Summary: In 1993, Mohammed Aideed's militia triumphantly paraded U.S. corpses through the streets of Mogadishu. In stunning irony, Mohammed's son, Hussein, though not a representative of Somalia's official government, now offers the U.S. strategic bases. This program presents a candid interview with Somalia's de facto leader, a warlord with unusual credentials: American citizen, former Marine, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Offspring (Musical group)
Contents: Welcome -- Have you ever -- Staring at the sun -- Pretty fly (for a white guy) -- The kids aren't alright -- Feelings -- She's got issues -- Walla walla -- The end of the line -- No brakes -- Why don't you get a job? -- Americana -- Pay the man.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK OFFSmithsonian American Art Museum
Contents: From distant shores -- This other Eden -- Liberty more than life -- Ever westward -- Hand to the plow -- Brother against brother -- The rise of industry -- An eye for beauty -- Seeing the city -- The Harlem renaissance -- South by southwest -- The Great Depression -- Folk traditions -- Americans at midcentury -- The abstract impulse -- Toward the millennium -- Catalogue.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709 SLOHarper, Judith E.
Summary: Portrays the treatment and struggles of African Americans during the Revolutionary War and their contributions to the war effort.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.3 HARPan American (Musical group)
Contents: Stars Friday -- Remapping -- Lent -- First position -- Tract -- Dark nest -- Noun -- Lake supplies -- Part one.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Kranky 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK PANSummary: From Tierra del Fuego to the Rio Grande, musicians are lending their voices to dynamic political movements. This program features several defiant artists in performances that are interwoven with social commentary on displaced or disadvantaged communities. Mexican-American Lila Downs sings songs of turmoil at the U.S. border. Anibal and Charly, from the group Santa Revuelta, take us inside the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Davies, Ray
Contents: Americana (4:02) -- The deal (5:03) -- Poetry (5:05) -- Message from the road (2:57) -- A place in your heart (5:03) -- The mystery room (3:51) -- Silent movie (1:11) -- Rock 'n' roll cowboys (4:21) -- Change for change (3:23) -- The man upstairs (1:37) -- I've heard that beat before (4:03) -- A long drive home to Tarzana (4:59) -- The great highway (4:43) -- The invaders (3:47) -- Wings of...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy Recordings 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DAVLevy, Janey
Summary: "It's something many Americans are certain is a solid fact: Columbus discovered America. But it's not true. First, Columbus never landed on the North American mainland. And second, how can someone "discover" a place that's already home to millions of people? In this lively and engaging book, readers will uncover the truth behind many myths about explorers in the Americas. Accessible text...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: From Tierra del Fuego to the Rio Grande, musicians are lending their voices to dynamic political movements. This program features several defiant artists in performances that are interwoven with social commentary on displaced or disadvantaged communities. Mexican-American Lila Downs sings songs of turmoil at the U.S. border. Anibal and Charly, from the group Santa Revuelta, take us inside the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Meier, Matt S.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0468 MEIEakin, Marshall C. (Marshall Craig)
Summary: Professor Marshall C. Eakin presents twenty-four 30-minute lectures examining both the unity and diversity in the early history of the Americas. He discusses how Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492 created a collision between three distinct peoples and cultures, European, African, and Native-American, and gave birth to the distinct identity of the Americas today.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.01 CONAll-American Rejects (Musical group)
Contents: My paper heart -- Your star -- Swing, swing -- Time stands still -- One more sad song -- Why worry -- Don't leave me -- Too far gone -- Drive away -- Happy endings -- Last song.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dreamworks Records 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ALLAmerican Hi-Fi (Musical group)
Contents: Surround -- Flavor of the weak -- Bigger mood -- Safer on the outside -- I'm a fool -- Hi-fi killer -- Blue day -- My only enemy -- Don't wait for the sun -- Another perfect day -- Scar -- What about today -- Wall of sound.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Island 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK AMEColon, Willie
Contents: Aerolinea desamar -- Color Americano -- Me voy -- Estoy por ti rezando -- Carmelina -- Vida nocturna -- Colgaditos -- Hasta que te conoci.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS Discos 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LATIN ColonHoobler, Dorothy
Summary: Describes the often heroic stories of Mexican American immigrants, largely through their own words and pictures. Includes original documents such as selections from letters, memoirs, and newspapers to relate their experiences.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0468 HOOSummary: This program examines a major piece of the new American mosaic-a group that is seeking to retain its traditional cultural values while adjusting to life in the U.S. Korean Americans have come into frequent and violent conflict with inner-city African Americans, and have sought, through their own ethnic civic organizations, to overcome the rejection of the community around them.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Young, Neil
Contents: Oh Susannah -- Clementine -- Tom Dula -- Gallows pole -- Get a job -- Travel on -- High flyin' bird -- Jesus' chariot -- This land is your land -- Wayfarin' stranger -- God save the queen.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Reprise Records 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK YOUSummary: "This collection of yummy recipes contains cool ideas for every day of the week - whether you need grab-and-go meals for busy mornings, want to surprise someone you love with a beautiful breakfast tray, or can't wait to host your friends for a superstar brunch party on the weekend."--Page 2 of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Weldon Owen 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Examines the role of two-spirit people in the Navajo culture in the context of the story of a gay youth named Fred Martinez. Martinez was a nádleehí or a male-bodied person with a feminine essence, who was murdered in a hate crime at the age of sixteen. Discusses the traditional Native American perspective on gender and sexuality and the need for a balanced interrelationship between the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Riding the Tiger Productions, LLC 2010
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TWO1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TWO
Boekhoff, P. M. (Patti Marlene)
Summary: Discusses Native American peoples of the Great Lakes region and their customs, family life, organizations, food gathering, beliefs, housing, and other aspects of daily life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kidhaven Press 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 BOESummary: "They were charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and, at times, arrogant, vengeful, and reckless. For hundreds of years, Native American leaders from Massasoit, Tecumseh, and Tenskwatawa, to Major Ridge, Geronimo, and Fools Crow valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture. Sometimes, their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2009
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WEThaggert, Miriam
Summary: "Miriam Thaggert illuminates the stories of African American women as passengers and as workers on the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century railroad. As Jim Crow laws became more prevalent and forced Black Americans to 'ride Jim Crow' on the rails, the train compartment became a contested space of leisure and work. Riding Jane Crow examines four instances of Black female railroad travel: the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Illinois Press 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.896 THAAmerican Mothers Committee
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: C. E. Tuttle Co. 1976
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.72 MOTSummary: Hosted by actor Jimmy Smits, this program examines how second-generation Hispanics are adapting to American society, and how they are maintaining their Latino roots while assimilating into the American cultural mainstream. A variety of famous and everyday Hispanic Americans are interviewed, including pop film director Richard Rodriquez. Hispanics from doctors and police officers to comedians,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006