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"A leading voice for social justice reveals how he stopped arguing with white people who deny the ongoing legacy of racism-and offers a proven path forward for Black people and people of color based on the history of nonviolent struggle. When the rallying cry "Black Lives Matter" was heard across the world in 2013, Andre Henry was one of the millions for whom the movement caused a political awakening and a rupture in some of his closest relationships...
62) Kneel
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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When his best friend is unfairly arrested and kicked off the team, Russell Boudreaux kneels during the national anthem in an effort to fight for justice and, in an instant, falls from local stardom to become a target of hatred.
For guys like Russell Boudreaux, football is the only way out of their small Louisiana town. As the team's varsity tight end, Rus has a singular goal: to get a scholarship and play on the national stage. When his best friend...
63) Antiracist baby
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Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Illustrations and rhyming text present nine steps Antiracist Baby can take to improve equity, such as opening our eyes to all skin colors and celebrating all our differences.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (126 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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On August 3rd, 2019, a racist murderer, hating Mexican people, committed the ultimate hate crime. This film honors all of the innocent victims without one mention of the shooter. This is a complete analysis of what happened that day, as well as an exploration of many overlooked angles.
Publisher
Shark Island Institute
Pub. Date
2021.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (75 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
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Adam Goodes was a champion AFL footballer and Indigenous leader. In the final three years of his playing career he became a lightning rod for a heated public debate and widespread media commentary that divided the nation. He publicly called out racism, was named Australian of the Year, was accused of staging for free kicks, and performed an on-field war dance celebration. The cheers became boos as football crowds turned on him. Using only archival...
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2009.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (78 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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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
Twin Seas Media
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (57 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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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...
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"Innocence Project attorney M. Chris Fabricant presents an insider's journey into the heart of a broken, racist system of justice and the role junk science plays in maintaining the status quo. "No one in America will ever know the number of innocent people convicted, sent to prison, and even executed because of the flood of rotten forensics and bogus scientific opinions presented to juries. In this intriguing and beautifully crafted book, Innocence...
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English
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When Detroit Free Press reporter Elizabeth Balsam meets James Rich, his strange request--that she look up a relative she didn't know she had in order to deliver an old camera and a box of photos--seems like it isn't worth her time. But when she loses her job after a botched investigation, she suddenly finds herself with nothing but time. At her great-aunt's 150-year-old farmhouse, Elizabeth uncovers a series of mysterious items, locked doors, and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"Ever since her family moved to Texas from Pakistan when she was a baby, seventeen-year-old Zara Hossain has only ever called Corpus Christi home. Being the only Muslim girl at her conservative Catholic school, blending in isn't really an option, especially with people like Tyler Benson always tormenting her. But one day Tyler takes thing too far by defacing Zara's locker with a racist message, which gets him suspended. As an act of revenge, Tyler...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.
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English
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"A current, constructive, and actionable exploration of today's racial landscape, offering straightforward clarity that readers of all races need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide. In So You Want to Talk About Race, Editor at Large of The Establishment, Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing head-on such issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions,...
75) Straight Up
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Todd is a hyper-articulate, obsessive compulsive gay twentysomething whose fear of dying alone leads him to a baffling conclusion: he might not be gay after all. When he meets Rory, a whip-smart struggling actress with her own set of insecurities, the two forge a relationship that's all talk and no sex. Writer-Director-Star James Sweeney delivers a razor sharp rom-com that's equal parts Classical Hollywood and distinctly 21st century, exploring just...
76) Black Pioneer
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (100 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A film about a Southern slave who trekked thousands of miles and rose to become a Western hero.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 62 min.)
Language
English
Description
Arguing against biological interpretations of racial difference, Stuart Hall asks viewers to pay close attention to the cultural processes by and through which the visible differences of appearance come to stand for natural or biological properties of human beings. Ideal for classes on cultural studies, African American studies, media studies, communication, sociology, and anthropology, among others.
Publisher
British Film Institute
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Set during the American Civil War, the story of a Southern soldier sent to reconnoitre enemy positions who is trapped beneath a huge fall of masonry when Northern cannons hit the wall near which he was spying from.
79) A mercy: a novel
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
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167 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In exchange for a bad debt, an Anglo-Dutch trader takes on Florens, a young slave girl, who feels abandoned by her slave mother and who searches for love--first from an older servant woman at her master's new home, and then from a handsome free blacksmith, in a novel set in late seventeenth-century America.
80) Friday black
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English
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"An excitement and a wonder: strange, crazed, urgent and funny...The wildly talented Adjei-Brenyah has made these edgy tales immensely charming, via his resolute, heartful, immensely likeable narrators, capable of seeing the world as blessed and cursed at once." -- George Saunders "This book is dark and captivating and essential...A call to arms and a condemnation. Adjei-Brenyah offers powerful prose as parable. The writing in this outstanding collection...
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