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	<title>Black Travel &#124; Black Heritage Travel &#124; Black History &#187; Richmond</title>
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		<title>Hippodrome Theater &#124; Richmond, VA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hippodrome Theater is located in Richmond&#8217;s Jackson Ward Historic District, considered the center of African American commerce, arts and entertainment during the early 20th Century. In the 1930&#8242;s and 1940&#8242;s, the venue attracted big stars like Bill &#8216;Bojangles&#8217; Robinson, Ethel Waters, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Moms Mably and James Brown. The historic theater adjoins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Civil War Center &#124; Richmond, VA</title>
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		<title>Virginia Civil Rights Memorial &#124; Richmond, VA</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 23, 1951, 16-year-old Barbara Johns and several fellow students led a strike to protest the conditions at their racially segregated school near Farmville in Prince Edward County. Under the  leadership of Rev. L. Francis Griffin, students and parents contacted NAACP attorneys. The lawsuit that followed was brought before the U.S. Supreme Court and  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2nd Street Festival &#124; Richmond, VA</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2nd Street Festival returns for the 23rd year Oct. 1-2, 2011, to celebrate the rich culture of the historic Jackson Ward neighborhood, considered the the heart and soul of Richmond&#8217;s African American community. Following tradition, the festival takes place the first full weekend in October. Over the years it has grown to be one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colonial Williamsburg &#124; Williamsburg, VA</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colonial Williamsburg consists of 301 acres encompassing 88 original buildings and hundreds of other homes, shops and public buildings. During the 18th century, half of town&#8217;s population was black. Today, visitors can immerse themselves in the the lives of these enslaved and free people at many sites, inlcuding: Great Hopes Plantation, which is located on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Richmond, VA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Let us put our money out as usury among ourselves and reap the benefit ourselves. Let us have a bank that will take the nickels and turn them into dollars.”&#8211;Maggie L. Walker, 1901 Although widely acclaimed as being the first African American woman to found and be president of a bank, Maggie L. Walker was [...]]]></description>
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