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Makes me wanna holler

a young Black man in America
Washington Post reporter Nathan McCall recounts the story of his journey from troubled youth to professional journalist, providing insight into what it's like to be a young black man in America.
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Hoodlum

Shai Clark is forced to set aside his aspirations of playing professional basketball when his crime boss father is killed, but as Shai learns there is no mercy for weakness on the streets he must decide what will become of his own dreams.
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The Black male handbook

a blueprint for life
A collection of essays in which African-American males of all backgrounds reflect on the current social and political climate of America and discuss how that climate influences the experiences of African-American males in the twenty-first century.
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A lesson before dying

Not an unabridged version - dramatization!.
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Sound the trumpet!

messages to empower African American men
Presents fourteen sermons by some of the most prominent ministers in the United States in which they offer messages of hope and help to African-American men.
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The longest memory

a novel
Tells the story of a rebellious young slave, who in 1810 attempts to flee a Virginia plantation and is inadvertently betrayed by his father.
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Get on the bus

A group of African American men travel by bus from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. to attend the Million Man March, making both friends and enemies along the way.

Glory road

Dramatizes the true story of Coach Don Haskins of Texas Western University who, in the 1965-66 season, bucked convention and consequences to introduce the first all-African-American starting lineup in the history of college basketball.

Miss Evers' boys

Film dramatization of an episode in American history known as "The Tuskegee Experiment," when syphilis experiments were conducted on patients in a federally funded program. (118 min.).

Midnight

a gangster love story
After Midnight's father's empire is attacked, he is sent with his mother to live in the United States, but on the streets of Brooklyn, Midnight remains true to his beliefs while attempting to reclaim his former wealth and protect his family, while attracting the lustful attention of a number of women.

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