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	<title>So Fresh and So Green &#187; BLACK PEOPLE</title>
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	<description>Madam Toussaint on Going Green, Art, Hip Hop, and Politics</description>
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		<title>Top 5 Black Environmentalists You Need to Know About</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/02/28/top-5-black-environmentalists-you-need-to-know-about/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gloria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green jobs/green collar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Majora carter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Van Jones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I brought you Top 5 White People Worth Interrupting Black History Month For as a statement that while this site has a strong focus on Black people there are many ideas out there and all of our answers were not going to come from only dealing with Black people. The question was raised [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/02/28/top-5-black-environmentalists-you-need-to-know-about/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The 46th Anniversary of the Assassination of Malcolm X</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/02/21/the-46th-anniversary-of-the-assassination-of-malcolm-x/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm X]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They shot Malcolm in the chest front of his little seeds&#8230;&#8221; -RZA, Wu-Tang Clan We are the ones upon whom water hoses are turned with pressure so hard that it rips the clothes from our backs&#8211; not men, but the clothes from the backs of women and children. You&#8217;ve seen it yourself. Only because we [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/02/21/the-46th-anniversary-of-the-assassination-of-malcolm-x/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Is Black History Month The Shortest Month Of the Year?</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/02/02/why-is-black-history-month-the-shortest-month-of-the-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/02/02/why-is-black-history-month-the-shortest-month-of-the-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black History Month]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Migration of the Negro, panel 58, 1940-41. Casein tempera on hardboard, 12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York; gift of Mrs. David M. Levy. Artwork © Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence, courtesy of the Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation In the North the Negro had better educational facilities. [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/02/02/why-is-black-history-month-the-shortest-month-of-the-year/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Langston Hughes Speaks Of Rivers</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/02/01/langston-hughes-speaks-of-rivers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black History Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farms/farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Black History Month happens to start off with the birthday of Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes. Born on February 1, 1902, James Mercer Langston Hughes became an important literary figure during the 1920s. Sometimes when we learn about Black History, or any history for that matter, we can lose sight of the fact that these [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/02/01/langston-hughes-speaks-of-rivers/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Fresh Take On Black History Month</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/02/01/a-fresh-take-on-black-history-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black History Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carter G. Woodson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Revelations &#8211; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre/Photo courtesy of Shauli Baskind PR Every American owes it to him or herself to see the Ailey [company] perform Revelations. It is an American phenomenon. I’ve probably seen it countless times and every time it’s magical and spiritual and hopeful &#8211; everything that we want ourselves to be [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2011/02/01/a-fresh-take-on-black-history-month/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Approves Settlement For Black Farmers</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/11/22/senate-approves-settlement-for-black-farmers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights Movement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a huge, huge victory for myself and black farmers, many of whom have died waiting for justice. I have been working on this thing for 26 years. I&#8217;ve been hearing &#8216;no&#8217; for so very long.&#8221; John Boyd of the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA) On Friday, November 12th the senate unanimously approved funding [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/11/22/senate-approves-settlement-for-black-farmers/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Petition Eric Holder To Bring Federal Justice To Oscar Grant</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/11/07/petition-eric-holder-to-bring-federal-justice-to-oscar-grant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/11/07/petition-eric-holder-to-bring-federal-justice-to-oscar-grant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a petition you can sign to pressure Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct their investigation into the death of Oscar Grant and more. Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 of former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer Johannes Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant. Grant&#8217;s killer was given the [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/11/07/petition-eric-holder-to-bring-federal-justice-to-oscar-grant/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Van Jones On The Shirley Sherrod Saga, BP &amp; Social Media</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/07/26/video-van-jones-on-the-shirley-sherrod-saga-bp-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BP Oil Spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green jobs/green collar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Van Jones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What eventually will happen, big picture, is that 5% of the country will have an experience like mine, lose a job because of something on Facebook or something. And then 10%, and then it will be 15% and then it will stop because enough people will have seen it and enough people had it happen [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/07/26/video-van-jones-on-the-shirley-sherrod-saga-bp-social-media/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Shirley Sherrod, The USDA &amp; Black Farmers</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/07/26/video-shirley-sherrod-the-usda-black-farmers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAACP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Barack Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My grandfather used to say &#8216;the land don&#8217;t know no color, the land never mistreated anybody. It&#8217;s the people here.&#8221; ~Dr. John Boyd There are several notable things about the Shirley Sherrod incident worth acknowledging, most involve how much this incident is not about the woman in question. The African American Georgia State Director of [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/07/26/video-shirley-sherrod-the-usda-black-farmers/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>RIP Dorothy Height: Women&#8217;s and Civil Rights Leader Dies At 98</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/04/21/rip-dorothy-height-womens-and-civil-rights-leader-dies-at-98/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/04/21/rip-dorothy-height-womens-and-civil-rights-leader-dies-at-98/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African Americans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guru/Gang Starr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Jr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jackson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can&#8217;t take the same things for granted.â€ ~Dorothy Height I just wanted to draw some attention to the passing of Dorothy Height, women&#8217;s, African American rights leader and chairwoman of the National Council of Negro Women. She died on Tuesday at [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/04/21/rip-dorothy-height-womens-and-civil-rights-leader-dies-at-98/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Should Black People Own Coal Mines?</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/04/07/should-black-people-own-coal-mines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CLIMATE CHANGE-GLOBAL WARMING]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENERGY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Note: This post was written before the coal mine explosion in West Virginia. 25 coal miners have died after a huge explosion at a Massey Energy mine in Raleigh County in the worst mining disaster in the US in over 25 years. Read more about that at democracynow.org The African American Environmentalist Association was asked [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/04/07/should-black-people-own-coal-mines/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Census Numbers For Black Folks Still Inaccurate</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/04/03/census-numbers-for-black-folks-still-inaccurate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/04/03/census-numbers-for-black-folks-still-inaccurate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Males]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[census]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green jobs/green collar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prison]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently filled out my census, albeit late, but I saw something that upset me on the census form. No, it wasn&#8217;t the word Negro, that&#8217;s the least of my problems here. My issue is in the very first part of the questionnaire where it clearly states &#8220;Do not count anyone in a nursing home, [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/04/03/census-numbers-for-black-folks-still-inaccurate/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Issues with March 9th</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/03/09/my-issues-with-march-9th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Males]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarettes/smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hip Hop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lemar and Dauley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Notorious B.I.G.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pieces]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The greatest rapper of all time died on March 9th&#8221; ~Canibus We all remember that line from Canibus on the anniversary of the day that the Notorious B.I.G. died. Maybe we should take this as a good time to remember Canibus too. He&#8217;s still making music that you don&#8217;t seem to care about. Anyway, it&#8217;s [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/03/09/my-issues-with-march-9th/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Madam Toussaint&#8217;s &#8220;Beef&#8221; With Black History Month</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/02/01/madam-toussaint-on-black-history-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black History Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carter G. Woodson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights Movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Washington Carver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slavery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I like this. From Marvel Comic&#8217;s Truth: Red, White &#038; Black by Bob Morales and Kyle Baker. &#8220;Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.&#8221; ~Carter G. Woodson, the &#8220;Father of Black History&#8221;, founder of Negro History Week, a precursor [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/02/01/madam-toussaint-on-black-history-month/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>TAVIS SMILEY ENDS STATE OF THE BLACK UNION-WHAT NOW?</title>
		<link>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/01/07/tavis-smiley-ends-state-of-the-black-union-what-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/01/07/tavis-smiley-ends-state-of-the-black-union-what-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madam Toussaint</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BLACK PEOPLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chuck D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cornell West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Allen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart disease/stroke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Smooth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Jr]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talk show host Tavis Smiley has decided to end his annual State of the Black Union Conference. In 2005 the conference spawned the book &#8220;Covenant with Black America,&#8221; about issues in black community. In more recent times the conference took a very critical tone towards President Barack Obama. &#8220;[The State of the Black Union] doesn&#8217;t [&#8230;] <a class="more-link" href="http://www.sofreshandsogreen.com/2010/01/07/tavis-smiley-ends-state-of-the-black-union-what-now/">&#8595; Read the rest of this entry...</a>]]></description>
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