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term="ralph macchio" /><category term="black belt" /><title>Pack Mule for the New School</title><subtitle type="html">A weekly blog on the arts &amp;amp; humanities, social consciousness, education, and life in the South, by Foster Dickson.</subtitle><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://packmuleforthenewschool.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://packmuleforthenewschool.blogspot.com/" /><link rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6718669610608390484/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false&amp;v=2" /><author><name>Foster Dickson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08514183418705345308</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="24" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LzvSF7qun00/TslkdKcNqYI/AAAAAAAAAJw/kycQa0pB1jY/s220/Truck%2Bwith%2Bsigns%2B3.JPG" 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scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="controversy" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="negro" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cultural appropriation" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Civil Rights" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="african american" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="black history month" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="education" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="carter g woodson" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="colored" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Deep South" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cooperation" /><title>Contemplating Black History Month</title><content type="html">Yesterday, we began Black History Month— or if your prefer, African American History Month. I've heard it called both, and I don't intend...
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In Chapter 5,...
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Not for Profit's second chapter starts off with three quoted...
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