Summary: For the last half of the 20th century, America was consumed by two struggles: the civil rights movement and the cold war. For 30 years, Hubert Humphrey stood at the center of both. And while he never reached his dream of being president, and in fact is most remembered for his 1968 loss to Richard Nixon, Humphrey left behind a legacy few presidents can match. In November of 1977, for the first...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2010

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HUB

Summary: Presents three television documentaries that provide an in-depth examination of the presidential campaigns of 1960, 1964, and 1968, based on the books by Theodore H. White, and showing archival footage, behind-the-scenes moments, backroom deals, and scenes from the convention floor that took place during the races between Kennedy and Nixon; Johnson and Goldwater; and Humphrey, Nixon and Wallace.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Athena 2011

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MAK

Summary: In 1960, a filmmaking group was granted direct access to John F. Kennedy, filming him on the campaign trail and eventually in the Oval Office. This resulted in three films of remarkable, behind-closed-doors intimacy, Primary, Adventures on the New Frontier, and Crisis, and, following the president's assassination, the poetic short Faces of November. Collected here are all four of these titles,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KEN

Scott-Heron, Gil

Contents: The revolution will not be televised (3:05) -- Save the children (4:25) -- Lady Day and John Coltrane (3:34) -- Home is where the hatred is (3:19) -- When you are who you are (3:21) -- I think I'll call it morning (3:29) -- Pieces of a man (4:52) -- A sign of the ages (4:01) -- Or down you fall (3:12) -- The needle's eye (4:48) -- The prisoner (9:25) -- Chains (3:23) -- Peace (6:07) -- A toast...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES SCO

Hulbert, Ann

Summary: Presents an exploration of child genius through the stories of fifteen exceptionally gifted young people, from cybernetics founder Norbert Wiener and chess master Bobby Fischer to movie icon Shirley Temple and African-American musician Philippa Schuyler.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 371.9509 HUL

Little, Elbert L. (Elbert Luther)

Summary: An identification guide to trees of western North America, with 855 color photographs, three identification keys, and detailed descriptive information.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 1980

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 582.16 LIT