Streaming Video - HIS 221 - African-American History - Research Guides at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College

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Films on Demand
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Kanopy
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Swank
Swank allows students the flexibility to legally view course-assigned films outside the classroom. Providing digital access to course-related films allows educators to enhance the learning experience without taking up valuable class time.
Alexander Academic Video Online
Curated for the educational experience, the massive depth of content and breadth of content-types (such as documentaries, films, demonstrations, etc.) in Academic Video Online makes it a useful resource for all types of patrons.

The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song - Episode 2
Discover how the Black Church expanded its reach to address social inequality and minister to those in need, from the Jim Crow South to the heroic phase of the civil rights movement and the Black Church’s role in the present.

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The African American Experience
American Experience videos from PBS about African-Americans.

When the Levees Broke Part 1
DESCRIPTION of entire series
One year after Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans, director Spike Lee presents a four-hour, four-part chronicle recounting, through words and images, one of our country’s most profound natural disasters. In addition to revisiting the hours leading up to the arrival of Katrina, a Category 5 hurricane before it hit the coast of Louisiana, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts tells the personal stories of those who lived to tell about it, at the same time exploring the underbelly of a nation where the divide along race and class lines has never been more pronounced. An HBO Production.

An HBO Production.
When the Levees Broke Part 2
When the Levees Broke Part 3
When the Levees Broke Part 4