the public and politicians not only that it is wrong to kill human beings but why it ...
Top cop, alderman wants more info on sex victims
Feb 03, 2001; ... Top cop, alderman wants more info on sex victims Police Supt. Terry Hillard wants to talk with a number of women who have accused an 18th District cop of forcing them to have sex. The women, who were allegedly hired by the officer as a dancer for a private party, are threatening ...
Foundation assists students seeking funding
Feb 03, 2001; ... Foundation assists students seeking funding The dilemma that many Historically Black Public Colleges and Universities (HBPCUs) face with providing students with adequate financial resources have found change. The Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, Inc. (TMSF) has stepped up ...
Daley, Carothers back W.S. job training program
Feb 03, 2001; ... Daley, Carothers back W.S. job training program Mayor Richard M. Daley, who was joined by Ald. Isaac S. Carothers (29th) and others, Thursday unveiled the administration's plan for a new program that will train residents for jobs in manufacturing. "A skilled, educated workforce ...
Blacks must never forget the African Holocaust
Feb 03, 2001; ... Blacks must never forget the African Holocaust Saying Blacks must never forget the African Holocaust where more than 50 million lives were destroyed because of someone else's "greed" for material wealth, Professor James Small, a New York professor, Thursday, said these acts were crimes ...
Turner family members exhibit art at `Black Creativity'
Feb 03, 2001 ... Turner family members exhibit art at `Black Creativity' Robert L. Turner Sr., Phillip J. Turner and Beatrice K. Turner were selected to exhibit their artwork in "Black Creativity 2001," the Museum of Science and Industry exhibit held annually since 1970. Although Phillip and ...
Phil Cohran and Hypnotic introduce Black History
Feb 03, 2001; ... Phil Cohran and Hypnotic introduce Black History Kelan Phil Cohran and the fantastic Hypnotic, virtuoso musicians, are appearing at the Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant, 6120 N. Broadway Ave. Friday, Feb. 2 at 10 p.m. in celebration of Black History Month. One of the most significant ...
State should consider abolition of death penalty
Feb 01, 2001; ... State should consider abolition of death penalty It was about exactly one year ago that Illinois Gov. George Ryan halted executions in the state and declared the nation's first moratorium on capital punishment. Now, in the wake of the Illinois Supreme Court which recently set new ...
Durbin votes against Norton nomination
Feb 01, 2001; ... Durbin votes against Norton nomination In voting against the nomination of Gale Norton as Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said she is not the right guardian of the nation's land, national parks or the protector of wildlife refuges. Durbin said Bush asked ...
Lyric's 'Barber of Seville' is hilarious
Feb 01, 2001; ... Lyric's `Barber of Seville' is hilarious The Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" was not only lavishly beautiful in sets, but it was fiercely hilarious. With Yves Abel conducting, members of the cast were exceptional as they sang with vocal ...
Pfleger/Lyle demand war on sellers of drug items
Feb 07, 2001; ... Pfleger/Lyle demand war on sellers of drug items Father Michael Pfleger and Ald. Freddrenna Lyle (6th) Monday declared war on a South Side gas station owner and other merchants who are selling youth "Royal Blunts" rolling paper -- cigarette wrappers laced in cognac they say are nothing ...
Reparations expert teaches ABC's of tracing roots
Feb 07, 2001; ... Reparations expert teaches ABC's of tracing roots Tracing your roots is as easy as learning your ABC's, according to reparations expert Earnest Edward Lacey who taught hundreds the craft of reconnecting to their past. Speaking at Ald. Dorothy Tillman's (3rd) national Reparations ...
Coca-Cola names Deval L. Patrick general counsel: Will succeed Joseph R. Gladden, Jr.
Feb 07, 2001 ... Coca-Cola names Deval L. Patrick general counsel: Will succeed Joseph R. Gladden, Jr. The Coca-Cola Company today announced that Deval L. Patrick has been named General Counsel of the Company, effective April 18, 2001. He will succeed Joseph R. Gladden, Jr., who has announced his plans ...
Hill Harper's expressions brought emotional reality to `The Visit'
Feb 07, 2001; ... Hill Harper's expressions brought emotional reality to `The Visit' Truth is stranger than fiction and urban world Films movie "The Visit" is one of those dramatic movies that penetrates into the reality of a man's perplexing life when he is accused of rape featuring Hill ...
Greaves' docu-bio on Bunche is super
Feb 06, 2001; ... Greaves' docu-bio on Bunche is super Whenever a movie, television or other theatrical works appears above the name of William Greaves, at once it is expected to be a fine presentation. That is why "Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey" was selected as one of 16 documentaries from ...
Vallas demands more money for student health
Feb 06, 2001; ... Vallas demands more money for student health Chicago Public Schools chief Paul Vallas demanded Monday that the state legislature appropriate a far greater share of the state's $9.1 billion in U.S. tobacco settlement money for student health programs than lawmakers appear inclined to ...
Trombonist J.J. Johnson, 77 dies in Indianapolis, Ind.
Feb 07, 2001; ... Trombonist J.J. Johnson, 77 dies in Indianapolis, Ind. J.J. Johnson, 77, an internationally famous trombonist died Sunday in Indianapolis, Ind., after being ill for approximately two years with cancer. Johnson was often featured in Chicago at the Jazz Showcase and once appeared ...
Burke doubts conceal weapons bill can pass
Feb 06, 2001; ... Burke doubts conceal weapons bill can pass Given the current environment of gun violence including Monday's gunfire that erupted at a Melrose Park factory that left five dead and several wounded, Ald. Edward M. Burke (14th) Monday said he doubts proposed legislation by a Rock Island ...
Historic role for founder Abbott
Feb 07, 2001; ... Historic role for founder Abbott What a pity. Mississippi's Public Broadcasting System is one of the few such television outlets in the country that will show "Goin' to Chicago," a very worthy PBS documentary to be aired here on WTTW at 8 p.m. Thursday evening. "Goin' to Chicago" ...
Musical acts booked for Chicago Awards
Feb 06, 2001 ... Musical acts booked for Chicago Awards Pop artists Faze 4, Latin hip-hop cyberstars La Junta, R&B sensation Treasure, hip-hop rappers Soldierz at War and Casper of the popular "Casper/Cha Cha Slide" will be among the entertainers performing at the star-studded 20th Annual Chicago ...
`Miracle on the West Side' needs you
Feb 06, 2001 ... `Miracle on the West Side' needs you For many, many years now, Providence-St. Mel College Preparatory School on the West Side of Chicago -- under the tutelage of its more-than-just-titular head President Paul Adams -- has been touted as a diamond on the sometimes rough West Side of ...
Pols sue for equal voting rights equipment in CC
Feb 06, 2001; ... Pols sue for equal voting rights equipment in CC The fallout from the infamous Nov. 7th Florida presidential election with its falling and hanging chads is now Illinois' problem when elected officials Monday filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking equal voting rights procedures for Cook ...
U.S. should rise to the challenges of sub-Saharan Africa
Feb 07, 2001 ... U.S. should rise to the challenges of sub-Saharan Africa A pair of crisis face the fledgling administration of President George W. Bush and they are emergencies that it should act on with a quickness rivaling the swift action America took in the Gulf War some years ago when mostly oil ...
Julia Stasch heads grant program for MacArthur Foundation
Feb 07, 2001; ... Julia Stasch heads grant program for MacArthur Foundation Julia Stasch, Mayor Daley's former chief of staff, has been named Vice President of the Program on Human and Community Development for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, officials announced Tuesday. She'll ...
Conference declares slavery, colonialism, racism crimes against humanity
Feb 07, 2001; ... Conference declares slavery, colonialism, racism crimes against humanity An international tribunal to determine the magnitude and compensation for slavery surfaced at a Dakar, Senegal, conference recently, where slavery and colonialism were declared as "crimes against ...
Anderson: `Blacks must have own code of conduct'
Feb 06, 2001; ... Anderson: `Blacks must have own code of conduct' Dr. Claud Anderson, national co-chair of the National Reparations Convention, said Blacks must have their own code of conduct that includes regaining control of their own communities that are currently under the laws and regulations of ...
Suspects sought in attempted child abductions
Feb 06, 2001; ... Suspects sought in attempted child abductions Detectives in the Calumet District (Area 2) on the far South Side have intensified their efforts to nab two men wanted for attempted child abduction. On Jan. 29, police say, an unidentified man attempted to abduct a student as he ...
Navistar shooter kills four before taking own life
Feb 06, 2001; ... Navistar shooter kills four before taking own life Just one day before 66-year-old William D. Baker would begin to serve a meager five month federal prison sentence, Baker sent hundreds darting for cover at a West Suburban plant. Baker opened fired on former employees at the ...
Private school battles for survival
Feb 06, 2001; ... Private school battles for survival The last bastion of private education on the West Side, Providence St. Mel of Chicago, is at a crossroads and needs $25 million yearly to continue to turn out first class students for colleges and Ivy League institutions in the country. A ...
State Bill proposed to help `wrongly accused'
Feb 06, 2001; ... State Bill proposed to help `wrongly accused' Chicago Democratic State Rep. Constance A. "Connie" Howard is sending a strong message to the State. She said those who have been wrongfully convicted or accused of crimes should not have to sustain difficulty in having their records ...
Ashcroft confirmed; 58 to 42
Feb 03, 2001; ... Ashcroft confirmed; 58 to 42 Ending several days of heated debate and unearthing a paper trail of anti-civil rights positions--hot button issues--in a vote of 58-42, the U.S. Senate Thursday confirmed the nomination of former U.S. Senator John Ashcroft (R-MO) as the new U.S. Attorney ...
Ald. Thomas lays out five-year economic plan for ward
Feb 03, 2001; ... Ald. Thomas lays out five-year economic plan for ward Easily sliding into the shoes of her political mentor, former Ald. Terry Peterson (17th), Ald. Latasha R. Thomas (17th) has vowed to carry that mantle to even greater heights, until her ward gets its fair share of economic ...
Sentencing for 10 in insurance fraud
Feb 03, 2001; ... Sentencing for 10 in insurance fraud Cook County State's Attorney Richard A. Devine and the Illinois Attorney General's Office said the last four members of a 10-person ring convicted of aggravated insurance fraud conspiracy were sentenced Monday. Elliott Muldrow, 47, of the 4200 block ...
Bennett: 'Reparations, an idea whose time has come'
Feb 03, 2001; ... Bennett: `Reparations, an idea whose time has come' Reparations is an idea whose time has come--a civil rights struggle that should be embraced by all Americans because the rewards will financially enrich the entire nation, Lerone Bennett Jr., author/historian and executive editor of ...
Ashcroft said to be behind faith-based funding plan
Feb 03, 2001; ... Ashcroft said to be behind faith-based funding plan The controversial faith-based funding program crafted by President George W. Bush is actually the brainchild of Bush's choice for Attorney General John Ashcroft, Wendy Kaminer, an affiliated scholar at the Radcliffe Institute of ...
Don't play politics with Cuba's educational offer to Blacks
Feb 03, 2001; ... Don't play politics with Cuba's educational offer to Blacks The Cold War is an old war. In fact, it's one that we still fight with only one adversary, Cuba -- and have for more than 40 years. This newspaper and many others across America have repeatedly called for a normalization of ...
The Crisis, official publication of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Feb 03, 2001; ... The Crisis, official publication of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP] The Crisis has been the NAACP's official publication since 1910, and for its first quarter-century it also served as a public forum for the ideas of its first editor, noted Black ...
Gregory alerts Jackson of government conspiracy
Feb 06, 2001; ... Gregory alerts Jackson of government conspiracy Immediate completion of all investigations on Rev. Jesse Jackson was demanded Monday by Dick Cregory, civil right's activist and comedian, who alerted him of the government's possible conspiracy to take the life of Jackson. "I see a ...
Obadele seeks removal of 'bad' cops from CHA
Feb 06, 2001; ... Obadele seeks removal of `bad' cops from CHA One of the officers caught in a federal sting involving drugs, guns and money, is a CHA cop who allegedly once harassed activist Obamani Obadele because he held anti-drug rallies, he said Sunday. Calling for an independent civilian ...
Editorials: Pointing the finger of blame on earthquakes
Feb 06, 2001 ... Pointing the finger of blame on earthquakes True or false? Earthquakes don't kill people -- inferior buildings do -- as was the case in the nation of India recently. And it could happen here, even in Illinois and the Midwest, which have been hit by tremors, albeit slight, in the ...
24 high school students are CHS's leaders for day
Feb 06, 2001; ... 24 high school students are CHA's leaders for day The lucky 24-high school students from several area high schools chosen to observe CHA's executives for a day said they'll never forget their visit that has further solidified their chosen careers in the social service arena, said CHA CEO ...
Eddins plays with amazing dexterity; his conducting is compelling
Feb 06, 2001; ... Eddins plays with amazing dexterity; his conducting is compelling Pianist William Eddins, of the Chicago Symphony, the first resident conductor in its 110-year history, recently directed and performed with the orchestra in celebration of Black History Month. The the young artist ...
Blacks get 16% of City's $1.3 bil contracts
Feb 07, 2001; ... Blacks get 16% of City's $1.3 bil contracts The Daley administration released its Minority and Women-Owned Business (MBE/WBE) Report Tuesday, showing Blacks received 16 percent of the City's $1.3 billion contractual pie for FY-2000, a five percent increase over 1999. The ...
More women tab cop on sex charges
Feb 07, 2001; ... More women tab cop on sex charges The calls continue to come in at the law offices of G. Clinton Gaston and Associates, identifying more key witnesses in connection with the prosecutorial misconduct in the Chicago Police Department. Attorney G. Clinton Gaston said that a number ...
Youth to march on City Hall for greater job funding
Feb 07, 2001; ... Youth to march on City Hall for greater job funding Almost 30 teens are marching on City Hall today to protest the lack of summer jobs, along with low pay for the few being offered, Isela Estrada, a spokesperson for the Community Justice Initiative, said Tuesday. She said Daley's ...