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African-American - News March 30, 2011 See African-American Weather Farrakhan to hold press conf. Addressing events in the Middle East & the Obama admin. Libya policy (know4life.blogspot) The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan will hold a press conference on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at Mosque Maryam, the international headquarters of the Nation of Islam located at 7351 S. Stony Island Avenue in Chicago, Illinois at 1:00 p.m. Central Time. Listen LIVE at: http://know4life.info & watch LIVE at: http://noi.org Pine Manor, black poetry group to form partnership (Victoria Advocate) Pine Manor College's creative writing program and a Brooklyn-based foundation focusing on African American poetry are forming a new partnership, the two institutions have announced. Lupus complication rates soar in young people (KSWB-TV San Diego) Lupus nephritis can sometimes result in severe kidney disease, a condition called end-stage renal disease. NAACP's Alcala vs. Bonaparte stance not based on race (Topeka Capital-Journal) The Topeka NAACP branch's request that City Councilman John Alcala stop badgering city manager Norton Bonaparte has "nothing to do with race," the president of the branch said Tuesday. Obama Criticised Over Posh Harlem Fundraiser (Key 103) President Obama will headline a swanky political fundraising dinner in New York's Harlem tonight. Hoping to chart a bold future at theater co. (NY Daily News) Legedary actress Ruby Dee performs a poem at a Black Spectrum Theatre Co. Event in 2002. NAACP plans march after MLK backpack bomb arrest (KREM) The NAACP is planning a march this weekend after a potentially deadly bomb was left along a Martin Luther King Junior Day parade route. Lawsuit seeks dissolution of Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, Milton, Chattahoochee Hills (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus filed a lawsuit Monday against the state of Georgia seeking to dissolve the city charters of Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, Milton and Chattahoochee Hills. Toledo couples renew vows for Black Marriage Day (WTOL-TV Toledo) Dozens of African-American couples from six area churches in Toledo renewed their wedding vows simultaneously on March 27 as part of national "Black Marriage Day." The event is organized annually by the Wedded Bliss Foundation. More African-American News...