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1) Red again
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When a young boy discovers an abandoned book on the side of the road, it opens a window to another world just as real as his own. But what happens when the two worlds collide? This imaginative companion to the Caldecott Honor-winning The Red Book works in a continuous loop, showing us that stories never really end. While fans of the previous book will relish seeing the story play out, prior knowledge isn't necessary in order to understand or savor...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
In 1921, white mobs in Tulsa, Oklahoma murdered, terrorized and burned down the Greenwood District, known as “Negro Wall Street.” Now, the city is reckoning with its painful past. Washington Post reporter DeNeen Brown chronicles the discovery of a mass grave in Tulsa and investigates the reign of racial terror and legacy of violence that swept across the United States in the early 20th century.
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Deserted by her husband and with four children to support, 24-year-old Sushma, from a remote village in Nepal, was sold into sexual slavery. Her trafficker took her to Kolkata, but she managed to escape. In this film we document how difficult it is for Nepal to stanch the flow of young women being trafficked each year across an open 1,500-mile-long border with India. Meet some of the women on the frontline who are trying to put a stop to the trade....
Language
English
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In the late 1800s, Maggie Walker, an African American community leader, helped establish a sanitarium for tuberculosis patients, a community center, and an educational loan fund, among other humanitarian projects. She was also the first woman in the United States to become founder and president of a chartered bank.
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