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1. African American Museum's revised design gets favorable reviews by NCPC
2. Rebuilding a Katrina-ravaged community
3. Church added to Register of Landmarks and Heritage
4. Contemporary Home in Varina Gets State Marker
5. Proposed diabetes test misses most cases: study
6. Less than half of black males earn high school diplomas
7. PROMISES, PROMISES: Few black Coast Guard cadets
8. Manchester student named Britain's top black graduate
9. Sparking Interest in Math and Science Among At-Risk Students, One Robot at a Time
10. Mobile Apps: Changing the Face of Africa
Interview

1. African American Museum's revised design gets favorable reviews by NCPC
By Jacqueline Trescott
Friday, September 3, 2010
A revised design concept for the National Museum of African American History and Culture shifts the building to the southern boundary of its location across from the Washington Monument grounds, giving an unobstructed view of the landmark. Read More:

2. Rebuilding a Katrina-ravaged community
By Chandra R. Thomas
7:27 p.m. Tuesday, August 24, 2010
www.ajc.com
Much of the media coverage of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath has largely centered on the lower Ninth Ward area of New Orleans, widely considered to be the epicenter of the disaster.
But as we approach the fifth anniversary of the most destructive and costliest natural disaster in our nation's history, homeowners in the historic African-American community where I grew up in another part of the Ninth Ward are also struggling to rebuild their houses, lives and deeply rooted community ties. Read More: http://www.ajc.com/opinion/rebuilding-a-katrina-ravaged-598596.html

3. Church added to Register of Landmarks and Heritage
By Patty Vaughan Special to The Tuscaloosa News
Published: Monday, August 30, 2010 at 3:30 a.m.
After years of effort on the part of students, professors and its congregation, Hunter Chapel AME Zion Church was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
The Alabama Historical Commission added the church to the register of landmarks of historic, architectural or archaeological significance. Read More: http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20100830/news/100829501&tc=yahoo?p=1&tc=pg 　

4. Contemporary Home in Varina Gets State Marker
Homeowner says he spent years building the masterpiece modeled after homes by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
CBS 6 Staff reporter
WTVR.com
August 26, 2010
HENRICO COUNTY - A self-taught African American architect has been recognized for a home he designed more than 50 years ago in Varina, Virginia. Irving Haggins now has a state marker outside his contemporary home.
Haggins built a home inspired by modernist architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The home called "Galaxy" was designed in 1956 and Haggins says construction began in 1967 he's been working on it and improving upon his original design ever since. Read More:

http://www.wtvr.com/news/wtvr-varina-home-marker-story,0,7244881.story

5. Proposed diabetes test misses most cases: study
By Genevra Pittman Genevra Pittman - Tue Aug 31, 3:14 pm ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new proposed diabetes test could miss millions of cases of diabetes and pre-diabetes and also over-diagnose black Americans if it was used as a screening tool, suggests a new study. Read More: Article Link

　
6. Less than half of black males earn high school diplomas
By David Liscio/The Daily Item
ItemLive.com
LYNN - President Barack Obama's educational cry of Yes We Can is fast turning into No We Can't for black males across America who are failing to graduate from high school.
According to a Schott Foundation for Public Education report released last this week on public schools, the 2007-2008 graduation rate among black males in the U.S. was only 47 percent. Read More: http://www.itemlive.com/articles/2010/08/23/news/news04.txt

7. PROMISES, PROMISES: Few black Coast Guard cadets
By DENNIS CONRAD (AP) - September 8, 2010
WASHINGTON - At his inaugural parade a half-century ago, President John F. Kennedy watched the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's marching unit pass him on Pennsylvania Avenue and declared it unacceptable. Not one cadet was black, he told an aide, and something ought be done about it. Read More:

8. Manchester student named Britain's top black graduate
BBC
A Manchester student who created a re-useable water bottle to raise money for African countries has been named Britain's top black graduate.
Edwin Broni-Mensah, who is studying for an Applied Maths PhD at the University of Manchester, was given the title by Future Leaders magazine. Read More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8981000/8981471.stm 　

9. Sparking Interest in Math and Science Among At-Risk Students, One Robot at a Time
Black Male Donor Collaborative Joins NYU-Poly to Expand Successful Brooklyn Schools Program
Digital Journal
PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Black Male Donor Collaborative (BMDC) announced a pledge of $100,000 to Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) to expand the university's Central Brooklyn Robotics Initiative (CBRI). Read More:

10. Mobile Apps: Changing the Face of Africa
by anjuan
BlackWeb2.0
Just as recent research suggests that African Americans are using mobile phones to close the digital divide, Africans are also turning to mobile devices to bridge the vast parts of the continent that lack wired Internet access. I'll highlight a few of the organizations that seek to transform Africa through the creation of mobile apps. Read More:
http://www.blackweb20.com/2010/09/08/mobile-apps-changing-the-face-of-africa/

Interview
First black man in space down to earth about career moves
By: Katie Worth
Examiner Staff Writer
sfexaminer.com
August 31, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO - Physician Bernard Harris was the first black man to walk in space. He has since left NASA and established a successful venture capital firm, along with a foundation aimed at promoting science education for disadvantaged youth. He will speak to 950 students at Marina Middle School on Friday. Read more: