USA — Black Americans

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African American Issues

A serious and professional presentation of the background and pros and cons of major issues that affect the lives of African Americans:

The major issues for African Americans today, such as poverty, low graduation rates, high rates of out-of wedlock births, and high rates of incarceration, are of critical importance. This volume provides a solid basis for students to understand and debate 9 crucial issues in the context of both the past and present. These issues are slavery reparations, crime and punishment, cultural assimilation, affirmative action, school vouchers, standardized tests, welfare-to-work, stereotypes, and election reform. The history of slavery, segregation, and racism continue to impact African Americans and the rest of American society. For the students of today, born after the major gains of the Civil Rights Movement, this book will reveal how much more progress is still needed. They will find an historical overview of the issues, learn about the main players, and read about the different sides. Under the topical chapters, readers will be able to consider the fuller spectrum of news items, such as whether Bill Cosby's famous comments about African Americans are on target, and what can be done about the voting disenfranchising that exists in practice in the current US political system. Hardback (185 pages). Author: Kevin D. Roberts

Level: A/Interdisciplinary projects/Library-Depot

9780415958219

American Families: A Multicultural Reader

This collection of essays explores the way race-ethnicity, class, gender, locale, historical background and sexuality interact in shaping the diversity of modern American family life. The essays are written by many of the most important scholars of our time. There are chapters about African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Filipinas, Vietnamese, Chinese, immigrants, lesbians, motherhood, the poor, teenage mothers, and class consciousness in various times and places. This is an academic book, but there is lots of inspiration for the teacher and excerpts will be usable at the top end of the gymnasium. Editor: Stephanie Coontz. (475 pages)
Level: Library/Depot/2nd and 3rd years of the gymnasium

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Architects of Civil Rights DVD

This documentary looks at the prominent figures in the Civil Rights movement, who worked and sacrificed for a better society. Among those profiled are Rosa Parks, whose refusal to move to the back of a bus led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott and inspired the other architects of the movement; Martin Luther King, who led the march on Washington and inspired millions; and Coretta Scott King, a remarkable community leader in her own right, who continued to work tirelessly for Civil Rights even after the tragic assassination of her husband in 1968.

  • Running time: 60 minutes.
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Atlas of Slavery

James Walvin maps the history of slavery from ancient to modern times and provides a concise commentary that deepens our understanding of slavery and its impact on global history. Walvin's atlas reminds us of the magnitude of the task that faced those who sought – and still seek – to eradicate slavery. Despite the wide-ranging atrocities of the twentieth century, the Atlantic slave system continues to hold a horrible fascination. In this book Walvin looks at slavery in the Americas in the broadest context, taking account of both earlier and later forms of slavery. The relationship between the critical continents, Europe, Africa and the Americas, is examined through a collection of maps and related text, which puts the key features of the history of slavery in their geographical setting. Walvin shows how the people of three widely separated continents were brought together into an economic and human system that was characterized both by violence and cruelty to its victims and huge economic advantage to its owners and managers. We may think of slavery as a largely bygone phenomenon, but it is a practice that continues to this day, and the exploitation of vulnerable human beings remains a pressing contemporary issue. A great resource from which the teacher can easily pull relevant sections.
Contents: Introduction — 1. Slavery in a global setting — 2. The Ancient World — 3. Overland Trade Routes — 4. European slavery and slave trades — 5. Exploration and the spread of sugar — 6. Europeans, slaves and West Africa — 7. Britain, slavery and the slave trade — 8. Africa — 9. The Atlantic — 10. Crossing the Atlantic — 11. Destinations — 12. Arrivals — 13. Brazil — 14. The Caribbean — 15. North America — 16. Cotton and the USA — 17. Slave Resistance — 18. Abolition and Emancipation — 19. East Africa and the Indian Ocean — 20. Slavery after abolition — 21. Chronology
(146 pages)
Level: Gymnasiet etc./A Teacher's resource for projects in co-operation with history/Library/Depot
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Autobiography of Malcolm X

Harlem criminal and cocaine addict Malcolm X underwent a dramatic prison conversion to the puritanical (and often racist) Black Muslim sect. He became America’s most noted radical black spokesman, speaking out to millions of oppressed blacks with a message of new hope and self-respect. Was he just a propagandist for a perverse mirror-image of white racism? Or was he a pioneer of modern anti-racism and black self-assertion. (428 pages)
Level A/B.
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Barack Obama (The Comic Book Biography)

This is the life-story of Barack Obama in comic book form, following him from infancy to the first 100 days of his administration as the 44th President of the United States of America. It contains, in fact, 3 separate comic books:
Presidential Material follows him from childhood to winning the Democratic nomination. This best-selling comic book was quite a media sensation.
The Road to the Whitehouse follows Obama and his campaign from the Democratic National Convention through his election as President on November 4th, 2008, and then on to the inauguration.
The First 100 Days continues the story with the most relevant details of his first 100 Days in office, documenting the facts without bias.
Excellent language is used throughout, including many of Obama's own words.
Author: Jeff Mariotte. Artists: Tom Morgan and J.Scott Campbell. Hardback. (80 pages)
Level: Gymnasiet etc.

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Black Culture and Black Consciousness

When Black Culture and Black Consciousness first appeared thirty years ago, it marked a revolution in our understanding of African American history. Contrary to prevailing ideas at the time, which held that African culture disappeared quickly under slavery and that black Americans had little group pride, history, or cohesiveness, the author uncovered a cultural treasure trove of African American oral tradition, including songs, proverbs, jokes, folktales, and long narrative poems called toasts — work that dated from before and after emancipation. The fact that these ideas and sources seem so commonplace now is largely due to this book and the scholarship that followed in its wake. It profoundly influenced an entire generation of historians and continues to be read and taught. Author: Lawrence W. Levine. (522 pages)
Level: Inspiration for the Teacher/3rd Year of Gymnasium/Papers/Projects

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Black Peoples of America

Accessible and easy large-format book with themes about Black history in the USA. Lots of illustrations, tables, short sources etc. Themes: Slavery Comes to the Americas – Life on the Plantations – The End of Slavery in the Americas – The Birth of the Civil Rights Movement – Challenges to Segregation 1951-65 – From the 1960s to the New Millennium.
Level: Use selected themes as background material: Levels C/(D)
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Black Voices

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Poetry, fiction, autobiography and literary criticism. A comprehensive collection featuring the work of the major black voices of a century. Work by: Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Sterling Brown, Gwendolyn Brooks, Leroi Jones, W.E.B. Du Bois and many others (720 pages)
Level: (C)/B/A

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Civil Rights in America 1865-1980

The story of the long struggle for equality for blacks and other minorities. Very clear layout. Each chapter ends with a Document case study based on 6-10 short sources from the period. (138 pages)
Level: students writing papers / background for teachers.
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Civil Rights Movement

This is an accessible but thorough introduction to the Civil Rights Movement. The civil rights movement was probably the most important reform in American history. This book tells the extraordinary and often bloody story of how tens of thousands of ordinary African-Americans overcame long odds to dethrone segregation, to exercise the right to vote and to improve their economic standing. Organized in a clear chronological fashion, the book shows how concerted pressure in a variety of forms ultimately carried the day in creating a more just society for African-Americans.

  • Provides a detailed discussion of the racism that accompanied slavery in America and then consigned African-Americans to an inferior position
  • Addresses the roles of  racists, liberals, and reformers and radicals
  • Discusses local reformers who laboured for years to get the movement off the ground
  • Provides documents covering the most important aspects of the modern civil rights movement
  • Maps and Photographs, a Glossary, Chronology, a Who's Who, and a Guide to Further Reading

    Author: Professor Bruce J. Dierenfield. (179 pages)
    Level: Gymnasiet/SRP/Interdisciplinary projects with History

    CONTENTS: Chronology; Who’s Who; Glossary; Maps. PART ONE The Mississippi Plan: 1. Jim Crow South. PART TWO The New Negro: 2. Origins of the Movement; 3. The Brown Decision; 4. Little Rock Crisis. PART THREE Freedom Bound: 5. Montgomery Bus Boycott; 6. Sit-Ins; 7. Freedom Ride; 8. Battle Of Ole Miss; 9. Bombingham; 10. March On Washington. PART FOUR The Movement Fractures: 11. Freedom Summer; 12. Bloody Sunday. PART FIVE The Dream Deferred: 13. Black Power; Assessment. PART SIX Documents: 19 documents, for instance: Brown v Board of Education; Martin Luther King's ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’; Mississippi voter registration form, early 1960s; Graph of poverty status by race, 1939-1994. Further Reading.

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    Classic Slave Narratives

    20% Discount in 2012!

    Four stories by people who survived Slavery in the Americas: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (a native African's tale of transportation across the Atlantic in a slave ship); The History of Mary Prince (the life of a slave woman on the Caribbean islands), Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (born to a slave mother and a white father, describes his quest for literacy), and Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (a look into the sexual pathology of slave-owning society). (672 pages)
    Level: (B)/A

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    Coming of Age in Mississippi

    The classic story by Anne Moody of growing up poor and black in the rural south.— Mississippi in the 40s and 50s. A story that brings vividly to the reader the sights and smells of suffering. The story of a courageous black girl who dared to challenge a racist society. First published in 1968. (374 pages)
    Level: B/A
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    The Corner

    A year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighbourhood
    (from the creators of “The Wire”)

    The crime-infested intersection of West Fayette and Monroe Streets is well-known — and avoided — by most citizens of Baltimore. But this corner's 24-hour open-air drug market provides the economic fuel for a dying neighborhood. This book tells the chilling story of this desolate crossroad. Through the eyes of one broken family — two drug-addicted adults and their smart, vulnerable 15-year-old son, DeAndre McCollough — it examines the realities of inner cities across the country. It assesses why law enforcement policies, moral crusades, and the welfare system have accomplished so little. It looks at the price of the drug culture but also the poignant scenes of hope, caring, and love that rise in the midst of a place America has abandoned. Film available. Authors: Edward Burns and David Simon. (576 pages)
    Level: A great resource for the Gymnasium etc.

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    The Corner (2 discs) DVD

    This excellent mini-series (from the creators of The Wire) is based on the book The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood. It tells the true story of men, women, and children living amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. It chronicles a year in the lives of 15-year old DeAndre McCullough, his mother Fran Boyd, and his father Gary McCullough, as well as other addicts and low-level drug dealers caught up in the economy of heroin and cocaine. Acting performances are superb. While we see the explicit fallout of addiction, the series pictures the humanity and neglected potential of lost souls. The Corner is riveting, rather than depressing.

    • Directed by: Charles S. Dutton
    • Starring: T.K. Carter, Khandi Alexander & Sean Nelson
    • Running time: 6 hours
    • Subtitle options: English, Danish
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    Crips and Bloods — Made in America DVD

    This documentary charts the history of the deadly feud between two of Los Angeles' most notorious gangs — The Crips and The Bloods. Tracing the history of gang society in the city, this film goes on to examine the four decade-old feud itself, along with the heirarchy of the gangs, the territoriality and the strict codes of conduct members must not break. Using interviews with members past and present, the film highlights the devastating social issues that have arisen as a result of the feud, and asks if there is any hope for future generations of African-Americans in the city. It finds promising solutions in the neighborhoods themselves.
  • Presented by: Forest Whitaker
  • Directed by: Stacy Peralta 
  • Running time: 77 minutes (main feature) 
  • Widescreen
  • Extras: Making of; Interviews; Conditioning; The Penal System; Fatherhood; Shame, Self-Hatred and Violence; Gangasta Rap; Slavery
  • Subtitle options: none
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    Dr. Martin Luther King DVD

    A documentary which uses rare film footage and photographs to chronicle the life of Martin Luther King and the Civil Right's Movement. Explores how King's ideas, beliefs and methods evolved against the background of the rapidly changing Civil Rights situation.
  • Running time: 60 minutes
  • Extras: Two rare speeches, Civil Rights Timeline etc.
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    Dreams from My Father

    In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir (written even before Barack Obama had won his seat in the Senate), the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. The story begins in New York, where Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father — a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man — has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father's life and his divided inheritance — first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance. Written at the age of thirty-three, Dreams from My Father is an unforgettable read which illuminates not only Obama's own journey, but also our universal desire to understand our history and what makes us the people we are. (442 pages)
    Level: Library/Depot/Interdisciplinary projects/SRP

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    For Colored Girls

    “For colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf”

    Ntozake Shange's poetic drama (or dramatic prose poem, call it what you will) has been hailed as a classic from its birth in 1975, through success on Broadway, and now to the film version (with Kimberly Ellis, Janet Jackson, Koretta Devise, Whoopi Goldberg). It has inspired audiences all over the America. The twenty “poems” about seven women reveal what it meant to be of color and female in the twentieth century. In 1975 The New Yorker praised it for “encom­passing . . . every feeling and experience a woman has ever had”. This is the complete text, with stage directions. An uncompromising, groundbreaking and passionate work. Author: Ntozake Shange. (112 pages)
    Level: 2nd and 3rd Years of the Gymnasium etc.

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    For Colored Girls DVD

    Based on the poetic drama by Ntozake Shange:
    This film portrays the residents of one Harlem apartment building. As the women grapple with the everyday ups and downs of work, relationships, finances and family, they must also face the intertwined issues of racial and sexual prejudice and discrimination.

    • Directed by: Tyler Perry
    • Starring: Kimberly Ellis, Janet Jackson, Koretta Devise, Whoopi Goldberg
    • Running time: 133 minutes
    • Widescreen
    • Subtitle option: English
    • Extras: Documentary material, interviews, making of etc.
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    Growing Up in the South

    A great anthology of modern Southern literature about childhood, adolescence and young adulthood in the South. The book is divided into sections: Identifying Southern Places and Voices, Remembering Southern Families, Experiencing Southern Communities, Breaking Southern Stereotypes. Among the 24 authors are: Alice Walker, Bobbie Ann Mason, Richard Wright, William Faulkner, Anne Moody, Flannery O’Connor and Maya Angelou.
    Level: B/A
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    Has the Civil Rights Movement Been Successful? (What Do You Think?)

    *NEW IN APRIL 2012*

    Special price in 2012: kr. 92,50 ex. moms minus 15% = kr. 78,63

    What do you think?these American theme books encourage critical thinking and debate by providing case studies, historical contexts, and individual opinions on each issue. Level: 1st year of Gymnasium/C/9.-10.kl

    People look back at the campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement and are amazed at its accomplishments. In terms of legal challenges to discrimination, involvement in the electoral process, and educational advancements. But others do not agree with this opinion. They say that discrimination is still a problem at all levels of American society. It's easy just to look at the successes. Obviously the Civil Rights Movement was a very important step forward, but was it enough? This book will help you join in the debate. Author: John meany. (56 pages)

    Contents: The history of the civil rights movement — Critical thinking and debating skills — The civil rights movement and legal reform — The civil rights movement and popular culture — Stereotyping and private discrimination study — Will national security needs slow civil rights reforms? — Debating civil rights — Find out more (websiotes etc.) — Glossary.

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    The Help

    *NEW IN JANUARY 2012*
    Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver ... There's Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white child and nursing the hurt caused by her own son's tragic death; Minny, whose cooking is nearly as sassy as her tongue; and white Miss Skeeter, home from College, who wants to know why her beloved maid has disappeared. Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny. No one would believe they'd be friends; fewer still would tolerate it. But as each woman finds the courage to cross boundaries, they come to depend and rely upon one another. Each is in a search of a truth. And together they have an extraordinary story to tell ... Author: Kathryn Stockett. (451 pages)
    Level: 2nd and 3rd Years of Gymnasium etc.//Reading Groups
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    The Help DVD

    *NEW IN MARCH 2012*
    Kathryn Stockett's novel comes to vivid life. An inspirational story about very different women in the 1960s South who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project — one that breaks society's rules and puts them all at risk.
    • Directed by: Tate Taylor
    • Starring: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard
    • Running time: 140 minutes
    • Widescreen
    • Extras: A Senator's Son, Keep on Walkin etc.
    • Subtitles: Danish, Norwegian, English
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    History of Black New York DVD

    This documentary examines the history of New York's African-American citizens and culture from the early 1600s through today. There are segments on civil rights, politics, business, military heroes, the Harlem Renaissance and much more. In addition to examining the social and cultural contributions of African-Americans such as Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, and Count Basie.

    • Director: Marino Amaruso
    • Contributors: Colin Powell, Malcolm X, Jackie Robinson, Cab Calloway, Adam Clayton Powell
    • Running time: 50 minutes
    • Subtitle options: none
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    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

    Maya Angelou's autobiography, in which she tells of her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. She learns the power of a white skin and suffers the trauma of rape by her mother's lover. (288 pages)
    Level: B

    9780142406014

    if you come softly

    Both Elisha (Ellie) and Jeremiah (Miah) attend Percy Academy, a fancy private school in Manhattan, where neither quite fits in. Ellie is wrestling with family demons, and Miah is one of the few African American students. He feels good inside his skin in his own Brooklyn neighbourhood but is not so sure he fits in at the academy. It’s a surprise when he meets Ellie during the first week of school. In one frozen moment their eyes lock and after that they know they fit together — even though she’s Jewish and he’s black. Their worlds are so different, but to them that’s not what matters. They fall in love and their relationship begins to blossom — but they are hesitant to share their newfound happiness with their friends and families, who will not understand. Finally, life makes the brutal choice for them: Jeremiah is shot and killed for not stopping when the police call him back, and Ellie has to cope with the consequences. Author: Jacqueline Woodson. (181 pages)
    Level: C/1st Year of the Gymnasium

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    In the Land of the Free DVD

    In the Land of the Free is a documentary that examines the story of Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox and Robert King, three members of the Black Panther movement. They are known as the Angola 3 and have spent almost a century between them in solitary confinement in Angola, the Louisiana state penitentiary. Herman and Albert are still held in solitary confinement after thirty seven years, accused of a murder it has never been proved they committed, while Robert campaigns tirelessly for their release. In America ... today. How could this be?

    • Director: Vadim Jean
    • Narrated by: Samuel L. Jackson
    • Running time: 84 minutes
    • Subtitle options: none
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    Is Racism a Serious Problem? (At Issue)

    Has the racism debate outlived itself? Or do racial minorities in the United States still face serious problems of racial discrimination? Editor: Aarti D. Stephens. (126 pages)
    Level: Mainly Second and Third year Gymnasium

    Contents: Introduction; Prejudice Is a Natural Tendency That May Be Overcome (Mark Buchanan); The Perception of Racism Has Eclipsed Actual Racism (Shelby Steele); Diversity Cannot Be Mandated to Communities (James Q. Wilson); Environmental Harm Disproportionately Impacts the Poor and Minorities (Leyla Kokmen); Racism Is a Significant Problem in the Penal System (Stuart Taylor, Jr.); African Americans Are Disadvantaged Due to Poverty and Inequality (Michael B. Katz and Mark J. Stern); Latinos Face Discrimination Based on False Health Concerns (Geraldo Rivera); The War on Terrorism Has Increased Bias Against Muslims (Peter W. Singer); School Desegregation Needs Improvement (Gary Orfield, Erica Frankenberg and Liliana M. Garces); Affirmative Action Should Be Changed (Peter H. Schuck); Science Is Sometimes Used to Justify Racism (William H. Tucker); Reparations for African Americans Must Move Forward (Crystal L. Keels); Organizations to Contact; Bibliography; Index.

    Sample Pages (PDF)

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    Jungle Fever DVD

    The Spike Lee film: This critically acclaimed film explores the provocative consequences of inter-racial relationships. Black architect Flipper Purify begins an affair with his working-class Italian Secretary, which causes them to be scrutinised by their friends, cast out from their families and shunned by their neighbours in this moving view of inner-city life.

    • Directed by: Spike Lee
    • Starring: Wesley Snipes; Annabella Sciorra; Spike Lee; Anthony Quinn; Halle Berry; Samuel L. Jackson
    • Running time: 126 mins
    • Subtitle options: Danish, Norwegian, English
    • Widescreen
    • Extras: Featurette; Cast & Filmmaker's Biographies; Production Notes etc.
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    Martin Luther King Jr.: I Have a Dream DVD

    Excerpts from the most famous modern African-American Civil Rights spokesman's best-known speeches, including King's Selma speech (March 8, 1965); his renowned Lincoln Memorial “I Have a Dream” address (August 28, 1963); his eloquent eulogy for Bobby Kennedy (April 4, 1968); and King's prescient last speech (April 3, 1968), in which he seemed to speak of his own impending death.

  • Running time: 71 mins
  • Subtitle options: none
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    Our America

    “Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago”
    At the age of 13 and again at the age of 16, two young black men from a Chicago housing project were given tape recorders and given the chance to record their own thoughts (and those of others) on their lives. The work they produced — was turned into two award-winning radio documentaries — and this book, which is thought-provoking, funny, at times tragic, yet basically optimistic. Lots of Photos. Very accessible. (200 pages).
    Level: C/B.
    9780199578771

    Oxford Companion to Black British History

    Now in a cheaper edition! The Oxford Companion to Black British History is an essential resource for understanding the long history of black people in the British Isles, from African auxiliaries stationed on Hadrian's Wall in the 2nd century AD to Mary Seacole, the “Black Florence Nightingale”, Walter Tull, footballer and First World War officer ... and our own day. 400+ articles consider key concepts such as Racism, Emancipation, and Reparations; historical events; literature; music; organizations; leading figures; publications; politics; religion; slavery and much more. This book provides a fine overview of the black presence in Britain and its contribution to British society. (562 pages)
    Contents: Introduction; Editors, Advisory Editors, and Contributors; Note to the Reader; Thematic Contents List; A-Z entries; Timeline; Select Bibliography
    Level: Library/Depot (partnership with: Historie)

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    Post Black

    *NEW IN DECEMBER 2011*
    How a New Generation is Redefining African American Identity
    This book describes the new dynamics shaping the lives of African Americans today. Using information from conversations with mavericks within black communities – such as entrepreneurs, artists, scholars, and activists as well as members of both the working and upper classes – it gives voice to what the author calls ‘post black' approaches to business, lifestyles, and religion. This new black identity is strikingly different from the images handed down from previous generations. It offers new types of behaviour, such as those shown by President Obama, gays and lesbians, young professionals, and black Buddhists. Contending that this new generation feels as unwelcome in traditional black churches as in hip-hop clubs, this provocative book dispels myths about current black identity. Authors: Derek T. Dingle and Ytasha L. Womack. (206 pages)
    Level: 2nd and 3rd Years of Gymnasium / A Teacher's Resource
    9780313333989

    Poverty in America — an encyclopedia

    How has the U.S. dealt with poverty throughout its history? Responses to it have been very varied. Poverty in America has its own turbulent history of causes, effects, and remedies, from Debtor's Prison and Social Darwinism to Food Stamps and the War on Poverty. This encyclopedia covers the history of American poverty from all angles — historical, social, cultural, political, spiritual, and literary. How has poverty been defined in America? What has been done to prevent it? How have minority groups been affected? How has the church reacted? And what, if anything, can be done to eliminate it? These issues are covered in vivid detail, from the colonial period to the global economy of the 21st century. Authors: Russell M. Lawson and Benjamin A. Lawson. Hardback. (223 + 26 pages)
    Level: Library/Depot/Gymnasium/SRP/SSO

    Examples of entries: Affirmative Action — American Indians and Poverty — Clinton Welfare Reform — Drugs, Alcohol, and the Poor — Equal Employment Opportunity — The Grapes of Wrath — Head Start — No Child Left Behind — Protest Movements — Welfare State.

    Primary document excerpts from key periods throughout American history are also included, providing firsthand accounts from all sides of the issue.

    Examples of documents: Poor Whites in the Mid-Nineteenth Century South (Emily Burke); How the Other Half Lives (Jacob Riis); Jane Adams's Autobiography (Jane Adams); Fireside Chat 1937 (Franklin Delano Roosevelt); Great Society Speech 1964 (Lyndon B. Johnson); Speech at the Republican National Convention 1984 (Ronald Reagan);  State of the Union Address 1997 (Bill Clinton).

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    Precious

    This is the story of Precious Jones, a sixteen year old illiterate black girl who has never been out of Harlem. She is pregnant by her own father for the second time, and kicked out of school when that pregnancy becomes obvious. Placed in an alternative teaching programme, she is urged to write down her thoughts in a book. This is Precious' diary, in which she honestly records her relationships and her life. This is an uncompromising novel of power, vitality and wit. It covers many social issues:  the consequences of incest/rape; teenage pregnancy; living with HIV/AIDS; education. Author: Sapphire. (177 pages)
    Level: (1st) and 2nd years of Gymnasium

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    Precious DVD

    30% Discount until the 1st of September!

    Based on the novel by “Sapphire” (originally called “Push”):
    The tale of an abused African-American teenager's struggle to change her life in 1980s Harlem. 16-year-old Clareece 'Precious' Jones has been abused from an early age by her now absent father, and is pregnant with his second child. With a venomous mother Mary who treats her like a servant and her school life blighted by illiteracy, Precious struggles to cope with her seemingly hopeless life.

  • Directed by: Lee Daniels
  • Starring: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey 
  • Running time: 105 minutes
  • Widescreen
  • Extras: From Push to Precious; A Precious Ensemble; A Project of Passion; A Conversation with Lee Daniels and Sapphire
  • Subtitle option: English
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    Race Relations in the United States 1900-1920

    In the first decades of the twentieth century, virulent racism lingered from Reconstruction, and segregation increased. Hostility met the millions of new immigrants from Eastern and southern Europe, and immigration was restricted. Still, even in an inhospitable climate, blacks and other minority groups came to have key roles in popular culture, from ragtime and jazz to film and the Harlem Renaissance. This volume has a decade-by-decade organization to help students understand the crucial race relations of the recent past. It provides comprehensive reference coverage of the key events, influential voices, race relations by group, legislation, media influences, cultural output, and theories of inter-group interactions. The volume covers two decades — coverage for each decade includes Timeline, Overview, Key Events, Voices of the Decade, Race Relations by Group, Law and Government, Media and Mass Communications, Cultural Scene, Influential Theories and Views of Race Relations, and a Resource Guide. This format allows comparison of topics through the decades. The style and layout are clear and accessible. Historical photographs, a selected bibliography, and index complement the text. Author: John F. McClymer. Hardback. (173 pages + Introduction)
    Level: Library/Depot — a great resource especially for 2nd and 3rd years of the gymnasium

    9780313338489

    Race Relations in the United States 1920-1940

    Race relations in the 1920s ranged from an epidemic of lynchings of African Americans, race riots, and the execution of Italian immigrants Sacco and Vanzetti to citizenship for American Indians but not for Mexican immigrants. As the 1930s unfolded, there was more discrimination of Latinos and a legal lynching in the Scottsboro Boys trial, and German Jewish children were refused refuge from Hitler's Germany. This volume has a decade-by-decade organization to help students understand the crucial race relations of the recent past. It provides comprehensive reference coverage of the key events, influential voices, race relations by group, legislation, media influences, cultural output, and theories of inter-group interactions. The volume covers two decades — coverage for each decade includes Timeline, Overview, Key Events, Voices of the Decade, Race Relations by Group, Law and Government, Media and Mass Communications, Cultural Scene, Influential Theories and Views of Race Relations, and a Resource Guide. This format allows comparison of topics through the decades. The style and layout are clear and accessible. Historical photographs, a selected bibliography, and index complement the text. Author: Leslie V. Tischauser. Hardback. (173 pages + Introduction)
    Level: Library/Depot — a great resource especially for 2nd and 3rd years of the gymnasium

    9780313342769

    Race Relations in the United States 1940-1960

    The 1940s and 1950s were decades of far-reaching change and mobilization in the United States. White culture strove to make nonwhites invisible with segregation and discrimination as Southern blacks continued the Great Migration north and the government brought in Mexican labor via the Bracero Program to take up labor slack while U.S. troops were overseas. The rise of the civil rights movement and Brown v. Board of Education (which struck down segregation in schools 1954) were some results. This volume has a decade-by-decade organization to help students understand the crucial race relations of the recent past. It provides comprehensive reference coverage of the key events, influential voices, race relations by group, legislation, media influences, cultural output, and theories of inter-group interactions. The volume covers two decades — coverage for each decade includes Timeline, Overview, Key Events, Voices of the Decade, Race Relations by Group, Law and Government, Media and Mass Communications, Cultural Scene, Influential Theories and Views of Race Relations, and a Resource Guide. This format allows comparison of topics through the decades. The style and layout are clear and accessible. Historical photographs, a selected bibliography, and index complement the text. Author: Thomas J. Davis. Hardback. (173 pages + Introduction)
    Level: Library/Depot — a great resource especially for 2nd and 3rd years of the gymnasium

    9780313341717

    Race Relations in the United States 1960-1980

    Few decades in American history were as full of drama and historical significance as the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1960s, a revolution in race relations occurred, seeing the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, Black Power, the American Indian Movement, and the Latino labour movement. The focus in the 1970s was on carrying out the reforms of the previous decade, with the resulting white backlash. This volume is a source to help students understand the crucial race relations of the recent past. It provides comprehensive reference coverage of the key events, influential voices, race relations by group, legislation, media influences, cultural output, and theories of inter-group interactions. The volume covers two decades — coverage for each decade includes Timeline, Overview, Key Events, Voices of the Decade, Race Relations by Group, Law and Government, Media and Mass Communications, Cultural Scene, Influential Theories and Views of Race Relations, and a Resource Guide. This format allows comparison of topics through the decades. The style and layout are clear and accessible. Historical photographs, a selected bibliography, and index complement the text. Author: Thomas Upchurch. Hardback. (180 pages + Introduction)
    Level: Library/Depot — a great resource especially for 2nd and 3rd years of the gymnasium

    9780313343117

    Race Relations in the United States 1980-2000

    In the 1980s, many Americans began to believe that racial problems and institutional discrimination were a thing of the past, but the race issue turned out to be as divisive and powerful as it had ever been. Major events related to race included the Reagan/Carter presidential race, Jesse Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign, the Tawana Brawley case, and President George H. W. Bush's manipulation in his 1998 presidential campaign of convict Willie Horton. The 1990s saw the Immigration Act of 1990 allowing more Asians into the United States, the Anita Hill testimony against the first black U.S. Supreme Court Justice, the Rodney King beating in Los Angeles, and the Million Man March. This volume has a decade-by-decade organization to help students understand the crucial race relations of the recent past. It provides comprehensive reference coverage of the key events, influential voices, race relations by group, legislation, media influences, cultural output, and theories of inter-group interactions. The volume covers two decades — coverage for each decade includes Timeline, Overview, Key Events, Voices of the Decade, Race Relations by Group, Law and Government, Media and Mass Communications, Cultural Scene, Influential Theories and Views of Race Relations, and a Resource Guide. This format allows comparison of topics through the decades. The style and layout are clear and accessible. Historical photographs, a selected bibliography, and index complement the text. Author: Timothy Messer-Kruse. Hardback. (173 pages + Introduction)
    Level: Library/Depot — a great resource especially for 2nd and 3rd years of the gymnasium
    0340907053

    Race Relations in the USA 1863-1980 (Access to History)

    Excellent for students and teachers. Readable and easy to find your way around in with good coverage of the latest historical interpretations.
    This is a detailed account of the history of Black, Hispanic, Native and Asian Americans since the American Civil War and illustrates the changing nature of the political, social and economic struggles throughout this period. Particular attention is paid to the role of individuals such as Booker T Washington, Harry Truman and Martin Luther King, as well as examining the roles of government and other organisations in influencing the changes, progress and regressions which characterise the history of race relations. (192 pages)
    Level: Library/Depot/Students writing papers/Projects together with History
    9780737750942

    Racial Profiling (At Issue)

    Does racial profiling by the police help to prevent crime? Or is it a disease, a form of discrimination, and a threat to democracy? One that invites a negative reaction from its victims? Is it necessary to ensure security? Should Latinos be profiled as potential drug traffickers? Muslims as potential terrorists? Click “Flere oplysninger” to view the Contents. Editor: Kathy Hahn. (90 pages)
    Level: Mainly Second and Third year Gymnasium
    0451183886

    Raisin in the Sun (Screenplay)

    Available again!! Lorraine Hansberry’s own screenplay that was turned into a moving film in 1961. Based on her Broadway play. The story of a black family who move into an all-white neighbourhood in Chicago. They fight to preserve their dignity and sense of self as the family is threatened with dissolution by the forces of racism and greed. (206 pages)
    Level: B
    0573614636

    Raisin in the Sun (Stage play)

    *NEW IN APRIL*
    This is Lorraine Hansberry’s original Broadway play. The story of a black family who move into an all-white neighbourhood in Chicago. They fight to preserve their dignity and sense of self as the family is threatened with dissolution by the forces of racism and greed. Samuel French edition. (132 pages + background material)
    Level: B
    CDR13218

    Raisin in the Sun DVD

    30% Discount until the 1st of September!

    Based on Lorraine Hansberry’s play and screenplay.
  • Directed by: Daniel Petrie
  • Starring: Sidney Poitier
  • Running time: 123 mins
  • Extras: Documentary material
  • Widescreen
  • Subtitle options: English/Danish/Norwegian
  • CDR42340

    Raisin in the Sun (2008) DVD

    30% Discount until the 1st of September!

    Based on Lorraine Hansberry’s play and screenplay:
    Life on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s is hard. This is the new film version from 2008.
  • Directed by: Kenny Leon
  • Starring: Sean Coombs, Phylicia Rashad & Audra McDonald
  • Subtitle options: Danish, Norwegian, English
  • Widescreen
  • Extras: “Dreams Worth While”, Commentary
  • 9780747266839

    Secret Life of Bees

    Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens who has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was four. She not only has her own memory of holding the gun, but her father's account of the event. Now fourteen, she yeams for her mother, and for forgiveness. Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her father, she has only one friend: Rosaleen, a black servant whose sharp exterior hides a tender heart. South Carolina in the sixties is a place where segregation is still considered a cause worth fighting for. When Rosaleen insults three of the town's fiercest racists and is arrested and beaten, Lily is compelled to act. Fugitives from justice and from Lily's harsh and unyielding father, they follow a trail left by the woman who died ten years before. Finding sanctuary in the home of three eccentric black beekeeping sisters, Lily starts a journey as much about her understanding of the world and the transforming power of love, as about the mystery surrounding her mother. Author: Sue Monk Kidd. (374 pages)
    Level: 2nd and 3rd year of the Gymnasium

    3848901000

    Secret Life of Bees DVD

    Based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd:
    In 1964 in South Carolina Lily Owens is the fourteen-year-old daughter of a fruit farm owner who is violent and abusive towards her. Her mother died in a horrific accident when Lily was a toddler, and she is cared for by her black nanny, Rosaleen. When Rosaleen ends up in jail after getting in trouble with a group of racist men in their local town, Lily frees her and the pair run away together, ending up at a honey farm owned by the Boatwright sisters, August , June and May. Lily is taken on by the sisters as a beekeeping apprentice, and eventually discovers that her new family has deep and unexpected connections with her late mother.
  • Starring: Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo, Paul Bettany
  • Directed by: Gina Prince-Bythewood
  • Running time: 105 mins
  • Subtitle options: Danish, Norwegian, English
  • Widescreen
  • Extras: Commentaries; Featurettes; The Women and the Men; Inside the Pink House etc.
  • 9780552547635

    Skin I'm In

    Seventh-grader Maleeka Madison is miserable when a new teacher comes to her American inner-city school. Miss Saunders is self-assured in spite of the white birthmark across her black skin, and gets into kids' faces about both their behavior and their academic potential. Although Maleeka is bright, she is swamped by her problems. Maleeka's mother has just emerged from two years of mourning for her dead husband. In that period her daughter had to provide her with physical and moral support with no adult assistance. At school, Maleeka has to put up with mean-spirited teasing about the darkness of her skin and her unstylish clothing. She finds escape in creative writing (encouraged by Miss Saunders) and also in the company and protection of a powerful clique of nasty girls, who exploit her. She understands too well that her brains aren't as valuable as the social standing that she doesn't have. In the end, she is able to respond positively to Miss Saunders and she also becomes socially accepted through the affections of the most popular boy in the school. This message rings true in spite of the fact that Maleeka's salvation isn't exactly politically correct. Students will appreciate Flake's authenticity and perhaps learn from her struggle for security and self-assurance. Author: Sharon Flake. (188 fairly short pages)
    Level: 9.-10.kl./D-C/1.g/1.HF

    ARTF0155

    Soundtrack for a Revolution DVD

    Tells the story of the American civil rights movement through its powerful music — the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality. Features new performances of the freedom songs by top artists; archival footage; and interviews with civil rights foot soldiers and leaders. Freedom songs evolved from slave chants, from the labor movement, and especially from the black churches. Music was crucial in helping the protesters as they faced down brutal aggression with dignity and non-violence. The infectious energy of the songs swept people up and empowered them to fight for their rights. This film celebrates the vitality of this music. There is testimony from some of the pioneers of the Civil Rights movement (folk singer/activist,Harry Belafonte and many others),as well as new performances of some of the music that shaped a nation by The Roots, John Legend, Joss Stone, Wyclef Jean, Richie Havens & The Blind Boys Of Alabama etc., as well as original film footage of the songs being sung by the people who were clamoring for social change.

    • Directed by: Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman
    • Running time: 82 minutes
    9780321162168

    Sources of the African American Past

    This collection of primary sources presents a view of America's history as seen through the eyes of African Americans and helps students relate to the experiences of ordinary people by offering a vivid snapshot of their lives in different historical periods.
    Click on Flere Oplysninger to view the Table of Contents.
    Level: Gymnasiet/Library/Depot/Interdisciplinary projects with History

    9780140390032

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Harriet Beecher Stowe’s classic novel of American slavery – from 1852. This is the complete edition with a long introduction.. (629 pages)
    Level: A/Linjefag
    1588260321

    White Supremacy & Racism In the Post Civil-Rights Era

    An academic work about the current state of racial attitudes in the USA. The New Racism is a particularly relevant chapter. Mostly for the teacher. (222 pages)
    Level: Library/Depot; Students writing papers
    9780737737004

    White Supremacy Groups (At Issue)

    This book looks at the new generation of white supremacists who seem respectable in their business suits but are reaching a dangerously wide audience – especially through their exploitation of the popular fear of immigration. Two articles also look at the situation in Europe. Editor: Mitchell Young. (119 pages)
    Level: Mainly Second and Third year Gymnasium

    Contents: Introduction; White Americans Must Build Separate Communities (John Hunt Morgan); In an Era of Racial Revolution, Whites Need to Regain Group Solidarity (Sam Francis); Nationalist Parties Defend European Culture Against Immigrant Attack (Kyle Rogers); The Belgian Nationalist Party Promotes Extremism and Xenophobia (Angus Roxburgh); Whites Feel Threatened by the Booming Hispanic Population (Roberto Lovato); Hardcore Racists Exploit Concern Over Immigration to Gain Recruits (Chip Berlet); Whites Should Work Together to Advance Their Interests (Jamie Glazov and Jared Taylor); The New White Supremacists Mask Racism with Pseudo-Intellectualism (Dennis Roddy); Women Play a Subordinate but Vital Role in White Supremacist Groups (Kathleen M. Blee); Women are Gaining Leadership Roles in White Nationalist Organizations (Lisa Turner with Russ Nieli); Behind an Innocent Facade White Supremacist Singers Spread Hate (Earl Ofari Hutchinson); Christian Identity’s Bizarre Beliefs Lead to Extreme Violence (Anti-Defamation League); White Racialists Should Lead Honorable White Lives (Robert S. Griffin); Organizations to Contact; Bibliography; Index.

    Sample Pages (PDF)

    9780140066906

    Women of Brewster Place

  • To download a free Danish Glossary in Word format, please click HERE!
    Gloria Naylor's stories of seven underprivileged black women in ghetto America fighting to transcend the desolation of their surroundings. The stories evoke the energy, brutality and compassion of their lives. (192 pages)
    Level: B/A