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Black History Month
Films
The March
"A watershed moment of the civil rights movement, the March on Washington brought together a huge coalition of powerful and revered civil rights organizations, labor unions, and civil rights leaders. It was to become the biggest civil protest in American history. This film tells the unknown stories which led to the March."
Black Lives Matter
"Reporter Sally Sara takes to the streets of Baltimore and Chicago to investigate a reawakened civil rights movement that’s fighting to stop the killing of black Americans."
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The Black Kung Fu Experience
"Through the unique vehicle of kung fu, Chinese and African-American experiences challenge political and social persecution... Their stories illustrate how kung fu is a unique crucible of the black experience, and demonstrate that the legacy of kung fu is less about flash and style, and more about community, identity, and cross-cultural bridges."
Watch it here
Books
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black liberation
"Activist and scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor surveys the historical and contemporary ravages of racism and persistence of structural inequality such as mass incarceration and Black unemployment. In this context, she argues that this new struggle against police violence holds the potential to reignite a broader push for Black liberation"
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Creating their own image: the history of African-American women artist
"Creating Their Own Image marks the first comprehensive history of African-American women artists, from slavery to the present day...Weaving together an expansive collection of artists, styles, and periods, Farrington argues that for centuries African-American women artists have created an alternative vision of how women of color can, are, and might be represented in American culture."
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From Black power to hip hop: racism, nationalism, and feminism
"From Black Power to Hip Hop covers a wide range of topics including the significance of race and ethnicity to the American national identity; how ideas about motherhood affect population policies; African American use of black nationalism ideologies as anti-racist practice; and the relationship between black nationalism, feminism, and women in the hip-hop generation."
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