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African American civil rights workers Biography Civil rights workers United States Biography Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar) 1895-1972 Jr King, Martin Luther 1929-1968 Legislators United States Biography Lewis, John 1940 February 21- Lewis, John 1940-2020 United States United States. Congress. House Biography United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.Filter By Subjects
African American civil rights workers Biography Civil rights workers United States Biography Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar) 1895-1972 Jr King, Martin Luther 1929-1968 Legislators United States Biography Lewis, John 1940 February 21- Lewis, John 1940-2020 United States United States. Congress. House Biography United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.Summary: Based on newly declassified files, Sam Pollard's resonant film explores the US government's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2022
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 323.1196 MLKCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MLKCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MLKSummary: Follow the courageous journey of John Lewis, a civil rights hero, congressional leader, and human rights champion whose unwavering fight for justice spans the past 50 years. The son of sharecroppers, Lewis grew up in the segregated South and rose from Alabama's Black Belt to the corridors of power on Capitol Hill. His humble origins have forever linked him to those whose voices often go unheard.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOHSummary: Using interviews and rare archival footage, this chronicles Lewis's 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health care reform, and immigration. Using present-day interviews with Lewis, now 80 years old, it explores his childhood experiences, his inspiring family, and his meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. It also...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020