Summary: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. This illuminating program, filmed during a guided tour of civil rights landmarks, blends potent archival footage and photos with group discussion to sensitively explore race relations in the U.S. Visits to Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham, Memphis, Atlanta, Orangeburg, and other locations, combined with eyewitness accounts of key events by...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This episode looks at the black/white paradigm in America today. Co-directed by Lulie Haddad and Orlando Bagwell, the program weaves the personal memoirs of John Edgar Wideman (Fatheralong: A Meditation on Fathers and Sons, Race, and Society) and Jane Lazarre (Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness: A Memoir of a White Mother of Black Sons) with the stories from the staff at King-Drew County Medical...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Schuh, Mari C.
Summary: "It's a fight to the finish line! Which race car will get there first? Some race cars look a lot like regular cars. Others have thin bodies and open wheels. Some race on dirt, while others race on smooth paved tracks. But they all have one thing in common...speed! Young readers will find out about the types of race cars, their main parts, and why fans crowd racetracks around the world to see...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pebble, an imprint of Capstone 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J629.228 SCHZobel, Derek
Summary: "Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers to race cars. Developed by literary experts for students in kindergarten through grade 3"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Hutcherson, Bobby.
Contents: Catta / Andrew Hill (7:17) -- Idle while / Joe Chambers (7:21) -- Les noirs marchant / Andrew Hill (6:37) -- Dialogue / Joe Chambers (9:58) -- Ghetto lights (6:12) ; Jasper (8:29) / Andrew Hill.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Note 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ HUTMorey, Allan
Summary: "This photo-illustrated book for early readers describes the parts of race cars that help it go fast and win races"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bullfrog Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.2 MORSchuh, Mari C.
Summary: Speed! Learn how race cars get the job done through narrative nonfiction, fun facts, infographics, a glossary, and more!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kaleidoscope 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Race
Contents: If you can -- Safe and sound -- Can get home -- Rose -- Ark again -- Sinking feeling -- The hours eat the flowers -- Seed -- Out like a lamb.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Flameshovel Records 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK RaceRea, Amy C.
Summary: "Offers readers a captivating look into the races between different groups of people to reach the North and South Poles first. Learn about how these explorers handled the extreme weather and why they risked their lives to accomplish their goal"-- www.childsworld.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 919.8 REAEllis, Joseph J.
Summary: "What would the founders think? We live in a divided America that is currently incapable of sustained argument and is feeling unsure of its destiny. Joseph J. Ellis, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers and the recent best-selling The Quartet, explores anew four of our most prominent founders, in each instance searching for patterns and principles that bring the lamp of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.3 ELLCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Pol EllisSteele, Shelby.
Summary: Award-winning author Steele attests that Senator Barack Obama's groundbreaking quest for the highest office in the land is fast becoming a galvanizing occasion beyond mere presidential politics, one that is forcing a national dialogue on the current state of race relations in America. Says Steele, poverty and inequality usually are the focus of such dialogues, but Obama's bid for so high an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 STEAshe
Contents: Rae's theme -- Another man's jeans -- Hope you're not happy -- Shower with my clothes on -- OMW -- Angry woman -- Emotional -- Love you need -- It can't be you -- Loose ends -- San Jose -- Love is letting go (feat. Diane Keaton) -- Count on me -- Fun while it lasted.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ASHCampbell, Jessica
Summary: "Author Jessica Campbell (XTC69) uses frankness and dark humour to articulate Lauren's burgeoning crisis of faith and sexuality. She captures teenage antics and banter with astute comedic style, simultaneously skewering bullies, a culture of slut-shaming, and the devastating impact of religious zealotry. Rave is an instant classic, a coming of age story about the secret spaces young women...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CAMBrennan, Shawn
Summary: "Presents rice history, facts, and recipes and features large illustrations and photographs" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 633.1 BREMiller, Dean.
Summary: The fast-paced world of professional auto racing is fun and fiercely competitive. Those at the top worked long and hard to get there, perfecting their turns, tuning their cars just right, and finding lucrative sponsorships so they can enter the best races. Readers find out how many pro auto racers start out on the track through detailed main content and additional informative sidebars....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.7 MILTangerine Dream (Musical group)
Contents: Marakesh (8:17) -- Atlas eyes (4:04) -- Mothers of rain (5:13) -- Twin soul tribe (4:28) -- Optical race (3:13) -- Cat scan (5:35) -- Sun gate (4:44) -- Turning off the wheel (6:11) -- The midnight trail (6:54) -- Ghazal (Love song) (5:00).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Private Music 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC TANHooks, Bell.
Summary: One of our country's premier cultural and social critics, bell hooks has always maintained that eradicating racism and eradicating sexism must go hand in hand. But whereas many women have been recognized for their writing on gender politics, the female voice has been all but locked out of the public discourse on race. Killing Rage speaks to this imbalance. These twenty-three essays are written...
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Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt and Co. 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 HOOMukantabana, Yseult P.
Summary: "Having conversations about race is uncomfortable. But for progress between individuals (and our communities) to happen, we need to be able to speak openly and honestly. Podcast hosts of The Kinswomen Yseult and Hannah use their own friendship and experiences from different racial backgrounds to offer guidance on navigating these layered conversations. In Real Friends Talk About Race, the duo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 MUKSummary: The issue of race within psychiatry is most apparent in the psychiatric hospitals and institutions where, as one doctor who appears in this program puts it, "there is an overrepresentation of black people. There is also a problem of misdiagnosis and mistreatment because some medical staff don't understand why people from different cultures behave contrary to their expectations and therefore...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Join Leo, June, Quincy, Annie and Rocket on a mission to rescue the Three Little Piggies when their airplanes spin out of control. Rocket will have to fly fast enough and far enough to bring the Piggies home. Journey to outer space on a trilling voyage. Then, get ready to race around the globe against the world's greatest flying machines. Big Jet is up to his old tricks, and he will do anything...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV LITGomez, Selena
Contents: Rare -- Dance again -- Look at her now -- Lose you to love me -- Ring -- Vulnerable -- People you know -- Let me get me -- Crowded room / feat. 6lack -- Kinda crazy -- Fun -- Cut you off -- A sweeter place / feat. Kid Cudi.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK GOMSmith, Jeff
Summary: Now that they are reunited, Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone plan to return home, but Phoney Bone risks everything on a get-rich-quick scheme and it all goes wrong. Plus, a war is brewing and Fone Bone helps his new friends to defend their idyllic valley from a formidable enemy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix/Scholastic 2005
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SMICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SMICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC SMICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fantasy, Call number: JT Fantasy Smith 2005Delgado, Richard
Summary: "Since the publication of the first edition of [this book], the United States has lived through two economic downturns, an outbreak of terrorism, and the onset of an epidemic of hate directed against immigrants, especially undocumented Latinos and Middle Eastern people. On a more hopeful note, the country elected and re-elected its first black president and has witnessed the impressive advance...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2017