Summary: LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson -- Texan, Democrat, political virtuoso. He rises up out of the 1960s like a Colossus, like something from Shakespeare, filling the stage -- 10, 12 characters in one. He is admired and he is detested. But the real measure of a leader is what he gets done, the size of the problems he faces. Before Lyndon Johnson, we were essentially a segregated society. Inequality...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LBJMacCarry, Noel
Summary: Presents the life of the folk singer and social activist, and discusses his role in the union, anti-war, civil rights, and environmental movements and the opposition he sometimes aroused for his radical views.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB SEGER MACSummary: Chronicles the life of Pete Seeger, the American singer/songwriter, who was a leader of the mid-20th century American folk music revival and wrote some of its best known songs. Also looks at his work as a labor and political activist and his experiences of being picketed, blacklisted, and banned from commercial television. Features archival footage and interviews with his family, including wife...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Live Nation Worldwide 2007
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2 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC PETSchron, Bob
Summary: "A decade-by-decade account of African-American athlete activism told through the stories of prominent athletes who fought for racial or gender equality, often at the expense of their reputation or their ability to practice their sport. From Jesse Owens's performance in the 1936 Olympics to Colin Kaepernick's controversial kneel during the national anthem, this book show that the actions of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Imagine 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.08996 SCHHendershot, Heather
Summary: "Few conservatives are as revered and admired as William F. Buckley. Buckley is best known for founding National Review, the flagship journal of the right. But his long-running talk show Firing Line was equally important, because it allowed him to reach beyond the conservative enclave and engage millions of mainstream Americans. When Firing Line premiered in 1966, only two years after Barry...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Broadside 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070 HENContents: God will take care of you ; Jacob's ladder (3:15) -- Steal away ; Nobody knows the trouble I've seen (2:33) -- Come by here (1:16) -- Berlin wall (0:57) -- We shall not be moved (2:03) -- Oh, freedom! (1:13) -- If you miss me from the back of the bus (1:04) -- Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom (1:23) -- Which side are you on? ; Keep your eye on the prize (2:41) -- Everybody...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK SELBaez, Joan.
Contents: Scarlet ribbons -- Jimmy Brown -- Careless love -- Auctioneer -- Black is the color -- John Hardy -- We are crossing Jordan River -- John Riley -- Silver dagger -- House of the rising sun -- Low down chariot -- Wagoner's lad -- Last night I had the strangest dream -- Geordie -- What have they done to the rain -- Troubled and I don't know why -- With God on our side -- We shall overcome -- Go...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Vanguard 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK BAEMagoon, Kekla
Summary: "In this comprehensive, inspiring, and all-too-relevant history of the Black Panther Party, Kekla Magoon introduces readers to the Panthers' community activism, grounded in the concept of self-defense, which taught Black Americans how to protect and support themselves in a country that treated them like second-class citizens."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021