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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
I am somebody : Records the 1969 strike by black, predominantly female, hospital workers in Charleston, S.C. for better working conditions and higher wages. Shows how the struggle was won by a coalition of local and national union and civil rights groups plus the local black community through nonviolent marches and demonstrations. Highlights Andrew Young, Coretta Scott King, Ralph Abernathy, and Walter Reuther speaking and working in defense of the...
262) A class divided
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Documents a reunion of Iowa teacher Jane Elliott and her third-grade class of 1970, subjects that year of an ABC News television documentary entitled "The eye of the storm". Shows how her experimental curriculum on the evils of discrimination had a lasting effect on the lives of the students. Includes scenes of her lesson being used in a prison setting.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Standard version.
Language
English
Description
"It's long been America's strongest cultural bond and its most perilous fault line. For generations, men and women have died for it. Now, consider what it means to be free with this groundbreaking new series, based on the award-winning books by master storyteller Joy Hakim. Freedom : a history of US chronicles the epic journey of our commitment to liberty and the idea of freedom"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Language
English
Description
"In this follow-up to the NAACP Image Award-winning The Black List: Volume One, interviewer Elvis Mitchell and director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders explore 15 new African-American lives on the cusp of this historic moment. Now more than ever, The Black List continues a riveting and singular work of video portraiture."--Container.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Language
English
Description
"As a new chapter begins in this country, The Black List offers a dynamic and never-before-heard perspective from achievers of color. This series of inspired - and inspiring - observations on African American life in the 21st century forms a roll call of some of the most compelling politicians, writers, thinkers and performers ever to tackle their fields of endeavor." - Container.
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