Resources for African and African Diaspora Studies

Below are a selected few that are available in the Academic Video ONline (AVON) database:

DOCUMENTARIES

• The Road to Brown (1990) - The Road to Brown tells the story of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling as the culmination of a brilliant legal assault on segregation that launched the Civil Rights movement. 57 mins.
• Eyes on the Prize (1990) - An award-winning 14-hour television that covers all of the major events of the civil rights movement from 1954-1985. 14 videos; 55-58mins each.
• John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020) - An intimate account of legendary U.S. Representative John Lewis’ life, legacy and more than 60 years of extraordinary activism. 98 mins.
• The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (2013) - The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross is an award-winning six-part Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) public television series written and presented by Harvard University scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 6 videos. 57 mins.
• Slavery By Another Name (2012) - Slavery By Another Name challenges one of America's most cherished assumptions -- the belief that slavery in the US ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. 85 mins.
• A Class Divided (1986) - On the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in April 1968, Jane Elliott's third graders from the small, all-white town of Riceville, Iowa, came to class confused and upset. 56 mins.
• Cities: Africa's Great Civilization (2017)  - Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. 6 videos; 53 mins each.
• Son of Africa (1996) - The Interesting Narration of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa the African was the first influential slave autobiography. 29 mins.
• February One (2004) - In one remarkable day, four college freshmen changed the course of American history. February One tells the inspiring story surrounding the 1960 Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins that revitalized the Civil Rights Movement and set an example of student militancy for the coming decade. 57 mins.
• Strange Fruit (2002) - Strange Fruit is the first documentary exploring the history and legacy of the Billie Holiday classic. The song's evolution tells a dramatic story of America's radical past using one of the most influential protest songs ever written as its epicenter. 57 mins.
• Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity (2010) - Hip-Hop was created by urban youth of color more than 30 years ago amid racial oppression and economic marginalization. It has moved beyond that specific community and embraced by young people worldwide, elevating it to a global youth culture. 57 mins.

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