FAU Libraries Media Center - Videographies, Race Relations

VH 7071 '50's & '60's, The
Summary: Anchored by Peter Jennings of ABC News, volume four, The '50's & '60's, looks at the Happy Daze [1953-1960]: The post-war baby boom, suburban living and Elvis Presley epitomize the contentment of the Eisenhower years. But these were also years marked by the Korean War, rabid McCarthyism, violent civil rights demonstrations, and a frightening escalation in the Cold War. This program probes the tensions between these crosscurrents in American history. 135 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS, U.S. HISTORY, ECONOMICS Series: THE CENTURY AMERICA'S TIME

VH 5137 Abolition: Broken Promises
Summary: For most African-Americans, the end of slavery did little to improve their lives. Turn of the century Dixie, it seems, was a land where white supremacists reigned, both before and after the abolition of slavery. Northerners refused to accept blacks as equals, and in many cases looked the other way while black rights were regularly abused both in the North and South. 050 Min. VIDEO Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

VH 6043 Against the Tides, The Jones Family (Nova Scotia)
Summary: The population of Nova Scotia ebbed and flowed from the major wars that shaped Canada and the United States. The Jones family had experienced slavery and segregation since southerners from the U.S. settled in Nova Scotia and brought their prejudices with them. 058 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BIOGRAPHY Series: HYMN TO FREEDOM: THE HISTORY OF BLACKS IN CANADA

VH 6423 American Paradox: Slavery in the Lower South
Summary: This program takes the viewers behind the "Big House" to the slave quarters where the true degradation of black life was played out. The daily life of house and field slave is explained as the viewers walk through cabins where generations of African-American slave numbered their days. 025 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 6427 American Paradox: Slavery in the Northeast: New England and
Summary: This program explores the struggle for freedom and equality during the revolutionary period and Confederacy when in 1804 every northern state had committed to emancipation in one form or another; the rise and growth of the abolition movement and the growing number of Freedmen. 026 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 6424 American Paradox: Slavery in Colonial Virginia and Chesapeake
Summary: This program follows every aspect in the development of slavery on the tobacco plantations and in the towns of Virginia and the Chesapeake. 023 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 2387 Apartheid's Last Stand
Summary: Examines how President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela have pushed through the peace process, detailing their maneuvers and strategy and what had led both leaders to major compromises in negotiating the end of white minority rule in South Africa. 057 Min. VIDEO 1992 Series: FRONTLINE

VH 2364 Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., The
Summary: This program examines the government's involvement in the harassment of Dr. King, and uses a variety of recently declassified information--including private conversations taped at the Johnson White House--to re-examine the counter-intelligence programs that preceded the assassination. 085 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 2661 At the River I Stand
Summary: At the River I Stand reconstructs the two eventful months in the Spring of 1968 which led to the tragic death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the dramatic climax of the Civil Rights Movement. As the story begins, Memphis' black community rallies behind a strike by 1300 sanitation workers and their slogan "I am a man." Soon Dr. King joins their struggle to his growing, nation-wide Poor People's Campaign. 059 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, AMERICAN STUDIES, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 7554 Athol Fugard: Blood Knot
Summary: The first play to be enacted in South Africa by an interracial cast, it tells the story of two South African half-brothers, one Black, one white, remembering their lives from two very different perspectives. 029 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 1028 Beyond The Dream II
Summary: Live, interactive satellite program featuring prominent scholars, live discussions and pre-recorded features on the past, present and future of Black participation in American society and culture. Looks at the contribution of Blacks in the fields of education, politics, business and economics, social issues, the military, the arts, entertainment and sports. 120 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

VH 2201 Birth of a Nation, The: Part 1
Summary: Part one of two. The controversy still rages over "The Birth of a Nation", the 1915 masterwork that reflects Director D.W. Griffith's personal sentiments about the Civil War, reconstruction, & race relations. Part 2 also includes "Making The Birth of a Nation". Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh & Miriam Cooper. 088 Min. VIDEO 1915 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 0781 Black America: Breaking Free
Summary: Documents the history and experiences of Black Americans through historical footage and interviews. Focuses on the civil rights movement, today's urban Black Americans, and Black Americans who have been successful in business and politics. 028 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS, U.S. HISTORY Series: BLACK AMERICA

VH 5663 Black Celebration
Summary: News footage of riots in Watts, Boston and Newark from Image, Universal Newsreel collection and National Archives. 017 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 4842 Black Panther and San Francisco State: On Strike
Summary: Interviews with the founding members of the Black Panthers, Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, and Bobby Seale document the footage of the organization's meetings and marches which reveal a pragmatic and still relevant outline for the African American communities' self-determination and development. Recounted is the six month long strike students of color led at San Francisco State to make their university's curriculum and admissions policies more relevant, which succeeded in creating the country's first Ethnic Studies department. 035 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

VH 0948 Black Panthers
Summary: A documentary film of the "Free Huey Newton" rally in California. Huey Newton is interviewed in the Alameda County Jail. 053 Min. VIDEO 1968 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 3958 Black, White and Angry
Summary: Few other issues in American life provoke the kind of discussion and emotion that race does, especially the relationship between blacks and whites. Despite tremendous strides, there is little doubt that deep-seated emotions between blacks and whites still divide Americans. This NBC News program examines the following topics: blacks and whites at work; blacks and whites in their communities and the question of separate worlds; myths about blacks and whites; the role politics and politicians play in issues affecting blacks and whites; and what the future holds for the already delicate relationships between blacks and whites in America. 077 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 5484 Blazing Saddles
Summary: In this bawdy comedy, writer/director Mel Brooks tackles the subject of prejudice in the Old West. The character of Bart, the black sheriff of the white town of Rock Ridge, may be seen as symbolic of outsiders in society, of whom Jews are a prime example. 093 Min. VIDEO 1974 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 2886 Blood In The Face
Summary: Allowed access to national gatherings of U.S. radical right groups including the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, Posse Comitatus, and the European American Alliance, BLOOD IN THE FACE straightforwardly presents the views of people whose avowed goal is to forge a political union which will transform North America into one Aryan nation. 075 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION

VH 2966 Booker T. Washington
Summary: An outstanding collection of video biographies on some of the most influential African-Americans in history based on Chelsea House Publishers critically acclaimed "Black Americans of Achievement" series of books, drawing from the expertise of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, Harvard University. 030 Min. VIDEO 1992 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BIOGRAPHY Series: BLACK AMERICANS OF ACHIEVEMENT VIDEO COLLECTION, THE

VH 0888 Booker T. Washington-The Life & The Legacy
Summary: Traces the life of Booker T. Washington with an emphasis on his stewardship of Tuskeegee Institute in Alabama. Historic recreations reveal the turning points of Washington's educational and political career. 032 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BIOGRAPHY

VH 4816 Le Bouillon D'Awara (Awara Soup)
Summary: Awara Soup introduces us to what must be one of the world's most multicultural communities, a global village in the back country of French Guyana. Three hundred years of world history intersect in Mana, a town where 1500 people speak 13 different languages and live together in remarkable harmony. In French, Creole, Taki-Taki, Portuguese, Hmong, and Javanese with English subtitles. 071 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY

VH 7760 Camp de Thiaroye
Summary: A powerful, fact-based film which deals with the dilemma of African troops in the French army at the end of World War II, a turning point in African history when the colonial myth of white superiority began to collapse and an African consciousness emerged. When Senegalese infantrymen returning home from fighting are placed in a transit camp, a dispute over petty regulations escalates into full-scale rebellion, culminating in a massacre. A film by Sembene Ousmane. 148 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: DRAMA

VH 2389 Can We All Get Along?
Summary: Prompted by the events in Los Angeles following the Rodney King verdict, McNeil/Lehrer News Hour correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault conducted a series of interviews with community leaders, journalists, politicians, educators and other experts on race relations in America. They give their views on how and why racial tensions exist and continue to grow, and what steps we need to take to maintain a positive racial climate. 120 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN Series: MACNEIL/LEHRER NEWSHOUR

VH 4400 Chance For Peace, A
Summary: CNN's documentary team crafts the story of hatred and hope in an ancient land: the history of warfare between Arabs and Jews, the breakthrough in previously stalemated positions between the PLO and Israel, and the dramatic signing of the peace accord in Washington. 060 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: MIDDLE EAST

VH 0740 Classified People
Summary: The effects of apartheid and its provision of race classification on individuals and families are explored in conversations with colored South Africans. 055 Min. VIDEO 1987

VH 1602 Club Connect: Racial Sensitivity Test
Summary: Examines racism and prejudice from various viewpoints including a game show format. 028 Min. VIDEO Series: FRONTLINE

VH 5753 Color of Fear, The
Summary: Eight North American men of different races talk together about how racism affects them. 090 Min. VIDEO 1994

VH 1601 Color of Your Skin, The
Summary: Frontline goes behind the scenes at the Army's Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute to record a powerful, intimate journey into America's race relations. 058 Min. VIDEO 1991 Series: FRONTLINE

VH 2096 Death of a Prophet
Summary: Morgan Freeman, Yolanda King. Music composed and performed by Max Roach. Ossie Davis narrates. This is the story of a 20th century prophet, Malcolm X, a man with the rare ability to change men's lives with a quiet confidence. The film brilliantly explores some of the many questions still unanswered to this day. Director: Woodie King, Jr. 060 Min. VIDEO Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, COMMUNICATION

VH 0582 Defacto Segregation
Summary: The integration of a school system, when a city has substantially segregated neighborhoods, presents great difficulties. The cleavages that develop in a community over a school busing plan are shown. These differences of opinion have to do with cost and the integrity of the neighborhood school as well as with integration. 022 Min. VIDEO 1982 Series: BILL OF RIGHTS IN ACTION

VH 1339 Do the Right Thing
Summary: This film combines humor and drama with memorable characters while tracing the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It's the hottest day of the year, a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever. Directed by Spike Lee. 120 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 1469 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Part 1)
Summary: Historical overview of the struggle for racial equality in America. Focuses on the role of Martin Luther King, Jr., and includes footage of major events in the civil rights movement. Part 1 of 2. 025 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 1470 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Part 2)
Summary: Historical overview of the struggle for racial equality in America. Focuses on the role of Martin Luther King, Jr., and includes footage of major events in the civil rights movement. Part 2 of 2. 025 Min. VIDEO 1978 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 5574 Driving Miss Daisy
Summary: The story of a genteel but strong-willed Southern matron Daisy Werthan and her patient but equally determined chauffeur Hoke. For two people so different, they have a lot in common. And the bumpy road they travel ultimately leads to the friendship of a lifetime. Directed by Bruce Beresford. 099 Min. VIDEO 1991 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 2965 Elijah Muhammad
Summary: Series presents twelve new profiles on influential African Americans. Contains biographical material, interviews with experts archival footage, and period music. 030 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BIOGRAPHY Series: BLACK AMERICANS OF ACHIEVEMENT VIDEO COLLECTION II, THE

VH 5707 Essential Blue-Eyed, The
Summary: Jane Elliott conducts a diversity training workshop where an arbitrarily selected group of individuals is targeted to experience prejudice and bigotry. The workshop is based on the blue-eyed/brown-eyed exercise. See also "Eye of the Storm". 087 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: BUS ADMIN

VH 0183 Ethnic Notions
Summary: Takes viewers on a disturbing voyage through American history. It traces for the first time the evolution of the deeply rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice. Through these images we can begin to understand the evolution of racial consciousness in America. 058 Min. VIDEO 1987 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, COMMUNICATION

VH 8379 Fight For Freedom: The Inspiring Story Of African American..
Summary: Examines the role of some 200, 000 African American soldiers in the last two years of the Civil War. 037 Min. VIDEO 2003 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

VH 4648 Four Little Girls
Summary: On Sunday morning, Sept. 15, 1963, the church was beginning a monthly youth day service. Twenty pounds of dynamite exploded in the building, shattering windows around the church and in some of the neighboring buildings. It was under the fallen debris that the bodies of four young girls was found. They died because of the color of their skin. Director: Spike Lee. 103 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: COMMUNICATION, CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 0887 Frederick Douglass-An American Life
Summary: A documentary on the personal and public life of orator, emancipator, and statesman Frederick Douglass as told in his own words. Flashbacks recreate critical events that shaped his life. Covers his years as a slave; his escape; his relationships with William Garrison, John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and Harriet Tubman; his newspaper; and his family life. 030 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BIOGRAPHY

VH 6520 From Swastika to Jim Crow
Summary: Jewish scholars who escaped Nazi Germany and immigrated to the U.S. were confronted with anti-Semitism at major universities. A surprising number secured teaching positions at historically Black colleges in the South. In many cases they formed lasting relationships with their students and had an important impact on the communities in which they lived. This is a story of two cultures, each sharing a burden of oppression, brought together by the tragic circumstances of war. 057 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

VH 5872 Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker
Summary: This film on Ella Baker's life work highlights the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the period of the most dramatic upsurge in the struggle for racial justice. Since Ms. Baker's activities spanned over 50 years in the North and South, the struggles of earlier decades are portrayed, giving a sense of the continuity of the fight for social change and racial justice. 063 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 4620 Get on the Bus
Summary: Spike Lee creates different men to follow throughout the Million Man March. On the way they will make friends, make enemies, and make history. Director: Spike Lee. 121 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, COMMUNICATION, DRAMA

VH 5342 Ghosts of Mississippi
Summary: This film follows the final trial of the murder of civil rights leader Medger Evers. It carefully recreates the details of this relentless quest for justice. 131 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY, DRAMA

VH 4874 Harassment of African American Officials, The, Tape 1
Summary: Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, D.C. 9/2/1990. The panel discussion focused on reported harassment of African American elected and appointed officials. One focus was the need to stop harassment, not just cope with it. Part 1 of 2. 120 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 4875 Harassment of African American Officials, The, Tape 2
Summary: Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, D.C. 9/2/1990. The panel discussion focused on reported harassment of African American elected and appointed officials. One focus was the need to stop harassment, not just cope with it. Part 2 of 2. 025 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 6394 Hate and the Internet
Summary: ABC News anchor Ted Koppel investigates the proliferation of hate online with Don Black, founder of the white nationalist Web site Storm Front, and Floyd Abrams, a First Amendment attorney who has represented the New York Times and ABC News. They discuss both the medium and the message, plus the controversial issue of content filtering. 022 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: COMPUTERS

VH 6044 History Buried, A, The Duval Cummings Family (Ontario)
Summary: The Duval family are descendants of fugitive slaves who fled New Orleans by way of the Underground Railway in the 1860s. There were, at that time, already 25, 000 free black people in Canada. 058 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BIOGRAPHY Series: HYMN TO FREEDOM: THE HISTORY OF BLACKS IN CANADA

VH 1751 Home of the Brave
Summary: Lloyd Bridges, James Edwards, Douglas Dick, Steve Brodie, Frank Lovejoy & Jeff Corey. Directed by Mark Robson. A paralyzed black GI haunted by racist persecution & the terrors of war is helped by an Army psychiatrist. 086 Min. VIDEO 1949 Subject: COMMUNICATION, PSYCHOLOGY, DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 8157 How Biased Are You?
Summary: In part 2, racial prejudice, or bias, is easily recognized in its extreme forms, but it infiltrates everyday life in subtle ways also. Discover just how common bias is as a hidden camera follows real-life adults as they interact with people of different races. 027 Min. VIDEO 2001 Series: A QUESTION OF RACE

VH 7947 Huey P. Newton Story, A
Summary: In this one person show directed by Spike Lee, Roger Guenveur Smith presents the life, thoughts, and philosophy of Huey P. Newton, the leader of the Black Power movement. The performance is before a live audience and supplemented with archival footage. 094 Min. VIDEO 2002 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 1750 Imitation of Life
Summary: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee & Dan O'Herlihy. Directed by Douglas Sirk. Two women friends, one white, one black, both lose rapport with their daughters as all pursue careers & romance. 124 Min. VIDEO 1959 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 4371 An Interview with Louis Farrakhan
Summary: Ted Koppel and Minister Louis Farrakhan discuss Farrakhan's incendiary rhetoric and charismatic leadership. Topics probed include Farrakhan's allegedly anti-Semitic statements that have alienated the Jewish community, and his friendship with, and the billion dollar gift from Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi. Farrakhan also discusses his pivotal roles as organizer of the Million Man March and spokesman for African-American Muslims. 022 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 2388 Juba: The Legend of Harriet Tubman
Summary: One of a series of four programs about the cultural heritage of black Americans designed to make students aware of and curious about African-American folklore traditions. "Aunt Iasha" is studying for her role in a play about the life of Harriet Tubman. Her rehearsal takes us through Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery, her 19 return trips to free family members and others, and her two years of service as a nurse and a spy in the Union Army during the Civil War. 015 Min. VIDEO Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 1795 Jungle Fever
Summary: A married black architect's affair with his white secretary provides the backdrop for a cold look at interracial love. Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee, John Turturro, Anthony Quinn, Halle Berry, Tyra Ferrell. Explores the provocative consequences of interracial relationships. Director: Spike Lee. Soundtrack by Stevie Wonder. 131 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 7835 Just Black?
Summary: Presents interviews with several articulate young men and women of mixed racial heritage. Each has one black parent and one white, Asian or Hispanic second parent. They share their views on their struggle to establish, acquire and assert a racial identity. 059 Min. VIDEO 1991

VH 0624 Legacy of a Dream
Summary: Presents a compilation of newsreel and videotape footage showing the events that secured the vote for American blacks and ultimately led to the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes a sketch of King's career and statements by Coretta King and Andrew Young on voter registration and the need for blacks to be informed on exercising their right to vote. Narrated by James Earl Jones. 029 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 2168 Louis Farrakhan at Madison Square Madison
Summary: This program contains excerpts from Louis Farrakhan's 1985 appearance at Madison Square Garden where his anti-Semitic viewpoints were heard by an enthusiastic audience. 040 Min. VIDEO 1985 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 1472 Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik El Shabazz) Part 1
Summary: A documentary showing the life of Malcolm X, his leadership in the Black Muslim movement, and his influence on black Americans and African nations. 015 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BIOGRAPHY

VH 1473 Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik El Shabazz) Part 2
Summary: A documentary showing the life of Malcolm X, his leadership in the Black Muslim movement, and his influence on black Americans and African nations. 015 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BIOGRAPHY

VH 2253 Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Summary: 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. 150 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS, BIOGRAPHY

VH 0741 Mama, I'm Crying: Patience Turns to Activism in South Africa
Summary: Contrasts the attitude towards change of two generations in South Africa. It begins as a personal journey of two friends, now middle aged. Joyce Seroke is black; Betty Wolpert is white. Both were born in Johannesburg, South Africa & their fathers worked for a mining company. Yet, they might as well have come from different countries, so different was their experience growing up. 055 Min. VIDEO 1986

VH 7857 Mandela in America
Summary: The authorized behind-the-scenes look at Nelson Mandela's U.S. Freedom Tour. Provides an insider's view of the most memorable public and private moments of his trip and his message on the fight against apartheid. 090 Min. VIDEO 1990

VH 2964 Marcus Garvey
Summary: Series presents twelve new profiles on influential African Americans. Contains biographical material, interviews with experts, archival footage, and period music. 030 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BIOGRAPHY Series: BLACK AMERICANS OF ACHIEVEMENT VIDEO COLLECTION II, THE

VH 3657 Martin Luther King - "I Have a Dream"
Summary: When 200, 000 civil rights marchers - black and white - gathered at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, they expected to hear strong words from their spiritual leader, Martin Luther King. What they did not expect was a speech of such heartfelt passion and poetic eloquence that it echoes still in our memory. 025 Min. VIDEO 1986 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS, COMMUNICATION, U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 0064 Martin Luther King, Jr.
Summary: Coretta King, widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and three of Dr. King's closest friends discuss his impact on the American civil rights movement. 024 Min. VIDEO 1981 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 3329 Martin Luther King, Jr, : Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Summary: During his imprisonment for a civil rights demonstration in April of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. responds to the criticisms of eight white clergymen in a letter later published in a Birmingham newspaper. 026 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 3224 Message from Minister Louis Farrakhan, A
Summary: Series of speeches delivered in the months preceding and immediately following the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 16, 1995. 158 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, COMMUNICATION, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 7764 Mestizo
Summary: The story of Jose Ramon, the son of a white Venezuelan aristocrat and a humble black fisher-woman, who is trying to define his own identity while dealing with social and sexual conflicts, the Venezuelan culture, the law and the impossible relationship he has with both his parents. A film by Mario Handler. In Spanish with English subtitles. 082 Min. VIDEO 1988 Subject: DRAMA

VH 6693 Mickey Mouse Monopoly
Summary: Takes a close and critical look at the animated films produced by the Disney Company, and at the world these films create (in terms of the stories told about race, gender and class) and reaches disturbing conclusions about the values propagated under the guise of innocence and fun. 052 Min. VIDEO 2001 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, COMMUNICATION, MARKETING

VH 0883 Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggles
Summary: Discusses the struggle of black Pullman porters to unionize, even though rebuked by white organized labor, and the eventual formation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters under A. Phillip Randolph. Explores the impact of this group on the American civil rights movement. 060 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 5587 Miracle of Intervale Avenue, The
Summary: The South Bronx in New York City, an area that was once predominately Jewish, is now a decaying neighborhood whose population is largely Hispanic and Black. This program examines the people who choose to live and work in the South Bronx, in particular the tiny community of elderly Jews determined to survive. 065 Min. VIDEO 1987 Series: JEWISH HERITAGE VIDEO COLLECTION

VH 3466 Mirrors of the Heart: Race and Identity
Summary: Explores race and ethnicity as indicators of self image and social standing. An indigenous family in Bolivia strives for economic and social advancement while maintaining its cultural identity. People of Haiti and the Dominican Republic show contrasting attitudes toward their African roots. 060 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: ECONOMICS, CARIBBEAN STUDIES, LATIN AMERICAN Series: AMERICAS

VH 0952 Mission Hill (Parts 1&2)
Summary: Traces the alteration, through economic and political influences, of the Parker Hill area of Roxbury in Boston. An ethnically mixed family neighborhood, at present largely Irish Catholic, is now the location of a racially tense public housing project (named Mission Hill for a local church) which is occupied mainly by blacks. 066 Min. VIDEO 1978

VH 3414 Multicultural Education: Transformative Knowledge and Action
Summary: Dr. James A. Banks lectures on the topic of Multicultural Education. Recorded at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in May 1996. 051 Min. VIDEO 1996

VH 2848 Murder in Mississippi: The Prince of Freedom
Summary: Thirty years after "Freedom Summer" in Mississippi, this ABC News TURNING POINT program retraces the dramatic events and examines how the murders of three young men by the Ku Klux Klan shocked the nation and changed the course of the civil rights movement. The program recounts the events leading to the presence, and then the murder of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner and explores the volatile national atmosphere, reactions and justice to their murders. 052 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 7948 Murder of Emmett Till, The
Summary: The shameful, sadistic murder of 14 year old Emmett Till, a black boy who whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955, was a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. Although Till's killers were apprehended, they were quickly acquitted by an all-white, all-male jury and proceeded to sell their story to a journalist, providing grisly details of the murder. Three months after Till's body was recovered, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began. 060 Min. VIDEO 2003 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 5877 New South Africa, The: A Personal Journey
Summary: White expatriate playwright Tug Yourgrau returns to South Africa after the election of Nelson Mandela to learn about the changes there. 055 Min. VIDEO 1995

VH 1783 Olympia, Pt. 1: The Festival of the People
Summary: The Olympic Games were to be in Berlin in 1936 & Leni Riefenstahl conceived the idea of an immense film document that would capture the drama & history of a peaceful struggle between the finest specimens of several nations & races. 119 Min. VIDEO 1974 Subject: EUROPEAN STUDIES

VH 6045 On This Rock, The Collins Family (British Columbia)
Summary: By examining the early history of the area, the film shows how blacks influenced British Columbia to join the Confederation of Canada instead of becoming part of the United States. 058 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BIOGRAPHY Series: HYMN TO FREEDOM: THE HISTORY OF BLACKS IN CANADA

VH 6695 Prejudice: the Monster Within
Summary: Looks at prejudice, both historical and current, through the eyes of high school students; examines reasons prejudice develops; and teaches students to recognize prejudice within themselves. 030 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES

VH 8156 A Question Of Race
Summary: In part 1, become a part of the debate questioning whether race is an accurate biology identification or a subcategory made up by humans to separate us. 051 Min. VIDEO 2001 Series: A QUESTION OF RACE

VH 8155 Race & Racism
Summary: Philosopher Ken Knisely and guests discuss racism and how we can tell if we are acting from racist assumptions. 059 Min. VIDEO 2002

VH 1065 Racism in America
Summary: Discusses the state of racism in America. Is racism making some kind of a comeback? 028 Min. VIDEO 1988 Series: CURRENTS

VH 0010 Raisin in the Sun, A
Summary: A black family in Chicago attempts to leave the ghetto to live in an all-white neighborhood. Director: Bill Duke. 128 Min. VIDEO 1982 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 7980 Refugees in Our Backyard
Summary: A comprehensive review of the obstacles faced by Central Americans seeking entry into the United States and the problems this migration has created for much of the nation. Investigates the impact of civil strife in Central America, focuses on the controversies created by the arrival of so many undocumented aliens, details the dangers of the journey north, State Department politics, and t he hardships faced by those who succeed in becoming illegal aliens. 059 Min. VIDEO 1989

VH 1045 Road to Brown, The
Summary: Story of segregation and the legal campaign against it, and of Charles Houston, "the man who killed Jim Crow." 050 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 2967 Roots of Resistance - A Story of the Underground Railroad
Summary: In the mid 1800's, black men and women traveled a network of escape routes known as the underground railroad. Over dark forest trails, back roads, and rivers, they make their way along carefully mapped routes leading to night trains to the north or boats to the south. Their flight from shackles of slavery in the south was organized by other escaped slaves and their allies. This program recounts the little known story of black America's secret railroad. 058 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN Series: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, THE

VH 1600 Seven Days in Bensonhurst
Summary: Provides an in-depth report on a city engulfed in a racial crisis. 059 Min. VIDEO 1990 Series: FRONTLINE

VH 6425 Slavery in America
Summary: Discusses the slave trade, the way slavery functioned on plantations, the treatment of the slaves and traces the growing anti-slavery movement in the 19th century. 020 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 6042 Slavery: A Canadian Story, the Packwood Family (Quebec)
Summary: Few people know that slavery existed in Canada as it did in the United States. Using illustrations, maps, archival documents and photographs, this film shows how slaves were kept and sold in Canada until 1833, thirty-two years before the U.S. Emancipation Proclamation. 058 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BIOGRAPHY Series: HYMN TO FREEDOM: THE HISTORY OF BLACKS IN CANADA

VH 5879 South Central Los Angeles: Inside Voices
Summary: Discusses the Los Angeles riots of 1992 from the view of the people who lived in the areas affected. Participants of the film were given video recorders so that they could show their lives and record their feelings. 091 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 4601 Speeches of Malcolm X, The
Summary: This covers the era in which the black leader's public life during which his evolving attitudes can slowly be detected. Malcolm addresses a 1963 Black Front Unity Rally. He gives his opinion on the intended effect of the Civil Rights Act, speaks out about housing and self defense in Harlem in 1964, and discusses police brutality. 041 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS, COMMUNICATION Series: SPEECHES COLLECTION, THE

VH 1012 Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr., The
Summary: Presents a collection of Martin Luther King, Jr's. major speeches and minor asides, tracing the development of his oratorical style. 060 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, COMMUNICATION, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 4600 Speeches of Nelson Mandela, The
Summary: Nelson Mandela dedicated his life to the battle against racial oppression in South Africa. His activities against apartheid led to his conviction. After his 1990 release, Mandela was elected president in the country's first all-race election. This video offers a compelling demonstration of his oratory prowess, from his long fight against apartheid, to his triumphant release from prison and ensuing political career. 070 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: CIVIL RIGHTS, COMMUNICATION Series: SPEECHES COLLECTION, THE

VH 4603 Speeches of Sitting Bull, The
Summary: Voiced by Native American E. Donald Two Rivers, features a sample of heartfelt addresses from the legendary Indian leader. These speeches convey Sitting Bull's disappointment over the injustice faced by his people, as he meets American representatives before and after Little Bighorn. 035 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: NATIVE AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS, COMMUNICATION Series: SPEECHES COLLECTION, THE

VH 7979 Split Decision
Summary: Chronicles the rise of Jesus "El Matador" Chavez through the profession al boxing ranks to number one contender for the World Championship when the U.S. government enacted two tough immigration laws that ordered the immediate deportation of all non U.S. citizens with a criminal conviction. Despite his clear re habilitation Jesus with a prior conviction for armed robbery, was deported to Mexico. A compelling documentary that exposes the failings of current immigration policy, questions the implications of the prevailing "tough on crime" and one size fits all criminal justice system. 075 Min. VIDEO 2000

VH 6426 Story of Slavery, The
Summary: Traces the history of slavery throughout the world from ancient times to the 20th century. The program documents the practice of slavery in the U.S. from its height in the late 18th century, through the growth of the movement to eliminate it, to its abolition in 1865. 025 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 5709 Strange Demise of Jim Crow, The
Summary: Eldrewey Stearns and other participants reveal the behind-the-scenes compromises, negotiations, and the controversial news black-outs which helped bring about the quiet desegregation of commercial establishments in Houston, Texas between 1959 and 1963. 057 Min. VIDEO 1997 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 7587 Struggle & Success: The African American Experience in Japan
Summary: Video explores the lives of several African Americans who have made Japan their home. Some of these people have discovered Japanese culture more sympathetic than American culture. 086 Min. VIDEO 1993 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, ASIAN STUDIES

VH 7847 Struggle For Identity: Issues In Transracial Adoption
Summary: Designed to inform adoptive and foster parents and the professionals who work with them about the needs of their children of a different race or culture. In candid discussions the adoptees and their families confront different issues of racism, identity and sense of place in their lives. 020 Min. VIDEO 1998

VH 4843 Struggles in Steel
Summary: For the first time the history of the struggle of black workers for equality on the job is documented. The program provides badly needed background to current debates on race and affirmative action. The film is a collaboration between black steelworker Ray Henderson and his old high school buddy, independent filmmaker, Tony Buba. 058 Min. VIDEO 1996 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, U.S. HISTORY

VH 3226 This Is My Home, It Is Not For Sale, Part 1
Summary: The story of the Riverside community of Houston, Texas. Features first person accounts of present and former residents who recount the history of the neighborhood. Topics covered include; integration, white flight, highway and building construction, the encroachment of a nearby university and the return of white families to the community. 118 Min. VIDEO Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 3227 This Is My Home, It Is Not For Sale, Part 2
Summary: The story of the Riverside community of Houston, Texas. Features first person accounts of present and former residents who recount the history of the neighborhood. Topics covered include; integration, white flight, highway and building construction, the encroachment of a nearby university and the return of white families to the community. 070 Min. VIDEO Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 1362 Trouble Behind
Summary: Uncovers the origins of today's racism in the history of a seemingly typical American small town, Corbin, Kentucky. 054 Min. VIDEO 1990 Subject: AMERICAN STUDIES, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 6392 Truth About Slavery in History, The
Summary: Explores the concept of slavery, presents an overview of the history of slavery throughout the ages and takes a close look at slavery in America. Compares American slavery to other slavery in history including Egyptian and European slavery. Discusses how slavery has taken on many forms throughout history. 026 Min. VIDEO 1998 Subject: U.S. HISTORY, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 5335 Tuskeegee Airmen, The
Summary: A celebration of the "Fighting 99th" - the first squadron of African American combat pilots in World War II, who battled prejudice in training at Tuskeegee, Alabama, the Axis in North Africa and Europe, bigoted officers assigned to oversee them, and a U.S. congressman out to prove they were unfit to serve. 106 Min. VIDEO 1995 Subject: DRAMA, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 5721 Underground Railroad, The
Summary: The story of a 200-year struggle to break the bonds of slavery in the American South. The Underground Railroad was a loosely organized network of runaway slaves, freed blacks and anti-slavery whites, all willing to risk their lives in the name of freedom. 100 Min. VIDEO 1999 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 7305 Understanding Prejudice
Summary: Video describes how the demographics of society are causing us to come to terms with cultural diversity. VIDEO 1992

VH 2963 W.E.B. DuBois
Summary: Adapted from the book by Mark Stafford. Contains biographical material, interviews with experts, archival footage, and period music. 030 Min. VIDEO 1994 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BIOGRAPHY, CIVIL RIGHTS Series: BLACK AMERICANS OF ACHIEVEMENT VIDEO COLLECTION II, THE

VH 0882 We Shall Overcome
Summary: Traces the American civil rights movement through the song, "We shall overcome, " and notes the inspirational song's continuing appeal world-wide. Presents documentary footage and comments by 1960's activists and performers concerning its origin, adoption, and impact. 058 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: AFRICAN-AMERICAN, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 2157 Who is David Duke?
Summary: FRONTLINE investigates the life and political career of former presidential candidate David Duke. 058 Min. VIDEO 1992 Series: FRONTLINE

VH 0756 Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Summary: Video on racism in working-class America focuses on the murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese-American, in a Detroit bar. Interweaves the murder with social concerns and questions about justice. 083 Min. VIDEO 1989 Subject: ASIAN STUDIES, CIVIL RIGHTS

VH 2498 Within Our Gates
Summary: Oscar Micheaux's "Within Our Gates" is the earliest surviving feature directed by an African American. However, this startling film, unseen for 75 years, is far more than a historic curiosity. The 1993 Library of Congress intertitle restoration reveals it as passionate social history, confronting racism head on through a story of a young African American woman who seeks a Northern white patron for a Southern school for black children. Director: Oscar Micheaux. 079 Min. VIDEO 1919 Subject: COMMUNICATION, AFRICAN-AMERICAN

VH 3633 Without Reservations: Notes On Racism In Montana
Summary: Native Americans in Montana reflect on the prevalence of racism in their state. Various questions are considered. What is racism? Is covert and ignorant stereotyping less racist than overt racism? How is an entire culture degraded through the casual use of racist imagery? How are children affected by racism in schools and the media. 028 Min. VIDEO 1991 Subject: ANTHROPOLOGY, NATIVE AMERICAN

VH 7839 Zimbabwe & South Africa
Summary: Zimbabwe still reels from the after effects of independence. Former colonials are blamed for failing to work out compensation and land reallocation, and violence against whites is on the increase. South Africa emerged from the evils of Apartheid more than a decade ago, and today faces an expanding gap between the rich and the poor, increasing interracial conflict, a rising crime rate, and an AIDS epidemic that is decimating the mostly black population. VIDEO Series: AFRICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY