The Media Library of Genesee Valley BOCES

In this reflective poetic tribute, the author remembers growing up when many of the great figures in African-American history gathered in her family home to talk and share ideas and even sing. Iconographic. Written by Ntozake Shange and illustrated by Kadir Nelson. (Parent's Choice Gold Award; Coretta Scott King Honor Book)

Kwanzaa is a seven day festival during which time millions of families of African American descent rejoice in their ancestral values. This video follows the sequence of Kwanzaa week showing how one family celebrates their faith and unity

A poem tells the story of Harlem, the center of African American culture in New York City. Based on the book by William Dean Myers

Part 1: Jamie and his family are separated at an auction but manage to reunite and flee to the north (24 min.). Part 2: Jamie's family struggles to adjust to life in a Quaker town. It becomes necessary to raise enough money to purchase their freedom (24 min.)

Based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. A richly-textured, decades-spanning story of Celie, an uneducated woman living in the rural American south. Rated PG-13. ***THIS PROGRAM CONTAINS MATERIAL WHICH MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR STUDENTS. TEACHER EVALUATION IS STRONGLY ADVISED PRIOR TO CLASSROOM USE.***

Uses archival footage and interviews to provided a detailed account of the background, people, events, and legislation surrounding the civil rights movement. Discusses how the movement crossed over to other ethnic groups, women, and the disabled

Explores the issue of interracial relations and focuses on those people who share a combination of Native American and African American decent. They share a common past, yet today their heritage is all but ignored. Includes interviews with Black Indians of many tribes (including Narragansettes, Pequots, Seminoles, Cherokees, and others) who discuss such issues as blood versus culture, detribalization and personal identity

Part II (1864-1994) covers the post-war Reconstruction Period, Jim Crow laws, entrenched social segregation in the South, the "Great Migration", World War I and World War II and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's

Celebrates the heritage of African Americans by tracing the history of their emigration to North America, showing the unique traditions they brought with them, and who they are today

Part I (1500-1864) includes the importation of slaves to service colonial expansion, the development of resistance to slavery and the role and contributions of black Americans during this period