Summary: Take an unprecedented look at the intersection of African American women artists, politics and entertainment and hear the story of how six trailblazing performers--Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, Nina Simone, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier--changed American culture through their films, fashion, music, and politics.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HOWStanley, Timothy.
Summary: "To most Americans, Hollywood activism consists of self-obsessed movie stars making transparently liberal films in a desperate bid for Academy Award glory. There's some truth in that stereotype. But celebrity activism also exerts a subtle power over the American political process. Through money, networking, and image making, the movie industry has shaped the way that politics works for nearly a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 STALowery, Jack
Summary: "By the late 1980s, the AIDS pandemic was deeply impacting gay and lesbian communities in America, and disinformation about the disease was running rampant. Out of the activist group ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), an art collective that called itself Gran Fury was formed, to create graphics and media that campaigned against corporate greed, government inaction, and public...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.19697 LOWCole, Juan Ricardo.
Summary: "The ... blogger and Middle East expert Juan Cole illuminates the role of today's Arab youth--who they are, what they want, and how they will affect world politics"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 953 COLTippins, Sherill.
Summary: "An icon of American artistic invention, the Chelsea Hotel has been, since its founding by a French socialist utopian in 1884, a cultural dynamo lodged in the very heart of uber-capitalist New York City. Sherill Tippins, author of the acclaimed February House, delivers a lively, masterly history of the Chelsea and of the successive generations of artists who have cohabited and created there,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 647.94 TIPO'Malley, Padraig
Summary: Arguing that a two-state solution is no longer a viable path to lasting peace, a controversial assessment of the Israeli-Palestine conflict addresses key issues while outlining a framework for action.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.94 OMASaunders, Frances Stonor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.14 SAUBurt, Andrew
Summary: "The American story of blacklists, scapegoating, conspiracies, and cover-ups that have taken over national politics throughout our history when the mainstream has adopted extremist fear that secret networks--from the Illuminati and Freemasons to Communists and Muslim terrorists--have infiltrated society and threatened destruction from within"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: LP, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 BURGrossman, David.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.9405 GRORenton, Alex
Summary: When British Caribbean slavery was abolished across most of the British Empire in 1833, it was not the newly liberated who received compensation, but the tens of thousands of enslavers who were paid millions of pounds in government money. The descendants of some of those slave owners are among the wealthiest and most powerful people in Britain today. Alex Renton explores what inheritance -...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Canongate 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.362 RENBeaver, David I.
Summary: "In much of the theory of meaning, philosophers and linguists have focused on the use of language in conveying information in cooperative informational exchanges. As a result, political uses of speech, of the sort that political propaganda exemplifies, have not been taken to be a central case of language use. In this book, Jason Stanley and David Beaver focus on the political use of speech as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2023
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Summary: As journalist Chris Taylor shows, Star Wars might never have been such a wild success if not for the eclectic cast of writers, editors, sound engineers, and marketers who labored behind the scenes to bring George Lucas’s vision to life and sell it to a skeptical public. Essential reading for Star Wars fans or anyone interested in the business of entertainment, How Star Wars Conquered the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4 TAYBerman, Geoffrey
Summary: "The gripping and explosive memoir of serving as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in the face of the Justice Department's attempts to protect Trump's friends and punish his enemies"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BERMAN, GEOFFREY BERZinn, Howard
Summary: "The role of artists, writers, poets, actors, and musicians have an enormous impact on society. Because of the special place they occupy in people's hearts and minds their influence is central. Artists shine light into the dark crevices of the human psyche. They question, nudge and agitate ... In times of crisis and war, great artists provide comfort, hope, inspiration and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: AK Press 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN ZinKendi, Ibram X.
Summary: We can let racism stand, or we can stand against it. Readers will follow a young Kendi as he learns (and unlearns) lessons that help shape his understanding racism. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America. Even more fundamentally, it points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. He asks us to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.8 KENSummary: Join Barbie "Malibu" Roberts and Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts for fun, laughter, and exciting new adventures. Follow Barbie and Barbie as they attend a year of performing arts high school in NYC.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: NCircle Entertainment 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BARSummary: The Bush administration marketed and sold the war in Iraq to the American people. How and why did the press buy it, and what does that say about the role of journalists in helping the public sort out fact from propaganda? In this program, veteran journalist Bill Moyers, award-winning producer Kathleen Hughes, and their investigative team piece together the reporting and political spin that...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Child, Lee
Summary: "In his first work of nonfiction, the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher series explores the endurance of heroes from Achilles to Bond, showing us how this age-old myth is a fundamental part of what makes us human. He demonstrates how hero stories continue to shape our world - arguing that we need them now more than ever. From the Stone Age to the Greek Tragedies, from Shakespeare...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TLS Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.9 CHISummary: "An activity-based volume that introduces cultural crafts and performing arts from around the world. Features include a glossary, an additional resource list, and an index"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 790.1 FUNSummary: When the residents of Budrus learn that the Israeli army plans to build the Separation Barrier through their town, cutting them off from neighboring Palestinian villages and uprooting their precious olive groves, they decide to organize. Under the leadership of Ayed Morrar, Palestinian men of all political factions come together to wage an unarmed struggle to preserve their lands. Victory seems...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arab Film Distribution 2011
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BUDSummary: The development of authentic self-esteem and a healthy sense of self has always been a vitally important part of growing up. But this process is a challenge that has gotten even trickier to negotiate due to the widespread integration of digital technology into everyday living. Drawing on the insights of a clinical psychologist/family therapist, an adolescent psychologist, and a number of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Sixties' media philosopher Marshall McLuhan predicted the coming of a Global Village in which telecommunications technology would figuratively shrink the world. Satellites, the Internet, multinational communications giants, and the ubiquity of televisions and computers have more than helped realize his prophecy. Who are the big players and what kind of village have they wrought? As American...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: As globalization of trade rapidly expands, the mainstream media is being accused of inadequately reporting the issues. This program canvasses some of the dissent by exploring conflicts of interest within the media and showing how technology, such as the camcorder and the Internet, is challenging the monopoly of big news broadcasters. Differences between mainstream and "indie" media are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program offers a global history of the oil industry and the issues intertwined with it, from early-20th-century prospecting in South America and the Middle East to war in Iraq. The origins and significance of OPEC figure prominently in the narrative, as do several historic and violent conflicts revolving around controlling sources or flows of oil: labor strikes in Latin America, Nasser's...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006