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Showing 1 - 10 of 42 titles with a criteria of Available to public libraries AND Subject is Black History
'63 Boycott
Connects the massive 1963 Chicago Public Schools boycott to contemporary issues around race, education, school closings, and youth activism. This title has one or more clips.
Bullfrog Films | 2017 | 30 minutes
The Boys Who Said NO!
The first documentary film to profile the young men and women who actively opposed the military draft in order to end the Vietnam War.
Bullfrog Films | 2021 | 95 minutes
Capturing the Flag
A tight-knit group of friends travel to North Carolina to fight voter suppression and intent on proving that American democracy can be defended by small acts of individual citizens.
Bullfrog Films | 2018 | 76 minutes
Colette and Justin
A filmmaker interviews his grandparents about their experience of Belgian colonialism.
Icarus Films | 2023 | 89 minutes
Come Hell or High Water
When the graves of former slaves are bulldozed in Mississippi, a Boston teacher returns home to protect the community his ancestors settled.
Bullfrog Films | 2014 | 56 minutes
A Dangerous Idea
Examines the history of the US eugenics movement and its recent resurrection, which uses false scientific claims and holds that an all-powerful 'gene' determines who is worthy and who is not. This title has one or more clips.
Bullfrog Films | 2017 | 106 minutes
Finally Got the News
The classic film about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, one of the most significant expressions of black radical thought and activism in the 1960s
Icarus Films | 1970 | 55 minutes
The Five Demands
A riveting story about the student strike that changed the face of higher education forever.
Icarus Films | 2023 | 74 minutes
Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker
Friend and advisor to Martin Luther King, FUNDI reveals the instrumental role that Ella Baker played in shaping the American civil rights movement.
Icarus Films | 1981 | 63 minutes
Furcy
For over 25 years, from 1817 to 1843, Furcy, who was officially considered a slave on Bourbon Island (the former name of Reunion Island), fought to get the highest court in France to recognize his status as a free man.
Cinétévé | 2021 | 52 minutes
