Card, Political

Political slate card circulated by Black Slate ahead of the November 4, 1980 election. The top of the recto urges voters to "elect candidates pledged to serve the Detroit community." The recommended candidates and ballot proposal positions are:

Proposals A, C, D, and O - Vote No
Proposals E, L, N, P, Q, R, S, T, and Y - Vote Yes

U S. President and Vice President - Jimmy Carter and Walter F. Mondale
U.S. Representatives in Congress - John Conyers, Jr. (1st District) and George W. Crocket, Jr. (13th District, listed twice--both for a full term and to fill a vacancy)

State Representatives - George Cushingberry, Jr. (4th District), Teola P. Hunter (5th District), Morris Hood, Jr. (6th District), Raymond W. Hood (7th District), Daisy Elliott (8th District), Ethel Terrell (9th District), Virgil C. Smith, Jr. (10th District), Joe Young, Jr. (15th District), Matthew McNeely (16th District), Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick (18th District, her listing is highlighted in black), Juanita Watkins (20th District), and Barbara-Rose Collins (21st District, her listing is also highlighted in black)

Sheriff - William Lucas

University of Michigan Board of Regents - Nellie M. Varner
Wayne State University Board of Governors - Murray E. Jackson

County Commissioners - Jarette Simmons (4th District), Jackie L. Currie (5th District), Arthur B. Blackwell III (7th District), Delores Bennett (8th District), Rose Mary C. Robinson (9th District), Clarence R. Young (10th District), Maxcine Young (11th District), Samuel A. Turner (13th District), Arthur M. Carter (14th District), and Loretta Young (15th District)

Charter Commissioners - Alonzo W. Bates (4th District), Charmie Currie (5th District), Virgil Smith (6th District), William F. Bledsoe (7th District), Cynthia Diane Stephens (8th District, her listing is also highlighted in black), and Bernard N. Kilpatrick (11th District)

Supreme Court Justice - Charles L. Levin (his name is highlighted in black)

Circuit Court Judge - William C. Hague (his name is also highlighted in black), and Lucile A. Watts

Community College Trustee - Helen Mazzei Irving

Judges of the Recorder's Court, Criminal Division - Beverly Anne Jasper (her name is highlighted in black), and Dennis L. Overton

Judge of the Recorder's Court, Traffic and Ordinance Division - Hubert J. Morton Jr.

Common Pleas Judges - Theresa Doss and Sharon Tevis Finch

Detroit Central Board of Education - Mary E. Blackmon (her name is highlighted in black), and Cecil McFadden