ADAM CLAYTON POWELL
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Known both as "Mr. Civil Rights" and "Mr. Jesus," Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. became one of the most powerful, controversial politicians of his time: Black America on the brink of the Civil Rights era. Using rare archival footage and compelling on-screen interviews, ADAM CLAYTON POWELL draws a vivid portrait of the charismatic Harlem minister and Congressman. The film highlights the remarkable achievements of Powell’s career--from smashing racial barriers in 1930s Harlem to spearheading the passage of over 60 pieces of major social legislation in 1960s Washington. The film also shows how Powell’s financial chicanery, his love of "the good life," and his tendency to flaunt his behavior led to political ruin. Narrated by Julian Bond, with interviews of Shirley Chisholm, James Farmer, and Powell’s son and first wife. 53 mins / 1992

AFRICAN-AMERICANS in WORLD WAR II: A LEGACY OF PATRIOTISM AND VALOR
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This video stress the achievements of African American soldiers in WWII. There were seven soldiers who were recognized and honored for serving their country in this video. In A LEGACY OF PATRIOTISM AND VALOR, war veterans from all military branches recount their personal experiences of WW II. Archival film footage is woven between their accounts to bring their stories to life. 60 mins / 1998

AGAINST THE ODDS: ARTISTS OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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In 1926, poet Langston Hughes said: "We younger Negro artists now intend to express our dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too." This comment encapsulates the black struggle for artistic independence in 1920s and 30s, a period known as the Harlem Renaissance which saw extraordinary creativity by African-American artists. But patent racial prejudice kept them out of mainstream museums and galleries and threatened their personal artistic expression. Some white philanthropists invested in black art, but at what price? This video not only showcases original works by and footage of the artists of the era; it raises questions about identity and politicized uses of art. 58 mins / 1993

ALMOS’ A MAN
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LeVar Burton, star of "Roots," plays in this adaptation of the Richard Wright story. A black teenage farm worker in the deep south is struggling for a new identity as a man. He uses part of his earnings to purchase a used handgun as a token of his masculinity. When he accidentally kills a mule, he faces two years of bondage to pay for the animal. 39 mins / 1977

AMAZING GRACE
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This is the story of Grace, a young African-American girl with dramatic ambitions. When Grace's teacher announces that they will be performing "Peter Pan," Grace wants to audition but her classmates point out that she is the wrong color and the wrong gender for the role. With some support from her mother and grandmother, Grace finds a role model and the will to pursue her dream. The story emphasizes the value of imagination and empathy. This video is an iconographic version of the 1991 children's book by Mary Hoffman and is narrated by actress Alfre Woodard. Curriculum guide included. 10 mins / 1994

BLACK HISTORY POSTER SET
DISPLAY, 10 posters
This 10-poster set is an attractive and simple way to honor Black History in February or any other month. African-American Women, Negro League Baseball, the Harlem Renaissance and Black History are showcased on four of the posters. The other six feature images of Frederick Douglass, Langston Hughes, Malcolm X, W.E.B. DuBois, Zora Neale Hurston and Harriet Tubman. Posters are sturdily laminated and have eyelets for easy hanging. 10 36" x 24" laminated posters.  

BLACK WOMEN: ACHIEVEMENTS AGAINST THE ODDS
DISPLAY, 20 posters
The stars of this exhibit are 120 black women, representing 200 years of achievements in religion, the military, civil rights, art, sports, education, labor, journalism, entertainment, politics, law, music, literature, medicine, science, and business. Each laminated poster has eyehooks and velcro backing. They also have cardboard backing so that they can be stood on a tabletop. The exhibit was produced by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. Approximate round trip shipping cost: $15. 20 panels, 24" x 36" each 

BROTHER MINISTER: THE ASSASINATION OF MALCOLM X
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Mystery and confusion still shroud the murder of Malcolm X at Harlem’s Audobon Ballroom almost 30 years ago. Four years in the making, BROTHER MINISTER: The Assassination of Malcolm X sheds dramatic new light on the events surrounding the death of this cultural icon. Narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne, BROTHER MINISTER explores the assassination through interviews with those closed to Malcolm and reveals recently de-classified government intelligence documents. BROTHER MINISTER also examines the origin and history of the Nation of Islam. Did the real assassins escape? Did two innocent men go to prison for a crime they did not commit? What role did Louis Farrakhan and J. Edgar Hoover play in the Assassination? BROTHER MINISTER is the only documentary that deals exclusively with the assassination of Malcolm X. 115 mins / 1994

BURY ME IN A FREE LAND: THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT IN INDIANA, 1816-1865
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Although the Northwest Ordinance and the Indiana Constitution of 1816 prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude in the territory from which Indiana was formed, strong southern influences in the state continued to conflict with the settlers who were antislavery advocates. This exhibit illustrates that conflict, as well as the triumphs and tragedies of the individuals whose sacrifices combined to achieve the goals of freedom. The Underground Railroad and fugitive slaves are considered. When assembled, the exhibit creates a 20' x 6' freestanding wall that viewers can walk around. Approximate round trip shipping cost: $68. /

THE CELEBRATION OF KWANZAA
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Since ancient times, across the continent of Africa people have celebrated in festivals and ritual the gathering of the first fruit. Called by different names in many languages, this holiday is celebrated with the renewal of deeply held values. Kwanzaa inspires us to remember the highest ideals and values of mankind: gathering, reverence, commemoration, recommitment and celebration. 30 mins / 1996

COLOR ADJUSTMENT
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In this film, Marlon Riggs brings his landmark study of prejudice and perception begun in ETHNIC NOTIONS into the television age. From Amos’n’Andy to "The Cosby Show," COLOR ADJUSTMENT traces over 40 years of race relations in America through the lens of prime time entertainment. Pioneering black actors Esther Rolle and Diahann Carroll, producers Norman Lear, Steve Bochco and David Wolper, scholars Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Alvin Poussaint reveal how deep-seated racial conflict was absorbed into the familiar, non-threatening format of the prime time series. 87 mins / 1991

ETHNIC NOTIONS
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ETHNIC NOTIONS is an award-winning documentary which takes viewers on a disturbing voyage through American social history. It traces the evolution of the deeply rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-Black prejudice. Loyal Toms, carefree Sambos, faithful Mammies, grinning Coons, savage Brutes and wide-eyed Pickanninnies roll across the screen in cartoons, feature films, popular songs, advertisements, household artifacts, even children’s rhymes. These dehumanizing caricatures permeated popular culture from the 1720s to the Civil Rights era. Narration by Esther Rolle and commentary by respected scholars shed light on the origins and consequences of this 150 year parade of bigotry, revealing how popular culture both shapes and reflects public attitudes. "An invaluable aid for American culture, Afro-American history and U.S. history courses." --Journal of American History. 56 mins / 1990

EYES ON THE PRIZE
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The six-part series, EYES ON THE PRIZE, uses historic film footage and contemporary interviews to recount the "Civil Rights Decade" of American history, 1954-65. 60 mins each / 1987
AWAKENINGS: 1954-1956. This program includes accounts of the Emmett Till case, the Brown decision, and the Montgomery bus boycott where Martin Luther King, Jr. first emerged as a leader.
FIGHTING BACK: 1957-1962. Concentrates on school desegregation, with emphasis on the Little Rock experience and the enrollment of James Meredith at the University of Mississippi.
AIN’T SCARED OF YOUR JAILS: 1960-1961. The third program follows activists into the jails after the Nashville retail boycott, demonstrations in Atlanta and the freedom rides.
NO EASY WALK: 1961-1963. Describes confrontations in Albany, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama and the organization of the March on Washington.
MISSISSIPPI: IS THIS AMERICA? 1962-1964. The rise of the Citizen’s Councils in Mississippi, the "Freedom Summer" and the participation of the Freedom Democratic Party in the Democratic convention in 1964.
BRIDGE TO FREEDOM: 1965. This sixth program describes the confrontation in Selma, Alabama and the march from Selma to Montgomery led by Martin Luther King, Jr.

FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Over the past two hundred years, names such as Frederick Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, permeate our national consciousness. They along with other African-Americans, fought for: American independence, the abolition of slavery, civil and equal rights. They served their country during wartime and helped rebuild the South's economy after the Civil War. One even became the first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court. Many spoke out for the causes they believed in and many died fighting for these causes. Their place in American history must not be underestimated. Their contributions can be seen and felt today. 24 mins

THE 54TH MASSACHUSEETTS
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The personal stories of the men and women who lived through the Civil War are brought to life through diaries, photographs and factual re-enactments in this critically-acclaimed production. Over 180,000 black men were in the Union Army at the end of the war. Many were escaped slaves thirsty for revenge. Others were educated, Northern blacks who believed in the cause. The men of the 54th Massachusetts are the best known for their heroic actions in the battle of Fort Wagner. But were they chosen to fight because of their gallantry in battle, or because they were expendable in the eyes of the Union Generals? 50 mins / 1993

FREDERICK DOUGLASS: BLACK AMERICANS OF ACHIEVEMENT
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Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) was an abolitionist, orator and writer, who escaped slavery and urged other blacks to do likewise before and during the American Civil War. He was a slave, learned to read, and escaped in 1838. An impromptu address at an antislavery convention revealed him to be a great orator. His speeches in the northern states and in Britain and his work for the Underground Railroad greatly furthered the cause of abolition. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, he helped raise two regiments of black soldiers. After the war, Douglass fought for enactment of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. He eventually became the U.S. minister to Haiti (1889-91). This biography is part of the Black Americans of Achievement series from Chelsea House publishers. 30 mins / 1992

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
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Born into slavery and reared during Reconstruction, George Washington Carver struggled through poor health, poverty and prejudice...to become a great benefactor, not only to his...people but to his country as well. Carver is known in history books as the "peanut man." But his work as a creative Scientist stretches far beyond that endeavor. Here is the story of Carver's life, one that should not be forgotten. 29 mins / 1990

GOIN' TO CHICAGO
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From 1915 to 1929, great waves of blacks migrated from the south to the north. Chicago greeted them with jobs in factories, stockyards and mailrooms. This documentary, directed by George King, explores these questions with graceful repose. It relies on oral histories, blues music, and historic stills to communicate the sense of risk and hope that drew so many to the North. GOIN' TO CHICAGO imparts the energy of the new northern black community, from a young Count Basie to the Chicago Defender newspaper. The progress was not without price. Many survived the Great Depression only to encounter segregation in the 1950s. But the subjects of this film are primarily hopeful. When asked if their dreams had come true, most say they did realize more freedom and opportunity in the North than ever would have been possible in the Delta. GOIN' TO CHICAGO is full of the universal sorrow and anticipation of human comings and goings. 70 mins / 1994

GORDON PARKS' VISIONS
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Bestselling author, award-winning LIFE photographer, composer, director, and writer of Shaft and The Learning Tree. Gordon Parks' life led him from Harlem to Vietnam. The famed black photographer filmed police brutality in Harlem, civil rights activity in the Deep South, anguishing pictures of the despair of the urban poor. This film is not a traditional chronological documentary, but an expression of Parks' visions and the events that shaped that vision. A man of great creativity is presented. 60 mins / 1991

GREAT BLACK INNOVATORS
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Most people can recall the names and accomplishments of famous African-Americans from the world of sports, music, and politics. But who were the African Americans that excelled in science and medicine, business and industry? This video tells the stories of people like Ned, the slave who invented a cotton scraper; Madam C.J. Walker, a black woman who built a cosmetics empire, and became the first self-made woman millionaire in America; and Matthew Henson, the first man to actually walk on the North Pole. The video sheds light on some of the greatest black American innovators who excelled in spite of adversity and discrimination, and whose accomplishments improved life for us all. 32 mins / 1995

GRIOTS OF IMAGERY: THE ART OF ROMARE BEARDEN & CHARLES WHITE
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Griots are West African keepers of culture, long on memory and rich in wisdom. Romare Bearden (1911-1988) and Charles White (1918-1979) are griots of sorts--modern African-American men who dedicated their lives to making art. This video introduces viewers to their works, discussing them in the context of jazz, blues, poetry, and myth. The camera explores their canvases, clearly examining their philosophies about space, color, and symbol in art. The discipline and craft of Bearden and White will inspire younger would-be artists and fill gaps in our understanding of modern art history. 27 mins / 1993

GULLAH TALES
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GULLAH TALES is a film fable for all ages as well as delightful introduction to the origins of Gullah, one of America’s most fascinating subcultures and dialects. Set in the rural south on a Sea Island plantation around 1830, the tales are spun by an old slave storyteller. Gullah folklore is best known around the world through the 19th century writing by Joel Chandler Harris of the Uncle Remus stories. GULLAH TALES features a Brer Rabbit story in which all the animal characters are enacted by humans. The second, longer tale is a plantation story featuring the quintessential slave hero Little John. It centers on how Little John uses cunning to beat another huge slave in a fight and thus save his master’s plantation and his own freedom. Excellent for use as a children’s entertainment, GULLAH TALES also is available for folklore classes, Black studies, language studies, storytelling, American history and popular culture. 30 mins / 1991

HARRIET TUBMAN
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Harriet Tubman (1820-1913) risked her life to help slaves get free. This video talks about the background, life and motivational factors in the life of the famous anti-slavery activist. 30 mins / 1992

HELD IN TRUST: THE STORY OF HENRY O. FLIPPER
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This docu-drama about Henry Ossian Flipper, the first African-American U.S. Army officer, chronicles Flipper's life, highlighting his experiences with racial prejudice and the military. The first African-American to graduate West Point Military Academy, Flipper was discharged from the 10th Calvary for false charges of embezzlement. His name was finally cleared posthumously, in 1979, after much effort from family and friends. 60 mins / 1996

HOOSIER HISTORY: AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
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Focuses on the history and contributions of the Indianapolis African-American community, touching on such subjects as Madame Walker; the rise and development of jazz in Indianapolis; the role played by churches; and the story of Crispus Attucks High School. 60 mins / 1990

HOOSIER HISTORY: LOCKEFIELD GARDENS
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Lockefield Gardens was built as a model public housing project for the Indianapolis African-American community in 1937. Although it has since been torn down, Lockefield, in its time, was a source of great pride and cohesion for its residents and the surrounding community. 30 mins / 1988

IDA B. WELLS
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IDA B. WELLS spotlights a brave, selfless African-American woman who earned international acclaim for standing up againgst human rights abuse of Americans by Amerians following slavery in 1865. Ida B. Wells was one of the foremost leaders of the era, working with activists like Frederick Douglas. Born July 16, 1862 in Holy Springs, Mississippi, she travelled the country as a journalist to dangerous locations risking her life to report the freguent mob lynchings and killings, and to aid victims. Some were white, however, the majority were African-Americans attempting to establish communities after the Civil War. 27 mins / 1993

IMAGES AND REALITIES: AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN
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One of a series of four videos, this program focuses on important contemporary issues facing African Americans today. Interviews with high-profile people take a positive look at values and issues in the Black community. Hosted by actor Danny Glover and Emmy Award winner Esther Rolle, this program features interviews with Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Raven Symone (The Cosby Show) and Grammy winner Wynton Marsalis. 60 mins / 1998

IMAGES AND REALITIES: AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN
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One of a series of four videos, this program focuses on important contemporary issues facing African Americans today. Interviews with high-profile people take a positive look at values and issues in the Black community. Academy Award winner Lou Gossett, Jr. hosts this powerful show which explores the indomitable spirit of the African American man. 60 mins / 1998

IMAGES AND REALITIES: AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
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One of a series of four videos, this program focuses on important contemporary issues facing African Americans today. Interviews with high-profile people take a positive look at values and issues in the Black community. Nobel laureate Maya Angelou and dancer/actress Debbie Allen are featured guests of host Queen Latifah. Actress Halle Berry, economist Juliane Malveaux, Dr. Deborah Prothro-Stith and Essence Editor-in-Chief Susan Taylor join in a compelling discussion of issues relevant to all women. 60 mins / 1998

IMAGES AND REALITIES: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY
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One of a series of four videos, this program focuses on important contemporary issues facing African Americans today. Interviews with high-profile people take a positive look at values and issues in the Black community. Hosted by Danny Glover and Emmy Award winner Esther Rolle, this excellent program examines historical and contemporary portraits of African American families. Vanessa Williams and Malcolm-Jamal Warner are featured guests. 60 mins / 1998

INDIANA AVENUE: STREET OF DREAMS
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Although it was a product of segregation and prejudice, the Indianapolis black community along Indiana Avenue was the home base of successful businessmen and women, talented musicians, and community leaders. This documentary film recounts the history of this community, its contribution to Indiana’s heritage, and its current revitalization. 30 mins / 1984

THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER: EYEWITNESS TO A CENTURY
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This documentary traces the extraordinary influence and importance of The Indianapolis Recorder, a newspaper produced by blacks and for blacks since 1865. Since its founding that year by George Stewart, the newspaper has chronicled culture, political struggles and entertainment. The film documents the paper's role in advocating for black rights and its efforts to sustain itself during the Depression and both World Wars. Along the way, viewers can see how the paper changes with the times and has remained an important media voice in Indiana. 120 mins / 1999

JOSHUA'S BATTLE: THE STORY OF LYLES STATION
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Lyles Station, Indiana, was established as an African-American colony in Indiana. This program studies the life of the people there from the middle of the 19th century to the present with emphasis on the period 1850-1920. The program compares and contrasts events in Lyle’s Station with events in Indiana and the historical movements affecting African-Americans in the United States. Also explored are issues pertaining to being an African-American in the rural U.S. 59 mins / 1989

LIBERATORS
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The experiences of African-American soldiers during World War II reflected the racial climate of 1940s America, a society marked by strict segregation and frequent violence. Toward the end of the war when manpower grew short in Europe, the 761st Tank Battalion, an African-American outfit, was sent abroad to help combat the Nazis. LIBERATORS tells the unknown story of blacks in military action, focusing on the battalion which helped liberate concentration camps. This film records the experiences of soldiers, utterly unprepared for the atrocities they witnessed, as well as the astonishment of the camp inmates--some of whom had never seen a black person before. Note: This film was found to contain historical errors but is worth viewing for that reason. 90 mins / 1992

MADAM C.J. WALKER: BLACK AMERICANS OF ACHIEVEMENT
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Born Sarah Breedlove on a plantation in Louisiana in 1867, Madam C.J. Walker overcame the obstacles of poverty, race and gender to develop her own signature line of haircare products and create jobs for thousands of black women and men. She grew up working as a laundress. Arriving in Denver in 1905 with a $1.50, Sarah got a job as a cook. She was troubled by hair loss and experimented by mixing chemicals. She discovered a formula that not only made her hair grow but left it thick and soft. Neighbors began asking if they could buy the product. Sarah changed her name and started a company with the name of Madam C. J. Walker. She grew her business, campaigned for tougher lynching laws, and became a philanthropist. This biography is based on the Black Americans of Achievement series from Chelsea House publishers. 30 mins / 1992

MALCOLM X: EL HAJJ MALIK EL SHABAZZ
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Considered one of the 20th century's most charismatic and controversial civil rights leaders, Malcom X wielded extraordinary influence on the way Americans perceived African-Americans during his short political life. This video traces Malcom X's journey from Harlem hustler to prison inmate to militant Muslim convert to self-made world leader, all the way to his fall at the hands of a mysterious assassin. 60 mins / 1991

MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMEMORATIVE COLLECTION
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This video contains two programs, "In Remembrance of Martin" and "The Speeches of Martin Luther King Jr." Part One celebrates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King on the occasion of the first Federal Holiday commemorating his birthday. The program explains King as man and myth and includes reflections by those who knew him including Coretta Scott King, Andrew Young, Jesse Jackson, Ralph Abernathy, and Bill Cosby. Part Two is King in his own words, speaking as only he could speak. Includes the classic "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered in August 1963. 115 mins / 1989

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.: THE MAN AND THE DREAM
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His was a powerful voice for peace, justice and change. Like so many who dare to confront societys evils, he died a martyr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. changed race relations in America forever. His efforts to end racial injustice through nonviolent means made him the beacon of the Civil Rights movement. This A&E Biography revisits the life of the legendary leader through interviews with his confidants and analysis of his speeches and sermons. Interviews with former FBI agents reveal why J. Edgar Hoover kept King under surveillance. Interviews with King's allies offer a first-person view of the conflict between the private man and the public figure. 50 mins / 1997

MARY McLEOD BETHUNE: THE SPIRIT OF A CHAMPION
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The Spirit of a Champion recounts how acclaimed educator Mary McLeod Bethune battled for an education, successfully founded one of the nation's first schools for African Americans and rose to national leadership. Born to sharecroppers in 1875, Bethune emerged as a major pioneer of Black education. 30 mins / 1996

MIDNIGHT RAMBLE
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Between 1910 and 1940, a remarkable independent film industry produced close to 500 movies for African-American audiences. These "race movies" were often shown at segregated theatres at night, making them "midnight rambles." They provided black moviegoers with images that didn't demean them, in contrast to mainstream Hollywood flicks like "Birth of a Nation." The story of this long-lost chapter in American movie history focuses of filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, who wrote and directed more than 30 features. Along the way, ideas about the purpose and power of the mass media are revealed. 60 mins / 1994

PRIDE & PREJUDICE: A HISTORY OF BLACK CULTURE IN AMERICA
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Unlike other immigrants who arrived here, the peoples of Africa came as slaves, stripped of their freedom and their customs. How did they respond to such treatment? And what unique and rich cultural traditions sprang from these tragic beginnings? This program describes how blacks have struggled to create a cultural identity in the U.S., and the profound impact that African-American culture has had on all Americans. Interviews with scholars and stills of prominent African-Americans provide a concise overview of the artistic and social contributions of blacks, who succeeded against the odds. Good for junior high audiences. 28 mins / 1994 28 mins / 1994

A QUESTION OF COLOR
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"Ebony, coal black, skillet blond, redbone, high yellow, cinnamon, brown sugar." A litany of descriptive skin hues used by African-Americans introduces this candid exploration of "color consciousness" within the black community. The filmmaker, herself the product of an interracial marriage, analyzes the genesis of this internal "caste system" based on skin color, hair texture and facial contours. She links it to the troubling realities of slavery, specifically, the sexual subjugation of black women and the preferential treatment their mixed-race children received. Although the "Black is Beautiful" movement of the 1960s elevated Afrocentric characteristics, former prejudices returned when the movement dissolved. The testimony of teenage rappers, a Harlem plastic surgeon, a news reporter and the President of Tuskegee University, reveal how this internal color problem continues to affect friendships, employment and marriageability. 58 mins / 1992

RICHARD WRIGHT--BLACK BOY
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The writing of Richard Wright awakened the consciousness of a generation of readers. Born in 1908 to a poor Mississippi family, Wright migrated to Chicago as a teen. The Communist Party afforded him the political freedom not usually accessible to blacks, and he began writing harrowing novels and stories, among them Black Boy and Native Son, that told of the paralyzing fear in the psyches of both black and white victims and perpetrators of racism. Politics prompted Wright to move to France, where he died in 1952. Students of Wright's books will find this documentary from California Newsreel insightful and clarifying. Students of American history will understand literature's power to alter attitudes. 86 mins / 1994

THE ROOTS OF AFRICAN CIVILIZATION
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West Africa is a fascinating and diverse place, the home of more than 200 languages and the area to which many African Americans can trace their roots. THE ROOTS OF AFRICAN CIVILIZATION tells the amazing story of the art, culture, history and civilization of Africa. 25 mins / 1996

THE SKY IS GRAY
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In this Ernest Gaines story, Octavia is raising her two sons, James and Ty, alone because her husband has been drafted into the Army. One day, the pain of a toothache drives James and his mother to the city to see a dentist. In the course of the trip, the 10-year-old boy increases his knowledge of what it means to be black and poor and realizes how different the city is from the country. 45 mins / 1977

SOJOURNER TRUTH: BLACK AMERICANS OF ACHIEVEMENT
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Sojourner Truth (circa 1797-1883), American abolitionist and advocate of women's rights, was born into slavery in New York and freed in 1828. Truth was a mystic who believed she could hear the voice of God. In 1843 she joined the abolitionist movement and toured the country speaking on its behalf. In 1859 she embraced the women's rights movement. During the American Civil War she solicited gifts for black volunteer regiments, and President Lincoln received her in the White House in 1864. Sojourner Truth continued to travel the country on speaking tours until 1875. Illiterate all her life, she was nevertheless an effective speaker whose charisma drew large crowds. This biography is part of the Black Americans of Achievement series from Chelsea House publishers. 30 mins / 1992

THIS FAR BY FAITH: BLACK HOOSIER HERITAGE
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Black Hoosiers made distinctive and lasting contributions to Indiana culture. This traveling exhibit and photo collage contains over 50 photographs of events, people, and places of importance in Indiana history, ranging from 19th century portraits of black families to pictures of almost contemporary civil rights activities and sports and entertainment figures. Brochures are available. When assembled, the exhibit creates a wall of images that can stand against a wall or in the middle of a room. Approximate round trip shipping cost: $42. / . Comes with teacher's lesson guide. 38 mins / 1992

THIS HOUSE OF POWER
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This compelling documentary traces the history of the African-American Church, from its origins as a separate "Invisible Institution" among the slaves, to its present-day role as a major force for social change. Hosted by CBS Anchor Hosea Sanders. 50 mins / 1991

TO BE YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK
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When A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway, the world of literature had found an exciting new voice: that of Lorraine Hansberry. In her words, her letters, poems, diaries and plays, there is a uniquely gifted vision of one who left us so young, yet left us so enriched. 90 mins / 1972

TONI MORRISON: PROFILE OF A WRITER
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Toni Morrison has established herself as the leading chronicler of the black experience in America and as one of America's finest novelists. On the eve of the publication of her novel Beloved she talks about the problems of slavery and its tragic legacy with intelligence and poetry. Morrison discusses the problems of dealing with such painful material and of writing about ordinary people whose experiences seem larger than life. 52 mins / 1987

TWO DOLLARS AND A DREAM: THE STORY OF MADAME C.J. WALKER AND A’LELIA BUNDLES
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A biography of Madame C.J. Walker, America’s first self-made millionairess, and her daughter, A’Lelia Walker, Black America’s patron of the Harlem Renaissance. This is the story of how Madame Walker, the child of slaves freed by the Civil War, built a million dollar company specializing in skin and hair care products for Black Americans. The film is the story of two remarkable women, but it is also the story of Black America from 1867, the year of Madame Walker’s birth, to 1933 the year of her daughter’s death. The film interweaves the social, economic and political history of the era with the lives and achievements of these two unique women. 56 mins / 1988

W.E.B. DUBOIS OF GREAT BARRINGTON
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A pioneer in American sociology, a founder of the NAACP and the first African American to receive a doctoral degree from Harvard, W.E.B. DuBois was a controversial and prominent figure in the Black Freedom Struggle. W.E.B. DuBois of Great Barrington focuses upon DuBois' childhood and his early realizations that he had a place in history. 30 mins / 1994

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