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African-American - News April 4, 2011 See African-American Weather 4/4/2011 - UM marks anniversary of MLK antiwar speech, death (WWUP-TV Cadillac) Three authors are speaking at the University of Michigan to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1967 antiwar speech "A Time to Break the Silence" and his assassination one year later. New affordable apartments named for King (Chicago Sun-Times) Martin Luther King III helped to dedicate low-income housing Sunday in North Lawndale 43 years after his father was slain. Public redistricting hearing set for Monday (Commercial Dispatch) The issue that's heated the supervisors' boardroom for the past weeks goes to the public on Monday. Afghan Riots Over Quran-Burning: 2 Days, 20 Dead (eagletribune) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghans rioted for a second day yesterday to protest the burning of a Quran in Florida, killing nine people in Kandahar and injuring more than 80 in a wave of violence that underscored rising anti-foreign sentiment after nearly a decade of war. The desecration at a small U.S. Church has outraged Muslims worldwide, and in Afghanistan it further strained ties with the West. On Friday, 11 people were killed, including seven foreign U.N. Employees, in a protest in the northern city of Mazar-I-Sharif. More African-American News...