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MLK Symposium 2009: Civil Rights

Greenwood Library Guide to the 2009 Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium at Longwood University.

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Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience contains essays, key research, primary sources, timelines, video clips and images related to Black studies. It was developed in collaboration with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the New York Public Library.

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See also a special limited trial of Proquest's collection of black historical newspapers, including the Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), Chicago Defender (1910-1975), Norfolk Journal and Guide (1921-2003) and more. The trial runs from Jan. 21 to Feb. 21, 2009.

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DVDs and Videos

If you've seen any of these films, click on the stars to rate them. See also DVDs and Videos related to civil rights in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

Katrina and Civil Rights

Come Hell or High Water

Spike Lee's 2006 Peabody Award-winning HBO documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts offers distinct perspectives on the pivotal events that preceded and followed Katrina's passage through New Orleans, a catastrophe during which the divide between race and class lines has never been more pronounced.

Teaching the Levees : A Curriculum for Democratic Dialogue and Civic Engagement includes the documentary and a 100-page curriculum guide produced by Columbia University.

Kamp Katrina is a cinéma vérité documentary featuring a New Orleans couple who let a small group of people take refuge in their yard in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Come Hell or High Water (2006) by Michael Eric Dyson deals with natural, racial and economic disasters in the context of Hurricane Katrina.