Stories for African American History Month

Resource Information

The work Stories for African American History Month represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Menasha Public Library (Elisha D. Smith). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Stories for African American History Month

Contributor

• Weston Woods Studios
• Collier, Bryan
• Dixon, Jerry
• Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
• Giovanni, Nikki
• Glover, Danny
• Levine, Ellen
• Mansfield, David, 1956-
• Nelson, Kadir
• Rashad, Phylicia, 1948-
• Shange, Ntozake
• Troost, Ernest V.

Author

• Shange, Ntozake
• Levine, Ellen
• Giovanni, Nikki

Illustrator

• Nelson, Kadir
• Collier, Bryan

Interviewee

• Giovanni, Nikki
• Levine, Ellen

Narrator

• Giovanni, Nikki
• Dixon, Jerry
• Rashad, Phylicia, 1948-
• Glover, Danny

Performer

• Troost, Ernest V.
• Mansfield, David, 1956-

Publisher

• Weston Woods Studios

Subject

• African American musicians
• African American women -- Alabama | Montgomery -- Biography
• African Americans -- Alabama | Montgomery -- Biography
• Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816-
• Children's films
• Children's poetry, American
• Civil rights workers
• Civil rights workers -- Alabama | Montgomery -- Biography
• Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
• Educational films
• Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
• African American abolitionists
• Friendship
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
• Montgomery (Ala.) -- Race relations
• Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005
• Poetry
• Presidents
• Segregation in transportation -- Alabama | Montgomery -- History -- 20th century
• Short films
• Slavery
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
• Film adaptations
• African American artists
• African American girls

Genre

• Poetry
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
• Film adaptations
• Biography
• Short films
• Children's films
• Educational films

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

• "Rosa" : On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a Montgomery, Alabama city bus and refused to give up her seat to a white man. Iconographic (14 minutes) / Lexile [registered trademark] : 900L / GRL: T / Ages 5-12
• "Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story From The Underground Railroad" : Henry dreams of a world where his life belongs to him. But when his family is sold, he risks everything for what he knows is right. With the strength and conviction of the best kind of hero, Henry makes a harrowing journey in a wooden crate - and mails himself to freedom! Iconographic ; (12 minutes)/ Lexile [registered trademark] : AD380L / GRL: O / Ages 7-10
• "Lincoln and Douglass : An American Friendship" : At a time when racial tensions were high and racial equality was not yet established, Lincoln and Douglass formed a strong bond over shared ideals. Iconographic ; (12 minutes)/ Lexile [registered trademark] : AAD970L / GRL: O / Ages 6-12
• "Ellington Was Not A Street" : In this reflective poetic tribute, the author remembers growing up amidst many of the great figures in African-American history. Iconographic ; (12 minutes)/ Lexile [registered trademark] : NP / GRL: Q / Ages 5-12

Related

• Rosa
• Ellington was not a street
• Henry's freedom box
• Lincoln and Douglass

Cataloging source

IMR

Characteristic

videorecording

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Intended audience

• Recommended ages vary for each story : "Rosa", ages 5-12 ; "Henry's Freedom Box", ages 7-10 ; "Lincoln and Douglass", ages 6-12 ; "Ellington Was Not A Street", ages 5-12
• MPAA rating: not rated

Language note

English audio; optional English subtitles; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Narrators: Nikki Giovanni, Jerry Dixon, Danny Glover, Phylicia Rashad

Runtime

50

Series statement

Story collection DVD

Target audience

juvenile

Technique

other