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1) 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.
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (463 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An essential examination of the rise and fall of Orenthal James Simpson, and parallels between his incredible story with that of race in America. This critically-acclaimed documentary series reveals how he first became a football star, why America fell in love with him off the field, what happened in the trial for his ex-wife's murder, and finally, why he is now sitting in jail for another crime 20 years later.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1936, nine boys from the University of Washington took the rowing world and a nation by storm, when their eight-oar crew team captured the gold medal at the Olympics in Berlin. The boys' victory, and their obstacles, inspired a nation struggling to emerge from the depths of the Depression.
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