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AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES

The quintessential video collection on African American life, history, literature and culture.


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American Society
Big Mama: the struggles of an elderly grandmother to raise her orphaned grandson
Black Is...Black Ain't
: What is black? Too black? Not black enough?
The Black Press
: Soldiers Without Swords
Blacks & Jews: Exploring the racial divide
Blue Eyed: Diversity training with Jane Elliot
Color Adjustment
: Blacks in prime time television
Ethnic Notions
: Black people in white minds
Frosh: Student life in the '90's
Goin' to Chicago
: The saga of the Black Migration
Homecoming
: A History of the Black Farmer
Legacy
: Breaking the cycle of welfare dependency
Nuyorican Dream: A Puerto Rican family in the Bronx battles drugs, the prison industry, and a host of illnesses and social obstacles on a daily basis.
One Shot: the photographs of black American life.
A Question of Color: Healing racism's hidden wounds
Race - The Power of an Illusion: scrutinizes the implications of looking at race not as a biological reality but as a social invention for how we view others - and ourselves.
Shattering the Silences: The Case for Minority Faculty
Skin Deep: Interracial conflict and community on campus
Struggles in Steel
: The fight for equal opportunity
Trouble Behind: Racism up close and personal

(see also our Media at Work and our Media and Society collections)

Black Sociology
Big Mama: the struggles of an elderly grandmother to raise her orphaned grandson
Black Is...Black Ain't
: What is black? Too black? Not black enough?
Blacks & Jews: Exploring the racial divide
Color Adjustment: Blacks in prime time television
Ethnic Notions
: Black people in white minds
Legacy: Breaking the cycle of welfare dependency
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask: The life and work of the post-colonial theorist
Goin' to Chicago: The saga of the Black Migration
Homecoming: A History of the Black Farmer
The Politics of Love in Black and White: Interracial dating on campus
A Question of Color
: Healing racism's hidden wounds
Race - The Power of an Illusion: scrutinizes the implications of looking at race not as a biological reality but as a social invention for how we view others - and ourselves.
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning: The travels of Gatemouth Moore
Struggles in Steel
: The fight for equal opportunity
Trouble Behind: Racism up close and personal
W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices


Communities
Big Mama: the struggles of an elderly grandmother to raise her orphaned grandson
The Black Press
: Soldiers Without Swords
Blacks & Jews: Exploring the racial divide
Frosh: Student life in the '90's
Goin' to Chicago
: The saga of the Black Migration
Homecoming
: A History of the Black Farmer
Legacy
: Breaking the cycle of welfare dependency
Nuyorican Dream: A Puerto Rican family in the Bronx battles drugs, the prison industry, and a host of illnesses and social obstacles on a daily basis.
One Shot: the photographs of black American life.
The Politics of Love in Black and White: Interracial dating on campus
Seniors
: Four Years in Retrospect
Shattering the Silences
: The Case for Minority Faculty
Skin Deep: Interracial conflict and community on campus
Trouble Behind: Racism up close and personal

Gender Roles
Big Mama: the struggles of an elderly grandmother to raise her orphaned grandson
Black Is...Black Ain't
: What is black? Too black? Not black enough?
Blue Eyed: Diversity training with Jane Elliot
Frosh: Student life in the '90's
I Shall Not Be Removed
: The life of Marlon Riggs
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
Legacy
: Breaking the cycle of welfare dependency
The Politics of Love in Black and White: Interracial dating on campus
A Question of Color
: Healing racism's hidden wounds
Seniors: Four Years in Retrospect
Shattering the Silences
: The Case for Minority Faculty
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues: The music, the women, the legacy

(See also our Library of African Cinema Women and Gender Studies titels)

Identity Formation
Aimé Césaire: Une voix pour l'histoire (A Voice for History)
Big Mama: the struggles of an elderly grandmother to raise her orphaned grandson
Black Athena
: Did Ancient Greece start in Africa?
Black Is...Black Ain't: What is black? Too black? Not black enough?
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
Blacks & Jews: Exploring the racial divide
Color Adjustment: Blacks in prime time television
Ethnic Notions: Black people in white minds
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask: The life and work of the post-colonial theorist
Frosh: Student life in the '90's
Legacy: Breaking the cycle of welfare dependency
Nuyorican Dream: A Puerto Rican family in the Bronx battles drugs, the prison industry, and a host of illnesses and social obstacles on a daily basis.
I Shall Not Be Removed: The life of Marlon Riggs
A Question of Color: Healing racism's hidden wounds
Race - The Power of an Illusion: scrutinizes the implications of looking at race not as a biological reality but as a social invention for how we view others - and ourselves.
Seniors: Four Years in Retrospect
Skin Deep: Interracial conflict and community on campus
W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices

(See also our Library of African Cinema Colonial and Post Colonial Identity titles)

Introduction to Sociology
At the River I Stand: The '68 Memphis sanitation workers strike and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Big Mama: the struggles of an elderly grandmother to raise her orphaned grandson
Black Is...Black Ain't
: What is black? Too black? Not black enough?
Blue Eyed: Diversity training with Jane Elliot
Ethnic Notions
: Black people in white minds
Frosh: Student life in the '90's
Goin' to Chicago
: The saga of the Black Migration
Legacy: Breaking the cycle of welfare dependency
Nuyorican Dream: A Puerto Rican family in the Bronx battles drugs, the prison industry, and a host of illnesses and social obstacles on a daily basis.
A Question of Color: Healing racism's hidden wounds
Race - The Power of an Illusion: scrutinizes the implications of looking at race not as a biological reality but as a social invention for how we view others - and ourselves.
Skin Deep: Interracial conflict and community on campus
W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices

Marxist Sociology
At the River I Stand: The '68 Memphis sanitation workers strike and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask: The life and work of the post-colonial theorist
Struggles in Steel
: The fight for equal opportunity
W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices

(See also our Media at Work collection)

Mass Media and Society
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
Color Adjustment: Blacks in prime time television
Ethnic Notions
: Black people in white minds
Race Against Prime Time: Constructing what's news

(See also our Media and Society collection)

Organizations and Occupations
At the River I Stand: The '68 Memphis sanitation workers strike and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Homecoming: A History of the Black Farmer
Shattering the Silences: The Case for Minority Faculty
Struggles in Steel: The fight for equal opportunity

(See also our Media at Work collection)

Race Relations
At the River I Stand: The '68 Memphis sanitation workers strike and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Black Panther: In their own words
Black Is...Black Ain't: What is black? Too black? Not black enough?
Blacks & Jews: Exploring the racial divide
Blue Eyed: Diversity training with Jane Elliot
Color Adjustment
: Blacks in prime time television
Ethnic Notions
: Black people in white minds
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask: The life and work of the post-colonial theorist
Freedom on My Mind: The black freedom struggle in Mississippi
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property: The significance of Nat Turner's revolt, how fictions and history collide.
Out of Obscurity: A look at when freedom was overdue at the library. Actors recreate a historic sit-in in this documentary narrated by NAACP Chairman Julian Bond
The Politics of Love in Black and White
: Interracial dating on campus
A Question of Color: Healing racism's hidden wounds
Race - The Power of an Illusion: scrutinizes the implications of looking at race not as a biological reality but as a social invention for how we view others - and ourselves.
Race Against Prime Time: Constructing what's news
Richard Wright : Black Boy
The Road to Brown: The man who killed Jim Crow
Shattering the Silences
: The Case for Minority Faculty
Skin Deep: Interracial conflict and community on campus
Strange Fruit: dramatic story of America's radical past using one of the most influential protest songs ever written
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Struggles in Steel: The fight for equal opportunity
Trouble Behind: Racism up close and personal
W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices
We Shall Overcome
: The song that moved a nation


Social Movements and Change

Aimé Césaire: Une voix pour l'histoire (A Voice for History)
At the River I Stand: The '68 Memphis sanitation workers strike and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Black Press
: Soldiers Without Swords
Black Panther: In their own words
Color Adjustment: Blacks in prime time television
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask: The life and work of the post-colonial theorist
Freedom on My Mind: The black freedom struggle in Mississippi
Goin' to Chicago: The saga of the Black Migration
Oh Freedom After While: The Saga of the 1939 Sharecroppers Strike
Out of Obscurity: A look at when freedom was overdue at the library. Actors recreate a historic sit-in in this documentary narrated by NAACP Chairman Julian Bond
Struggles in Steel: The fight for equal opportunity
W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices
We Shall Overcome
: The song that moved a nation

(see our The Sixties on video collection)

Sociology of Culture
Black Is...Black Ain't: What is black? Too black? Not black enough?
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
Color Adjustment: Blacks in prime time television
Ethnic Notions
: Black people in white minds
A Question of Color: Healing racism's hidden wounds
Race - The Power of an Illusion: scrutinizes the implications of looking at race not as a biological reality but as a social invention for how we view others - and ourselves.

(see also our Media and Society collection)

Social Problems
Big Mama: the struggles of an elderly grandmother to raise her orphaned grandson
Legacy
: Breaking the cycle of welfare dependency
Nuyorican Dream: A Puerto Rican family in the Bronx battles drugs, the prison industry, and a host of illnesses and social obstacles on a daily basis.

Stratification
A.Philip Randolph - For Jobs and Freedom: A portrait of the unsung Civil Rights hero and labor leader
At the River I Stand: The '68 Memphis sanitation workers strike and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Big Mama: the struggles of an elderly grandmother to raise her orphaned grandson
Freedom on My Mind
: The black freedom struggle in Mississippi
Goin' to Chicago
: The saga of the Black Migration
Homecoming: A History of the Black Farmer
Legacy
: Breaking the cycle of welfare dependency
Miles of Smiles/Years of Struggle: The story of the Pullman Porters
A Question of Color: Healing racism's hidden wounds
Struggles in Steel: The fight for equal opportunity

(see also our Media at Work collection)

Theory
Aimé Césaire: Une voix pour l'histoire (A Voice for History)
Black Is...Black Ain't: What is black? Too black? Not black enough?
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask: The life and work of the post-colonial theorist
W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices