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Cicely Tyson
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[2021] | First edition. | HarperCollinsPublishers | xvi, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm | English |
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17 copies, 45 people are on the wait list.
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2021 | OverDrive | Unabridged | HarperAudio | English | Checked Out
19 copies, 75 people are on the wait list.
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2021 | OverDrive | HarperCollins Publishers | English | Checked Out
10 copies, 33 people are on the wait list.
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2021 | HarperCollins Publishers | English | Checked Out
10 copies, 33 people are on the wait list.
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The Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning actor and trailblazer tells her stunning story, looking back at her life and six-decade career.
2) The help
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Bellevue - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 H483W
Goodlettsville - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 H483W
Looby - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 H483W
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2011 | distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 H483W Goodlettsville - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 H483W Looby - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 H483W |
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In 1960s Mississippi, Skeeter, a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives, and a small Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
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Donelson - Kids Movie
jDVD 791.43 B388
Edgehill - Kids Movie
jDVD 791.43 B388
Green Hills - Kids Movie
jDVD 791.43 B388
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[2005] | Full screen and widescreen versions. | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pbk. (182 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.) | English | On Shelf
Donelson - Kids Movie jDVD 791.43 B388 Edgehill - Kids Movie jDVD 791.43 B388 Green Hills - Kids Movie jDVD 791.43 B388 |
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c1993 | Macmillan | [94] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Kids Fiction JUV Fiction Gruelle |
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p2004 | HarperChildren's Audio | 2 sound discs (3 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Library - Kids Audiobook jCD AUDIO Fiction Gruelle |
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In this series of adventures, Raggedy Ann goes for a ride on a kite and survives a washing.
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Edgehill - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 L641b
Old Hickory - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 L641b
Watkins Park - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 L641b
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c1999 | HBO Home Video | 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. | English | On Shelf
Edgehill - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 L641b Old Hickory - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 L641b Watkins Park - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 L641b |
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A frustrated teacher in a southern town, whose education is being underutilized, finds his own purpose in helping bring meaning to the last days of a young man due to be executed. In teaching one person to die with dignity, he redeems himself.
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Donelson - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 L3492f
East - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 L3492f
Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie
DVD 791.43 L3492f
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[2018] | Lionsgate | 1 videodisc (approximately 125 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Donelson - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 L3492f East - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 L3492f Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 L3492f |
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Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.
7) Sounder
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2008 | Koch Vision | 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English |
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1 copy, 15 people are on the wait list.
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The story of a black sharecropper family living in Louisiana during the Depression. The father steals food for his family and is sent to prison. While he is in jail the mother provides love, security and strength at home. The oldest son bravely becomes the man of the house until his father returns home.
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[2005] | 30th anniversary special ed. | Sony Wonder | 2 videodiscs (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English |
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1 copy, 12 people are on the wait list.
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The history of blacks in the South as seen through the eyes of a 110-year-old former slave. Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines.
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[2006] | S'more Entertainment | 1 videodisc (ca. 147 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English |
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
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The amazing biopic of Wilma Rudolph, a woman afflicted by the crippling disease polio, who not only triumphed over her handicap but went on to win 3 consecutive gold medals at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
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[2008] | Warner Home Video | 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
North - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 M391 |
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The real-life account of a dedicated African-American teacher in Chicago who faced tough odds trying to help children succeed in their inner-city schools.
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Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie
DVD 791.45 T835W
North - Adult Movie
DVD 791.45 T835W
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2014. | A & E Television Networks, LLC | 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie DVD 791.45 T835W North - Adult Movie DVD 791.45 T835W |
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Carrie Watts begrudgingly lives with her busy, overprotective son, Ludie, and pretentious daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. No longer able to drive and forbidden to travel alone, she wishes for freedom from the confines of the house and begs her son to take her on a visit to her hometown of Bountiful. When he refuses, Mrs. Watts is undeterred and makes an escape to the local bus station, where she befriends Thelma, a young woman traveling home.
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5 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Bordeaux - Adult Movie
DVD 323.1196 H8472i
Main Library - Adult Movie
DVD 323.1196 H8472i
Pruitt - Adult Movie
DVD 323.1196 H8472i
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2021 | Widescreen ed. | PBS Distribution | 1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
5 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Bordeaux - Adult Movie DVD 323.1196 H8472i Main Library - Adult Movie DVD 323.1196 H8472i Pruitt - Adult Movie DVD 323.1196 H8472i |
Description
Take an unprecedented look at the intersection of African American women artists, politics and entertainment and hear the story of how six trailblazing performers - Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, Nina Simone, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier - changed American culture through their films, fashion, music, and politics.
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Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie
DVD B P2524r
Looby - Adult Movie
DVD B P2524r
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[2003] | Xenon Pictures | 1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie DVD B P2524r Looby - Adult Movie DVD B P2524r |
Description
Dramatic biography of Rosa McCauley Parks, who in 1955 created the spark that began the modern Civil Rights Movement.
14) Bustin' loose
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[2005] | Universal | 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Goodlettsville - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 B982LW |
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Joe is an ex-con given a second chance after violating his parole. He has been hired by a schoolteacher to drive a group of special kids to their new home. Joe's a bit unnerved by their mental problems, but soon they bond and become friends.
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c2011 | RHI Entertainment Inc | 1 videodisc (176 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Green Hills - Adult Movie DVD 791.45 M263f |
Description
Upon being called to help her troubled granddaughter, a Southern black woman in her 70s looks back on a life filled with joy and heartbreak. Based on the novel by Alex Haley.
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[2007] | Hannover House | 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Richland Park - Adult Movie DVD 791.43 F252s |
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Fat Rose and Squeaky are a couple of rambunctious, sarcastic troublemakers with a slap-stick kinetic and an engrossingly vicious streak. There is a clash between Bonnie and her opportunistic granddaughter, Christine. A heartening and empowering story for any senior striving to maintain their own lifestyle in the face of family pressure to give up everything and move into assisted living care.
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[2010] | [Widescreen ed.] | Lionsgate | 1 videodisc (ca. 121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English |
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Gathered together in the Bahamas for their annual one-week reunion, four close couples eagerly reconnect, sharing news about their lives and relationships. But their intimate week in paradise is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of Sheila's ex-husband, Mike, who hopes to break up her new marriage with Troy and win her back. With their relationships hanging in the balance when they return home, each couple must choose between blame and forgiveness....
On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie
DVD 818.5409 M4675a
Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie
DVD 818.5409 M4675a
Madison - Adult Movie
DVD 818.5409 M4675a
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[2017] | PBS | 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie DVD 818.5409 M4675a Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie DVD 818.5409 M4675a Madison - Adult Movie DVD 818.5409 M4675a |
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Examines the life and legacy of African American poet, memoirist, and civil rights worker Maya Angelou, from her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her work with Malcolm X in Ghana to the recitation of her inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton. Includes Angelou's own words woven together with archival photographs and videos as well as interviews with Angelou's friends and family.
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c2001 | Xenon Pictures | 1 videodisc (200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie DVD 791.45 W87213m |
Description
This is the story of Harriet Ross Tubman, founder of the Underground Railroad, who led hundreds of slaves to freedom in the North before the Civil War.
20) Showing roots
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Bellevue - Adult Movie
DVD 791.45 S55998r
East - Adult Movie
DVD 791.45 S55998r
Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie
DVD 791.45 S55998r
Pub. Date | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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[2017] | Lionsgate | 1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Bellevue - Adult Movie DVD 791.45 S55998r East - Adult Movie DVD 791.45 S55998r Edmondson Pike - Adult Movie DVD 791.45 S55998r |
Description
In 1977, as the miniseries "Roots" hits the airwaves, two women are inspired to try and integrate their small Southern town. In a place where there are still "right" and "wrong" sides of the tracks, these two young women - one white, one black - forge an unlikely friendship that sparks a journey of independence and self-discovery, and ultimately results in the creation of the perfect hairdo.
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