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	<title>Freedom Trails Initiative Blog &#187; African American history</title>
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	<description>Today's youth documenting the local Underground Railroad movement</description>
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		<title>What is Kwanzaa?  Top Questions and Answers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why was Kwanzaa created?
Kwanzaa was created:
- To reaffirm the communitarian vision and values of African culture and to contribute to its restoration among African peoples in the Diaspora, beginning with Africans in America and expanding to include the world African community.
- To introduce and reinforce the Nguzo Saba, the Seven Principles and through this, introduce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>African American Genealogy</title>
		<link>http://centerforhistory.org/ftblog/2009/07/02/african-american-genealogy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know many of you who were on the Freedom Trails trip were very interested in learning your family&#8217;s past.  Well, I have assembled some of the best websites where you can find out more information about your African American roots. (You can click each of the titles below to visit the websites)

AfriGeneas-African American &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Underground Railroad Historic Trip</title>
		<link>http://centerforhistory.org/ftblog/2009/06/22/2009-underground-railroad-historic-trip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[African American history]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Saturday almost everyone involved with the Michiana Freedom Trails Initiative traveled throughout Cass and Van Buren counties in Michigan to learn about our area&#8217;s role in the Underground Railroad.
We first traveled to Chain Lakes Missionary Baptist Church and Cemetery to
visit the oldest African American church congregation in Michigan.  The congregation was started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom Trails Trip Saturday, June 20, 2009</title>
		<link>http://centerforhistory.org/ftblog/2009/06/18/freedom-trails-trip-saturday-june-20-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Saturday, June 20, 2009, will be the trip to Cass County, Michigan to visit various sites important to the local Underground Railroad movement and African American settlement.
Several hand-picked students from the four South Bend high schools will be participating with the ultimate goal of taking the information from Saturday&#8217;s trip and producing something tangible. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michiana Freedom Trails Awareness Project brochure</title>
		<link>http://centerforhistory.org/ftblog/2009/05/21/michiana-freedom-trails-awareness-project-brochure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 16:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now you can download the MFTAProject brochure/pamphlet.  This brochure will give you more information on the Freedom Trails project and the parties involved.

The brochure is in Adobe pdf format and you&#8217;ll need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the brochure.  The reader can be downloaded from www.adobe.com

You can click the icon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the Underground Railroad?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 12:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Underground Railroad-the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War-refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage.  Wherever slavery existed, there were efforst to escape, at first, to maroon communities in rugged terrain away from settled areas, and later across state [...]]]></description>
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