Maya Angelou
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
©2003.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Dorothy Height marched at major civil rights rallies, sat through tense White House meetings, and witnessed every significant victory in the struggle for racial equality. Yet as the sole woman among powerful, charismatic men, and as someone whose personal ambition was always secondary to her passion for her cause, she has received little mainstream recognition ... In [this] memoir, [she] reflects on a life of service and leadership.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
1992 Scripps/ ADF Award winner Donald McKayle (presented by Maya Angelou) reconstructs "Games" on the Chuck Davis' African American Dance Ensemble. Features step by step documentation of the creative process including rehearsals, interviews, and performance footage.
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
The story of a brave group of people who fought Hitler with the only weapons they had: charcoal, pencil stubs, shreds of paper, and memories etched in their minds. These artists took their fate into their own hands to make a compelling statement about the human spirit enduring against unimaginable odds.
Publisher
Shout! Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The holidays are here on Sesame Street! Join Elmo, his puppy Tango, and all their friends on adventures filled with music, magic, and so much more! Play, sing, and explore in this two-hour holiday spectacular. Little ones will meet a reindeer-in-training named Lightning, explore magical lands with Abby Cadabby and Cookie Monster, and try and save Christmas with Elmo!
30) Read and rise
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
African-American children read with parents, grandparents, and fellow students and dream about becoming almost anything---pilot, teacher, firefighter, doctor, chef, even an astronaut.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Although best known as a poet and pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance movement, Langston Hughes proves himself one of modern literatures most revered and versatile African-American authors with Not Without Laughter, a powerful classic novel. This is a moving portrait of African-American family life in 1930s Kansas, following young Sandy Rogers as he comes of age. Sandys mother, Annjee, works as a housekeeper for a rich white family,...
34) Good Hair
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Chris Rock explores the wonders of African-American hairstyles. **Sundance Film Festival** winner, Grand Jury Prize. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was at once a major twentieth century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling Americans, Black and white, to confront their shared racial tragedy. James Baldwin: the price of the ticket captures on film the passionate intellect and courageous writing of a man who was born black, impoverished, gay and gifted. James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket uses striking archival...
38) Runaway
Series
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Luke Winter and Joshua Monroe grow up as best friends in a rural Georgia town in the 1940s. On one of their youthful adventures they uncover a human bone. Their discovery leads the town's new sheriff to reopen an investigation of the unsolved murders of three black men. As he doggedly pursues the case, however, he learns that most of the townspeople would prefer the truth stay hidden.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Examines the life and legacy of African American poet, memoirist, and civil rights worker Maya Angelou, from her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her work with Malcolm X in Ghana to the recitation of her inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton. Includes Angelou's own words woven together with archival photographs and videos as well as interviews with Angelou's friends and family.