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African-American - News November 9, 2011   African-American Buying Power Nears $1.1 Trillion (KSOC-FM Dallas) Black buying power is expected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2015, according to The State of the African-American Consumer Report. 'Our' blacks vs. 'their' blacks (Statesman Journal) Do you think it gives Clarence Thomas a warm, fuzzy feeling to know he is one of Ann Coulter's blacks? That is how Coulter put it on Fox 'News' while defending Herman Cain against sexual harassment charges that threatened to engulf his campaign last week. NAACP plans nationwide protests on voter ID laws (The Las Vegas Sun) The NAACP is joining with minority and labor groups for a series of protests around the country meant to move discussion of voter-identification laws out of policy circles and onto street corners, the organization's president said Tuesday. NAACP Plans Nationwide Protests On Voter ID Laws (OfficialWire) The president of the NAACP says voters' rights are under attack and that his organization is planning nationwide protests against state voter-identification laws.