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            <title><![CDATA[SCLC]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/sclc/a/sclc.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[With Martin Luther King as the leader, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was successfully part of the civil rights movement&#146;s most important events.  From the March on Washington to the sit-ins, the SCLC attempted to end discrimination and to appeal to the moral conscience of Americans.  ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Presidential Reconstruction]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/reconstruction/a/preconstruction.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Politics, race, and power--that is what marked the era of Presidential Reconstruction following the Civil War. While Democratic President Andrew Johnson hoped to use the post-wartime chaos to unify political factions into a new party, Republicans, on the other hand, were intent on restructuring the old ways of the South. In the end, it became a battle between the president and Republican congressional members over which policies would govern the South.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Slave Cabins]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/ig/Slavery-Photographs-and-Images/Slave-Cabins.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A photograph of slave cabins.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Women&#039;s History Month]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/people/tp/womens_history_month.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In honor of Women's History Month, the following highlights important black women in American history. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Freedmen&#039;s Bureau]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/reconstruction/a/freedmensbureau.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Inadequate funds and less than zealous advocacy plagued the progress of the Freedmen&#146;s Bureau.  While advancement was made with the establishment of schools, one of the bureau&#146;s biggest failures was its inability to distribute abandoned land to freedmen.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barry Bonds]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/baseballplayers/ig/Baseball-Players/Barry-Bonds.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Photos of African American baseball players.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jesse Owens]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/olympicathletes/p/bio_owens_jesse.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Frail and often sickly as a child, who would have guessed that Jesse Owens would go on to achieve the status of an Olympic medalist.  With Hitler in power, the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany was marred by Aryan racism.  Despite the pressure to perform, Owens went on to win four gold medals and set a new world record.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bessie Smith]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/bessiesmith/p/bio_smith_b.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Born into poverty and orphaned as a young child, singer Bessie Smith achieved remarkable success as a blues singer. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Carl Lewis at the Track Club]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/carllewis/ig/Images-of-Carl-Lewis/Carl-Lewis-at-the-Track-Club.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A collection of images of track and field athlete Carl Lewis.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[&quot;Contrabands&quot;]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/ig/Slavery-Photographs-and-Images/-Contrabands-.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A photograph of fugitive slaves.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mississippi Black Codes]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/blmississippi_blackcodes.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[free negroes black codes 1865 corporate authorities black codes of 1865 mulattoes: The text of a Mississippi black code.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Frederick Douglass Quotes]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/frederickdouglass1/a/fdouglassquotes.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Quotes from Frederick Douglass.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Malcolm X Quotes]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/malcolmx/a/malcolmxquotes.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Quotes from Malcolm X about justice, freedom, and power.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Anti-Slavery Image]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/ig/Slavery-Photographs-and-Images/Anti-Slavery-Image.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[An image of a anti-slavery poem.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Refugees in Virginia]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/ig/Slavery-Photographs-and-Images/Refugees-in-Virginia.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A photo of refugees in Virginia.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top Picks - Books on the Civil Rights Movement]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aatpcivrightsmovebooks.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The civil rights movement was one of the most revolutionary times in American history.  The works listed below each provide a glimpse into different aspects of this important time.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Life of Frederick Douglass]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/frederickdouglass1/a/bio_douglass_f.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Born a slave, yet determined to be free, Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery and became one of the most influential figures of the 19th century.  He became a powerful speaker in the anti-slavery circuit, an author, an advocate for women&#146;s rights, and held several government positions after the Civil War.  ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Timeline of Reconstruction]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/reconstruction/a/timeline_recon.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Immediately following the Civil War, a time of transition occurred in the lives of newly freed slaves.  This timeline of the reconstruction era covers the important laws that were enacted, the government&#146;s role in reconstruction, and the reaction of southern states.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madam C.J. Walker]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/madamcjwalker/a/bio_madamwalker.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In the early 1900s, Madam C.J. Walker was one of the most well known blacks of the time. America&#146;s first black woman millionaire made her fortune with the invention of hair care products specifically tailored to black women.  She had a hand in revolutionizing the way black women styled their hair by combining the use of the hot comb with her hair care products. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Branded Slave]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/ig/Slavery-Photographs-and-Images/Branded-Slave.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A photograph of a branded slave.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rosa Parks Timeline]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/rosaparks/a/timeline_parksr.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Rosa Parks, a seamstress and secretary of the local Montgomery chapter of the NAACP, bravely did what others had done before.  She refused to give up her seat to a white patron on a Montgomery city bus.  Unlike her predecessors, her action led the way for the desegregation of buses. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Underground Railroad]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/ig/Slavery-Photographs-and-Images/Underground-Railroad.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[An image of slaves escaping from bondage.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Smith Plantation Slaves]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/ig/Slavery-Photographs-and-Images/Smith-Plantation-Slaves.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A photograph of slaves on the Smith plantation.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[W.E.B. Du Bois Quotes]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/webdubois/a/duboisquotes.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Quotes from W.E.B. Du Bois.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brown v. Board of Education]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/brownvboardofeducation/a/brownvboard.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In Brown v Board of Education, the Supreme Court made the landmark decision to end segregation in schools.  However, four other cases contributed to this result.  These cases are often overlooked, but their influence on this decision was just as important.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Spirituals]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/spirituals/a/spirituals.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Read about slave spirituals, and learn how this unique form of song was an expression of slave life.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Timeline of Slavery in America]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/a/timeline_slave_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This slavery timeline covers the important events that occurred during slavery. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Langston Hughes]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/cs/langstonhughes/p/bio_langston_h.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Harlem Renaissance writer and poet, Langston Hughes, was one of the more notable writers during this time. Known for his portrayal of black life in his work, Hughes' success was partly due to his ability to effectively capture the essence of the black experience. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fugitive Slaves]]></title>
            <link>http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/ig/Slavery-Photographs-and-Images/Fugitive-Slaves.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A photograph of fugitive slaves.]]></description>
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