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Start Your Weekend at the Library!
Enjoy stories, songs, and hands-on activities.
(All Ages)
Saturdays: 10:30 a.m. at Roy and Helen Hall Library (Hall)
Special Story Themes:
June 15: Juneteenth
June 29: Pride Month
July 6: Independence Day
1) DK Timelines
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
This is a timeline of the life of the Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus. An admiral, and navigator, he set sail westwards from Spain in 1492 with the aim of arriving in the Far East, but instead, landed in the Americas, then unknown to Europeans. Seen as a hero and pioneer by some, by others he is seen as someone whose arrival brought suffering to people living in the Americas.
Pub. Date
[1976]
Language
English
Description
Philip Johnson, leading American architect, interviewed by art critic and lecturer Rosamond Bernier. Filmed over a period of ten years, Johnson was 70 years of age (1976) at the time of the last interview. Illustrated with filmed tours of many examples of his work.
Series
American Experience volume 0
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
Zora Neale Hurston has long been considered a literary giant of the Harlem Renaissance, but her anthropological and ethnographic endeavors were equally important and impactful. This is an in-depth biography of the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had long defined the field in the 19th century.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This NewsHour program features an interview with acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, who has offered forceful advocacy and powerful data-driven argument for reparations for slavery. With his first novel, The Water Dancer, Coates uses fiction to illuminate the Underground Railroad. In this interview, he joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the difference between history and myth, and his protagonist's superpower.
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Black Panther Minister of Defense Huey P. Newton was incarcerated in the Oakland jail after police stormed a house to round up Black Panther leaders. John Evans' never-before-seen interview with the jailed revolutionary and founder of the Black Panther Party reveals Newton's perspective on the plight of black Americans, the purpose of the Panther Party, and the progression toward revolution.
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