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An 8-year-old black child named Victoria is taken in for a night by the wealthy, white, well-intentioned family of one of her schoolmates. The experience haunts her for years to come, shaping her desires and offering a mirage of privilege that she dreams of but finds impossible to attain. As an adult, she drifts from job to job, but then unexpectedly reconnects with the family’s youngest son in an encounter that will reshape her life yet again....
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Follow Chester: Chester Pierce broke racial barriers by joining his college football team during segregation in the United States. Despite breaking the law, his team played on.
Let the children march: In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African-American children volunteered to march for their civil rights after hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak.
A ride to remember: An interesting tale that reveals how in 1963, due to demonstrations...
3) The fits
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Eleven-year-old tomboy Toni is bewitched by the tight-knit dance team she sees practicing in the same Cincinnati gymnasium where she boxes with her brother. Enamored by the power and confidence of the strong community of girls, Toni neglects her boxing, and instead eagerly absorbs the dance routines and drills. But when a mysterious outbreak of fainting spells plagues the team, Toni's desire for acceptance is challenged.
4) Step
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The senior year of a girls' high school step dance team against the background of inner city Baltimore. Empowered by their teachers, coaches, families, and each other, they strive to win a championship and go to college.
5) Clover
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Clover is a precocious ten-year-old African American girl living with her widowed father, Gaten on the family peach orchard in the deep south. Shortly after remarrying, her father passes away leaving her in the sole custody of his new bride; a woman whom Clover barely knows.
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Pushout: the criminalization of black girls in schools is a feature length documentary, based on a book of the same name by Dr. Monique W. Morris, that takes a deep dive into the lives of Black girls and the practices, cultural beliefs and policies that disrupt one of the most important factors in girls' lives- education. The documentary underscores the challenges Black girls face with insight from experts across the country who have worked extensively...
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"For many Black girls raised in the suburbs, the experiences of going to school, playing on the playground, and living day-to-day life can be uniquely alienating. Black Girl in Suburbia looks at the suburbs of America from the perspective of women of color. Filmmaker Melissa Lowery shares her own childhood memories of navigating racial expectations both subtle and overt - including questions like, "Hey, I just saw a Black guy walking down the street;...
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Curious George rides a bike: The man in the yellow hat gives Curious George a brand new bicycle ; The great white man-eating shark: Norvin, a boy who closely resembles a shark, uses his talents to scare away all the swimmers at Caramel Cove, except for one female shark in love ; Flossie & the fox: Flossie meets up with a clever fox who has been making trouble around town ; Happy lion: When the door to his house at the zoo is left open a lion decides...
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"Rosa" : On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery, Alabama city bus and refused to give up her seat to a white man. Iconographic (14 minutes) / Lexile [registered trademark] : 900L / GRL: T / Ages 5-12.
"Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story From The Underground Railroad" : Henry dreams of a world where his life belongs to him. But when his family is sold, he risks everything for what he knows is right. With the strength and conviction of...
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