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Articles in June 14, 1993 issue of Jet

• Black Caucus helps hand Clinton his budget victory - Congressional Black Caucus
• Sen. Moseley-Braun's bill seeks $6 million to aid youth basketball league - Illinois Senator Carol Moseley Braun - Brief Article
• Erika Cosby's graduation speech scolds university for ignoring black artists in art classes - eldest daughter of Bill Cosby and recent graduate of the University of California at Berkeley
• Sinbad, Townsend, and Queen Latifah get shows on FOX-TV in fall season - comedian Sinbad, filmmaker Robert Townsend and rap singer Queen Latifah - Brief Article
• Charles Mingus jazz works in Library of Congress - complete collection of compositions, writings and recordings acquired - Brief Article
• New Orleans school named after Mahalia Jackson - New Orleans, Louisiana public school to take on name of gospel singer - Brief Article
• Pa. gun club refuses black man's request - Midland Sportsmen's Club in Midland, Pennsylvania, refuses application by an African American police officer - Brief Article
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• Reds fire Perez after 44 baseball games - Cincinnati Reds fire manager Tony Perez - Brief Article
• Black Secret Service agents allege racial bias at Md. restaurant - Denny's restaurant in Maryland
• Bobby Brown cancels European concert tour - doctor orders singer to slow down because of high blood pressure - Brief Article
• Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson get big laughs in 'Made In America' film - Cover Story
• White teacher who used EBONY in class, keeps her job - Port Arthur, Texas high school teacher who used magazine article for her class
• Study: big wealth disparity for black, white elderly - study in New York, New York shows African American elderly 4.5 times more likely to be poor - Brief Article
• 22-year-old graduate at U.C. Berkeley earns three degrees at once - University of California at Berkeley graduate Emmie Reed
  by Trudy S. Moore
• Yale Univ. establishes Ph.D. in black studies - new doctoral degree program at Yale University - Brief Article
• Sweden bestows honor on late Dizzy Gillespie - late jazz trumpet player awarded 1993 Polar Music Prize - Brief Article
• Rosa Parks files suit for copy of her book autographed by Dr. King - 'Strength to Love' by Martin Luther King, Jr
• Project Excellence gives over $1M in scholarships to D.C. area students - top African American high school seniors in Washington, D.C
• Black coeds drop their racial complaint against white man at U. of Penn - University of Pennsylvania
• Rollins surrenders; begins 70-day sentence for probation violation - actor Howard Rollins to serve sentence for repeated traffic violations - Brief Article
• McDaniels is first black fire chief in New Orleans - Warren E. McDaniels sworn in as chief of Fire Department of New Orleans, Louisiana - Brief Article
• Lenny Wilkens resigns as Cavaliers' coach - Cleveland Cavaliers
• Espy picks Nash for his Agriculture undersecretary - Department of Agriculture secretary Mike Espy chooses Bob Nash
• Summer travel across U.S. holds information, fun for blacks learning about roots - African American museums, galleries and historic sites across the U.S
• Yolanda Moses named head of CUNY City College - new president of the City College of the City University of New York - Brief Article
• Dayton SCLC holds gun buy back campaign - Southern Christian Leadership Conference chapter in Dayton, Ohio
• Thomas signs four-year deal with Kansas City - Derrick Thomas signs contract to play for the Kansas City Chiefs - Brief Article
• LeRoy Walker receives top collegiate honor - U.S. Olympic Committee president receives James J. Corbett Memorial Award - Brief Article