Abu-Jamal, Mumia
Summary: "'This collection of short meditations, written from a prison cell, captures the past two decades of police violence that gave rise to Black Lives Matter while digging deeply into the history of the United States. This is the book we need right now to find our bearings in the chaos'--Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States; 'Mumia's writings are a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: City Lights Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323 ABUWilson, Jamia
Summary: "Explore the points where gender, race, class, ability, sexuality, and culture meet. Learn from author Jamia Wilson's lived experiences, read the statistics, and gain strength in quotes from feminist firebrands and activists. Along the way, respond to calls to action and form your own views on the 'F' word. This book is for everyone."--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint off The Quarto Group 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.42 WILSissoko, Mama.
Contents: Jarabi muso -- Boma ma -- Safiatou -- Manssane cisse -- Soleil de minuit -- Iri -- Fishiriwale -- Namissa -- Commissariat -- Hommage A K.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tinder Records 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN SISJalal al-Din Rumi
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Castle Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.5511 JALWilson, Jamia
Summary: "Join us on a journey across borders, through time and even through space to meet 52 icons of color from the past and present in a celebration of achievement. Meet figureheads, leaders, and pioneers such as Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Rosa Parks, as well as cultural trailblazers and sporting heroes, including Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, and Serena Williams. Discover how their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WILWilson, Jamia
Summary: Young, Gifted and Black Too celebrates the lives of 52 more leaders, heroes, sportspeople, and artists of color from around the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of The Quarto Group 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WILSummary: A spectacularly gripping documentary that unfolds like a great political thriller. It's the cross-cut tale of two men whose fateful meeting propelled them on divergent courses with Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo, and the U.S. Supreme Court. The Oath offers a rare window into a hidden realm and the international impact of the U.S. War on Terror.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OAT1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF OAT
Summary: Complilation of 7 films with introduction to the work of designers Charles and Ray Eames. 'Toccata for toy trains' is a trip through a world of antique toys, and toy trains. 'House : after five years of living' illustrates the home and studio designed and built by Charles Eames on a hill in California overlooking the ocean. 'Lucia chase vignette' follows a sister chasing her brother through the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILSummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Jarman, Julia.
Summary: Stan and Stella are joined by a variety of animals in a bathtime adventure.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2004
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC JARSummary: Inspired by true events, a moving drama exploring the passion and heartbreak of the women who risked everything in their fight for equality in early 20th century Britain. The story centers on Maud, a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.'s growing suffragette movement. Galvanized by the outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst, Maud...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2016
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SUFCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SUFSummary: A true story of humanity and heroism, this film vividly recounts the 2008 siege of the famed Taj Hotel by a group of terrorists in Mumbai, India. Among the dedicated hotel staff is the renowned chef Hemant Oberoi and a waiter who choose to risk their lives to protect their guests. As the world watches on, a desperate couple is forced to make unthinkable sacrifices to protect their newborn child.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HOTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOTCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOTCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HoJarman, Julia
Summary: 'Five little chicks hear Mother Hen say, "Play near the henhouse. Don't go away." Four little chicks say, "Yes, okay!" But one little chick says, "Phooey!" Cheeky Chick is curious and sets out to explore the farmyard on his own---despite being told to stay safely near the henhouse. But what happens when he meets a crafty fox? Luckily for Cheeky Chick, his farmyard friends are watching out for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boxer Books 2024
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Summary: "Liliane Leila Juma was 16 years old when her family home in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was destroyed by rebel soldiers. In this gut-wrenching memoir, she gives an account of her life before and after her family was torn apart by the twin nightmares of civil war and invasion. Sincere and revealing, it gives a moving account of a young girl's journey from a protected and secure family...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tradewind Books 2020
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 JUMThornton, Big Mama.
Contents: Hound dog -- My man called me -- I smell a rat -- They call me Big Mama -- You don't move me no more -- Let your tears fall baby -- Rock-a-bye baby -- Yes, baby -- How come -- Nightmare -- Stop a-hoppin' on me -- Just like a dog, barking up the wrong tree -- Walking blues -- Big change -- Hard times -- Laugh, laugh, laugh -- The fish -- I've searched the whole world over.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: MCA 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES THOSummary: Told from the perspectives of eight different Pacific Island cultures, directed by eight different female Pacific filmmakers, and starring eight different indigenous actresses as the title character, this portmanteau film about female empowerment tells the story of one fictitious woman's life in eight separate vignettes, each segment advancing a decade or so forward, deploying a single...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VAIThornton, Big Mama.
Contents: Little red rooster (6:03) -- Ball 'n' chain (6:40) -- Jail (5:50) -- Hound dog (2:45) -- Rock me baby (6:41) -- Sheriff O.E. & me (3:20) -- Oh happy day (3:52).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Vanguard 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES THOZap Mama (Musical group)
Contents: Mupepe (3:48) -- Bottom (1:29) -- Brrrlak! (3:26) -- Abadou (4:02) -- Take me Coco (4:09) -- Plekete (3:21) -- Mizike (5:47) -- Babanzélé (7:35) -- Din din (0:59) -- I ne suhe (0:59) -- Guzophela (2:29) -- Nabombeli Yo (3:57) -- Marie-Josée (3:10) -- Ndje mukanie (2:59) -- Son Cubano (2:33).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Luaka Bop/Warner Bros. 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN ZAPSummary: The young ambitious D'Artagnan arrives aspiring to join the Musketeers, proves he is worthy, and with the others helps save the honor of their Queen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber 1997
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE THRThornton, Big Mama.
Summary: Everything that Willie Mae Thornton had recorded for the Vanguard Label in the mid-1970s.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Vanguard 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES THOZap Mama (Musical group)
Contents: 1000 ways -- Hey brotha -- Supermoon -- Go boy -- Affection -- Toma taboo -- Kwenda -- Gati -- Where are you? -- Moonray -- Princess Kesia.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Heads Up International 2007
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN ZAPCanal,Maria Fernanda.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barrons Educational Series, Inc. 2008
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Art Crafts Llado i RibaSummary: Over the course of a summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young Angelenos intersect. Through poetry they express life, love, heartache, family, home, and fear.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021