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1. Local Color This 1991 OPB documentary chronicles the little known history of racism in Oregon and the moving s... 60 min on 1 DVD List $19.95 Member $17.95	2. The African School and Integration of Nantucket Public Schools The African School and the Integration of Nantucket Public Schools 1825-1847 is the companion boo... List $12.95 Member $11.65
3. Scottsboro: An American Tragedy In March 1931, a freight train crowded with homeless and jobless hoboes left Chattanooga, Tenness... 90 min on 1 VHS List $19.95 Member $17.95	4. Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice In 1975, a black woman named Joan Little escaped the cell where she'd been sexually assaulted... 90 min on 1 DVD List $26.95 Member $24.25
5. Partners of the Heart At the height of segregation in the United States, an unlikely alliance between a black medic... 60 min on 1 DVD List $29.95 Member $26.95	6. Reconstruction: The Second Civil War Spanning the momentous years from 1863 to 1877, “Reconstruction” tracks the extra... 180 min on 1 DVD List $19.95 Member $17.95
7. Half the People You can't keep a good woman down! By the late 1960s, women challenged every facet of male dominanc... List $19.95 Member $17.95	8. A Trumpet at the Walls of Jericho This is the CD soundtrack from the documentary.This documentary depicts the life of an extrao... 1 CD List $14.95 Member $13.46
9. A Trumpet at the Walls of Jericho This documentary depicts the life of an extraordinary man during turbulent times for African Amer... 120 min on 1 DVD List $19.95 Member $17.95	10. America Beyond the Color Line Henry Louis Gates Jr. travels the length and breadth of the United States to take the tempera... 240 min on 1 DVD List $24.95 Member $22.45