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[2004], Primary, Schlessinger Video Productions Call No: DVD 973.0496 AFR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: American history for children Volume: [5]Summary Note: Presents the history of African Americans in the United States. Features a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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By Woodard, Alfre, 1953- Crouse, Lindsay Fox, Mem, 1946- Troost, Ernest V Gagne, Paul R., 1956- Steig, Jeremy Ledgerwood, Lee Ann Mejia, Roger Ivanick, Daniel Reilly, Melissa Binch, Caroline Vivas, Julie, 1947- Hoffman, Mary, 1945-. Amazing Grace Steig, William, 1907-2003. Brave Irene Fox, Mem, 1946-. Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridgec2005., Juvenile, Weston Woods Studios ; Scholastic Call No: DVD 604 WOO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Amazing Grace: Even though her classmates discourage Grace from trying out for Peter Pan in the school play because she is black and a girl, Grace wins the part and proves that she can be anything she wants to be. --Brave Irene: Irene summons up all her courage in the face of a fierce snowstorm when her mother falls ill and Irene must deliver a ball gown to the duchess. --Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge: A small boy helps an old friend remember, when her memory is not as sharp as it used to be. --Container.
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By Johnson, Broderick Kosove, Andrew A Netter, Gil Hancock, John Lee Bullock, Sandra McGraw, Tim Aaron, Quinton Head, Jae Collins, Lilly McKinnon, Ray Dickens, Kim, 1965- Lenox, Adriane Bates, Kathy, 1948- Dyer, Catherine Stahl, Andy Burwell, Carter Lewis, Michael. Blind side Alcon Entertainment (Firm) Zucker/Netter Productions (Firm) Warner Home Video (Firm)[2010], Distributed by Warner Home Video Call No: Literature & Language Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Michael Oher is a homeless African-American teenager who is from a broken home. Mike is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, Mike faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome - as both a football player and student. Mike works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.
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[2003]., Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Set in Atlanta in the 1950's, a textile factory owner insists on hiring an ever-patient chauffeur for his aging head-strong mother. The Jewish woman and her African American driver eventually build a relationship over many years.
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-- Ernie Davis storyBy Fleder, Gary Leavitt, Charles Davis, John (John Andrew), 1954- Dauchy, Derek Schmidt, Arne L Morgenthau, Kramer Quaid, Dennis Brown, Rob, 1984- Miller, Omar Benson Ellis, Aunjanue Brown, Clancy Henson, Darrin Dewitt Rubinek, Saul, 1948- Ellis, Nelsan Dutton, Charles S Isham, Mark Gallagher, Robert C. Ernie Davis Universal Pictures Company Davis Entertainment Coc2009., General, Universal Studios Home Entertainment Call No: DVD 921 DAVIS Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Witness the inspirational true story of a real American hero, Ernie Davis. Rising from humblest of beginnings, Ernie Davis overcame impossible odds to become the first African-American to win college football's greatest honor-the Heisman Trophy.
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[2006], c1986-1990., General, Turner Home Entertainment : PBS Home Video Call No: DVD 323.1 Eye Availability:7 of 7 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the history of the civil rights movement from 1954 to the mid-1980s.
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-- Story of the Underground Railroad2005, c1992., Primary, Clearvue & SVE Call No: DVD Easy FOL Edition: Standard format. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Rabbit Ears storybook collectionSummary Note: Morgan Freeman reads Bernardine Connelly's story of a young girl who escapes slavery with her family on the Underground Railroad, based on the American folk song "Follow the Drinking Gourd." Features music by Taj Mahal.
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2011., General, PBS Home Video Call No: DVD 323.1 FRE Edition: High definition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Documents the story of a group of civil rights activists who travelled by bus in the South during 1961 to challenge segregated travel facilities.
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c2006., General, Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Call No: DVD FIC GLO Edition: [Standard format]. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Social StudiesSummary Note: In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
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[2008]., General, Genius Products, Inc. Call No: DVD FIC THE Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story.
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By Green, Brunson Columbus, Chris Barnathan, Michael Taylor, Tate Howard, Bryce Dallas, 1981- Tyson, Cicely Stone, Emma, 1988- Chastain, Jessica Vogel, Mike Spencer, Octavia Davis, Viola Spacek, Sissy Janney, Allison Goldblatt, Stephen, 1945- Winborne, Hughes Newman, Thomas, 1955- Stockett, Kathryn. Help Dreamworks Pictures Participant Media Imagenation Abu Dhab[2011]., Touchstone Home Entertainment Call No: Literature & Language Availability:0 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Mississippi during the 1960s: Skeeter, a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives, and a small Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
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-- Les figures de l'ombre[2017], Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Edition: [English/Spanish/Fr Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes.
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[2017]., General, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD 791.43 Hid Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Follows three African American women working as human computers for NASA during the space race of the 1950s and 1960s.
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[2017], Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD 791.43 HID Edition: [English/Spanish/Fr Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes.
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c2006., Primary, Schlessinger Media Call No: DVD 398.2 Folklore Edition: Standard format. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Greatest American tall tales & legendsSummary Note: Introduces children to the legend of steel worker John Henry, recounting the adventures that made him an American icon.
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c1999., General, HBO Home Video Call No: Literature & Language Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A young black man, accused of murder and sentenced to die like an animal in 1940 Louisiana, is befriended by a black teacher who works to enrich a life he cannot save, and in so doing, somehow redeem his own.
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c1999., General, HBO Home Video Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A frustrated teacher in a southern town, whose education is being underutilized, finds his own purpose in helping bring meaning to the last days of a young man due to be executed. In teaching one person to die with dignity, he redeems himself.
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-- Story of the greatest march in American history2013., PBS Distribution Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Witness the compelling and dramatic story of the 1963 March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King gave his stirring "I Have a Dream" speech. This watershed event in the Civil Rights Movement helped change the face of America. Recounts the events when 250,000 people came together to form the largest demonstration the young American democracy had ever seen.
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2005, c1986., Adolescent, MPI Home Video Call No: DVD 323 MARTIN Edition: Standard format. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a portrait of events surrounding the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, including the now-famous keynote speech given by Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Lincoln Memorial.
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-- Children's march[2011]., Adult, Teaching Tolerance Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center Call No: Civil Rights DVD Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to read Teacher's guide online Click here to read Poster and Bonus lesson online Summary Note: Contains interviews with some of the protesters. In May of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. asked black people of Birmingham, Alabama to go to jail in the cause of racial equality. The adults were afraid to go to jail and so the school children marched and over 5000 of them were arrested. This led to President Kennedy sponsoring the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the March on Washington. Portions of this film were reenacted using vintage cameras and film stocks.