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21) Roots
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga begins with Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family is depicted up until the Civil War, when Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation.
23) Roots
Publisher
Warner Brothers Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
30th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (9 hr., 33 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
Publisher
Carroll & Graf
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Physical Desc
288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Dangerous" describes Malcolm X for poet Sonia Sanchez, and civil rights attorney William Kunstler places him at "the cutting edge of the black struggle." For historian John Henrik Clarke he was "the brightest light we produced in the twentieth century"; to journalist Claude Lewis, "the bravest man I've ever known." Former CORE director James Farmer calls him "a champion." University professor Kathryn Gibson remembers him as "the protector." Part...
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xvi, 209 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Expand your reading list and stand against literary censorship with this one-year reading challenge and book journal! Featuring 52 modern and classic books that have been challenged or banned, from The Hunger Games to Maus, this book log includes ALA's insights into each title as well as writing prompts for further reflection. A perfect holiday stocking stuffer, birthday present, or gift for bibliophiles, librarians, teachers and educators, activists,...
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