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African-American - News April 16, 2011 See African-American Weather Museum Announces 2011 Summer Teacher Institute (Apex Herald) The N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh announces its 2011 Summer Teacher Institute, titled Exploring African American Life and Culture Through Primary Sources, from Monday to Friday, July 25 to 29. Performance of Civil War inspire... (The Inter-Mountain) Voices from the Earth will premier a new work by artistic director and storyteller, Ilene Evans at 7 p.m. Saturday. Restored MLK church reopening in Atlanta (Athens Banner-Herald) The voice of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Again filled the halls of Ebenezer Baptist Church and a pipe organ triumphantly announced the reopening of the sacred sanctuary regarded as the birthplace of the civil rights icon's vision of justice, equality and a nonviolent society. Jesse Jackson Hit with Gay Harassment Complaint (EDGEdallas News Feed) Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson is the subject of a complaint from an openly gay former employee who alleges that Jackson targeted him for taunts and "humiliating tasks"--and asked him for oral sex. SWVCTC program embodies power of cultural diversity (Williamson Daily News Online) Staff photo/JULIA R. GOAD Ivin B. Lee, executive director of the West Virginia Human Rights Commission, presents the keynote address for the 2001 Harmony 365 banquet. Integrative Medicine, Spirituality Improves Outcomes In Urban Adolescents With Asthma (MediLexicon) A new study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati shows that urban adolescents with asthma may experience worse outcomes when not using spiritual coping and often use complementary and alternative medicine, or integrative medicine, like prayer or relaxation, to manage symptoms.