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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"1965 Growing up in the well-to-do town of Round Hill, North Carolina, Ellie Hockley was raised to be a certain type of proper Southern lady. Enrolled in college and all but engaged to a bank manager, Ellie isn't as committed to her expected future as her family believes. She's chosen to spend her summer break as a volunteer helping to register black voters. But as Ellie follows her ideals fighting for the civil rights of the marginalized, her scandalized...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
381 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fictional account of different immigrant families in America who all have owned a single handmade accordian. Follows their quests for a fulfilled life in a racist American culture from Iowa to Texas and from Maine to Louisiana.
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English
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"As the daughter of immigrants who came to America for a better life, Annie Inoue was raised to dream big. And at the start of seventh grade, she's channeling that irrepressible hope into becoming the lead in her school play. So when Annie lands an impressive role in the production of The King and I, she's thrilled ... until she starts to hear grumbles from her mostly white classmates that she only got the part because it's an Asian play with Asian...
4) 12 angry men
Series
Publisher
MGM
Language
English
Description
Life is in their hands…death is on their minds. Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley and Jack Klugman lead the distinctive cast in this powerful, classic film. Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same conclusion? It's a case of seemingly overwhelming evidence against a teenager accused of killing his father in "one of the best...
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Language
English
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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK · A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE · REVIEWED ON THE FRONT COVER · INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
"Zhang's blend of history and magical realism will appeal to fans of Ta-Nehisi Coates' The Water Dancer as well as Amy Tan's The Valley of Amazement." —Booklist (starred review)
"Engrossing...Epic" (The New York Times Book
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
[English/Spanish/French version]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr tries to find her voice in order to stand up for what's right.
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The daughter of white liberal parents brings home her fiance, a distinguished black doctor. Both sets of parents are shocked in spite of themselves and must confront their true feelings about race.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1956
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 119 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4in.
Language
English
Description
An ex-Confederate soldier searches for his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements, or loneliness. And in his five-year search, he encounters his own humanity.
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