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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 32
Language
English
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In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that denies its nonwhite citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most...
6) Malcolm x
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
The life of Malcolm X, the black activist who became a Muslim and was a leader in the Nation of Islam until his assassination. Special features include: 10 additional scenes, the Academy Award-nominated documentary Malcolm X, and more.
"A spiritually enriching testament to the human capacity for change..."--Washington Post
"**** An event movie that lives up to the event."--USA Today
Series
Publisher
Caedmon
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
A collection of the works of African American authors and poets recorded during the 1950s and 1960s includes selections from Zora Neal Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God," Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun," Richard Wright's "Black Boy," and the poetry of Nikki Giovanni and Langston Hughes.
Publisher
A & E
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Tracks the evolution of the Christian faith from the Crucifixion to the Crusades and from the Reformation to the sweeping changes of Vatican II. Draws on ancient texts, the Scriptures, commentary from renowned scholars, and visits to historic sites to chronicle the events and personalities that shaped the history of Christianity.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
In 1941, with the world at war, a select group of Afican Americans made their way to Tuskegee, Alabama. They were part of an experiment to see if blacks had the intellectual and physical ability to fly an aircraft in combat. Traveling into the deep South, into the heart of segregation, with dreams of becoming the first black fighter pilots, they would not have imagined the struggle that lay before them.
11) Thomas Jefferson
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2004, c1996
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King's gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world's population. The world abruptly ends when a deadly virus accidentally escapes from a government sponsored biological warfare laboratory. Soon people are dropping...
14) Bubba Ho-tep
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
When mysterious deaths plague the Shady Rest retirement home in Mud Creek, Texas, it's up to "Elvis", its most sequined senior citizen and his black companion, "JFK", to defeat a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy with a penchant for cowboy boots and sucking the souls from the living
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Grumpy old men: neighborhood curmudgeons' long-running feud becomes an all-out rivalry when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street. Grumpier old men: grumpy old men become grumpier in this sequel as a newcomer (Sophia Loren) plans to change the town's bait shop into a ristorante.
Publisher
Mastervision
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
This critically acclaimed television and video series from the National Museum of American History is a sweeping and compelling look at the war's military, political and social history. Each episode features dramatic reenactments of important campaigns; first-hand accounts of eyewitnesses and participants read by distinguished actors; period photographs, paintings and artifacts; intriguing expert challenges to traditional historical thinking; original...
19) Jungle fever
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
1998, c1991
Language
English
Description
When a African-American architect begins an affair with his Italian-American secretary, they encounter opposition from their friends, families, and people on the street.
20) Dr. Dolittle
Language
English
Description
A doctor finds out he can understand what animals are saying. When the animals find out, his world is turned upside down.