clergy

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clergy

Father Mychal Judge

an authentic American hero
2002
Chronicles the life of Father Mychal Judge, sharing the hope and courage he brought to thousands of people during his spiritual career and after his death during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Desmond Tutu

1988
Examines the life of the South African bishop and civil rights worker who has worked extensively to improve the condition of his people.

What manner of man

a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1964
A biography of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and advocate of non-violence who was shot in 1968.

Archbishop Tutu of South Africa

1988
Traces the life of the clergyman from his early years in Klerksdorp, South Africa, to his current crusade for peace in that strifetorn country.

Singing hands

2006
In the late 1940s, twelve-year-old Gussie, a minister's daughter, learns the definition of integrity while helping with a celebration at the Alabama School for the Deaf--her punishment for misdeeds against her deaf parents and their boarders.

Come a stranger

1995
A young African-American girl named Mina Smiths begins a journey of self-discovery when she learns that she will never be a classical dancer, and she develops an unrequited love for her church's summer minister.

Damien, the leper priest

1980
A biography of the heroic priest who gave his life working for the lepers in the Hawaiian Islands.

Doubt

a parable
2005
Presents a play set in the Bronx in 1964 about a nun, Sister Aloysius, who suspects that Father Flynn has more than a casual interest in the school's first African-American student.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

2001
Presents the history and meaning behind the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

2001
Describes the history of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and looks at some of the ways in which the holiday is observed.

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