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4 Little Girls by Call Number: A/V Collection - Main Floor F334.B69 A24 2000Publication Date: 1997Summary: "When a bomb tears through the basement of a black Baptist church on a peaceful fall morning, it takes the lives of four young girls; Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins. This racially motivated crime, taking place at a time when the civil rights movement is burning with a new flame, could have doused that flame forever. Instead it fuels a nation's outrage and brings Birmingham, Alabama to the forefront of America's concern."--Container.
Basquiat by Call Number: A/V Collection - Main Floor PN1995 Basquiat 2002Publication Date: 2002Summary: In 1981, a nineteen-year-old unknown graffiti writer takes the New York art world by storm.
Blackkklansman by Call Number: A/V Collection - Main Floor PN1995 Blackkk 2018Publication Date: 2018Summary: "In the early 1970s, Ron Stallworth becomes the first African-American detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a difference, he bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. He recruits a seasoned colleague, Flip Zimmerman, into the undercover investigation. Together, they team up to take down the extremist organization aiming to garner mainstream appeal. BlacKkKlansman offers an unflinching, true-life examination of race relations in 1970s America that is just as relevant in today's tumultuous world."--Container.
Black Panther by Call Number: A/V Collection - Main Floor PN1995 Blackpa 2018Publication Date: 2018Summary: King T'Challa returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from divisions within his own country. When two enemies conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must join forces with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Wakandan Special Forces, to prevent Wakanda from being drawn into a world war.
Fences by Call Number: A/V Collection - Main Floor PN1995 Fences 2017Publication Date: 2017ummary: In 1950s Pittsburgh, a Black garbage collector named Troy Maxson--bitter that baseball's color barrier was only broken after his own heyday in the Negro Leagues--is prone to taking out his frustrations on his loved ones.
Harriet by Call Number: A/V Collection - Main Floor PN1995 Harriet 2020Publication Date: 2020Summary: Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, the movie tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Hidden Figures by Call Number: A/V Collection - Main Floor PN1995 Hiddenf 2017Publication Date: 2017Summary: As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes.
I Am Not Your Negro by Call Number: A/V Collection - Main Floor E185.61 .I366 2017Publication Date: 2017Summary: Using James Baldwin's unfinished final manuscript, Remember This House, this documentary follows the lives and successive assassinations of three of the author's friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., delving into the legacy of these iconic figures and narrating historic events using Baldwin's original words and a flood of rich archival material. An up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, this film is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.
Judas and the Black Messiah by Call Number: New New Arrivals - Main Floor PN1995 Judasan 2020Publication Date: 2021Summary: Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.
Just Mercy by Call Number: A/V Collection - Main Floor PN1995 Justmer 2019Publication Date: 2019Summary: A powerful and thought-provoking true story follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley. One of his first and most incendiary cases is that of Walter McMillian.
Marshall by Call Number: A/V Collection - Main Floor PN1995 Marshal 2018Publication Date: 2018About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career defining cases.
Race by Call Number: A/V Collection - Main Floor PN1995 Race 2016Publication Date: 2016ummary: Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history launches him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
Roots: The Next Generation by Call Number: A/V Collection - Main Floor PN1995 Rootsth 2007Publication Date: 2007Summary: Follows the Haley family from the post-Civil War era until the more contemporary but still turbulent time of the 1960s and '70s, when Alex himself begins his research into the discovery of his roots.
Selma by Call Number: A/V Collection - Main Floor PN1995 Selma 2015Publication Date: 2015Summary: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historical struggle to secure voting rights for all people. A dangerous and terrifying campaign that culminated with an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1964.
Soul by Call Number: New Arrivals - Main Floor PN1995 Soul 2021Publication Date: 2021Summary: Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. A misstep takes him from New York City to The Great Before, a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities before going to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, who has never understood the appeal of the human life. As Joe tries to show 22 what's great about life, he may discover the answers to the most important questions.
Summer of Soul by Call Number: New Arrivals - Main Floor M1670 .S86 2022Publication Date: 2021An award-winning documentary that highlights the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival that occurred on at Mount Morris Park six summer Sundays.
