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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 20:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudie Bustamante</dc:creator>
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		<title>Black Women in History &#8211; Marian Anderson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nourbese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anderson became the first African American to be invited to perform at the white house, when she was asked by President Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor. In addition, Anderson became the first singer to perform as a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. In honor of Marian Anderson work and talents, On January 27, 2005, a commemorative U.S. postage stamp was commissioned as a part of the Black Heritage series.]]></description>
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		<title>Black Women in History &#8211; Octavia Butler</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nourbese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell” - Octavia Butler
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		<title>Bell Hooks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 01:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nourbese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Born on September 25, 1952 as Gloria jean Watkins...most know her her by her pen name bell hooks which is from her maternal grandmother. hooks is an American author, radical feminist, and social activist. Her writing has focused on the interconnectivity of race, capitalism, and gender and what she describes as their ability to produce and perpetuate systems of oppression and class domination. She has published over thirty books including the famous ain't i woman: Black women and feminism (not to be confused with Sojourner Truth's testimony) and numerous scholarly and mainstream articles, and appeared in several documentary films. Primarily through a postmodern perspective, hooks has addressed race, class, and gender in education, art, history, sexuality, mass media and feminism.]]></description>
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		<title>Shirley Lee Ralph</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nourbese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010, black women accounted for 6,100 (29%) of the estimated new HIV infections among all adult and adolescent blacks. This number represents a decrease of 21% since 2008. Most HIV infections among black women (87%; 5,300) are attributed to heterosexual sex. The estimated rate of new HIV infections for black women (38.1/100,000 population) was 20 times as high as the rate for white women, and almost five times as high as that of Latinas.]]></description>
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		<title>Celia Cruz</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nourbese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Known as the Queen of Salsa, this Cuban born singer is considered to be one of the most influential women to Afro-Cuban music. She had over 23 gold albums, several Grammy awards and several honors including one from President Clinton. 
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		<title>Black Women in History</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nourbese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Best known for her oscar winning performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, McDaniel broke several barriers in the entertainment world. In 1925, McDaniel was the first African American woman on radio. and was such a hit, she became known as Hi-Hat Hattie. ]]></description>
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		<title>Lena Horne</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nourbese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actress and singer Lena Horne was born June 30, 1917, in Brooklyn, New York. She left school at the young age, 16, to help support her family. Horne became a dancer at the famous Cotton Club in Harlem before moving to Hollywood to persure acting. Horne became the first black actress to sign a long term contract with a major movie studio (MGM). But that was short lived because of the movies studio treatment of here. ]]></description>
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		<title>Angelina Weld Grimke</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nourbese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are like a pale purple flower In the blue spring dusk You are like a yellow star Budding and blowing In an apricot sky You are like the beauty Of a voice Remembered after death You are like thin, white petals Falling And Floating Down Upon the white stilled hushing Of my soul.]]></description>
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		<title>Black Women in History</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nourbese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. Nichols portrayed a recurring role as a communication officer, which help break down stereotypes of what roles black women can take both on television and film but also in the fields of science. Her role was so pivotal, that Dr. Martin Luther King asked her personally to stay on the show when Nichols contemplated leaving saying; “ Once that door is opened by someone, no one else can close it again.”]]></description>
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