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Reproductive Rights Sexual Orientation Voting Rights

Civil Rights (General)
At the river I stand.
Documentary of two 1968 events in the civil rights movement-- the sanitation workers strike in Memphis, Tennessee and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Shows how the black community, local civil rights leaders, and AFSCME mobilized behind the strikers in mass demonstrations and a boycott of downtown businesses.
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HD5325.S2572 1968 M46 1993
Black power, White backlash.
When the radical wing of the civil rights movement began equating redress with rebellion rather than nonviolent protest, "Black power" became the rallying cry. In this program, filmed in 1966, Mike Wallace explores public sentiment during that turbulent period by assessing the attitudes, opinions and reactions on both sides of the color line. Interviews with major figures of the movement discussing black militancy, economic power, fair housing, nonviolence, and the tensions in Cicero, Illinois, the Selma of the North capture the fervor of 1966.
Johnson Center Videotapes
E185.615 .B5467 2000
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. a historical perspective.
Historical overview of the struggle for racial equality in America. Focuses on the extraordinary life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. using rare film footage and photographs.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.97 .K5 D75 1993
Eyes on the prize America at the racial crossroads.
Eight one hour episodes on the history of the civil rights movement in the United States from 1964 to mid 1980's.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Call Number: E185.615 .E91
Eyes on the prize America's civil rights years.
Seven two hour episodes on the history of the civil rights movement in the United States from 1954 to mid 1980's. Uses archival footage and interviews with participants in the movement.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Call Number: E185.61 .E94 1995
Figures of the civil rights movement.
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.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.61 .F45 1999
I have a dream.
Martin Luther King's speech at the Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963.
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E185.97.K5 A5 1988
Ordinary Americans the civil rights movement.
Examines the early years of the civil rights movement, focusing primarily on events in the South during the late 1950's and 1960's, as civil rights activists work to eradicate racial discrimination and prejudice.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.61 .O74 2000
The speeches of Malcolm X.
Presents a collection of Malcolm X's speeches, showing the evolution of his ideas and attitudes.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
BP223.Z8 L578 1997
The speeches of Martin Luther King.
Presents a collection of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s major speeches and minor asides and traces the development of his oratorical style.
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Call Number: E185.97.K5 S64
The two nations of black America.
Originally presented as an episode of the television series Frontline. There is a growing economic divide in black America. Today, America's black middle class is the largest in its history, yet roughly one-third of black America continues to live in poverty. This film measures the economic and social success of the civil rights movement and the gap between middle class and poor African-Americans through interviews with noted Afro-Americans and historical film footage.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.8 .T96 1999
Constitution and Bill of Rights (General)
Bill of rights bill of responsibilities.
This fast-paced commentary on historical and modern implications of the Bill of Rights provokes students to consider the responsibilities accompanying those rights.
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KF4749 .B53 1995
The Bill of rights a living document.
This program weaves together the past and the present, with explorations of the complexity of individual rights versus the common good and with historical explanations of individual bills.
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KF4749 .B54 1997
The Constitution of the United States of America.
A guide to the articles and amendments of the Constitution of the United States and some historical background of those provisions.
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JK4528 .C6
The Constitution that delicate balance.
Two hundred representatives of government, law, journalism, education and media meet in a series of seminar focusing on constitutional rights and public policy. The panelists respond to hypothetical situations in spontaneous debate on specific constitutional issues. v. 1 The President versus Congress : Executive privilege and delegation of powers; v. 2 The President versus Congress : War powers and covert action v. 3 Nomination, election and succession of the President; v. 4 Criminal justice and a defendant's right to a fair trail; v. 5 Crime and insanity; v. 6 Crime and punishments; v. 7 Campaign spending : Money and media; v. 8 National security and freedom of the press; v. 9 School prayer, gun control and the right to assemble; v. 10 The sovereign self : right to live, right to die; v. 11 Immigration reform; v. 12 Affirmative action versus reverse discrimination; v. 13 Federalism: the national government versus the states.
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KF4550 .C66 1984
First Amendment Freedoms.
Discusses the 1st Amendment Freedoms in regard to religion, speech and assembly ; what restrictions have been put to the 1st Amendment Freedoms and what they mean.
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KF4558 1st .F57 1990
Individual rights.
By focusing on the right to privacy and the conflicts between popular emotion and constitutional principle, the program explains how the rights of individuals are guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
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KF4749 .I53 1990
Minorities & the constitution.
Explores the constitutional background of slavery, women's suffrage, affirmative action, reverse discrimination and other minority issues.
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KF4755 .M56 1987
That delicate balance II our Bill of Rights.
Fred Friendly hosts 5 programs on the Bill of Rights and its effect on the United States. [1] Life and choice after Roe v. Wade (89 min.); [2] The first amendment and hate speech (58 min.); [3] Two accused : chronicle of a rape trial (58 min.); [4] Equality and the individual (58 min.); [5] Criminal justice : from murder to execution (58 min.)
Johnson Center Videotapes
KF4749 .T42
Criminal Justice
Abused women who fought back : the Framingham Eight.
Johnson Center Videotapes
RC552.P67 A38 1994.
America in Black and White: Racial profiling and law enforcement.
Originally broadcast as segment of ABC News "Nightline." Focuses on racial profiling in law enforcement, investigating the issue from the victim's point of view as well as through the eyes of the police.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Prince William Campus Videotapes
HV8141 .R33 2000
Angel on death row.
"Frontline takes on the death penalty debate with a profile of Sister Helen Prejean. A longtime spiritual advisor to inmates on Death Row, her life and work inspired the highly-acclaimed motion picture "Dead Man Walking""--Container.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HV8699.U5 A645 1996
Battered women fighting back.
When a woman kills a man who beats her, is it murder? Or is it justice? This program examines the legality of when, ever, a victim of domestic violence is justified in killing her abuser. The Jane Abbott and Linda Logan cases assess the courtroom admissibility of evidence of battering, while the high-profile Lorena Bobbitt case and others raise the question of whether the plea of battered woman syndrome can be manipulated into a license to maim--or kill.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HV6626 .B375 2000
The Death penalty.
Examines how the death penalty is being applied and, in the light of new research, whether it works as a deterrent to murder.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HV8699.U5 D39 1988
Defending our lives a film about domestic violence.
Shows the magnitude and severity of domestic violence in this country. This video features four women imprisoned for killing their batterers and their terrifying personal testimonies. Each of these women tells her own horrific tale of beatings, rape and torture at the hands of her husband or boyfriend.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HV6626 .D43 1999
Execution at midnight.
Examines the death penalty issue through interviews of 7 death row inmates. Gives the viewer the experience of the last hour of a condemned inmate's life as he is taken to the holding cell and to the execution room.
Prince William Campus Videotapes
HV8699.U5 E9 1993
Framing an execution.
In the 1990's, Mumia Abu-Jamal, an African American journalist on death row, became a symbol of the inequities in the United States judicial system. This film examines how ABC reporter Sam Donaldson's framing of Abu-Jamal's case stands up to the available facts and how it measures up to basic journalistic standards of fairness, balance, and accuracy.
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PN4756 .F73 2001
From one prison.
Interviews in a Michigan prison with women imprisoned for murdering abusive men in self-defense. Highlights injustice and inequities in the legal system regarding women. The average sentence for women convicted of killing men is 20 years; that for men convicted of killing women , 2-6 years. Approximately 80% of women who commit murder kill abusers in self-defense.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HV6046 .F76 1994
Inside the F.B.I.
Originally shown on Public Broadcasting Service as a segment of the series, Inside the F.B.I. This is the first time the FBI has opened its doors to outsiders to show how it has changed since the days of J. Edgar Hoover. The video gives a glimpse of the role the Bureau has in counterintelligence. The F.B.I. tries to balance national security interests and the civil rights of citizens.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HV8144.F43 I58 1995
Juveniles and the death penalty.
Looks at the cases of people who killed before they were 18; interviews prosecutors, defense attorneys, and family about appropriate punishment in such cases.
Prince William Campus Videotapes.
KF9227.C2 J88 1993
Supreme Court decisions that changed the nation Gideon vs. Wainwright and Miranda vs. Arizona.
Discusses two decisions of the Supreme Court based on the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the Constitution regarding the "privilege against self-incrimination" of persons arrested by the police.
Johnson Center Videotapes
KF4549 .S8
Voices from inside.
'Voices from Inside' follows German-born theater artist Karina Epperlein into a federal women's prison where she is teaching weekly classes as a volunteer. Her racially mixed group of women prisoners becomes a circle of trust and healing.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HV9466 .V65 1996
When women kill.
Places the personal stories of three battered women in a legal/historical context. Ann Jones, author of "Women Who Kill" explains the evolution of societies' attitude toward women who murder abusive spouses. In this film, we meet three women who tell why they killed and exposes the obstacles facing women who live with batterers.
Johnson Center Videotapes
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Women behind bars : rehabilitation or retribution.
"Issues such as sexual and drug abuse, family histories, and breaking the cycle of crime and incarceration are addressed through the personal stories of women who are doing time"--container.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HV8738 .W66 2000
Women doing time.
Since 1981, America's female prison population has more than doubled and is still rising. The major reason for this increase is drugs. Eighty percent of women in prison have children. This program looks at the impact on families of women doing time and explores several alternative prison programs.
Prince William Campus Videotapes
Women in prison.
A look at the women who are in prison. Interviews with some of the inmates explored some of the factors that put them there. Investigative reports documents why women are becoming a large part of the growing prison population and searches for the root cause of the inmates' incarceration. Many of the women interviewd are from the Central California Womens' Facility, Madera, CA.
Prince William Campus Videotapes
HV9955.C2 W66 1993
Women who kill.
Documentary about five women who killed their partners after enduring years of violent sexual abuse and emotional torture; it focuses on their fight to get the British legal system to recognize the experience of battered women, featuring the case of Kiranjit Ahzuwahlia who was finally freed after an intense campaign.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HV6535.G7 W6 1994
Education
After ten years the court and the schools.
The 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling made it clear that segregation would not be tolerated and that states must comply with federal law. In this program, filmed ten years after Brown, news correspondents report on the mixed progress made toward integrating public schools in Nashville, New Rochelle, New Orleans and Prince Edward County, Virginia. Stumbling blocks such as faculty segregation, busing and segregational zoning are examined. A discussion featuring Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Georgia Governor Carl Sanders and Ex-Secretary of the NAACP, Roy Wilkins concludes the program.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
E185.615 .T454 2000
Buford Boone.
This program tells the story of Pulitzer Prize winner Buford Boone, editor of the Tuscaloosa News in Alabama and his courageous stand for an unpopular cause--integration and equal rights for blacks. Also featured is George Wallace's infamous blocking of the doors at the University of Alabama, and an interview with the first black student to attempt to enroll at the university.
Johnson Center - Videotapes
Call Number: E185.98.B6 B8
Clinton and the law: See it now.
Clinton High was the first school in Tennessee to desegregate -- an experience that led to chaos and violence. This program reports on the town's efforts in 1957 to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court's mandate in the face of coercive opposition. Footage of the Rev. Paul W. Turner preaching brotherhood and John Kasper expounding in his rhetoric of intolerance creates a vivid portrait of the times. Other individuals add their views, rounding out the picture of a community's successful struggle to reestablish law and order.
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E185.615 .C626 2000
Color line on campus.
For most U.S. colleges today, racial diversity is a goal -- but almost nine years after the Brown decision, it was quite another story. This 1963 program features interviews with James Meredith and other African-American students who broke ground and tradition at universities in the South. Faced with attitudes ranging from passive tolerance to violent rejection, each had achieved enrollment, but not acceptance.
Johnson Center Videotapes
E185.615 .C6455 2000
Digital divide [teachers, technology, and the classroom]. Four-part series examines the effects of technology in the classroom; how that technology is used; who has access to it, and who does not; and the price for being on the wrong side of the digital divide. Each program analyzes the issues and initiatives surrounding the nation's drive to provide all students with a high-tech education, from the viewpoint of teachers, government officials, industry executives, leaders in the fight for techno-equality, and the students themselves. [Pt. 1.] Wired for what? [: the dividends of universal access.]; [pt. 2.] Fair play [: achieving gender equity in the digital age.] ;[pt. 3.] Virtual equality [: the information revolution and the inner city.] ;[pt. 4.] Crossing the divide [: creating a high-tech work force.]
Johnson Center Videotapes
LC1087.3 .D574 2000
Gender and the law: Title IX.
A guide for teenagers to understand the legal system as it applies to them. This episode illuminates some of the legal aspects of gender with Title IX as a recurrent theme. Main stories include Virginia Military Institute's first class of females; the effect of Title IX on university athletic programs; with commentaries from Donna Lopiano and Linda Copple Trout.
Johnson Center Videotapes
KF4758 .G46 1996
Going to school.
Film provides a captivating look at the daily experiences of students receiving special education services, and examines gains made by the Los Angeles Unified School District toward compliance with civil rights laws that guarantee a quality education for all children. The documentary highlights the lives of three seventh graders, revealing the determination of their parents to see that their children receive an equal education. One mother remembers attending school everyday for three years with her son before the school informed her that he was entitled to an aid and sign language interpreter. The boy has become the first student with significant needs to be included in regular classes in his middle school. His mother is now a parent advocate. Ana's mother, working seven days a week to support her children, needed to travel to school to untangle the paperwork that placed her wheelchair-bound daughter into segregated special education classes. The determination of both the mother and daughter pay off as evidenced in scenes of Ana in classes and with her friends. Ana's fierce independence yields to a childlike tenderness as she describes how a grenade was hurled into her yard in El Salvador, "making a hole in my spine."
Prince William Campus Videotapes
LC4033.L68 G65 2001
Just school.
Presents the personal views of both African-American and white students who were part of the desegration process in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1970.
Johnson Center Videotapes
Call Number: F349.J13 J88
The Lemon Grove incident.
Focusing on one of the earliest school desegregation cases, uses dramatizations, archival footage, and recollections of witnesses to examine the response of the Mexican-American community in Lemon Grove, Calif., to a 1930 school board attempt to create a segregated Mexican school in the district.
Johnson Center Videotapes
LC2688 .L36
Mary McLeod Bethune educator.
A biography of pioneer educator and civil rights worker Mary McLeod Bethune, who founded her own school for Black children in a time when education for Black people, especially higher education, was not a popular concept, and fought for racial equality through the American political system for her entire life.
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The Road to Brown.
Presents the role of Charles Hamilton Houston in the cases which let to the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education. Gives background history of segregation, Jim Crow laws, NAACP and bio-data on persons influential in the desegregation movement.
Johnson Center Videotapes
KF4155 .R614 1989
School colors.
This in-depth documentary looks at a turbulent year at Berkeley High School in California, focusing on teachers, students, and parents struggling with the question of whether diversity will enrich American society or tear it apart.
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LC1099.3 .S34 1994
Simple justice.
Recounts the remarkable legal strategy and social struggle that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
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KF4155 .S55 1993
Stop sexual harassment on campus.
Presents dramatizations about sexual harassment on campus and outlines a course of action to resolve conflict.
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LC212.86 .S75
Supreme Court decisions that changed the nation Brown vs Board of Education.
Follows each step leading to the Supreme Court's unanimous overruling of Plessy vs Ferguson, culminating in the Court's declaration that segregation in the public schools is unconstitutional.
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KF4155 .S86
Supreme Court decisions that changed the nation Plessy vs. Ferguson.
Examines the Supreme Court's blow against racial equality; looks at the fateful decision that gave legal justification to segregation and invoked the concept of "separate but equal."
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KF4549 .S82
Title IX and women in sports what's wrong with this picture?
Athletic programs at several schools are in disarray in the wake of Title IX, which is designed to insure that no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in or be denied benefits of any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. Broadcaster and columnist Larry Elder speaks with athletes, coaches, educators, federal officials, civil rights activists and others to find out what seems to have gone wrong and how to fix it.
Johnson Center Videotapes
LC213.2 .T57 1999
Employment
Affirming the future.
Discussion and history of affirmative action.
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HF5549.5.A34 A55
Beyond black and white affirmative action in America.
All sides in the affirmative action debate say that they believe in the Constitutional right to equality regarding race, creed and sex, but they bring very different interpretations to what that means. A distinguished panel of experts discuss this issue.
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HF5549.5.A34 .B57 1999
Exploring race and affirmative action
A panel discusses the advantages and disadvantages of affirmative action policies in the United States sharing differing perspectives on racial issues. Archival film footage traces the evolution of laws regarding race and equality in the U.S.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HF5549.5.A34 E96 1996
Miles of smiles, years of struggle.
Discusses the struggle of Black Pullman porters to unionize, even though rebuked by white organized labor, and the eventual formation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters under A. Philip Randolph. Explores the impact of this group on the American civil rights movement.
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HD6515.R36 M64
Nobody is burning wheelchairs.
Explains what the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is, explores attitudes toward people with disabilities, and shows that disabled persons can make contributions in a mainstreamed society.
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HD7256.U6 N753 1992
Sexual harassment from 9 to 5.
This program looks at the legal and human side of sexual harassment in the workplace, portraying women whose lives were deeply affected by this highly aggressive and largely hidden form of discrimination; shows the rights of women, the responsibilities of male workers and the companies which employ them, and some corporate efforts to help employees distinguish between romance, harassment, and sexual extortion. Discusses the changing laws regarding sexual harassment in the workplace and how companies are responding and complying with these new laws.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HD6060.5 .S484 1992
Sexual harassment it's no game.
Using scenes from the television police series Cagney and Lacey, a simulated training session shows how both supervisors and employees can be brought to an awareness of what sexual harassment is, that it's illegal and harmful to business, and what can be done about it.
Johnson Center Videotapes
KF3467 .S494
A Tale of "O" on being different.
Insights into the impact of relative numbers on people's performance in work groups, when some people have a hard time fitting in because they are different from the majority. The consequences, pressure and stereotypes of being different are explored.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HD58.7 .T3 1993
Understanding EEOC.
Dramatization in which company employees discuss discrimination charges filed with local human rights commissions and with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Points out the effect of a management decision is what matters in a discrimination case; intent to comply is no defense. Emphasizes the cost to companies in money and staff time for such complaints.
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HD4903 .U5 1985 pt.1-3
Working solutions.
"This series provides eye-opening facts and innovative solutions to changing business conditions and goes behind the scenes of organizations that are successfully adapting to these new social, cultural, and economic conditions"--Container.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HD5715.2 .W67 1993
Freedom of Speech and Expression
Beyond hate trilogy.
See third volume. Hate on trial: In 1990, Tom and John Metzger, leaders of the White Aryan Resistance (WAR) were charged with inciting the murder of Mulugeta Seraw of Ethiopia in Portland, Oregon. This is a documentary of their trial using actual courtroom footage, interspersed with commentary on hate crime, First Amendment rights, and the role of the media, by a panel of lawyers, activists and journalists.
Johnson Center Videotapes
BF575.H3 B49 1991
Damned in the U.S.A.
A film which covers the most significant battles over freedom of expression and censorship in the arts over the last five years. From the Mapplethorpe controversy to the debate over the lyrics of 2 Live Crew, from government sponsorship of artists to morally motivated boycotts, this film addresses both sides of the censorship debate in all its complexity. Film is followed by a debate which broadens the discussion of the First Amendment as it provides a sober, balanced look at the limits placed on freedom of speech.
Johnson Center Videotapes
Z658.U5 D36 1994
"--for which it stands" Flag burning and the First Amendment.
Focuses on the Texas flag-burning case of 1989 and the emotional, political and legal aspects of the First Amendment issue.
Johnson Center Videotapes
KF5150.Z9 F67
Hate.com extremists on the Internet.
"Addresses the use of the Internet to spread messages of hate and violence. Don Black, founder of Stormfront; Matt Hale, founder of the World Church of the Creator; Richard Butler, founder of Aryan Nations and Christian Identity; and Dr. William Pierce, founder of the National Alliance and author of The Turner diaries, expound their doctrines, tactics, and goals. Profiles of 'lone wolves'--individuals incited to commit violence and bias crimes--include Timothy McVeigh, Benjamin Smith, the lynchers of James Byrd, and others."--www.films.com.
Johnson Center Videotapes
E184.A1 H37 2000
Hate and the Internet.
ABC News anchor Ted Koppel investigates the proliferation of hate online with Don Black, founder of the white nationalist Web site Storm Front, and Floyd Abrams, a First Amendment attorney who has represented the New York Times and ABC News. They discuss both the medium and the message, plus the controversial issue of content filtering.
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Prince William Campus Videotapes
TK5105.875.I57 H384 1999
Hate on trial.
In 1990 "a young Ethiopian was beaten to death by a group of white supremacist 'skinheads' in Portland, Oregon. This three-part program covers the subsequent civil trial of white supremacist leader Tom Metzger and his son, charged by the victim's parents with inciting the violence through inflammatory racist statements. Bill Moyers explains the basis of the $12.5-million civil suit, and discusses its implications within the context of First Amendment rights"--Container.
Johnson Center Videotapes
KF224.M48 H38 1997
Media rights and responsibilities.
"The media have established new outposts in the frontiers of taste that were thought impossible 25 years ago, and all in the name of First Amendment rights and giving the public what it wants. ... This program looks at all of the issues surrounding the media's pursuit of the advertising dollar vs. its responsibility to exercise some concern for the public good." -Container.
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P90 .M42 1998
Pornography.
Considers the effect of pornography on society and First Amendment protections. Includes segments originally aired on CBS on November 18, 1992, October 8, 1988, and October 17, 1992.
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HQ471 .P667 2000
Voices in exile immigrants and the First Amendment.
Examines the question of to what extent aliens are protected by First Amendments rights. Follows the case of eight Palestinian immigrants in Los Angeles who were arrested for distributing PLO literature. The case involved the FBI, the INS, and the ACLU.
Johnson Center Videotapes
KF4772 .V65 1997
Freedom of Religion
America's constitutional heritage religion and our public schools.
Discusses, with a historical perspective, the debate over religion in the public schools, focusing on the idea of separation of church and state as outlined by the Constitution. Commentary by educator/author Jonathan Kozol and others.
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LC111 .A54
Freedom of religion.
Lawyers are shown arguing the constitutional issues concerning freedom of religion during an emergency hearing of a transfusion case in which the life of an unborn child is threatened because of the religious beliefs of the parents.
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KF4783 .F74
The polygamists.
This absorbing documentary travels to the town of Mant, Utah, to follow several of the 450 families there who practice plural marriage. In the name of religion--the True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days, a splinter group from the Mormon religion--women live side-by-side with other female partners in a male-dominated household and devote themselves to bearing children. Self-appointed prophet and leader of the group, Jim Harmston, who has eight wives, claims that an angelic visitation instructed him to take extra wives. Several wives discuss their attitudes toward their subservient, plural roles, and the benefits of polygamous relationships. This is a nonjudgemental view of a controversial topic.--Cf. container.
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BT707.5 .P65 1997
The Supreme Court's holy battles.
Roger Mudd examines the increasing controversy that surrounds the separation of church and state mandated in the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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KF4783 .S868
Housing
Bringing justice home housing and homelessness.
"Highlights the stories of families in three areas of the U.S. [migrant farmers in Washington State; Chicago African-American housing discrimination; Montgomery County, MD low income families and the Housing Opportunities Council] who have grappled with the lack of affordable housing. Will inspire students and activists to act on behalf of those who have been denied what was set forth as the goal of the 1949 Housing Act -- 'a decent home and suitable living environment for every American family.'" -- Container.
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KF5729 .B75 1999
Segregation -- Northern style.
In many places above the Mason-Dixon Line, a subtle form of bigotry was at work during the early 1960s, resisting the efforts of Afro-Americans to buy homes in historically white neighborhoods. In this 1964 program, Mike Wallace reveals the fallacies, attitudes and weak legislation that contributed to de facto segregation in the North by tracking the unsuccessful campaign of a middle-class black family to buy in upscale New Jersey. The positive contributions of fair housing and civil rights groups are also presented.
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HD7288.76.U62 S45 2000
Reproductive Rights

Abortion and the law.
A documentary which focuses on the legal, moral, social, and psychological aspects of abortion in the United States. Presents clergymen, lawyers, and physicians who hold diametrically opposed views and tells of specific cases of abortion.
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KF3771 .A934 2000
Abortion personal portraits.
Tells the stories of five women who have confronted the emotional and ethical dilemmas presented by abortion. Their experiences lead them to voice strong opinions on both sides of the issue.
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HQ767 .A18 1991
Roe vs. Wade.
Based on the true story of the 1973 challenge to a Texas law forbidding abortion. The case was ultimately argued all the way to the Supreme Court, and changed U.S. history.
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KF228 .R59 R64 1989
Supreme Court decisions that changed the nation Roe v. Wade.
The issue in this decision was: should a woman have the right to terminate her pregnancy, or can the interests of the state government prevent such freedom of choice?
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KF4549 .S88 1989
Sexual Orientation
After Stonewall.
The sequel to Before Stonewall chronicles the history of lesbian and gay life from the roots at Stonewall to the end of the century.
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HQ76.8.U5 A38 1999
Ballot measure 9.
Documentary investigation of events surrounding the 1992 campaign for Oregon's anti-gay ballot initiative.
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KFO2811.5.H64 B35 1996
Before Stonewall the making of a gay and lesbian community.
A social history of homosexuality in America from the 1920s to 1969, showing how this group has moved from a secret shame to the status of a publicly viable minority group. Tells how a group consciousness coalesced after the 1969 police raid on Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City, and the three-day riot that followed gained them national publicity and the birth of the gay movement.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ76.5.U6 B44
The Brandon Teena story.
Documentary film about Brandon Teena, who arrived in rural Falls City, Nebraska, in 1993 where he finds some new friends. Three weeks later he is brutally raped and beaten by friends who discover that he is actually a woman. A week later the same two men murder Teena along with two other people. This is a tale of Brandon's coming of age struggle with identity and how his gender ambiguity induced feelings of betrayal, confusion and hostility among residents of a town in America's heartland.
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HV6773.54.N43 M88 1999b
Coming out under fire.
Gay men and lesbians who were in the United States military service during World War II discuss their experiences with the response of the military establishment towards their sexual orientation. Includes archival footage and photographs.
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D769.2 .C66 1995
Florence & Robin.
This documentary follows the lives of Florence Spalding and Robin Ruotolo, a lesbian couple in San Francisco, as they make the decision to become biological parents through artificial insemination. Follows their journey towards parenthood in a society which exhibits polarized attitudes towards lesbianism. Also meets the children of gay couples and talks to pupils in a nursery school where one in six has gay parents.
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HQ75.53 .F66 1995
Green on Thursdays.
Interviews with gays and lesbians from Chicago about their experiences with hate crimes targeted at gays and lesbians. Focuses on the shooting of Ron Cayot and looks at what is being done to counter gay bashing and why the community feels it is not sufficient.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HV6250.3.U5 G74 1993
Live to tell the first gay and lesbian prom in America.
Chronicles the lives of the students of the EAGLES Center, an alternative high school in Los Angeles for gay and lesbian teens who, due to persecution, are unable to function in the regular school system. Shows their efforts to organize a citywide prom for over 200 gay and lesbian high school students in Los Angeles County and the first gay and lesbian prom in America.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ76.25 .L58 1995
March in April.
Follows a group of gays as they prepare for the April 1993 march in Washington, D.C. and talk about their lives.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ76.8.U5 M359 1993
Out for a change addressing homophobia in women's sports.
Addresses the issues of women in sports, homophobia in sports, the common assumption that all female athletes and female coaches are lesbians and the discrimination attached to those assumptions.
Johnson Center Videotapes
GV708.8 .O88 1994
Out of the past the struggle for gay and lesbian rights in America.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ76.8.U5 O97 1997
Pink triangles a study of prejudice against lesbians and gay men.
Takes a look at the nature of discrimination against lesbians and gay men and challenges some of society's attitudes toward homosexuality. Also examines historical and contemporary patterns of racial, religious, political, and sexual persecution.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN1995.9.H55 P56
The Question of equality.
Using archival footage and interviews, this video set documents the hard-fought gains and heartbreaking losses in the struggle for gay and lesbian equality.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ76.8.U5 Q48 1995
Scout's honor.
Documentary examining the Boy Scouts of America policy against gays in the organization. Focuses on Steve Cozza, boy scout and activist against the policy, and relates the stories of others removed from the Boy Scout organization for being gay or for working to have the policy eliminated.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HS3313 .S36 2001
The Times of Harvey Milk.
A portrait of the life and career of Harvey Milk, a charismatic grass-roots activist, and one of the first avowed homosexuals elected to political office. Through television news footage and interviews, follows him from his early days as a Castro Street businessman to his murder, along with San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, in 1978. Relates these events to the ongoing movement for gay rights in the United States.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ76.8.U5 T56
Voting Rights
Freedom on my mind.
Documentary of the civil rights movement and the events surrounding the Mississippi Voter Registration Project of the early 1960's. Combines archival footage with contemporary interviews.
Johnson Center Videotapes
Call Number: E185.615 .F74 1994
Great speeches Volume V.
Presents famous speeches, each with an introduction detailing the time, place and events surrounding it. Contains Lyndon B. Johnson's 1965 Voting Rights Act speech.
Johnson Center Videotapes
PN6121 .G78 v. 5
Legacy of a dream.
Presents a compilation of newsreel and videotape footage showing the events that secured the vote for American Blacks and ultimately led to the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes a sketch of King's career and statements by Coretta King and Andrew Young.
Johnson Center Videotapes
E185.97.K5 L43 1990
Mississippi and the 15th Amendment.
A college student, a schoolteacher and a fellow of the National Science Foundation were all three ruled illiterate by the local circuit clerk and ineligible to vote. Filmed in 1962, this program reveals the double standards and the dangers faced by African-Americans registering to vote in Mississippi. Interviews with local officials, segregationists, lawyers, clergy and citizens on both sides of the color line expose what amounted to a tacit conspiracy to deprive certain people of their constitutional right to stand up and be counted.
Johnson Center Videotapes
E185.615 .M58 2000
One woman, one vote.
Documents the 70-year struggle for women's suffrage which culminated in the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. It illuminates the alliances, infighting, betrayals and defeats that paved the way for victory in the battle for women's right to vote. Historical footage is enhanced with vocal performances, and interviews with historians provide the viewer with both current and historical perspectives.
Johnson Center Videotapes
JK1896 .O54 1995
The speeches of famous women.
Traces the progression of the women's movement with speeches from suffragettes through senators, including Elizabeth Stanton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford, who endorses the Equal Rights Act, and leaders Betty Friedan, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun and Barbara Boxer.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1236 .S64 1995
Strange fruit.
A Black painter faces the ugliness of racism when he becomes involved in a Black voter registration drive.
Johnson Center Videotapes
E185.92 .S7
Votes for women.
Celebrates the 72 year struggle for the right to vote, with archival photographs, stock footage, and live action set to narration, music from the Suffrage Movement, and Kay Weaver's classic anthem, One fine day.
Johnson Center Videotapes
JK1896 .V68 1996
The Women's vote.
The first women's rights convention was held in Stanton's home in Seneca Falls, NY before the Civil War. She joined forces with Luriette Mott and Susan B. Anthony to form the National Women's Suffrage Association.
Johnson Center Videotapes
HQ1412 .W662 1988

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