V E R Y
S E R IO U S .
"CLASSIC AMERICAN FACES"
IS IN BIG DEMAND
A rtist Inez Brown was virtually u n k n o w n outside
o f h er D e tro it hom e until this past Black H istory
M o n th , w hen an illustration she created for a spe­
cial C h ev ro let advertisem ent ap ­
p e a re d in A f r ic a n - A m e ric a n
m ag a z in e s acro ss th e c o u n try .
. “Classic A m erican Faces is an ¡1-
1 lu stra tio n c a p tu rin g the varied
I expressions and features of Afri-
I cans an d descendants o f Africa,
I thus linking African Americans
I w ith th e m o th erlan d .
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A free, c o lo r e n la rg e m e n t
™ was m ade available to anyone
requesting a prin t. All 2 5,000
Brown
c o p ie s w e re d is tr ib u te d in
th re e weeks; m o re have been p rin te d a n d are
available now.
B ro w n , a 2 5 -y e a r A fric a n -A m e ric a n e m p lo y e e o f
C hev ro let, created th e draw in g as p art o f a co ntest for
Chevy’s ad agency C am pbell/E w ald. Brown’s ad beat out
m any o th ers c o m p e tin g in G eneral M o to rs’ co rp orate-
side contest. T h e ad, featuring four African tribes and a
y o ung, A frican-A m erican boy, ap p eared in th e S pring
1998 edition of African Americans O n Wheels, as well as
in o th e r A frican- A m erican publications.
DETROIT
AUTOMAKERS
TO INCREASE
MINORITY
CONTRACTS BY
$3 BILLION
Minority-owned
supply companies
will get nearly $3
billion more in
business from the
Big Three
automakers over
the next three
years, thanks to
an agreement between the Clinton
administration and the auto giants.
Ford, Chrysler and General Motors
have agreed to increase their pur­
chases from minority suppliers from
$5.9 billion to $8.8 billion by 2000.
Ford and Chrysler will each
increase procurements by $1 billion,
with Ford jumping to $3 billion and
Chrysler rising to $2.5 billion. Gen­
eral Motors will increase to $3.3
billion by adding an additional $900
m illion.
Currently, Detroit automakers buy
4.2 percent of their goods from
minorities. The new deal will in­
crease that amount to five percent.
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AFRICAN AMIRH ANS (IN WHEELS
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“I really do n ’t believe th at we should label art and call
it black art, w hite art, Asian art or Indian art, b u t I do
believe there is a need for a m ore positive dep ictio n o f
the black experience and the need to rediscover o u r roots,’
says B row n, w h o re c e n tly was tra n sfe rre d to G e n e ra l
M otors’ design center from its custom er assistance group.
To order your copy of this historical print, call (800)
201-9571.
Standard 5.4-liter V-8 engine
A young African-American community activist can help young­
sters in inner city Baltimore, Md. move closer to their educa­
tional goals, thanks to a $5,000 grant from Mitsubishi. Lynn Pinder
of Youth Warriors ,a community group, received the award dur­
ing the First An­
nual
U nsung
Heroines Awards
L u n ch eo n , co ­
sp onsored
by
M itsubishi w ith
the PBS female-
orientated program, “To the Contrary.”
“Miracles like this give me the strength to believe in my
dreams,’’ said 26-year-old Pinder, who founded Youth Warriors
in 1996 to help young African Americans improve
the environment in their commu­
nities.
O th e r “H eroines” included
Rozanne Rosenthal and Joan Katz,
both with the Susan G. Komen Breast
Cancer Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas;
Darla Hesketh of Abused Women’s Ad-
v o c a c y
Project, Lewiston, Maine; and Delores J. Martin of the Spring-
field Community Federation, Springfield, 111. Candidates were
sponsored by U.S. female senators in their areas, including lone
African-American senator Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill).
Standard load-leveling suspension systems
Standard integrated illuminated
running boards
Mitsubishi Recognizes
Achievements
Compiled by Kimatni D Rawlins and Azure Buni Rae Thompson
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Standard leather seating surfaces
Standard second-row bucket seats
with center console
Burl wood interior-trim accents
Duplicate steering wheel controls
(audio and climate)
Six-way power passenger's seat
Memory power driver's seat
and side mirrors
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