Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
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Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities is a documentary film that chronicles the history, impact, and ongoing legacy of historically Black colleges and universities in the United States.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities Context triple: [Stanley Nelson Jr., notableWork, Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities]
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities Target entity description: Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities is a documentary film that chronicles the history, impact, and ongoing legacy of historically Black colleges and universities in the United States.
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A.
Black and White America
"Black and White America" is a funk-rock and soul-infused studio album by American musician Lenny Kravitz that explores themes of race, identity, and social issues.
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B.
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
"Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America" is a National Book Award–winning work of nonfiction by Ibram X. Kendi that traces the origins, evolution, and impact of racist ideas throughout U.S. history.
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C.
The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972
The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972 is a historical study by Ibram X. Kendi that examines how Black student activism in the late 1960s and early 1970s transformed American higher education and advanced the struggle for racial justice on campus.
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D.
The Beautiful Struggle
The Beautiful Struggle is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s coming-of-age memoir about growing up in Baltimore amid violence, hip-hop culture, and his father’s Black nationalist ideals.
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E.
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 is a collaborative volume edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain that presents 400 years of African American history through short essays and poems by a diverse group of writers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary film
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television documentary ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
highlight contributions of HBCUs to American society
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raise awareness of challenges facing HBCUs ⓘ |
| coDirector | Marco Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
Civil Rights Movement
NERFINISHED
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Jim Crow era educational segregation ⓘ Reconstruction era education for African Americans ⓘ post–Civil War era in the United States ⓘ student activism at HBCUs ⓘ |
| director | Stanley Nelson Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | PBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educationalUse |
diversity and inclusion curricula
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teaching African American history ⓘ teaching history of higher education ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Stanley Nelson Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
archival footage
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interviews with HBCU alumni ⓘ interviews with current HBCU students ⓘ interviews with historians ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
history of HBCUs
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impact of HBCUs on Black communities ⓘ legacy of HBCUs in the United States ⓘ |
| genre |
educational film
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historical documentary ⓘ |
| hasScreeningType |
campus screenings
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community screenings ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
community empowerment through education
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racial inequality in education ⓘ resilience of Black institutions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African American education
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United States history ⓘ historically Black colleges and universities ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | PBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Independent Lens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
founding of historically Black colleges and universities
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role of HBCUs in Black middle class formation ⓘ role of HBCUs in Black political leadership ⓘ role of HBCUs in cultural and intellectual life ⓘ |
| producer |
Firelight Films
NERFINISHED
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Firelight Media NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseMedium |
film festival screenings
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television broadcast ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
educators
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general public ⓘ students ⓘ |
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