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African-American - News August 13, 2011 See African-American Weather HIV on the Rise in the South (EDGE) AIDS activist Rick Westbrook, who works with Atlanta's Positive Impact, is HIV-positive and his partner of 17 years is HIV-negative Georgia native Rick Westbrook was a high school graduate back in 1981 when he first heard about HIV and the AIDS virus. Tyrese Finishes Upcoming Album, Due Out November (WLXC-FM Columbia) Put a stamp on it. Open Invitation, the upcoming album from Tyrese , is done. The actor/author/singer shared the news with Twitter followers early Friday morning. Viola Davis Hopes 'The Help' Opens Honest Racial Dialogue (NBC Philadelphia) Can examining the struggle for racial equality in the past onscreen open a more honest dialogue about ongoing issues in the present? "The Help" star Viola Davis hopes so.   'The Help' draws the ire of the Association of Black Women Historians (The Times-Picayune) Published: Friday, August 12, 2011, 11:38 AM Updated: Friday, August 12, 2011, 11:41 AM It looks as if the movie version of " The Help " is turning out to be every bit as polarizing as the best-selling book version. Census: Ouachita population older; African-American numbers grow (Monroe News Star) Census: Ouachita population older; African-American numbers grow Comments The average age of people in Ouachita Parish has increased and the racial distribution has done some shuffling over the past 10 years, according to a newly released set of Census data. MTC's Seven Guitars Shoots for the Soul (Patch) For Kent Gash, the director of August Wilson 'sA Seven Guitars at theA Marin Theatre Company , the power of music in the play goes well beyond having a musician as its lead character.