Reparations: Beyond the Theatre
Sound Theatre presents REPARATIONS by Darren Canady from January 8 to February 2, 2020. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books, CDs and videos to enhance your experience of the play.
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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived
"Early genetic researchers interpreted human variation through a Eurocentric and often racist lens, contemporary molecular genetics reveals 'we all are a bit of everything, and we come from all over.' " -- Library Journal.
Format: eBook
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The News Hour With Jim Lehrer
"Representative John Conyers (D-MI), the introducer of reparation legislation to Congress; proponent Lerone Bennett, author of Forced into Glory; dissenter Walter Williams, of George Mason University; and others talk about the horrors of slavery, post-traumatic slavery syndrome, and forms of reparation." -- Film company's copy.
Format: Streaming Video
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Decoding Our Past
DNA analysis reveals that the family trees of Deval Patrick, the first African American Governor of Massachusetts and Jessica Alba, an actress of Mexican American heritage, contain a more diverse cultural and racial ancestry than previously known.
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Hearing on Slavery Reparations
Actor Danny Glover, author Ta-Nehisi Coates, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and others testify on slavery reparations before a House Judiciary subcommittee.
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It Didn't Start With You
"Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate life experience or in chemical imbalances in our brains--but in the lives of our parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents." -- Publisher's copy.
Format: Downloadable Audiobook
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Meeting David Wilson
"David Wilson, a 28-year-old African-American journalist, revisits his family history to find answers to America's racial divide. Along the way, he meets another David Wilson, the descendant of his family's slave master. This discovery leads to a momentous encounter between the two men, whose ancestors were on the opposite sides of freedom. " -- Film company copy.
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My Face Is Black Is True
"The African-American struggle for compensation for years of unpaid labor began at the dawn of emancipation. " This is the account of "the first mass reparations movement led by African Americans." -- Publishers Weekly
Format: Book
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My Grandmother's Hands
"My Grandmother's Hands is a call to action for all of us to recognize that racism is not about the head, but about the body, and introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide." -- Publisher's copy
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On the Courthouse Lawn
"This revised edition will help readers to navigate and better understand contemporary struggles to come to terms with the legacy of racial terror in the United States including debates about the National Anthem and Civil War monuments." -- Publisher's copy.
Format: Book
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Repair
"Franke invites readers to explore the historical context for reparations, offering a detailed account of the circumstances that surrounded the emancipation of enslaved Black people in two unique contexts." -- Publisher's website.
Format: Book
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