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401) Cronkite remembers
Publisher
Marathan Music & Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Walter Cronkite, using archival news footage and revealing interviews, reminisces about his career in journalism covering major events in recent history.
403) Walkout
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, the film describes how L.A.'s public schools treat Mexican-American students in 1968, with a mixture of negligence, apathy, and occasional cruelty. Graduation rates are low, students caught speaking Spanish in class are paddled on the spot, they are denied access to bathrooms at lunch. Paula Crisostomo is smart and gets good grades, but when she attends a student leadership conference at a wealthy Westside facility, she begins...
Series
Publisher
Teaching Tolerance
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Depicts African-Americans' struggle for civil rights in the South, recalling the crises in Montgomery, Little Rock, Birmingham, and Selma and reveals the heroism of the individuals involved. A Time for Justice was directed by the late Charles Guggenheim, a four time Oscar winner. In the film, the voices of activists trace major events of the civil rights movement, from the death of Emmett Till in 1955 to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965....
Author
Publisher
Providence Community Library
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Judy Speyer talks of her life experiences including high school (Providence Country Day School) and college (Duke University, Brown University, McGill University, Hunter College, Rhode Island School of Design), freedom rides, segregation, teaching art, her brother (the only living family member) and her travels to Chicago, Mississippi, Canada, Mexico, France.
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