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African-American - News September 20, 2011 See African-American Weather Will restricting criminal background checks actually increase minority unemployment? (The Daily Caller) Washington state prisons Lt. Clan Jacobs walks through a block of cells at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, Wash. Cherokee Nation Faces Scrutiny For Expelling Blacks (National Public Radio) Every September, the Cherokee Nation celebrates its national holiday. The holiday marks the signing of its first constitution after the Trail of Tears in 1839. Amherst salutes black Civil War soldiers who fought for freedom (Daily Hampshire Gazette) Hundreds gather for a ceremony held to honor five Amherst African-American Civil War soldiers Sunday at West Cemetery in Amherst. Historic black meeting house in Boston restored (Erie Times News) The nation's oldest existing black church building is nearing completion of a four-year, $9.5 million restoration project done with the help of federal stimulus funds. Does NAACP Approve of COAST Hijinks? (Cincinnati CityBeat) Mark Miller isn't a subtle guy. Miller, treasurer of the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes , recently apologized publicly after using the anniversary of the Sept. Madison County Commission asked to bar industrial waste from landfill in Denmark community (WHNT-TV Huntsville) The Madison County Commission is expected to get a request to bar industrial waste from a landfill. Nom creating false division between NC NAACP and the black church community (Pam's House Blend) Now under this headline is a video which is talking about the anti-marriage equality amendment vote in North Carolina : The segment in question which NOM is using for its headline featured a reporter talking to only one pastor - Patrick Wooden of the Upper Room Church of God - who supports the amendment. Al Sharpton, Common, Other Black Leaders Head to Classrooms Across US (The Skanner) CHICAGO Five hundred African American trailblazers will descend upon classrooms in 107 cities and 34 states on Friday, Sept. 'DADT' the Latest Military Barrier to Fall (ABC News) If the Military Leadership Diversity Commission has its way, full repeal Tuesday of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly, won't be the last brick to fall from the U.S. Military's' sporadically crumbling barriers that have excluded African-Americans, woman, Muslim clerics and even overweight recruits. Why Obama's black critics are wrong (CNN) Throughout President Barack Obama's political career, he has been dogged by insinuations or, indeed, accusations that he is not "black enough" to warrant strong support from African-Americans. Rep.