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1) Trudell
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) : approximately 78 min. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Trudell is a 2005 documentary film about American Indian activist and poet John Trudell. The film traces Trudell's life from his childhood in Omaha, Nebraska, through his role as a leader of the American Indian Movement. It also covers his rebirth as a musician and spoken word poet after his wife died in a house fire suspected as arson. Heather Rae produced and directed the film, which took her more than a decade to complete. Trudell aired nationally...
2) Muhammad Ali
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 7 hr., 30 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Examines the life of Muhammad Ali in and out of the boxing ring, covering his ties with the Nation of Islam, his political postions, including his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, his role as a symbol of Black masculinity, and life after boxing.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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Description
"The inspiring journey of a girl from Africa whose near-death experience sparked a dream that changed the world. When severe drought hit her village in Zimbabwe, Elizabeth, then eight, had no idea that this moment of utter devastation would come to define her life purpose. Unable to move from hunger, she encountered a United Nations aid worker who gave her a bowl of warm porridge and saved her life. This transformative moment inspired Elizabeth to...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xii, 142 pages ; 19 cm
Description
"The women's suffrage movement was decades in the making and came with many harsh setbacks. But it resulted in a permanent victory: women's right to vote. How did the suffragists do it? One hundred years later, an eye-opening look at their playbook shows that some of their strategies seem oddly familiar. Women's marches at inauguration time? Check. Publicity stunts, optics, and influencers? They practically invented them. Petitions, lobbying, speeches,...
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a confrontation with powerful Senator Jeff Flake on an airplane goes viral, progressive politican and ALS patient Ady Barkan is catapulted to national fame which helps him ignite a once-in-a-generation political movement called "Be a Hero." They barnstorm across the country and empower people to confront their elected officials with emotional, personal stories to demand healthcare justice. Ady holds groundbreaking interviews with Joe Biden,...
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Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Description
This biography tells the story of philosopher and activist Grace Lee Boggs, a Chinese American woman who went from earning a PhD in philosophy to becoming an activist in the black power movement in Detroit. She used ideas about revolution to inspire people to create a new world and imagine a new way of living.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 22 cm
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Description
"An inspiring and empowering young readers edition of We Are Not Here to be Bystanders, the memoir by Women's March coorganizer and activist Linda Sarsour. In this middle grade edition of We Are Not Here to be Bystanders, Linda Sarsour shares the memories that shaped her into the activist she is today, and how these pivotal moments in her life led her to being an organizer in one of the largest single-day protests in US history. From the Brooklyn...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells of the story of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, a sharecropper's son who elevated an entire race and country when he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. The film illuminates Robinson's place as a leader and icon of the civil rights movement whose exemplary life and aspirational message of equality continues to inspire generations of Americans. Includes interviews with family members and rarely-seen photographs and film footage.
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