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		<title>Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia &#124; Richmond, VA</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1981 by Carroll Anderson, Sr. In 1991, the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia was opened to the public at its present location, 03 Clay Street, in the historic Jackson Ward district of Richmond. The Museum seeks to become a permanent repository for visual, oral and written records and artifacts commemorating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hippodrome Theater &#124; Richmond, VA</title>
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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>Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Richmond, VA</title>
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