Avery Brooks
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author shares the saga of an African American family that extends from his ancestor Kunta Kinte, an African brought to mid-eighteenth-century America as a slave, to himself.
This poignant and powerful narrative tells the dramatic story of Kunta Kinte, snatched from freedom in Africa and brought by ship to America and slavery, and his descendants. Drawing on the oral traditions handed down in his family for generations, the author traces his origins...
2) Sounder
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with the help of the devoted dog Sounder.
Publisher
All Channel Films
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century who was born free man. He works as a carpenter, and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by a group of men who ask him to play for them, however, that is not their real intention. They kidnapp him and sell him into slavery. Solomon now has to endure the hardships that he had been previously spared.
Publisher
Warner Bros Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
Multiple
Description
"Christmas Eve 1775. For celebrants at Parker Plantation, it's a time of joy and giving. For enslaved friends Fiddler and Kunte Kinte it's a chance to give other slaves the most precious gift of all : freedom." [box cover note].
8) 15 Minutes
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When a celebrity homicide detective and a brash, young fire marshal raceagainst time to stop a pair of publicity seeking murderers, ahigh-profile newscaster buys videotapes of the gruesome crimes--turningthe killers into instant media stars. Now, just how far will society'smost desperate people go in order to get their 15 Minutes of fame?Starring Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Robert De Niro ("TheGodfather, Part II," "Taxi Driver"), Edward...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry McMillan comes an honest look at a modern romance, from love at first sight to painful reality to working toward a happy ending....
Franklin Swift was a sometimes-employed construction worker and a not-quite-divorced dad of two. Zora Banks was a teacher, singer, and songwriter. They met in a Brooklyn brownstone, and there could be no walking away....
In this funny, gritty love story,...
Franklin Swift was a sometimes-employed construction worker and a not-quite-divorced dad of two. Zora Banks was a teacher, singer, and songwriter. They met in a Brooklyn brownstone, and there could be no walking away....
In this funny, gritty love story,...