- Catalog Home
- » My Account
- » List
On Shelf
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Video Nonfiction
DVD 323.1196 FOU
1 available
DVD 323.1196 FOU
1 available
Description
he Birmingham Campaign was launched in 1963. Martin Luther King Jr. and other activists were soon jailed, but it was the participation of the children that advanced the momentum of the Birmingham movement. They marched alongside the adults and were taken to jail with them as well. Because the 16th St. Baptist Church was close to the downtown area, it was an ideal location to hold rallies and meetings. On Sunday morning, Sept. 15, 1963, dynamite planted...
On Shelf
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Video
DVD F
1 available
DVD F
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult Videos
DVD F
1 available
DVD F
1 available
Description
"In 1946, Branch Rickey, ... owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous color line when he signed Jackie Robinson ... to the team. The deal put both men in the crosshairs of the public, the press and even other players. Facing unabashed racism from every side, Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous courage and let his talent on the field win over fans and his teammates"--Container.
Description
A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.
Description
Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She is a smart girl, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah decides to participate in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from...
5) Ali
On Shelf
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Video
DVD A
1 available
DVD A
1 available
Description
Dramatic biography of boxing great Muhammad Ali, which focuses on the ten-year period of 1964-1974. In that time, the brash, motor-mouthed athlete quickly dominates his sport, meets and marries his first wife, converts to Islam (changing his name from Cassius Clay), and defies the United States government by refusing to submit to military conscription for duty in Vietnam. His world heavyweight champion title thus stripped from him entirely for political...
7) Barbershop
Description
Calvin never wanted to take over the family business, a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. One morning he decides to sell the shop to a shady loan shark named Lester. Calvin spends the day cutting heads at the shop, and starts to understand the importance of the legacy left to him. Calvin learns to appreciate his barber friends, and discovers that the place where they work is more than just a place to get a haircut. Calvin gradually changes...
Description
The story of Noni, the music world's latest superstar. But not all is what it seems, and the pressures of fame have Noni on the edge - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her detail. Drawn to each other, Noni and Kaz fall fast and hard, despite the protests of those around them who urge them to put their career ambitions ahead of their romance.
Description
Just mercy: A powerful and thought-provoking true story follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley. One of his first and most incendiary cases is that of Walter McMillian.
The hate u give:...
Description
The birth of a nation: Nat Turner is a literate American slave and preacher. His financially strained owner accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. But as Nat witnesses countless atrocities, he orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.
12 years a slave: The harrowing account of a black man, born free in New York State, who was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in 1841. Having no way to...
On Shelf
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Video Nonfiction
DVD 305.8009 CON
1 available
DVD 305.8009 CON
1 available
Description
Say her name: An investigation into the disputed cause of death of black activist Sandra Bland, who died in police custody in Waller County, Texas, after a routine traffic stop by state trooper Brian Encinia.
The Central Park Five: Chronicles America's complicated perceptions of race and crime through the story of the "Central Park 5"--A group of minority teenagers wrongfully convicted and jailed for brutally raping a white woman in New York.
And...
Description
An important and timely collection features educational, in-depth introductions to some of the most notable and integral individuals and events that make up Black History.
On Shelf
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Video
DVD TELEVISION B
1 available
DVD TELEVISION B
1 available
Description
Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community. Nine years ago, Pierce was a hero of a different sort. Gifted with the superhuman power to harness and control electricity, he used those powers to keep his hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black...
14) Black Panther
On Shelf
Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Adult Videos
DVD B
1 available
DVD B
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult Videos
DVD B
1 available
DVD B
1 available
On Shelf
Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Adult Videos
BLURAY B
1 available
BLURAY B
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult Videos
BLURAY B
1 available
BLURAY B
1 available
Description
King T'Challa returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from divisions within his own country. When two enemies conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must join forces with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Wakandan Special Forces, to prevent Wakanda from being drawn into a world war.
15) Black wings
On Shelf
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Video Nonfiction
DVD 629.1309 BLA
1 available
DVD 629.1309 BLA
1 available
Description
A documentary on the first African American aviators, examining the achievements of Bessie Coleman, William Powell, James Herman Banning, Thomas C. Allen, and Marlon Green.
16) BlacKKKlansman
On Shelf
Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Adult Videos
DVD B
1 available
DVD B
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Video
DVD B
1 available
DVD B
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult Videos
DVD B
1 available
DVD B
1 available
On Shelf
Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Adult Videos
BLURAY B
1 available
BLURAY B
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult Videos
BLURAY B
1 available
BLURAY B
1 available
Description
In the early 1970s, Ron Stallworth becomes the first African-American detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a difference, he bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. He recruits a seasoned colleague, Flip Zimmerman, into the undercover investigation. Together, they team up to take down the extremist organization aiming to garner mainstream appeal.
On Shelf
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Video Nonfiction
DVD 323.1196 BLI
1 available
DVD 323.1196 BLI
1 available
Description
In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. The shocking incident made national headlines and, when the police chief was acquitted by an all-white jury, the blatant injustice would change the course of American history. Based on Richard Gergel's book...
18) Buffalo soldiers
Description
Fact-based story about the all-black U.S. Cavalry Troop H, which protected the Western territories in post-Civil War times. The story focuses on the troops' attempts to capture an Apache warrior, Vittorio, who slaughters the settlers in New Mexico. The film examines the racial tensions that existed between the black soldiers and some of the white soldiers, and the truths about the Indian invaders.
19) Candyman
On Shelf
Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Adult Videos
DVD C
1 available
DVD C
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult Videos
DVD C
1 available
DVD C
1 available
On Shelf
Oak Park Public Library Dole Branch - Adult Videos
BLURAY C
1 available
BLURAY C
1 available
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Video
BLURAY C
2 available
BLURAY C
2 available
Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch - Adult Videos
BLURAY C
1 available
BLURAY C
1 available
Description
Oscar® winner Jordan Peele and filmmaker Nia DaCosta unleash a fresh take on the blood-chilling urban legend: Candyman. For decades, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini-Green were terrorized by a ghost story about a supernatural, hook handed killer. In present day, an artist (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) begins to explore the macabre history of Candyman, not knowing it would unravel his sanity and unleash a terrifying wave of violence that puts him...
On Shelf
Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - 2nd Flr - Video
BLURAY C
1 available
BLURAY C
1 available
Description
After he reuniites with an old school pal through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage.
