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Madness : race and insanity in a Jim Crow asylum / by Hylton, Antonia,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."On a cold day in March of 1911, officials marched twelve Black men into the heart of a forest in Maryland. Under the supervision of a doctor, the men were forced to clear the land, pour cement, lay bricks, and harvest tobacco. When construction finished, they became the first twelve patients of the state's Hospital for the Negro Insane. For centuries, Black patients have been absent from our history books. Madness transports readers behind the brick walls of a Jim Crow asylum. In Madness, Peabody and Emmy award-winning journalist Antonia Hylton tells the 93-year-old history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the last segregated asylums with surviving records and a campus that still stands to this day in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. She blends the intimate tales of patients and employees whose lives were shaped by Crownsville with a decade-worth of investigative research and archival documents. Madness chronicles the stories of Black families whose mental health suffered as they tried, and sometimes failed, to find safety and dignity. Hylton also grapples with her own family's experiences with mental illness, and the secrecy and shame that it reproduced for generations. As Crownsville Hospital grew from an antebellum-style work camp to a tiny city sitting on 1,500 acres, the institution became a microcosm of America's evolving battles over slavery, racial integration, and civil rights. During its peak years, the hospital's wards were overflowing with almost 2,700 patients. By the end of the 20th-century, the asylum faded from view as prisons and jails became America's new focus. In Madness, Hylton traces the legacy of slavery to the treatment of Black people's bodies and minds in our current mental healthcare system. It is a captivating and heartbreaking meditation on how America decides who is sick or criminal, and who is worthy of our care or irredeemable"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Crownsville State Hospital; African Americans; African Americans; Mentally ill; Psychiatric hospitals; Racism in medicine.;
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L.A. confidential [videorecording]. by Spacey, Kevin; Basinger, Kim; Devito, Danny; Crowe, Russell;
Director, Curtis Hanson.Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger, Danny Devito, Russell Crowe.This 1950s crime thriller brings together dirty cops, gangsters, politicians, and tabloid blackmailers. Special features include: new featurettes, L.A. Confidential TV pilot with Kiefer Sutherland, commentary with Full Cast, and more.CHVRS rating: 18A.DVD.
Subjects: Drama.; Academy Award Winners.; Crime.;
© 2008., Warner Home Video,
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The Pope's exorcist [videorecording] / by Avery, Julius,film director.; Crowe, Russell,1964-actor.; Essoe, Alex,actor.; Ineson, Ralph,1969-actor.; McCreary, R. Dean,screenwriter.; Nero, Franco,actor.; Petroni, Michael,screenwriter.; Spiliotopoulos, Evan,screenwriter.; Zovatto, Daniel,1991-actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Russell Crowe, Franco Nero, Ralph Ineson, Alex Essoe, Daniel Zovatto.Inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, this film follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Horror films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Asmodeus (Demon); Amorth, Gabriele; Catholic Church; Conspiracies; Demoniac possession; Exorcism; Good and evil;
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The scarecrow / by Ferry, Beth.; Fan Brothers.;
When a baby crow falls from it's nest and is injured, a scarecrow takes care of it until it is ready to fly away.LSC
Subjects: Scarecrows; Crows; Animal rescue; Friendship;
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Stony the road : Reconstruction, white supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crow / by Gates, Henry Louis,Jr,author.;
Includes bibliographical reference and index."A profound new rendering of the struggle by African-Americans for equality after the Civil War and the violent counter-revolution that resubjugated them, as seen through the prism of the war of images and ideas that have left an enduring racist stain on the American mind. The abolition of slavery in the aftermath of the Civil War is a familiar story, as is the civil rights revolution that transformed the nation after World War II. But the century in between remains a mystery: if emancipation sparked 'a new birth of freedom' in Lincoln's America, why was it necessary to march in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s America? In this new book, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., one of our leading chroniclers of the African-American experience, seeks to answer that question in a history that moves from the Reconstruction Era to the 'nadir' of the African-American experience under Jim Crow, through to World War I and the Harlem Renaissance. Through his close reading of the visual culture of this tragic era, Gates reveals the many faces of Jim Crow and how, together, they reinforced a stark color line between white and black Americans. Bringing a lifetime of wisdom to bear as a scholar, filmmaker, and public intellectual, Gates uncovers the roots of structural racism in our own time, while showing how African Americans after slavery combatted it by articulating a vision of a "New Negro" to force the nation to recognize their humanity and unique contributions to America as it hurtled toward the modern age. The book will be accompanied by a new PBS documentary series on the same topic, with full promotional support from PBS"--
Subjects: African Americans; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); African Americans; African Americans; White supremacy movements; Racism in popular culture; Visual communication;
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Robin Hood [videorecording]. by Crowe, Russell; Blanchett, Cate; Von Sydow, Max; Hurt, William; Strong, Mark; Addy, Mark;
Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max Von Sydow, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Mark Addy.Director, Ridley Scott.DVD.CHVRS rating: 14A.In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. And whether thief or hero, one man from humble beginnings will become an eternal symbol of freedom for his people.
Subjects: Action.; Action / Adventure.;
© 2010., Universal Studios Home Entertainment,
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Crooked kingdom / by Bardugo, Leigh.;
AR: 5.6 / Lexile: 810L.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Criminals; Ex-convicts; Thieves; Magic;
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The first day of eternity / by West, Charles,author.;
Raised by Crow Indians. Enlisted by the US Army. Legendary scout Cody Hunter returns to the mountains where he lost his family--and makes a shocking discovery that will change his life forever ... This wolf hunts alone. His Crow name was Crazy Wolf. Orphaned after losing his family in an Indian attack, young Cody Hunter found a loving home among the Crow people--and learned the ancient ways of the Crow trackers. His well-honed skills earned him a place in the U.S. Army as a valued scout. But now, after fifteen years of living his life as Crazy Wolf, Cody is ready to face his painful past. He will return to the place that still gives him nightmares--and where the dreams of his father ended in bloodshed ... High in the mountains of Montana, Cody finds a stone memorial erected by the survivors of the families slaughtered there. The site of the attack triggers Cody's darkest memories--and leads him to a stunning realization: his father and two brothers did not die on that day. They may still be alive. And he will stop at nothing to find them again. To follow in their footsteps. To track them down on the treacherous journey west. A search this deadly may be the craziest thing Crazy Wolf has ever done. But he is a born Hunter--and he's willing to die that way ... "--Back cover.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Novels.; United States. Army; Orphans; Scouts (Reconnaissance); Crow;
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Land of bad [videorecording] / by Frigerio, David,screenwriter.; Crowe, Russell,1964-actor.; Eubank, William,film director,screenwriter.; Hemsworth, Liam,1990-actor.; Hemsworth, Luke,1980-actor.; Whittle, Ricky,1981-actor.; Videoville Showtime,publisher.;
Liam Hemsworth, Russell Crowe, Luke Hemsworth, Ricky Whittle, Milo Ventimiglia, Chika Ikogwe, Daniel MacPherson.A covert Special Forces operation in the South Philippines spirals into a brutal 48-hour battle for survival. When an elite extraction team is ambushed deep in enemy territory, rookie officer Kinney is left outnumbered but determined to leave no man behind. With an air strike closing in, Kinney's only hope hinges on the guidance of Air Force drone pilot Reaper, navigating unknowable danger where every move could be their last.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; War films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; United States. Army. Delta Force; Rescues; Drone aircraft pilots; Special forces (Military science); Survival;
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Truevine : two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South / by Macy, Beth,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; True crime stories.; Muse, George.; Muse, Willie.; Circus performers; African American entertainers; Albinos and albinism; Kidnapping;
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