Ossie Davis
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The Black leader discusses his political philosophy and reveals details of his life, shedding light on the ideas that enabled him to gain the
"In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American dream...
6) 47
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Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious Tall John, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him the meaning of freedom.
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2020-01 - Best Sci-Fi You Haven't Read
Black History Month
Black History Month: Focus on Illinois (SCPL)
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Black History Month
Black History Month: Focus on Illinois (SCPL)
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When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. "A play that changed American theater forever."
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A recently discovered collection of folktales celebrating African American oral tradition, community, and faith..."splendidly vivid and true."—New York Times
Every Tongue Got to Confess is an extensive volume of African American folklore that Zora Neale Hurston collected on her travels through the Gulf States in the late 1920s.
The bittersweet and often hilarious taleswhich range from longer narratives about God,
...14) Twelve angry men
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Following the closing arguments in a murder trial, the twelve members of the jury must deliberate, with a guilty verdict meaning death for the accused, an inner-city teen. As the dozen men try to reach a unanimous decision while sequestered in a solitary, sweltering room, one juror (Henry Fonda, The Ox-Bow Incident) casts considerable doubt on elements of the case. Personal issues soon rise to the surface, and conflict threatens to derail the delicate...
15) Dinosaur
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Dinosaur tells the story of Aladar, an iguanodon who is separated from his own kind and raised by a clan of lemurs. When a meteor shower destroys their home, Aladar and his family follow a herd of dinosaurs heading for the safety of the "nesting grounds." Together they must stand strong amidst food and water shortages, the threat of Carnotaur attacks, and Aladar's run-ins with the herd's stubborn leader, Kron.
16) Bubba ho-tep
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Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
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2004.
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English
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Based on the short story by acclaimed author Joe R. Lansdale, this hilarious film follows the attacks of an ancient mummy in an East Texas rest home inhabited by both Elvis Presley and (a black) JFK.
17) Grumpy old men
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Next-door neighbors John Gustafson and Max Goldman are neighborhood curmudgeons whose long-running feud becomes an all-out rilvary when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street.
18) Dinosaur
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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
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2011.
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When a meteor destroys their island home, Aladar, a dinosaur, and the family of lemurs that raised him, search for safety and a new home on the continent.
19) The stand
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Republic Entertainment
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[1999]
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English
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Millions perish, and as small, isolated frightened bands unite, the answers to their perpetual questions to justify this end of civilization are bared in their dreams--revelations that urge some to embrace a path of virtue and others one of darkness. As the opposing forces separate into two camps, the noble elements try to shield themselves from their corrupt enemy.
20) Thomas Jefferson
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PBS Video
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1997.
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English
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Examines the life of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence.