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African-American - News April 12, 2011 See African-American Weather Brooklyn mom and dad double as author and illustrator (NY Daily News) Brooklyn mom and author Andrea Davis Pinkney collaborates with children's book illustrator Brian. African-American adults with CVD may benefit from 'sunshine vitamin' (Medical News) In recent years supplementation with Vitamin D has been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in people who are deficient in the vitamin. Civil War marker in Atlanta stirs controversy (Deseret Morning News) A new plaque unveiled in downtown Atlanta ends more than a century of awkward silence by commemorating the burning of the city during the Civil War, although some black residents want it moved from a street dedicated to the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. NAACP VP: 'Horrors of Civil War shouldn't ever be celebrated' (WIS-TV Columbia) The Civil War was a defining moment in the nation's history, and the NAACP took time on Monday to talk about its lingering effects. Civil War Marker Sparks Controversy (MyFoxAtlanta) This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. To commemorate the anniversary, the Georgia Historical Society is putting up markers around the state. The first shot (Providence Journal) Southern slave-holding states had already seceded from the Union when mortar fire broke the predawn silence over tiny Fort Sumter, in Charleston, S.C., 150 years ago Tuesday. From Savannah to Harlem: Mother Theodore Williams (Patheos) In his highly recommended The History of Black Catholics in the United States , Father Cyprian Davis notes that African-American women were among the country's first Sisters. Man's body found near May and Waterloo (KFOR-TV Oklahoma City) A man's body has been found near May Ave. And Waterloo Rd. Authorities say a farmer checking his property found the body in his field. Jesse Lee Peterson calls for investigation of Louis Farrakhan and his tactics (Free Republic) This is the day of your doom! ... It will be coming to your door, America! - Louis Farrakhan, March 2011 Rep. Area Hospitals, Schools Learning Diversity,... (IBerkshires) Berkshire County is not an area known for its diverse population. However, the recently released 2010 Census shows all of that is changing. Nokomis (Southside Pride) More than 3,500 people marched from the Basillica in St. Paul to the State Capitol on Monday, April 4, to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the day Martin Luther King was shot in Memphis while he was organizing support for public employees. Wayne State Gets $1M Grant To Reduce Cancer Pain In African Americans (WXYT-AM Southfield) AA new study, led by Wayne State University's College of Nursing and funded by a three-year, $1,078,000 award from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health, aims to improve the care of African Americans with cancer pain. African American Braided Updos (Buzzle) Braids are among the most common hairstyles, flaunted all around the world. There are several styles in braids and can be worn the way you want to. Differing Views On Black Media Duke It Out At Sharpton Convention (KSOC-FM Dallas) A schism between old and new forms of Black media broke out at the Rev. Al Sharpton's 2011 National Action Network convention over the issue of Black ownership of media. More African-American News...