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Articles in June 23, 1997 issue of Jet

• Mordecai Wyatt Johnson: June 20, 1926
• Singer Mariah Carey and record exec Tommy Mottola agree to trial separation
• Stock markets plan to close in honor of the King holiday
• Ceremony held for 100th anniversary of monument honoring famed black Civil War regiment
• New York beating victim files $50 million lawsuit
• Clinton names William Kennard to Federal Communications Commission; 4th black to serve there
• Noted neurosurgeon Keith Black to head brain cancer institute at Cedars-Sinai in L.A
• Julius 'Dr. J' Erving accepts Orlando Magic VP post
• Jesse Brown resigns cabinet post as first black Veterans Affairs secretary
• Jackee Harry shares her secrets on maintaining her figure
• Ties to Michael Jordan still remain in his hometown of Wilmington, NC
• Egyptian immigrant sues U.S. government to change race from white to black
• Philadelphia woman pioneers national organ donor policy changes
• Ex-Attica inmate wins $4 million in suit over reprisals by guards during prison riot
• Harvey Johnson elected as first black mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
• Chicago State University President Dolores Cross resigns to head General Electric Foundation
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• Transportation Secretary Slater announces new education program named for black inventor
• 'I am not gay,' Oprah Winfrey says in response to rumors
• Betty Shabazz's daughters thank the public for its support as mother struggles to live
• Ex-Klansman executed in Alabama for 1981 slaying of black teen
• Lynne Thigpen, Chuck Cooper and Lillias White win Tony Awards
• Stars who make big money after death
• Judge OKs new trial for Elmer 'Geronimo' Pratt
• Gladys Knight and Les Brown to divorce
• Will Smith & Tommy Lee Jones star in 'Men in Black.'
• Jewel Lafontant-MANkarious, prominent attorney and civil rights crusader, dies at age 75
• Actor Yaphet Kotto to wed Filipina love; draws up pre-nuptial agreement