Films with: Heading-Grant, Wanda

BlackBoard Jungle 12 Jose Antonio Vargas, March 22, 2019 /

"Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and a leading voice for the human rights of immigrants. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Define American, the nation's leading nonprofit media organization that fights injustice and anti-immigrant hate through the power of storytelling. Vargas is a firm believer that to change the politics of immigration and citizenship, we must change the way we portray undocumented people and their roles in society." -- Event website: http://www.uvm.edu/~ues/blackboardjungle12/luncheon-keynote.html

DVD 13079

Celebrating the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. January 25, 2016 /

DVD 11517

Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration 2017

Sheyann Webb-Christburg shares her memories of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and of her activism as a young girl during the civil rights movement in Selma, Alabama. King named her the "Smallest Freedom Fighter."

DVD 12758

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration 2020

This event, part of the 2020 "MLK Celebration, Education and Learning Series" at the University of Vermont, features performances of African American spirituals and gospel music as well as an address given by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times bestselling author and founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. Dr. Kendi sees anti-racism as the necessary outcome of the legacy of Dr. King.

DVD 13340