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<title><![CDATA[Sit-In Breakfast Celebrates A&T Four, Struggle for Equality]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><br><p>Supporters fill ballroom to break bread with A and amp;T Four, who shared words of thanks, and nbsp; motivation and appreciation for non-violence at early morning breakfast. (Watch video by LeeSandre Alexandre.)...</p>]]>
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<media:credit role="author">Melissa Montgomery</media:credit>
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<title><![CDATA[ “Mississippi Mourning: The Emmett Till Story” Stirs Audience]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Jennifer Kouakeu</p><br><p>Anxious whispers transformed into dead silence as the softly lit auditorium turned pitch black. A group of terrified boys ripped through the balcony  and mdash; panting, stumbling, yelling at each other to keep moving. A snowstorm was brewing in Greensbor...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:52:25 -0500</pubDate>
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<media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[ “Mississippi Mourning: The Emmett Till Story” Stirs Audience]]></media:title>
<media:description><![CDATA[Anxious whispers transformed into dead silence as the softly lit auditorium turned pitch black. A group of terrified boys ripped through the balcony  and mdash; panting, stumbling, yelling at each other to keep moving. A snowstorm was brewing in Greensbor...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Students Debate Obama's 1st Year, Haiti and Katrina]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><br><p>Eight North Carolina A and amp;T and Howard students analyzed leadership in African-American communities during a media roundtable on Friday afternoon. Topics ranged from the earthquake in Haiti to President Barack Obama's first year in office....</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:09:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<media:credit role="author">Melissa Montgomery</media:credit>
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<title><![CDATA[Unsung Heroes Honored at Luncheon]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><br><p>Three of the original 'A and amp;T Four and rdquo; returned to their alma mater Friday to be honored along with lesser-known pioneers at an 'Unsung Heroes and rdquo; luncheon, one of many events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the sit-ins in downto...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:07:59 -0500</pubDate>
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<media:credit role="author">Nikole L. Pegues</media:credit>
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<title><![CDATA[Panelists From Jesse Jackson to Stephen A. Smith Debate Activism]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><br><p>'Youth today don't appreciate how humiliating segregation was, and rdquo; the Rev. Jesse Jackson said during a town hall on activism at North Carolina A and amp;T State University, the first of a series of events for the 50th anniversary of the Greensboro...</p>]]>
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<media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Panelists From Jesse Jackson to Stephen A. Smith Debate Activism]]></media:title>
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<title><![CDATA[Sit-In Survivor Challenges Others to Do More]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br />Thousands Gather for 50th Anniversary March, Museum Opening<br><p>
	Franklin E. McCain, one of the North Carolina A and amp;T freshmen who staged the F.W. Woolworth sit-in, says what he did in 1960 is not enough. McCain views the opening of the International Civil Rights Center  and amp; Museum in Greensboro as a chall...</p>]]>
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	Franklin E. McCain, one of the North Carolina A and amp;T freshmen who staged the F.W. Woolworth sit-in, says what he did in 1960 is not enough. McCain views the opening of the International Civil Rights Center  and amp; Museum in Greensboro as a chall...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Taking a Stand by Sitting Down]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><br><p>The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Bennett College President Julianne Malveaux and activist Ben Chavis are among the speakers at a town hall launching the 50th anniversary commemoration of the sit-in movement launched in Greensboro, N.C., on Feb. 1, 1960. The five d...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:51:05 -0500</pubDate>
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