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- The Cure for Everything : The Epic Struggle for Public Health and a Radical Vision for Human Thriving. by Williams, Michelle A.;
- 'The Cure For Everything' is the inspiring story of how we overcame a history of infectious disease, poisonous environments, and early death and unlocked an explosion in human potential - and a vision for the work ahead to optimize human flourishing in the 21st century.Library Bound Incorporated
- Subjects: MEDICAL / Public Health; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / General;
- When Trees Testify : Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy. by Montgomery, Beronda L.;
- In 'When Trees Testify', award-winning plant biologist Beronda L. Montgomery explores the ways seven trees - as well as the cotton shrub - are intertwined with Black history and culture. She reveals how knowledge surrounding these trees has shaped America since the very beginning. As Montgomery shows, trees are material witnesses to the lives of enslaved Africans and their descendants.Library Bound Incorporated
- Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; HISTORY / United States / General; NATURE / Plants / Trees; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies;
- Linnentown. by Shaw, Kevin,film director.; M. McDuffie, Tina,actor.; PBS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Tina M. McDuffieOriginally produced by PBS in 2025.The last living descendants of a once-thriving Black neighborhood in Athens, GA come together to fight to preserve the memory of Linnentown and to seek redress for what was lost. Their family homes were razed in a 1960s urban renewal program and they, along with civic-minded neighbors, unite to try to reclaim their forgotten history and forge a path toward reconciliation.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; African Americans.; Communities.; Housing.; Nineteen sixties.;
- 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.;
- 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.;
- Great Migrations. by Marchesi, Julia,film director.; Ife Sims, Nailah,film director.; Louis Gates Jr., Henry,actor.; PBS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Henry Louis Gates Jr.Originally produced by PBS in 2025.GREAT MIGRATIONS: A PEOPLE ON THE MOVE explores the transformative impact of Black migration on American culture and society. From the waves of Black Americans to the North--and back South--over the last century to the growing number of immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean today, the film shows how movement is a defining feature of the Black experience.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Ethnicity.; History.; Emigration and immigration.; African Americans.; United States--History.; United States.; Documentary television programs.;
- Decade of Fire. by Hildebran, Gretchen,film director.; Vazquez, Vivian,film director.; Bayview Entertainment (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Bayview Entertainment in 2019.In the 1970s, fires consumed the South Bronx. Black and Puerto Rican residents were blamed, even as they fought to save their homes. Vivian Vázquez Irizarry pursues the truth around the fires, uncovering racist policies and neglect that shape our cities.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; History.; African Americans.; Nineteen seventies.; Political participation.; Communities.; Fire.; Disasters.; Hispanic Americans.; New York (State).;
- Forgotten Hero. by Smawley, Michelle,film director.; Morton, Joe,actor.; PBS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Joe MortonOriginally produced by PBS in 2025.The civil rights movement was set in motion by activists of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. While some of its leaders are familiar, Walter White -- NAACP head from 1929 to 1955 and one of America’s most influential Black men -- has been all but forgotten. This film traces the fascinating and complex life of this neglected civil rights hero. From AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; Human rights.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; History.; African Americans.; Political participation.; United States--History.; Civil rights.; Civil rights workers--United States.;
- Triumph. by Gaines, Andre,film director.; Cheadle, Don,actor.; The History® Channel (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Don CheadleOriginally produced by The History® Channel in 2024.Narrated by award-winning actor Don Cheadle, this documentary explores the dramatic tale of Owens' athletic dedication, perseverance and triumph over Hitler's Aryan supremacy agenda.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Social sciences.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; History, Modern.; German language.; Physical education and training.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; History.; Sports.; World War, 1939-1945.; African Americans.; Racism.; United States--History.; Olympics.; Nineteen thirties.; National socialism.; Running.;
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