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I love watching films and reading about Black history...

posted 17 years ago by Cinderling
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..that I even explored the workings of the Civil rights movement, and turned it into a textile final project of Martin Luther King against the American flag. That's how much I love reading about world history, but black history is what I enkoy studying most.

Is there any films or books you recommend for someone who enjoys reading about this sort of stuff?

This film got me really emotional and I cried when Whoopi did at the end. I loved it so much.

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[–] NewHorizons37 17 years ago

I haven't read this and I don't know if this is what you are looking for, but this book won the Pulitzer Prize for history this year:

"The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation" by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff.

From what I understand, it is about how the press' coverage of the civil rights movement shaped events by influencing public opinion.

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[–] DollHouseRules 16 years ago

Read any book by Dick Gregory.

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[–] ludalova0206 16 years ago

Black American Short Stories-edited by Joh Henrik Clarke
The Autobiography of Malcolm X-as told to Alex Haley
Middle Passage-Charles Johnson
Soul on Ice-Eldridge Cleaver
Huey:Spirit of the Panther-David Hillard
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings-Maya Angelou
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl-Harriet Jacobs
The Mis-Education of the Negro-Carter G. Woodson
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

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[–] NOSaints26 15 years ago

Mississippi Burning

A Time to Kill

The Chamber

Heart of Dixie

Rosewood