4 Little Girls
"The Birmingham Campaign was launched in 1963. Martin Luther King Jr. and other activists were soon jailed ... but it was the participation of the children that advanced the momentum of the Birmingham movement. They marched alongside the adults and were taken to jail with them as well. The 16th St. Baptist Church was close to the downtown area, it was an ideal location to hold rallies and meetings. On Sunday morning, Sept. 15, 1963, dynamite planted by the Ku Klux Klan, exploded in the building ... under the fallen debris the bodies of <FOUR>girls were found--Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley died because of the color of their skin" --summary from container  

Call Number: F334.B69 N412 1998

A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs & Freedom
Presents a biography of the African American labor leader, journalist, and civil rights activist, A. Philip Randolph.

Call Number:  E185.97.R27 A833 1995

Black is… Black Ain't
Marlon T. Riggs' last documentary weaves an entertaining patchwork of dance, music, visual essays and performance poetry with the testimony of those who have felt uncomfortable and even silenced within the race because their complexion, class, gender, speech, or sexuality has rendered them "not black enough," or conversely, "too black."

Call Number: E185.625 .B5554 1995

Black Music in America from then till now
Traces the history of the contribution of the black man to American music. Includes scenes of Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, and Nina Simone.

Call Number: ML3556 .B629 1971

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Reviews the history of Blacks in the film industry, 1915-1950. Includes excerpts from many Black performances.

Call Number: PN1995.9 .N4 B552 1986

The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords
"Too long have others spoken for us". A History of African-American newspapers and journalism from the mid-19th century through the 20th century. With commentary by historians, journalists, and photojournalists, tells of the struggles against censorship, discrimination and for freedom of the press.

Call Number: PN4882.5 .B534 1998

Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
Traces the life of Booker T. Washington with an emphasis on his stewardship of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Historic recreations reveal the turning points of Washington's educational and political career.

Call Number: E185.97.W4 B665 1989

El Hajj Malik el Shabazz (Malcolm X)
A documentary showing the life of Malcolm X, his leadership in the Black Muslim movement, and his influence on black Americans and African nations. 

Call Number: E185.97.L5 E35 1991

Ethnic Notions
Traces the development of the deeply-rooted stereotypes that have fueled anti-Black prejudice in the United States.

Call Number: E185 .E843 1986

   First Person Singular: John Hope Franklin
This documentary is a personal account of the life of octogenarian John Hope Franklin, one of America's leading historians, emeritus professor at both the University of Chicago and Duke University, and recipient of the Medal of Freedom and 105 honorary degrees. --summary from PBS

Call number: E175.5.F73 F575 1997 

Freedom and justice, the struggle for civil rights
Documentary featuring the photographs of Cecil J. Williams who gives a first hand photographic account of the black experience ranging from Brown vs. Board of Education to the first black congressman in South Carolina.

Call Number: E185.93.S7 F744 1994

Freedom on my Mind
Documentary of the civil rights movement and the events surrounding the Mississippi Voter Registration Project of the early 1960's. Combines archival footage with contemporary interviews.

Call Number: E185.93.M6 F738 1994

Got to Tell it: A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson
Documentaries on the lives of American gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and folk singer and composer Elizabeth Cotten.

Call Number: ML420.J17 G67 1983

In Search of Common Ground
Takes a look at African American sharecroppers who migrated North many years ago and are now senior citizens in a Washington D.C. residence called Potomac Gardens, as they reminisce about a shared rural past. Washington, with its bright lights and big city allure, was a break from the past and even though times were tough, life was better than what they had left. Today these spirited elders take pride in their common heritage and what they have achieved through hard work.

Call Number: E185.93.D6 I5 1993

  Ipi Ntombi
Twenty years after its fabulous opening in Johannesburg, South Africa, Ipi Ntombi is back in an updated, slick extravaganza of dance and music that blends the traditional and modern heartbeat of Africa.

Call Number: M1500.E344 I652 1997

Malcolm X: His Own Story As it Really Happened
Adapted for the screen from the autobiography he wrote with Alex Haley's assistance, Malcolm X is a stirring portrait of the man whose life has become a rallying cry for millions.

Call Number: E185.97 .L5 A3 1995

Malcolm X: Make it Plain
"This definitive biography weaves together interviews, archival footage, photographs, and an original score to portray the fascinating intellectual journey of a complex   man whose ideas resonate today" -- summary from container.

Call Number: E185.97.L5 M357 1995

Portraits in Black
Three award-winning films to increase awareness of how black writers, artists, and freedom fighters contributed to our American cultural tradition.

Call Number: E185 .P85 1980z

A Question of Color
Examines the issue of color consciousness within the black community. This film explores a caste system based on how closely skin color, hair texture and facial features conform to a European ideal. A variety of African Americans give their experiences and attitudes towards the question of color.

Call Number: E185.625 .Q847 1992

The Road to Brown
Story of segregation and the legal campaign against it which helped launch the civil rights movement, and a tribute to the little-known black lawyer--Charles Houston, "the man who killed Jim Crow", by attacking the legal basis of segregation through education.

Call Number: LC2741 .R642 1990

Rosa Parks: The Path to Freedom
It has only been forty years since the fateful day that Mrs. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, yet the chain of events that she set in motion has changed the world forever. Documentary contains an overview of the events that took place in Montgomery, Alabama: Mrs. Park's arrest, the bus boycott and the segregation laws that were finally overturned. It also tells the story of the Rosa Parks that few people know--the former seamstress whose life continues to be committed to social justice for all people.

Call Number: E185.97.P3 R673 1996

The Speeches of Martin Luther King Jr.
Presents a collection of Martin Luther King, JR's. major speeches and minor asides, tracing the development of  oratorical style.

Call Number: E185.97.K5 A5 1990

Tuskegee Airmen
Presents the story of the 1st Black Air Force unit, Tuskegee Airmen, established by President Roosevelt in World War II.

Call Number: D810.N4 T877 1992

The Voyage of La Amistad: A Quest for Freedom
Chronicle of the story of the abducted Africans and their battles for freedom, first on the Amistad and then as they stood trial in a strange land, taking their case all the way to the Supreme Court with various abolitionists and former president John Quincy Adams leading the way.

Call Number: E447 .V697 1998

W.E.B. DuBois: a biography in four voices
In this film four prominent African-American writers each narrate a period in the life of the sociologist and author, W.E.B. Du Bois, and describe his impact on their work. They chronicle Du Bois' role as a founder of the NAACP, organizer of the first Pan-African Congress, editor of Crisis, a journal of the black cultural renaissance, and author of a series of landmark sociological studies. Anathematized during the McCarthy years, Du Bois immigrated to Ghana, the first independent African state, where he died.

Call Number: E185.97.D73 W163 1995