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African-American - News April 6, 2011 See African-American Weather Lighting the way (Metro Times) "The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land. Confusion is all around. But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars." Those words, spoken decades ago, could have been uttered yesterday. Alhassen: He redefined Malcolm X (CNN) One of my first memories of him involved a trip to his office. I walked in and immediately noticed the 7th floor view overlooking the hustle and bustle of Amsterdam Avenue in New York's Morningside Heights; the bookshelves holding the impressive number of books he wrote and a barren desk with a telephone and some papers. Obama carefully courts black votes with Sharpton (Las Vegas Sun) He avoids race, so the story goes. He can't afford to alienate white voters, black people will vote for him again anyway, so he has little to gain by approaching such a volatile subject. UN Helicopter Fires At Ivory Coast Forces, Violence Escalates (thegrio) ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) -- A United Nations helicopter fired at strongman Laurent Gbagbo's forces on Monday as France authorized its military to take out his heavy weapons, an unprecedented escalation in the international community's efforts to oust the entrenched leader. The office of French President Nicolas Sarkozy said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had requested France's military participation. Gbagbo lost presidential elections in November but has refused to cede power to Alassane Ouattara even as the world's largest cocoa producer teetered on the brink of all-out civil war. The two men have vied for the presidency for months, with Ouattara using his considerable international clout to financially and diplomatically suffocate Gbagbo. Forces backing Ouattara launched a dramatic offensive last week, seizing control of the administrative capital and other towns before heading toward Abidjan. More African-American News...