Library Resources
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18 in '08 35 minutes, DVD This nonpartisan video, conceived of by a former Facing History student, encourages young people to vote and demonstrates the effects young people can have on public policy. It includes interviews with politicians and activists, as well as a short history of the evolution of voting rights and how they came to be extended to those 18 years of age or older. |
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A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom 86 minutes A. Philip Randolph began his career during the Harlem Renaissance as a radical soapbox orator and journalist, and went on to become an influential black labor leader. Partly because of his efforts, President Roosevelt banned discrimination in defense industries and President Truman signed an executive order to desegregate the military. In 1963, Randolph called for a March on Washington and became known as a father of the modern civil rights movement. |
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African American Lives 4 hours, 2 DVDs For some Americans, the essential question "Where do I come from?" cannot be answered; their history has been lost or stolen. The series will profile some of the most accomplished African-Americans of our time, using genealogy and DNA to trace their roots down through American history and back to Africa and serves as an example for all Americans of the empowerment derived from knowing their heritage. |
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Africans in America 4 episodes, 90 minutes each on 4 VHS or 2 DVDs |
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After Stonewall 88 minutes After Stonewall, the sequel to Before Stonewall, chronicles the history of lesbian and gay life from the riots of Stonewall in 1969 to the end of the 20th century. Narrated by Melissa Etheridge, it captures the hard work, struggles, tragic defeats and exciting victories experienced since then. It explores how AIDS literally changed the direction of the movement. |
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Amandla! 105 minutes This film tells the story of black South African freedom music and the central role it played against apartheid. It specifically considers the music that sustained and galvanized blacks for more than 40 years, focusing on the struggle's spiritual dimension named for the Xhosa word for 'power.' |
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Ambulance 8 minutes, black & white This silent film is a dramatization of a group of children and their adult caretaker about to board a mobile gas van. As the four Nazi soldiers prepare the van, the teacher remains calm so as not to panic the children. The children are playing blind man's bluff and other children's games as they unknowingly await their death. The film is full of symbolism and depicts the event without any language. |
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America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference 81 minutes, black & white and color |
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America's War on Poverty 5 episodes, 57 minutes each |
