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	<title>Shruti Gupta&#039;s Blog &#187; African American</title>
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		<title>Three Weeks in October</title>
		<link>http://www.shrutigupta.com/index.php/2010/08/13/three-weeks-in-october/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three weeks in October by Charles Moose and Charles Fleming is the first book I read that takes me inside the life of a police officer and inside a police department.  Also, I do remember the terror caused by the sniper but I didn’t know the details.
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		<title>Native Son</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shruti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Native Son by Richard Wright is a very interesting novel.  It’s a story of Bigger Thomas – a very competent black boy raised right by his mother despite of extreme poverty during 1940’s in Chicago.
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		<title>The Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shruti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Help by Kathryn Stockett is one of those books that I couldn’t put down until I finished it and also, it forced me to introspect. I live in Mississippi and so, this book gave me further insight about the background of this State. I am sure that if Hollywood makes a move of this [...]
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		<title>Black Boy (P.S.)</title>
		<link>http://www.shrutigupta.com/index.php/2009/01/29/black-boy-ps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shruti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Black Boy (P.S) by Richard Wright is a book that I couldn’t put down until I finished reading it.  The most amazing part for me was how Richard had developed wisdom, discretion and self esteem despite of his very tough childhood.
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		<title>A Father&#8217;s Law (P.S.)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shruti</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Heart of a Woman</title>
		<link>http://www.shrutigupta.com/index.php/2007/02/24/the-heart-of-a-woman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shruti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I felt that Maya Angelou in 'The Heart of a Woman' has indeed opened her heart to the reader.  She seems to be honestly revealing her feelings without any fear of being judged.  I don't know how do people like her are able to write an autobiography with such honesty.
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		<title>Uncle Tom&#8217;s Cabin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shruti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a classic indeed.  It's a touching story about slavery that will bring tears to your eyes.  There's so much to learn from this story but there's one quote that touched my heart, "it is impossible for a person who does no good not to do harm."
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