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2101) War and watermelon
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As the summer of 1969 turns to fall in their New Jersey town, twelve-year-old Brody plays football in his first year at junior high while his older brother's protest of the war in Vietnam causes tension with their father.
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The civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements were the two greatest protests of twentieth-century America. The dramatic escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam in 1965 took precedence over civil rights legislation, which had dominated White House and congressional attention during the first half of the decade. The two issues became intertwined on January 6, 1966, when the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) became the first civil...
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Cobra: A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
Masters of the universe: A prince turned warrior named He-Man battles against the dark lord Skeletor on the planet Eternia. He-Man and his comrades arrive on Earth and discover two teenage lovers to find the magical Cosmic Key.
Over the top: Lincoln Hawk is a struggling trucker who arm wrestles on the side to make extra...
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This documentary retraces George McGovern's bold presidential campaign of 1972 - a grassroots campaign that fought for peace and justice, and positioned ideas and people first. However, what is remembered today as being the ultimate political defeat of the American Century may also have been its high watermark. The film poses this central question: what does the crushing electoral defeat of a man so well respected for his decency and intellect say...
2106) War
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Immersive set of documentaries that digs deep into the twists and turns of America's most significant and deadly conflicts.
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"The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago began peacefully but quickly turned into what was later termed a "police riot." Brian Mullgardt's investigation of this event and the preceding tensions charts a complex social history that brings together Chicago history, the 1960's, and urbanization, focusing not on the national leaders, but on the grassroots activists of the time"--
"Police brutality, gentrification, and grassroots activism in...
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When war broke out in 1914, fearless pioneers took to the skies above France in flimsy biplanes. Aerial combat was perceived as glorious and chivalric, but the reality was very different: new Royal Flying corps subalterns in 1917 had a life expectancy of 11 days. The term 'ace' caught on, and daredevil aviators like the Red Baron and Billy Bishop became household names, just as the heroic pilots who defended the skies over England in 1940 are still...
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"Vietnamese refugees fleeing the fall of South Vietnam faced a paradox. The same guilt-ridden America that only reluctantly accepted them expected, and rewarded, expressions of gratitude for their rescue. Meanwhile, their status as refugees--as opposed to willing immigrants--profoundly influenced their cultural identity. Phuong Tran Nguyen examines the phenomenon of refugee nationalism among Vietnamese Americans in Southern California. Here, the residents...
2110) Operation VFW memories
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Author's interviews with veterans from the St. Charles VFW and American Legion for an Eagle Project for the Boy Scouts.
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From the seasoned infantryman of the 1700s to the hi-tech warriors of today, this book makes an intriguing journey through 300 years of military service. Authoritative text and stunning visual content explore every aspect of the soldier's life in both war and peace, charting how he has lived, marched, fought, died, and survived, across the centuries, often in places far from home.
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