Arcadia Public Library

Slavery by Another Name, narrated by Laurence Fishburne, is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans' most cherished assumptions: that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South after the Civil War, new systems of involuntary servitude took its place with shocking force and brutality. The film documents how for more than 80 years, thousands...

An easy-to-read biography about Martin Luther King, Jr. and how his efforts to stop racism affected society.

Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child's soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson's...

Presents the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, from Reconstruction to the late 1960s, through excerpts from letters, newspaper articles, speeches, songs, and poems of the time.

Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of the revered civil rights pioneer.

Discusses the important events in African American history during the struggle for civil rights in the middle years of the twentieth century, and offers brief biographies of notable figures in various fields.

Presents the history and meaning behind the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.