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		<title>Embracing The Lessons of Our History</title>
		<link>http://blogs.birminghamview.com/blog/2012/05/04/embracing-the-lessons-of-our-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickii Howell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How are the death of Trayvon Martin, the Civil Rights Movement, Black history, crime and education connected? I’m not 100 percent sure, but I’m going to give it a shot, so bear with me please. I’m thinking back on yesterday as the parents of slain teen Trayvon Martin came to Birmingham, in what was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education Shenanigans Do Not Take A Holiday</title>
		<link>http://blogs.birminghamview.com/blog/2012/04/06/education-shenanigans-do-not-take-a-holiday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickii Howell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.A.R.E.S.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charter schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Witherspoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school board]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was distressed this morning to hear that the Birmingham School Board hastily called together a 5 p.m.  meeting today – a religious holiday for most people – to discuss the contract of Superintendent Craig Witherspoon. All the people who are reportedly not Dr. Witherspoon fans will be there. But several of his supporters, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Struggle Continues –  Bloody Sunday and The 4-1-1</title>
		<link>http://blogs.birminghamview.com/blog/2012/03/01/the-struggle-continues-bloody-sunday-and-the-4-1-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickii Howell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black History Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bloody Sunday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fred Shuttlesworth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Black History Month officially ended yesterday, but the message it carries is as important today as it was on February 29 (or the 28th, if it hadn’t been for the leap year). Black History is American History, so it has no one-month limit. And the struggle for equality, unfortunately, is far from over. I try [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Little Known Black History Facts, and More Events</title>
		<link>http://blogs.birminghamview.com/blog/2012/02/22/little-known-black-history-facts-and-more-events/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.birminghamview.com/blog/2012/02/22/little-known-black-history-facts-and-more-events/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickii Howell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rev. Thomas Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rev. William R. Pettiford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sixteenth Street Baptist Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Th' Burning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Negro College Fund]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am not a historian by inclination. Being young means you focus more on the future and where you want to be when it gets here. But because of several projects that required research into Birmingham’s past has shown me the value of understanding the here and now. For instance, I am learning the history [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February Events This Weekend and Beyond</title>
		<link>http://blogs.birminghamview.com/blog/2012/02/17/february-events-this-weekend-and-beyond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickii Howell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chaka Khan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.birminghamview.com/?p=661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As very connected folks in Birmingham, I’m sure you’re well abreast of the latest events going on across the city as February /Black History Month closes out. I’m sure you know about Bill Cosby’s two performances tonight at the Alabama Theater to benefit Miles College. The Cos has been in the ‘Ham several times over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Black History Month Is Important for Everyone</title>
		<link>http://blogs.birminghamview.com/blog/2012/02/08/why-black-history-month-is-important-for-everyone/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.birminghamview.com/blog/2012/02/08/why-black-history-month-is-important-for-everyone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickii Howell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.birminghamview.com/?p=651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Renowned historian and author Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in 1926 as a way to highlight the contributions of African Americans in a country that distorted the historical records of their contributions. After all, if black folks, being intellectually and morally inferior as individuals and as a group, had no record of having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Change We Want to See</title>
		<link>http://blogs.birminghamview.com/blog/2011/10/21/the-change-we-want-to-see/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.birminghamview.com/blog/2011/10/21/the-change-we-want-to-see/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickii Howell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham. vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comprehensive plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fred Shuttlesworth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.birminghamview.com/?p=602</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two sets of events events will take place this weekend, things that on the surface have nothing in common. But in my little mind, I see a strong connection. The first include the weekend of celebratory events planned to commemorate the life and legacy of Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, who died on October 5. The second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legacy and Memorial Celebrations for Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth</title>
		<link>http://blogs.birminghamview.com/blog/2011/10/21/legacy-and-memorial-celebrations-for-rev-fred-shuttlesworth/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.birminghamview.com/blog/2011/10/21/legacy-and-memorial-celebrations-for-rev-fred-shuttlesworth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickii Howell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fred Shuttlesworth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham, AL (October 20) — Three days of  events will give the public the opportunity to pay tribute to the late Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, the civil rights leader historians credited with leading the movement in this city that helped changed the nation. Rev. Shuttlesworth passed away after a long illness in Birmingham on October 5. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping the Fire Burning: On the Passing of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth</title>
		<link>http://blogs.birminghamview.com/blog/2011/10/06/keeping-the-fire-burning-on-the-passing-of-rev-fred-shuttlesworth/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.birminghamview.com/blog/2011/10/06/keeping-the-fire-burning-on-the-passing-of-rev-fred-shuttlesworth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickii Howell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fred Shuttlesworth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first met the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church during the 30-year anniversary of the church bombing, when NBC’s Brian Williams (before he was an anchor) and his television crews broadcast a live, national town-hall meeting from its sanctuary. I was one of The Birmingham News reporters covering the event, and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham&#8217;s Artwalk Turns 10 This Weekend</title>
		<link>http://blogs.birminghamview.com/blog/2011/09/09/birminghams-artwalk-turns-10-this-weekend/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.birminghamview.com/blog/2011/09/09/birminghams-artwalk-turns-10-this-weekend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vickii Howell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Artwalk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downtown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loft district]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Artwalk features works by photographers (Liesa Cole), painters (Matt Underwood), mixed-media sculptors (Joe Minter) and jewelry makers (Julie Jackson).When Birmingham’s Artwalk began 10 years ago to draw people to the downtown Loft District and celebrate art there, there wasn’t a whole lot of &#8220;there&#8221; there. What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, there was [...]]]></description>
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