African-American - News

African-American - News April 1, 2011 See African-American Weather Ind. Woman charged with fire threat against blacks (The Star Press Muncie News) A federal grand jury has indicted an Indianapolis woman accused of threatening to burn down a house to keep African-Americans from moving into her neighborhood. Farrakhan defends Gadhafi - Says quake coming to America (SF Sentinel) Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan continued Thursday in his role as Moammar Gadhafi's only outspoken friend in the United States. Pardon unlikely for sisters awaiting transplant (Las Vegas Sun) Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told The Associated Press on Thursday he doesn't plan to pardon two sisters he released from prison earlier this year on the condition that one donates a kidney to the other. The anguish of slavery (Boulder Weekly) For many, the word "Klezmer" conjures up images of Jewish brides in chairs being hoisted in the air by friends and family while "Hava Nagila" plays in the background, or perhaps the scene in Fiddler on the Roof where men dance with bottles on their heads. Cultural shift (Westland Observer) African Americans and Asians overwhelmingly accounted for Canton's 18.1-percent population surge during the last decade - evidence the community has, indeed, become far more diverse as each year further separates the township from its rural past. African American history honored at Millburn High (NorthJersey) In honor of African American History Month, members of Millburn High School's African American Cultural Club created an exhibition to celebrate African American history. Trustman Art Gallerya s Vaughn Sills exhibit displays a growing sense of wonder (The Boston Globe) Among the two-dozen photographs included in the Trustman Art Gallery's Vaughn Sills exhibit is "Pearl Fryar's Garden, Bishopville, North Carolina, 2001.'' On a visit to Athens, Ga., in 1987, Vaughn Sills found herself looking at a mutual friend's garden. More African-American News...