- Black history [videorecording] : contributions in the arts, sports, science and more. by
St. Clair Vision (Firm)
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DVD, all regions; Dolby Digital 5.1.Not rated; suitable for all audiences18 documentaries on the African American contributions to arts, sports, science and more.Disc 1: An historical overview. Paul Robeson : the tallest tree in our forest -- Press conference USA with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King -- Let us break bread together. Disc 2: The arts. Scott Joplin : king of ragtime composers -- W.C. Handy -- Paul Laurence Dunbar : America's first black poet -- Lou Stovall -- Larry Lebby and stone lithography -- Contemporary visual expression -- The negro in entertainment. Disc 3: Sports & science. 1936 Olympic highlights -- The brown bomber -- Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling -- The negro in sports -- From dreams to reality : a tribute to minority inventors -- Jan Matzeliger -- The negro in industry.- Subjects: Historical films.; Biographical films.; Biographical (Nonfiction).; African Americans; African American art; African American artists; African American athletes; African American inventors; African American scientists; African Americans; African American art; African American artists; African American athletes; African American inventors; African American scientists;
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© [2008], St. Clair Vision,
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- The entrepreneurs [videorecording] / by Perrone, Charlene.; Brooks, Avery.; Johnson Publishing Company.; Conrad Publications.; Public Media Video.;
Narration, Avery Brooks ; editor, Rob Goddridge ; graphics, Brian Hetzman ; consultant, George Minter.Three interviews/profiles of noted & respected Afro-American entrepreneurs: John H. Johnson, Joshua Smith, & Oprah Winfrey. All are role models for Afro-American youth and stress the importance of self-esteem, motivation, perseverance, education, and dedication to hard work as a foundation for success.General.VHS.NTSC.- Subjects: Smith, Joshua.; Winfrey, Oprah.; Johnson, John H. (John Harold), 1918-2005; African American leadership.; African American business enterprises.; African Americans in mass media.; African American businesspeople.; African Americans on television.; African American executives.;
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© c1991., Public Media Video,
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- Women of the Harlem Renaissance / by
McKissack, Lisa Beringer.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.Renaissance begins -- Nella Larsen: Nurse to novelist -- Jessie Fauset: Editor and author -- Zora Neale Hurston: Writer and anthropologist -- Augusta Savage: Sculptor and teacher -- Bessie Smith: Empress of the blues -- Epilogue: So others may dream -- Glossary -- Did you know: -- Important dates -- Important people -- Want to know more? -- Index.Grades 4-6.- Subjects: Harlem Renaissance; African American women; African American women authors; African American women artists; African American women singers; African Americans; African American arts; Harlem Renaissance; African American women; African American women authors; African American women artists; African American women singers; African Americans; African American arts;
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© c2007., Compass Point Books,
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- A gentleman of color : the life of James Forten / by Winch, Julie,1953-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-481) and index.- Subjects: Forten, James, 1766-1842.; African Americans; African American abolitionists; African American soldiers; African American businesspeople; Free African Americans; Sailmakers; Forten, James.;
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© 2002., Oxford University Press,
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- Black frontiers : a history of African American heroes in the Old West / by Schlissel, Lillian.;
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-77) and index.Focuses on the experiences of blacks as mountain men, soldiers, homesteaders, and scouts on the frontiers of the American West.
- Subjects: African American pioneers; African American pioneers; African American trappers; African American trappers; African American cowboys; African American cowboys; African Americans; Cowboys.; African American soldiers.; Frontier and pioneer life.;
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© 2000., Aladdin Paperbacks,
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- Harlem speaks : a living history of the Harlem Renaissance / by
Wintz, Cary D.,
1943-
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-469) and index.Harlem and the Harlem Renaissance -- To make a poet black: literature of the Harlem Renaissance -- The Jazz age: music and musicians of the Harlem Renaissance -- Art and image in the Harlem Renaissance: the visual and performing arts -- Art and politics: the Renaissance men of the Harlem rRnaissance -- The new Negro: politics and criticism in the Harlem Renaissance.Harlem and the Harlem renaissance -- To make a poet black: literature of the Harlem renaissance -- The Jazz age: music and musicians of the Harlem renaissance -- Art and image in the Harlem renaissance: the visual and performing arts -- Art and politics: the renaissance men of the Harlem renaissance -- The new Negro: politics and criticism in the Harlem renaissance.
- Subjects: American literature; African Americans; African American authors; African American musicians; African American artists; African American intellectuals; Harlem Renaissance.;
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© c2007., Sourcebooks,
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- The leaders [videorecording] / by Perrone, Charlene.; Brooks, Avery.; Johnson Publishing Company.; Conrad Publications.; Public Media Video.;
Narration, Avery Brooks ; editor, Rob Goddridge ; graphics, Brian Hetzman ; consultant, George Minter.Three interviews/profiles of noted & respected Afro-American leaders: James P. Comer, Marian Wright Edelman, & L. Douglas Wilder. All are role models for Afro-American youth and stress the importance of self-esteem, motivation, perseverance, education, and dedication to hard work as a foundation for success.General.VHS.NTSC.- Subjects: Comer, James P.; Edelman, Marian Wright.; Wilder, Doug.; Comer, James P.; Edelman, Marian Wright.; Wilder, Doug.; African American leadership.; African American government executives.; Afro-American university teachers.; African American sociologists.; African American politicians.; African Americans.;
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© c1991., Public Media Video,
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- Black like us : a century of lesbian, gay and bisexual African American fiction / by Carbado, Devon W.; McBride, Dwight A.; Weise, Donald.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-542) and index.- Subjects: American fiction; African American lesbians; African American gays; African Americans; Gays' writings, American.; Bisexuals; Lesbians; Gay men;
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© 2002., Cleis Press,
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- Black frontiers : a history of African American heroes in the Old West / by Schlissel, Lillian.;
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-77) and index.Focuses on the experiences of blacks as mountain men, soldiers, homesteaders, and scouts on the frontiers of the American West.
- Subjects: African American pioneers; African American pioneers; African American trappers; African American trappers; African American cowboys; African American cowboys; African Americans; Cowboys.; African American soldiers.; Frontier and pioneer life.;
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© c1995., Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,
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- Meet Al Sharpton / by
Mis, Melody S.
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- Grades K-3.Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subjects: Sharpton, Al; African Americans; African American political activists; African American civil rights workers; African American clergy; African American politicians;
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© c2008., Rosen Pub. Group's PowerKids Press,
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