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Summary: 61st Street follows Moses Johnson, a promising Black high school athlete who is swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system, and Franklin Roberts, the public defender who takes up his case. While Roberts has promised his wife he'll retire, he takes on this case because he recognizes its potential to upend the entire Chicago judicial system, challenging the institutional...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SIX

Summary: The incredible true story of Olympic legend Jesse Owens. In his epic quest to be the greatest athlete in history, Owens chooses to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where he must overcome not only elite competition, but also the brutal racial climate of Adolf Hitler's Germany. A film about courage, determination, tolerance, friendship and trust.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RAC

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RAC RATED PG13

Summary: Meet Walter Tull, the Jackie Robinson of professional English football before World War I, and survivor of the worst racial slurs his opponents can hurl at him. When the game turns to war in 1914 and the playing field to the Battle of Somme, Tull makes history again as the first mixed-race officer in the British Army.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WAL

Hewson, Anthony K.

Summary: "This title introduces readers to Simone Biles, providing exciting details about her life and going deep inside the key moments of her gymnastics career. The title also features informative fast facts, a timeline, and a glossary."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: SportsZone, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BILES HEW

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