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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allfileusages gafcontinue="Blood_at_the_Root.jpg" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="613" ns="6" title="File:Badgirls.jpg" />
      <page pageid="5655" ns="6" title="File:Baird mythical cover.jpg" />
      <page pageid="343" ns="6" title="File:Becoming a Revolutionary.jpg" />
      <page pageid="344" ns="6" title="File:Beggars and Choosers.jpg" />
      <page pageid="338" ns="6" title="File:Betty Friedan and the Making of &quot;The Feminine Mystique&quot;.jpg" />
      <page pageid="345" ns="6" title="File:Beyond Chinatown.jpg" />
      <page pageid="655" ns="6" title="File:BlackWhiteandIndian.jpg" />
      <page pageid="346" ns="6" title="File:Black Chicago.jpg" />
      <page pageid="347" ns="6" title="File:Black Corona.jpg" />
      <page pageid="2020" ns="6" title="File:Black Skin White Masks.jpg" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>