Films for the Humanities (Firm).

Donahue interviews panel of blacks and whites concernimg proposed intergration of federally funded housing in all white Vidor Texas.

This program examines the socioeconomic conditions in Watts that have made it an ongoing hotbed of violence.

This program evaluates the societal contributions of Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Toni Stone, Willie O'Ree, and Arthur Ashe - sports icons who, with commitment and perseverance, broke the color barrier in professional athletics, paving the way for later civil rights victories.

Provides a window into the world of two 12-year-old boys who were born deaf and blind and two deafblind adults who lost their hearing after childhood.

Traces the rise, decline, and regeneration of America's largest Black community over three centuries.

"Marcus Mosiah Garvey, b. Jamaica 1887, d. 1940, organized the black nationalist movement of the 1920's in the United States. Garvey went to New York City in 1916 and recruited followers for his Universal Negro Improvement Assosiation. Its program was to unite all black peoples through the establishment in Africa of a country and government of their own. garvey was a magnetic speaker and led his followers in parades through Harlem. In 1921 he claimed...

This program spotlights two major events in the civil rights movement: the 1960 Nashville sit-ins and the forcible desegregation of Central High School by the Little Rock Nine in 1957.

Program was filmed during the 50-mile march from Selma to Richmond, Alabama, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Presents a concise history of Selma, along with the brutal reactions to the protest in the weeks just prior to the march. Dr. King also comments on the first day from the vanguard of this civil rights milestone. Interviews with black and white residents of Selma portray the city in two very different ways.

This documentary features Paul Whittaker at 26 years of age, a pianist and organist who is deaf. Paul was hard of hearing until the age of seven when he became deaf. The DVD highlights Paul's accomplishments in the study and performance of music as well as his work in bringing music to people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Discussed is the broad spectrum of race relations in the 1990s. To what extent should African-Americans strive to maintain their cultural heritage and to what degree should they seek to become assimilated into American society today?