Dennis, David J.

Summary: "A dynamic family exchange that pivots between the voices of a father and son, The Movement Made Us is a unique work of oral history and memoir, chronicling the extraordinary story of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and its living legacy embodied in Black Lives Matter. David Dennis Sr, a core architect of the movement, speaks out for the first time, swapping recollections both harrowing...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DEN

Scarpa, Linda

Summary: "Gregory Scarpa, Sr. was a stone-cold killer in the Colombo crime family, but to Linda, he was also a loving, devoted father. She reveals what it was like to grow up in the violent world of the mob and to come to grips with the truth about her father and the devastation he wrought"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 SCARPA, LINDA SCA

Summary: Examines the circumstances surrounding the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Gravitas Ventures 2018

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF STR

Summary: Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, this documentary is a raw and intimate portrait of the legendary folk singer and activist that shifts back and forth through time as it follows Joan on her final tour and delves into her extraordinary archive, including newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes, and audio recordings. Baez is remarkably revealing...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD 921 Baez

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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD