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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allfileusages afcontinue="Blood_at_the_Root.jpg|1571" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <allfileusages>
      <f fromid="612" ns="6" title="File:Badgirls.jpg" />
      <f fromid="5654" ns="6" title="File:Baird mythical cover.jpg" />
      <f fromid="139" ns="6" title="File:Becoming a Revolutionary.jpg" />
      <f fromid="221" ns="6" title="File:Beggars and Choosers.jpg" />
      <f fromid="243" ns="6" title="File:Betty Friedan and the Making of &quot;The Feminine Mystique&quot;.jpg" />
      <f fromid="250" ns="6" title="File:Beyond Chinatown.jpg" />
      <f fromid="654" ns="6" title="File:BlackWhiteandIndian.jpg" />
      <f fromid="222" ns="6" title="File:Black Chicago.jpg" />
      <f fromid="238" ns="6" title="File:Black Corona.jpg" />
      <f fromid="2019" ns="6" title="File:Black Skin White Masks.jpg" />
    </allfileusages>
  </query>
</api>