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Associated Press - March 20, 2010 7:04 PM ET
CHICAGO (AP) - African-Americans met during a symposium at a university in Chicago, urging President Barack Obama to address the needs and concerns of blacks.
The gathering and panel discussion at Chicago State University was organized by television and radio host Tavis Smiley. Topics included education and the economy.
Those in attendance included civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan and former Chicago Alderman Dorothy Tillman.
Smiley says he thinks the conversation's "time has come in black America."
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