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(0)Martin Luther King
Author
Series
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"As the Black Lives Matter movement gains momentum, and books like Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me and Claudia Rankine's Citizen swing national attention toward the racism and violence that continue to poison our communities, it's as urgent now as ever to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr., whose insistence on equality and peace defined the Civil Rights Movement and forever changed the course of American history. This collection ranges...
Author
Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An account of the author's brief years shared with his civil rights leader father offers insight into their special bond, their separation during Dr. King's imprisonment, and the author's five-year-old witness to the famous "I Have a Dream" speech
30) Huida al Canada
Author
Series
Cuatro vientos volume 38
Publisher
Noguer y Caralt
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
Español
Description
Two young slave girls escape from a Mississippi plantation and follow a hazardous route to Canada via the Underground Railroad.
32) MLK/FBI
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 represented not the culmination of the Civil Rights Movement, but the beginning of a new, crucial chapter. Nowhere was this next battle better epitomized than in Lowndes County, Alabama, a rural, impoverished county with a vicious history of racist terrorism. In a county that was 80 percent Black but had zero Black voters, laws were just paper without power. This isnb2st a story of hope but of action....
Publisher
Nostalgia Co
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Another collection of the most important and well-known speeches of modern times. Includes Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Richard M. Nixon, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Ronald Reagan, Mario Cuomo, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and more.
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2005, 1995]
Language
English
Description
This six-part series places students of public speaking, American history, and politicial science front row, center at key speeches by the most eloquent orators of the 20th century. FDR, Huey Long, Generals macArthur and Patton, and JFK share the podium with Barbara Jordan, Ronald Reagan, Mario Cuomo, Jesse Jackson, and others. Rare archival footage combined with insightful commentary from host Jody Powell puts each speech into historical perspective--...
Series
Lapham's Quarterly volume 7, no. 4
Publisher
American Agora Foundation
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
