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81) Jazz: a novel
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
229 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
This YA biography-in-verse of six important Black Americans from different eras, including Ona Judge, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Martin Luther King Jr., and Barack Obama, chronicles the diverse ways each fought racism and shows how much--and how little--has changed for Black Americans since our country's founding.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (59 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The golden age of tap dancing spanned the first half of the twentieth century, but by the 1950s, the form fell to the likes of rock 'n' roll and modern dance. In 1979, NO MAPS ON MY TAPS aired on television outlets across the world, inspiring a new generation of dancers to slip on their shoes and tap away. Featuring performances by Lionel Hampton, Bunny Briggs, Chuck Green, and Howard "Sandman" Sims, director Nierenberg's love for the dancers and...
Publisher
A&E
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (43 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
From the initial sparks of revolution in Boston to the climactic Siege of Yorktown, this special paints a comprehensive picture of the African American experience during the Revolutionary War.
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (78 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2008, it is still racially segregated. A fascinating investigation into our nation's history and traditions, this acclaimed, award-winning documentary illuminates the complexities of race relations in 21st century America. Winner of the Truer Than Fiction Award at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. Nominated for the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the **Sundance Film...
Publisher
El Dorado Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (24 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Combining unseen period footage with original scores from that era, SYNCOPATED RAGTIME tells the story of Noble Sissle's incredible life journey that spans "The Harlem Hellfighters" of World War I, Broadway Theater, the Civil Rights movement, and decades of Black cultural production. Official Selection at the **Harlem International Film Festival**.
88) Where It Hurts!
Publisher
Mindz Productions
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
WHERE IT HURTS! points out what is hurting people in black and brown communities while providing financial and community solutions to deal with America RIGHT NOW!
89) Osceola Mays
Publisher
Les Blank Films
Pub. Date
1996.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The setting is simple, but the stories, songs, and poems of Osceola Mays are remarkable indeed. In them, the past is recounted with a reverent intensity that expresses the deeply felt emotions of three generations of black Texans. The harsh realities of segregation and discrimination are juxtaposed with the importance of family and community life in these spirituals and poems learned by Osceola Mays from her mother, Azalene Douglas, and her grandmother,...
Publisher
Twin Seas Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (57 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Ashley Bryan is a 94-year-old creative wonder who skips and jumps in his heart like a child. He served in a World War II all-Black battalion and experienced the D-Day and the racism of a segregated Army. As a result he dedicated his life to creating beauty and joy, spreading love and awe through his art. He's a poet/illustrator of over 50 award-winning children's books, former professor at Dartmouth College, and maker of magical puppets and sea glass...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (108 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
On December 2, 1966, director Shirley Clarke and a miniscule film crew gathered in her apartment at the Hotel Chelsea. Bestowed for twelve hours with the one-and-only Jason Holliday, Clarke confronted the iconic performer about his good times and bad behavior as a gay hustler, on-and-off houseboy and aspiring cabaret performer. As the cameras rolled and Holliday spun tales, sang songs and donned costumes through the night, a mesmerizing portrait formed...
92) Baby's colors
Author
Series
Publisher
Western Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1995.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
93) Fallen angels
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam.
94) Jamaica's find
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A little girl finds a stuffed dog in the park and decides to take it home.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
"For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, he's sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him -- most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in fear. What were they afraid of? In Tremble for My Country, Coates takes readers along on his journey through America's history of race and its contemporary resonances through a series of awakenings -- moments...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 30 min., 30 sec.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The number of infants who die before their first birthday is much higher in the U.S. than in other countries. And for African Americans the rate is nearly twice as high as for white Americans. Even well-educated black women have birth outcomes worse than white women who haven't finished high school. Why? We meet Kim Anderson, a successful Atlanta lawyer, executive and mother. When Kim was pregnant with her first child in 1990, she, like so many others,...
Author
Language
English
Description
A young mother finds refuge and friendship at a boardinghouse in 1960s Memphis, Tennessee, where family encompasses more than just blood and hidden truths can bury you or set you free.
Sara King has nothing, save for her secrets and the baby in her belly, as she boards the bus to Memphis, hoping to outrun her past in Chicago. She is welcomed with open arms by Mama Sugar, a kindly matriarch and owner of the popular boardinghouse The Scarlet Poplar....
100) Iggie's house
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an African American family with three children moves into her white neighborhood, eleven-year-old Winnie learns the difference between being a good neighbor and being a good friend.
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