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I Am Nobody's Slave : How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free. by Hawkins, Lee.;
'I Am Nobody's Slave' is a journey into veteran journalist Lee Hawkins' family history, tracing its roots back to pre-Revolutionary America. Utilizing genetic testing, investigative reporting, and historical documentation, Hawkins explores 400 years of his family's lineage, revealing the intertwined lives of Black and white families, their resilience, sufferings, and the impact of historical trauma.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / African American & Black; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black; HISTORY / Social History; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies;
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Written in the Waters : A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging. by Roberts, Tara.;
'Written in the Waters' is a memoir by National Geographic explorer Tara Roberts who recounts her epic journey to trace the global slave trade across the Atlantic Ocean - and find her place in the world. Perfect for fans of adventurous womens memoirs like Elizabeth Gilbert's 'Eat Pray Love', Cheryl Strayed's 'Wild', and Jesmyn Ward's 'Men We Reaped'. Goodreads Giveaway.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African Studies;
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The Beauty of Blackness. by Moore, Kiana,film director.; Johnson, Tiffany,film director.; Vox Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Vox Media in 2022.In 1973, Eunice Johnson, the founder of Ebony and Jet, launched Fashion Fair - the first national cosmetics brand created exclusively for Black women. A revolution for its time, the brand would grow to become an iconic symbol of representation. This film chronicles Fashion Fair’s checkered past, and follows its new leadership in real time as they reinvent the brand amidst our present social upheaval and intensified competition.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Gender identity.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Women's studies.; History.; African Americans.; United States--History.; Beauty, Personal.;
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Bloodlines of the Slave Trade. by Hancock, Markie,film director.; Video Project (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Video Project in 2023.Examines the lives of two people whose only connection is a genetic link to John Armfield, one of the most notorious slave traders of the 1830s. Rodney Williams, who is Black, and Susanna Grannis, who is white, each trace their ancestry back to their distant ancestor, detailing the diverging paths their lineages took. While their relationship to this past is fundamentally different, and they never meet in the film, they both share in the telling of the horrific domestic slave trade and the ongoing reverberations of slavery.The film also navigates the lesser known "second middle passage" referred to as the "domestic slave trade." Starting in Alexandria, VA, where two of the wealthiest and most infamous slave traders of the mid-19th century were headquartered, Williams journeys along the Natchez Trace where in all likelihood his ancestors walked before him. In Alexandria, John Armfield and Isaac Franklin would either ship or march the enslaved down south to Mississippi or Louisiana for both future sale and brutal work on southern plantations. These cruel transactions involved separation from family members, long and arduous journeys chained together in coffles, and even more brutal working conditions once sold off in Natchez or New Orleans. His path along the trail illuminates the mechanisms and realities of chattel slavery, and illustrates the vast accumulation of wealth created by enslaved people, but held by slaveowners and benefitting their descendants.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Human rights.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; History.; African Americans.; United States--History.; Slavery.; Genealogy.;
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