Coalition steps up drive to have city listen to their problems A year ago, leaders representing eight Detroit business associations met to discuss how they could have a stronger voice in decisions made by city government that will affect their operations and how they could help promote one another. School reforms are under way, but it's taken a long time Dr. Eddie L. Green, general superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools, knows that Gov. Engler's proposal to takeover the 186,000-student school district isn't going to go away soon. Civil rights, or should I say, the struggle for them, is alive and well. Originally, the nonprofit organization, based in New York City, awarded scholarships to children from low-income families in 43 cities and three states. Now scholarships for grades K-8 will be available to students across the country.
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The woman on the news was ecstatic. She was 50 years old but looked 38. Several years ago, you wrote about a mediation problem that several neighbors had and you recommended they contact Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services. I recently heard that Wayne County Legal Services lost some funding and might have to close its doors. Viola Liuzzo was a woman who was tragically ahead of her time Many people have heard about the death of civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo, but few know little about the woman who lived in Detroit.