by Nope Yen

WASHINGTON (AP)—With more Blacks moving from city to suburb, the National Urban League says it is worried states may improperly seek to stem the political clout of African-Americans as they spread into historically White districts.

TROUBLED BY CENSUS—Urban League CEO Marc Morial speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

The leader of the 101-year-old organization also says he is troubled by complaints from big-city mayors, such as those in New York and Detroit, who contend large pockets of their residents were missed in the 2010 census. Blacks historically have been more likely to be missed in the decennial count and preliminary numbers for 2010 suggest that could have happened again.

“We have to give consideration as to whether there is an undercount,” Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, told The Associated Press.

WASHINGTON (AP)— President Barack Obama formally launched his re-election campaign Monday, urging grass-roots supporters central to his first White House run to mobilize again to protect the change he’s brought over the past two years.

The official start of his second White House bid, in the midst of three wars, a budget fight with Congress, and sluggish economic recovery, comes 20 months before the November 2012 election.

LAUNCHES RE-ELECTION BID—President Barack Obama smiles during an event to promote clean energy vehicles, April 1, at a UPS facility in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Week of April 9-15

April 9

1865—Black regiments lead assault upon and eventually capture a key Southern fort helping bring the Civil War to an end. The nine regiments led by General John Hawkins smashed through Confederate defenses at Forth Blakely, Ala. The 68th Division of USCT (United States Colored Troops) had some of the highest casualties of the Civil War.

PAUL ROBESON, MARIAN ANDERSON and RICHARD ALLEN

1898—Paul Bustill Robeson is born in Princeton, N.J. Robeson would go on to become the greatest combination of entertainer and social activist in American history. He was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Rutgers University, while simultaneously being one of the school’s greatest football stars. After graduation he turned to entertainment—acting and singing on stage and in early movies.

Ben Jealous, president and CEO of the organization, said in the statement that the newspaper inserts for the Image Awards were produced and distributed by an outside firm which acquired a license to do so. The NAACP, he said, was told that Black papers would be included, but none ultimately were included in the distribution.

BENJAMIN JEALOUS