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Two extraordinary women-Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X-come to life in this Lifetime Movie Network movie. After their husbands' tragic assassinations, they developed a unique friendship spanning three decades as they carried on the Civil Rights movement while supporting their families as single mothers. Through their strength and dignity, they became role models for millions of women.
2) Black boys
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Medford Library Branch
V 323.1196 BLACK
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V 323.1196 BLACK
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Ashland Library
V 323.1196 BLACK
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V 323.1196 BLACK
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"Black Boys illuminates the full humanity of Black men and boys in America. An intimate, inter-generational exploration, Black Boys strives for insight to black identity and opportunity at the nexus of sports, education and criminal justice"--Container.
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Features the life, culture, and accomplishments of some of the most influential African Americans in history from the United States. From the oppression and hardship during the time of the Civil War to civil rights movements that paved the way to this country's first African-American president. A definitive retrospective of Black history in America.
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Redwood Campus
DVD E185.615 .B53 2016
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DVD E185.615 .B53 2016
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Talent Library Branch
V 322.4209 BLACK
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V 322.4209 BLACK
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"The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes straight to the source, weaving a treasure trove of rare archival footage with the voices of the people who were there: police,...
5) death of a prophet
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Master documentary filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin2s original words and a flood of rich archival material. A journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.
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Prospect Library Branch
V 920 I
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V 920 I
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Redwood Campus
DVD E185.61 .I26 2018
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DVD E185.61 .I26 2018
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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...
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Phoenix Library Branch
V F JUDAS
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V F JUDAS
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Prospect Library Branch
V F JUDAS
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V F JUDAS
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Talent Library Branch
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Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.
9) Malcolm X
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Medford Library Branch
V F MALCOLM
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V F MALCOLM
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Ashland Library
V F MALCOLM
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V F MALCOLM
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Eagle Point Library Branch
V F MALCOLM
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V F MALCOLM
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Born Malcolm Little, his minister father was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. He became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. After getting out of jail, he preaches the teachings, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca. There he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim. He changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz and stops his anti-white teachings, having...
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Criterion collection volume 1106
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Medford Library Branch
V F ONE
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V F ONE
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Ashland Library
V F ONE
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V F ONE
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A fictional account of one amazing night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural turmoil of the '60s.