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Black History
Selected Books:
The Black West: a documentary and pictorial history of the African American role in the westward expansion of the United States [978.00496 Kat]
Brain Quest Black History: 850 questions & answers challenging your knowledge of African-American heritage [game] [973.0496 Bra]
Reflections in Black: a history of Black photographers, 1840-1999 [770.8996 Wil]
A Shining Thread of Hope: the history of Black women in America [305.48 Hi]
Virginia landmarks of Black history: sites on the Virginia landmarks register and the National register of historic places [GEN 975.5 Vir]
The Encyclopedia of African American Military History [REF 355.0089 Wei]
The Encyclopedia of African and African American Religions [REF 299.60]
Landmarks of African American history [J 973.0496 Hor]
Freedom: a photographic history of the African American struggle [323.1196073 Mar]
A Kid's Guide to African American History [J 973.0496 San]
The Civil Rights Movement for Kids [J 323.1196 Tur]
Selected Movies:
DVDs
- Africans in America
- Amistad
- Antwone Fisher
- Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Chisholm 72: Unbought & Unbossed
- The Color Purple
- Do the Right Thing
- Kirikou & the Sorceress
- Malcolm X
- Mama Africa
- Marcus Garvey
- Middle Passage
- Miss Evers' Boys
- Movies of Color
- Our Friend Martin
- Paul Robeson
- Quincy Jones
- Raisin in the Sun
- Ray
- Roots
- Rosa Parks Story
- Separate But Equal
- Shaka Zulu
- Sidney Poitier
- Standing in the Shadows of Motown
- Tuskegee Airmen
- Underground Railroad
- Unforgiveable Blackness: Jack Johnson
- Why Mosquitos Buss in Your Ears
- Wishing Tree
- The Wiz
- Woman Called Moses
- Woman, Thou Are Loosed
- Zulu Wars Trilogy
Video Tapes (VHS)
- Children's Stories from Africa
- God's Trombones
- In Remembrance of Martin
- Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored
- Paul Robeson
- Quincy Jones
- Ruby Bridges
Databases:
Biography Resource Center [from the library] [from home]
- Full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals and reference works. You can find biographies and images of historic and current figures (even JayZ or J-Lo!).
Heritage Quest [from the library] [from home]
- Find your roots! This collection assembles every extant U.S. federal census, banking and military records, genealogies, local histories, primary source materials, and genealogical and local history serials.
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