Los Angeles Sentinel back issues from June 1997:
Group Wants Toxic Waste Site to Move: Plaintiffs file lawsuit
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Group Wants Toxic Waste Site to Move: Plaintiffs file lawsuit demanding South Central-based facility to get out of town. A South Central Los Angeles toxic waste disposal facility is being sued by the state for allegedly violating waste control ...
Frederick Douglass Centers May Close
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Frederick Douglass Centers May Close The Frederick Douglass Child Development Center, which serves more than 1,600 families with 31 Head Start and State Preschool Programs in South Central Los Angeles and the Antelope Valley, is losing its ...
Cemetery Operators: No Contest
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Cemetery Operators: No Contest Two former operators of the now-defunct Paradise Memorial Park Cemetery, where thousands of bodies were dug up to make room for more, have pleaded no contest to health and safety code violations. Alma ...
Charges Against Deputy Thrown Out
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Charges Against Deputy Thrown Out With three juries unable to reach verdicts in the case, a judge last week threw out drug and conspiracy charges against an ex-sheriff's deputy, denying prosecutors the chance to try him a fourth ...
Board Votes to Put Time Limit on GR
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Board Votes to Put Time Limit on GR The county Board of Supervisors have voted to begin the process of setting a four-month per year time limit on General Relief aid to able-bodied recipients. The ordinance requires a second vote, which ...
'Black' Dollars Vital to Community Rejuvenation
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 `Black' Dollars Vital to Community Rejuvenation Post-April 1992 South Central LA needs a lift and Muhammad Nassardeen is making sure its own people have a hand in the rejuvenation. "We are trying to connect the dots between major players ...
CORE State Chief Leads 'Living History' Talk On Central Avenue
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 CORE State Chief Leads `Living History' Talk On Central Avenue By DENNIS SCHATZMAN Contributing Writer Celes King, III will never forget the day Jack Benny hired his legendary sidekick Eddie "Rochester" Robinson. Nor will he ...
Biracial Couple Awarded $640K In Bias Lawsuit
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Biracial Couple Awarded $640K In Bias Lawsuit A biracial couple was awarded $640,000 in damages by a federal jury that found a co-op board discriminated against them when they arrived to sublet an apartment. Of the $640,000 awarded to ...
Justice Official Defends Racial Preferences in Hiring
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Justice Official Defends Racial Preferences in Hiring Preparing to debate a bill to end race and gender preferences in federal hiring and contracts, a House panel pressed a Justice Department official last week on the administration's support ...
Ancestor's Wisdom
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Ancestor's Wisdom African people thoughout the world are uniformly under the yoke of white supremacy. This has created tremendous problems for us as a people. There are solutions to these problems that we must be reminded of, time and time ...
'Clinton's Worst'
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 `Clinton's Worst' Washington D.C. has been full of praise for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, much of it from politicians who voted last year to butcher Aid to Families with Dependent Children, one of FDR's real legacies. It's too bad they ...
Kleaver's Klippins: The Apology That Was a Half-Century Late
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 KLEAVER'S KLIPPINS: The Apology That Was a Half-Century Late At the outset, it should be made clear that this nation has done a variety of things for which apologies should be offered. In some cases, they were forthcoming. In other cases, there ...
Between the Lines: It's Not Necessarily a Wholesome Change
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 BETWEEN THE LINES: It's Not Necessarily a Wholesome Change In the after-discussion of the many community forums that sought to rationalize progress five years after the L.A. civil unrest, a common theme mentioned wasn't about that which was ...
Urban Perspective: Journalist Louis Martin; Multifaceted Legacy
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 URBAN PERSPECTIVE: Journalist Louis Martin; Multifaceted Legacy Louis Martin was a crusading journalist during the 1930s and 1940s, first with the Chicago Defender and then as a founding editor and publisher of the Detroit-based Michigan ...
Reflections: Fingering a Driver Who Uses Gestures
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 REFLECTIONS: Fingering a Driver Who Uses Gestures When is it acceptable behavior to give somebody the finger in traffic? Having always been concerned with proper etiquette, like when it's a good idea to pick your nose, I've pondered the ...
UC Regents Reconsidering VIP Admission Policy for Applicants
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 UC Regents Reconsidering VIP Admission Policy for Applicants Having a rich uncle build a new library at the University of California might not help an applicant's chances of getting to study there under a proposal being considered by ...
Bill Cosby Speaks to Graduates
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Bill Cosby Speaks to Graduates Bill Cosby gave University of California, Berkeley, seniors a commencement address that was short on lofty sentiment, long on laughs. "You're done for," he told students as he delivered an earful of advice ...
Tuskegee Airman Recalls First Years in Air Corps
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Tuskegee Airman Recalls First Years in Air Corps When he boarded the old Northfolk and Western train at the "Colored Only" platform of the Bluefield, W. Va. passenger station, Thomas Harris Mayfield didn't know he would be going off to help ...
'Little Rock Nine' Look Back
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 `Little Rock Nine' Look Back They came to Washington to celebrate as well as to be honored for their courage. And they snapped pictures of their children, remembering that four decades ago, when they were teen-agers, the times were very ...
Black Jockeys: A Forgotten Part of Racing
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 BLACK JOCKEYS: A Forgotten Part of Racing George "Spider" Anderson rode his horse to victory in the Preakness in 1889 but his accomplishment is not noted in Pimlico's recently reopened Hall of Fame. There's no mention of Anderson in the ...
City Track Finals Today; Southern Section Decided
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 City Track Finals Today; Southern Section Decided City Section Championships at Birmingham High School The stage has been set for the 1997 CIF Los Angeles City Section Track and Field Championships which get underway at 2 p.m. this ...
Sports Round-Up: Holyfield -- Tyson; Getting Ready for the Big One
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Sports Round-Up: Holyfield-Tyson; Getting Ready for the Big One Nearly a month away from the big one, my only wonder is what music Mike Tyson will play during his walk to the ring. Will it be a beat from Tupac, or BIG? There's no ...
The Lost World Delivers The Goods To Anxious Movie-Goers
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 The Lost World Delivers The Goods To Anxious Movie-Goers At Universal City Walk in Los Angeles last Thursday, swarms of dino junkies, numbering in the thousands, showed up hours before the first screening. Speakers, set up outside the theater, ...
BET Movies Asks Customers To Demand BET
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 BET Movies Asks Customers To Demand BET They're not running ads, they're not sending roses, but BET Movies is asking the public to deliver nearly the same message other cable companies are sending: We want BET! We want BET! Time Warner ...
Shang Forbes Works It Out For HBO
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Shang Forbes Works It Out For HBO Shang Forbes was awfully tired and a bit nervous last Wednesday night. The 34-year-old native New Yorker was beat after a performance at the Comedy Store the previous night. And he was worried about how the ...
Robert Cray's Tenth Album, More Great Music
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Robert Cray's Tenth Album, More Great Music When it comes to music, Robert Cray believes you are what you play. "The same person you hear on the records, however they sound, it's the same when you meet them," the four-time Grammy-winning ...
Debbie Rowe: 'I Don't Need To Live With Michael'
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Debbie Rowe: `I Don't Need To Live With Michael' Michael Jackson's bride has her own apartment and says she doesn't mind living away from her husband and their 3-month-old son. After all, the pop superstar changes diapers, feeds and even ...
Nell Carter Denies Charges of Racism
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Nell Carter Denies Charges of Racism NEW YORK--Nell Carter of Broadway's "Annie" denied Thursday that she called her show's producers racist because they chose to air commercials featuring a previous Miss Hannigan--who is white--instead of ...
Devereaux Showcases Her Jazzy Side
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Devereaux Showcases Her Jazzy Side A standing-room only crown of jazz aficionados erupted in pulsating glee Saturday evening past, when Yvette Mashun Devereaux, talented local violinist, conductor and teacher with her combo, poured forth with ...
High School Seniors Lack Sense About Dollars
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 High School Seniors Lack Sense About Dollars WASHINGTON--Parents are not teaching their children the financial facts of life, so the schools must. That is the conclusion of a coalition of government agencies and private financial ...
12-Year-Old Prepares For College Graduation
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 12-Year-Old Prepares For College Graduation Add a new name to the list of young geniuses--Asif Haque, who will graduate from Monterey Peninsula in December shortly after his 13th birthday. The precocious pre-teen is expected to become ...
Four Decades Ago, Nine Black Teens' Courage Rewrote History
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Four Decades Ago, Nine Black Teens' Courage Rewrote History The nine men and women who 40 years ago as teen-agers risked physical harm and endured racial taunts to desegregate Little Rock schools were honored Wednesday night for "their courage ...
Coach Slammed For Banning Blacks
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Coach Slammed For Banning Blacks RANCHO CUCAMONGA--A private apology from a youth league coach suspended for telling a black teen-ager that blacks were banned from playing baseball locally didn't do much for the victim or his family. The ...
SBA Holds Major DELTA Small Business Loan Conference
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 SBA Holds Major DELTA Small Business Loan Conference Over 300 business owners and bankers gathered at the Long Beach Airport Marriott last week to attend a U.S. Small Business Administration Conference on their DELTA (Defense Loan and Technical ...
Black Jew Gets Recognition
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 Black Jew Gets Recognition Josef Nassy was a black Jew from Suriname, but by pretending to be American, he was able to paint scenes inside a German internment camp for three years during World War II. Now the Holocaust Museum has ...
Brown, Gore, Bengamin, Hill, et al: Tastefully Remembered; The
Jun 04, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-04-1997 BROWN, GORE, BENGAMIN, HILL, ET AL: Tastefully Remembered; The Lasting Sweetness of Achievers I couldn't let the Memorial week tributes and festivities slip by without paying homage to numerous people, local and national, who left their mark on ...
Malcolm's Widow In `Critical' Condition
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 Malcolm's Widow In `Critical' Condition Malcolm X's widow, who watched 32 years ago as her husband was gunned down in a Harlem ballroom, was near death Monday, the victim of a fire allegedly in her New York home set by her 12-year-old ...
Judge Rules New Trial for 'Geronimo'
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 Judge Rules New Trial for `Geronimo' After 27 years in prison for a murder he denied committing, former Black Panther Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt last week won a reversal of his conviction--and possibly freedom if prosecutors decide not to retry ...
Friends, Family Say Goodbye To 7-Year-Old Sherrice Iverson
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 Friends, Family Say Goodbye To 7-Year-Old Sherrice Iverson A 7-year-old girl strangled in a Nevada casino restroom was buried Saturday after an emotional service in which bitterness surfaced over how well the child's father had taken care of ...
Statewide Truancy Law Asked
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 Statewide Truancy Law Asked The Los Angeles City Council has urged state lawmakers to enact a truancy law based on ordinances in Los Angeles and Monrovia. "This legislation would basically reinforce our truancy ordinance and help ...
Teen Rapist Gets 50 Years to Life in Jail
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 Teen Rapist Gets 50 Years to Life in Jail A black teen-ager, whose savage rape of a then 5-year-old Hispanic girl at a South Central elementary school led to a mandatory policy of sending L. A. Unified students to the bathroom in pairs, was ...
City of Pasadena Honors Jackie and Mack Robinson
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 City of Pasadena Honors Jackie and Mack Robinson Long before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier 50 years ago, he spent his childhood in Pasadena, where he and the rest of the black community faced many other barriers. Now, ...
An Ex-Cop's Quest to Uncover Racist Officers
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 An Ex-Cop's Quest to Uncover Racist Officers It's 3 a.m. and the fish just won't bite. Ten hours cruising the streets of Redondo Beach, and Diop Kamau hasn't attracted the attention of even one police officer. Kamau is ...
Pasadena Hires City Attorney
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 Pasadena Hires City Attorney The Pasadena City Council recently approved the contract hiring of Michele Beal Bagneris to serve as the city attorney for the city of Pasadena. The law firm of Richards, Watson & Gershon, where Bagneris will ...
Chicago Defender: John Sengstacke, Publisher, Dies
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 CHICAGO DEFENDER: John Sengstacke, Publisher, Dies John Herman Sengstacke, publisher and editor of Chicago's Daily Defender newspaper and a founder of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, has died in Chicago. He was 84. His ...
Jesse Jackson: Leader Goes Back to His Roots
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 Jesse Jackson: Leader Goes Back to His Roots BY MIKE ROBINSON Contributing Writer JESSE JACKSON SPENT a night in jail last February after shutting down a $46 million construction project where black contractors claimed they were ...
Garcetti's Dilemma
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 Garcetti's Dilemma Now that Orange County Superior Court Judge Everett Dickey has granted Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt a new trial, overturning his murder conviction, Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti has some choices to ...
Kleaver's Klippins: Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 KLEAVER'S KLIPPINS: Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place This column is kind of personal on one hand and universal on the other. It gets rather hard to clearly define the political correctness in situations where men deal with women on a ...
My Thoughts: The Remarkable Young Man, Eldrick 'Tiger' Woods
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 MY THOUGHTS: The Remarkable Young Man, Eldrick `Tiger' Woods The unprecedented public excitement around the remarkable achievement of Eldrick "Tiger" Woods in golf offers the nation opportunity to ponder the lack of progress on the long, long ...
Between the Lines: Geronimo' Pratt; Freedom Is the Next Step
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 BETWEEN THE LINES: Geronimo' Pratt; Freedom Is the Next Step Last week's announcement that political prisoner Geronimo Ji Jaga (Pratt) should receive a new trial after 25 years is a cause to reflect on how time and truth vindicate, even in ...
Urban Perspective: Violent Crime Statistics; Cold, Misleading
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 URBAN PERSPECTIVE: Violent Crime Statistics; Cold, Misleading During the last twenty years, victims have described more than 119 million violent victimizations of rape, robbery, or assault in interviews for the National Crime Victimization ...
School Board OKs Reading Plan
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 School Board OKs Reading Plan The Los Angeles school board has approved a reading plan that calls for striking a balance between instruction in phonics and language comprehension over the next three-to-five years. The teaching strategy ...
HIV Drug Now at Pharmacies
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 HIV Drug Now at Pharmacies Crixivan, the protease inhibitor most often prescribed to patients with the HIV virus that until recently was in short supply, will now be sold at pharmacies nationwide, Merck & Co. The drug has been taken ...
Suicide Rate Nearly Doubles in Thirty Years for Black Males
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 Suicide Rate Nearly Doubles in Thirty Years for Black Males Suicide has become one of the leading causes of death in the black community. The suicide rate has increased to 93 percent for African American males in the last three decades and in ...
World Leaders Nix Cloning
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 World Leaders Nix Cloning Human cloning is ethically unacceptable but non-human cloning research should continue because of its health benefits, the World Health Assembly said recently. The 191-nation assembly is the governing body of ...
The Legal Corner: Domestic Violence and the Law
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 The Legal Corner: Domestic Violence and the Law Domestic violence is an individual and societal problem of epidemic proportions, especially for women. Yes, men are sometimes victims too. However, the burden of victimization lies ...
Gen. B.O. Davis, Sr.: Soldier Remembers Service of First Black
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 GEN. B.O. DAVIS, SR.: Soldier Remembers Service of First Black General More than half a century later, Turl Covington recalls his amazement at getting off a troop train at Fort Riley, Kan. and being greeted by Brig. Gen. Benjamin Davis ...
Former Slave Earns Medal of Honor
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 Former Slave Earns Medal of Honor Sgt. Brent Woods didn't know he was riding into a valley of death that hot summer day in 1881. The former Kentucky slave was second in command of a small cavalry patrol at Gavilan Canyon, N.M, when ...
Agent Recalls Finding King Rifle
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 Agent Recalls Finding King Rifle Bob Fitzpatrick left the FBI 10 years ago, but one of his highest profile investigations has followed him to Rhode Island. The former undercover agent who helped infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan was working in ...
City Track and Field Championships: A Fight to the Finish; Dorsey
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 CITY TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS: A Fight to the Finish; Dorsey Finishes at the Head of City Section Class Throw out just about all of the previous efforts of the season, this time, they saved the best for last. And, this year, the best ...
State Championship Meet This Weekend in Sacramento
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 State Championship Meet This Weekend in Sacramento All eyes were ready to focus on John Muir High School sensation Obea Moore when the 1997 CIF ARCO am/pm State Track and Field Championships move to Hughes Stadium Sacramento on June 6-7. Moore, ...
Sports Round-Up: Light's Out on Light Heavy Division
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 SPORTS ROUND-UP: Light's Out on Light Heavy Division If you didn't know any better you'd be inclined to think that four-time boxing champion James "Lights Out" Toney was out of the fight game. That is, unless you have no life and spend most of ...
Summer Movie Season: Blockbusters and Alien Invaders
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 Summer Movie Season: Blockbusters and Alien Invaders The summer movie season has gotten underway with the release of "The Lost World: Jurassic Park," the much anticipated sequel to the highest grossing film in motion picture history. And ...
Craig Mack Gets Up To Get Down
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 Craig Mack Gets Up To Get Down By MARSHA MITCHELL Entertainment Editor Following a three-year hiatus, Craig Mack, like a musical shape shifter, has re-emerged after redefining himself and his sound. Now on the Street Life Records ...
Bentley Kyle Evans: Large and in Charge, Humble and Down To Earth
Jun 11, 1997 ... Los Angeles Sentinel 06-11-1997 Bentley Kyle Evans: Large and in Charge, Humble and Down To Earth Pulling into the parking lot of Simply Wholesome, black LA's premiere health food spot, I saw a late model convertible Porche with license plates that read "BENT OUT." ...