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Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
The memoir of the first woman, African American, and South Asian American to become attorney general of the State of California, and the second black woman ever elected to the United States Senate. Harris discusses the impact that her family and community had on her life, and how she came to discover her own sense of self and purpose
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Student reporters from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, recall the attack on their school, describe recovery efforts and their classmates' part in the struggle for gun control, and discuss their roles as journalists.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Against a backdrop of sex, politics, and race, Anita reveals the intimate story of a woman who spoke truth to power. Directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Mock, the film is both a celebration of Anita Hill's legacy and a rare glimpse into her private life with friends and family, many of whom were by her side that fateful day 22 years ago. Anita Hill courageously speaks openly and intimately for the first time about her experiences that...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This impassioned documentary was rejected for broadcast by ABC TV as “biased” and lacking “balance”. John Howard introduced the Intervention legislation in July 2007. Two years later, an official United Nations rapporteur on human rights, Professor James Anaya, described the policy as an “extraordinary measure which infringes on the rights and determinations of Indigenous People”. In this film, two Aboriginal spokespersons – Barbara...
10) Those who knew
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"On an unnamed island country ten years after the collapse of a brutal regime, Lena suspects the powerful senator she was involved with back in her student activist days may be guilty of murder. She says nothing, assuming no one will believe her, given her family's shameful support of the former regime and her lack of evidence. They are the same reasons she told no one, a decade earlier, what happened with the senator while they were dating"--
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Presents the full text of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol's report, which addresses the origins of the insurrection, how it was organized and funded and the role of Donald Trump and other high-ranking officials"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An intimate and rousing memoir by progressive trailblazer Ilhan Omar-the first African refugee, the first Somali-American, and one of the first Muslim women, elected to Congress. Ilhan Omar was only eight years old when war broke out in Somalia. The youngest of seven children, her mother had died while Ilhan was still a little girl. She was being raised by her father and grandfather when armed gunmen attacked their compound and the family decided...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Featuring highlights of the following major speeches given by President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Speech: 1. 1960 Presidential Primary Campaign 2. Democratic Convention Acceptance Speech - July 15, 1960 3. Presidential Campaign - 1960 4. Inauguration Speech - January 20, 1961 5. State of the Union Address - January 30, 1961 6. State of the Union Address - January 11, 1962 7. Space Exploration Speech at Rice University - September 12, 1962 8. Announcing...
14) Welfare
Publisher
Frederick Wiseman (Zipporah)
Pub. Date
1975.
Language
English
Description
WELFARE shows the nature and complexity of the welfare system in sequences illustrating the staggering diversity of problems that constitute welfare: housing, unemployment, divorce, medical and psychiatric problems, abandoned and abused children, and the elderly. These issues are presented in a context where welfare workers as well as clients struggle to cope with and interpret the laws and regulations that govern their work and life.. "I wish all...
15) Hoops
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A work of fiction inspired by a true story, Matt Tavares's debut graphic novel dramatizes the historic struggle for gender equality in high school sports. It is 1975 in Indiana, and the Wilkins Regional High School girls' basketball team is in their rookie season. Despite being undefeated, they practice at night in the elementary school and play to empty bleachers. Unlike the boys' team, the Lady Bears have no buses to deliver them to away games...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The third in a collection of highlights of the most important and well-known speeches of modern times. These are the dramatic words from world leaders that changed the course of history and inspired millions worldwide. Video includes highlights of the following speeches from: 1. Will Rogers Campaign Rally with FDR - 1932 2. Huey Long Addressing Congressional Staff Members on the "re-distribution of wealth" - December 11, 1943 3. Franklin Delano...
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