- The People Community .„„_„„_. „„_ __ „ -— — —.— in i i uiiMuji.iiiiiii i LU MirailUMMlM • Mill HIM! • 1 , IIIII I1111 IWWMW«W»»IWWWW»MW»»lW»WWllM»WW»WW»M»aM«»WWWIPBM News for and serving: Bronzeville: Grand Boulevard, Douglas, Oakland, Kenwood, Woodlawn, Washington Park, Hyde Park, Near South, Gap, Fuller Park, Armour Square Vui. a \o.a Copyright 1999 Cherrel Communications July 15 -238, MMJtt Tillman delays The 2nd Creat City to decide Supreme Life building fate Mayor's CHA Fire was Douglas - The city of presented a proposal Chicago last May, be- to the City's Com- appointee gan administering munity Develop- Black and passing legisla- Recalling the past Aid. Dorothy | Wednesday, July 14, 1999,1 ment Commission tion to seize control Tillman (3rd), lead the hold up of J marked the 125th anniversary off (CDC) for the city and ownership of the one of Mayor Daley's 10 new board I the 2nd Great Chicago Fire, j * to acquire the prop- Supreme Life build- members of the Chicago Housing I known as the Black Fire. el erty from BMCTC. ing on 35th and King Authority (CHA) The Committee to Preserve thef The Department Drive, The central The appointees follows the May j History of Black Firefighters and j of Planning with the reason was to move 27th agreement between the City j Paramedics hosted it's Second 1 support of Aid. the project forward. and the U.S. Department of Hous- j Annual Celebration of the his-1 Madeline Haithcock ing and Urban Development (HUD) j torical event at the Chicago Fire | Why should the Black Metropolis ingTTHai question was the focus of a requested the action by the city was be- to begin the process of transforming | Academy, 548 West DeKoven. I Convention & Tourism Council public hearing at the City Council cause the project was taking to long, 18 public housing in Chicago. The fire was of great magni- J (BMCTC) headed by Harold Lucas rede- Chambers, on Thursday, May 20, where months. In addition to be in concert with Aid Tillman charged appointee jtude, reported to have started atj velop the Supreme Life Insurance Build- the Chicago Department of Planning (Continued on page 8) Andrew Mooney with being part of 14:30 pm, in the alley between! ..the problem 14th and Clark Street, near whatf from the past | is now Dearborn Homes. Nearly | hush, hush on 47th St. plan when he was 1,000 buildings were leveled | CHA chairman j within a 3 block area from Eastf and executive | to West, and 15 blocks from| director, from (North to South; leaving 3,0001 1981 to 1983. | African Americans homeless. | He was ap- The rich whites living east of J pointed by I State Street, and European Im-| Mayor Jane I migrants to the West, countless | Bryne to re- j fires of suspicious origin forced 1 place the con-|Blacks to move south along! troversial for- j State Street, to form the "Black | mer Chair |Belt" on Chicago's south side. Charles Swibel. I Engine 21 was the only| The Mayor's ("Black" Fire Company in the! press office | city, located at 47th Elgridge Ct. | commented that j (now 9th and Wabash). Andfew Mooney Mooney's ap- In 1927, Blacks migrated fromj pointment will I the South in large numbers andf go before a_public hearing to deter- | the members of Engine 21 were J SSJ Photo Arrnadell Hicks mine if the Mayor wouJd bring I relocated into Engine 19's quar-f Building the bridge of economic developme th ward. Residents and business owners gathered at 47th ana submit (^her name to the council. Under his leadership of Fire-1 full participation in Interment Domain plan for the city to buy 95% of 6 blocks of land. See map page 18.a section. Mooney, cajrrently is the Senior | fighter Kublai K. Muhammed City policy- "will not Planning, Andy Norman, deputy commis- Mayor Richard M. Daley, meeting with Program Qlj^etef of the Local Ini- IToure in 1994, he hosted a sioner told the 47th Street Business Asso- the association. tiatives Syjf^orJt Corporation jCookout for Retiree's, at Engine meet without ciation, "No City representative shall Prior to the city's position, there was no (LISC), which he^Rind develop- 19s quarters. This experience meet with 47SBA without an aldermanic attempt of the city to work with the bus- ments jn the Mid-South communi- | moved him to look into some ofj Aldermanic presence." representative present." ienss association, said Armadell Hicks, a ties and City Wide. I the stories he heard about thej on 47th King Dr. Plan The decision was the result of Alderman spokesperson and business owner. As the president of his own coiv- Grand Blvd. - Addressing a two year re- Dorothy Tillman's (3) displeasures of (Continued on page 18) suiting- firm for six years, Modhey (Continued on page 18) \ quest to work with the Department of Chuck Bowen, Executive Assistant to specialized in urban economic de- velopment, housing and labor. Secretary of HUD Andrew Cuomo stated in his October, 1998 speech here in Chicago, that Marches Chicago was no longer on its trou- bled housing management list and that HUD no longer needed to per- against sonally managed the federal funded CHA. Tillman did not make any com- police CHHEOAN COUNCIL ments to SSJ, however, her actions reflected the progressive position URBAN she had« before Mayor Daley took AFFAIRS office.However,. brutality The major appointment of Daley was past the council was of former continues on 63rd St. Robert Taylor resicEent RlMllip Jack- by Jamie C. Nesbitt son, as Chief Executive Officer. Staff Writer In the wake of the fatal shooting deaths of LaTanya Haggerty, 26 and WiseSSJ photo by Haroon Rajaee Robert Russ 22, and just recently a Marching against police brutality, scores of citizens and activists marched to Police Headquarters, at the recent killing of a youth in Harvey, Illinois, killings of two African Americans. The two tragedies and other police brutality issues led to many hearing and ac- Chicago citizens will continue marches tion by all sectors of the City. The above march was held June 16, with the support of Rev. Al Sharpton of New and demonstrations. The latest one will York City. Rev. Paul Jakes, has been leading many actions and marches since the innocent of the be from 64th and King Drive. case. Many organizers hold the marches, for justice for Joseph Gould. Persever- meetings, demonstrations and hearings ance paid off, the officer, Gregory a result of Police Superintendent Terry Becker, was ultimately prosecuted for Hiller recommendation to discipline armed violence and ten counts of offi- four of the officers related to the Hag- cial misconduct and sentenced to 15 gerty killing. In addition to police to years in prison. have new training and procedures for pursuits, traffic stops and use of deadly The march scheduled to begin at the force, and cameras place in police cars. El stop 63rd & King Dr. on Saturday media meeting The slaying by Chicago police during July, 17th, noon. Organizers seeking justice as with the case of Becker will with CHA's homeboy a routine traffic stop, brings back mem- ories of a day in 1995, when Streetwise memorialize Haggerty at the site of her Phillip Jackson, vendor, Joseph Gould was gunned murder bringing flowers and march to "This is a personal challenge. I down by off-duty cop, Gregory Becker. District 8 Police HQ at 79th & Halsted, grew up in public housing. I Anthony Oliver, Director of Streetwise where the cops who killed her are still know how isolated it can be. I (Newspaper) organization provides (Continued on page 4) Maurice Haggerty, brother of slain traffic victim, LaTonya Haggerty, march employment for over 3,6000 homeless with Anthony Oliver, Executive Director of Streetwise (pictured on the righf) (Continued on page 10) men and women, was on the front line and over 1000 protesters against police brutality. Page 2 July 15 - 28, 1999 South Street Journal Student Achievements Jewel-Osco College Scholarship Funds Oakland community eighth grader Ebony Sims (top photo) and Hyde Park's Vanessa Flowers both re- make Chicago's neighbor- ceived a $1,500 college hoods better and safer. The scholarship from Jewel-Osco. July program begins at 8:30 am They and 11 other eighth The Prologue Players Chil- with registration and conti- graders were selected as dren's summer theatre will Jewel Scholars and will com- nental breakfast, features a be on going to July 27th, pete to earn two $5,000 preliminary session at 9:30 mine, masks, stage move- based on their academic per- am where the keynote ad- ment for students entering formance, attendance, in- dress will by the mayor. 5th - 9th grades, Tuesdays volvement and community Thereafter workshops will service. During high school, and Thursdays 1 3 pm, tu- begin. Ebony, Vanessa and the ition: 4160; Theatre games other students will be con- from 10:30 -11:30, Tuition Monday 19 nected with a Jewel-Osoc $100, at the First Unitarian Persons involved in discrimina- mentor and receive after- Church, 5650 S. Woodlawn tion cases meet every Mon. at school or summer intern- From left of Right: Graduating class of 99 from Chicago Vocational 6:30 pm at Rainbow/PUSH, ships. The $25,000 scholar- Ave. Call (847) 681-0910. Career Academy (CVCA) Classmate graduating from Architectural 50th and Drexel. Drafting,Terrell Millsap,Teacher Mr. J. Rodriguez and Crystal Cox who ship fund will be awarded at "Settlement In A New graduated last year and Edmund Jefferson. the end of the students jounior year of high school.