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	<title>Discover Black Heritage &#187; Festivals</title>
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		<title>Capital Jazz Festival &#124; Washington D.C.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year in early June (since 1993), tens of thousands of music lovers from throughout the country flock to the suburbs of Washington, D.C. to enjoy hot fun and cool jazz  of the Capital Jazz Fest, once referred to by guitarist Chuck Loeb as the &#8220;Woodstock of jazz festivals .This multi-day, multi-stage outdoor music [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Francisco Black Film Festival &#124; San Francisco, CA</title>
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The mission of the San Francisco Black Film Festival (SFBFF) is to celebrate African American cinema and the African cultural Diaspora and to showcase a diverse collection of films &#8211; from emerging and established filmmakers. This is accomplished by presenting Black films, which reinforce positive images and dispel negative stereotypes, and providing film artists from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hollywood Black Film Festival &#124; Los Angeles, CA</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Showcasing both feature and short films made by prominent as well as up-and-coming African-American filmmakers, the Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF) was founded in 1998 by its executive director, Tanya Kersey, in order to enhance the careers of emerging and established black filmmakers through a public exhibition and competition program. The festival&#8217;s goal is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atlanta Jazz Festival &#124; Atlanta, GA</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 08:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Usually held for several weeks in mid-May and ending Memorial Day weekend, the Atlanta Jazz Festival is arguably the largest FREE jazz festival in the country, if not the world, featuring top entertainers, an artist market, and children&#8217;s activities. Past performers include Stanley Jordan, Max Roach and Nancy Wilson.
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		<title>Gullah Festival &#124; Beaufort, SC</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 08:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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The Gullah Festival showcases the African history and heritage of South Carolina&#8217;s Low Country Gullah culture, a blend of West African, European and Native American cultures, which became a way of life for West African slaves living on the Sea Islands off the coast of the South Carolina mainland.  The annul event attracts talent [...]]]></description>
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