Photographs
Far left: Dorothy Allison (third from left) and students following Allison's 2005 Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration keynote address. Photo by Joseph Mehling, College Photographer. Center: Members of AXIS Dance Company, a mixed-ability dance troupe, performing at the Hopkins Center as part of a Hopkins Center campus residency cosponsored by IDE. Photo by Jack Rowell. Right: Discussions at a Diversity Forum hosted by IDE. Photo by The Dartmouth.
Artwork
Detail from mural produced by Ernesto Cuevas and Dartmouth students as part of Encuentro Latino, a 2005 Summer Arts Festival coordinated by the Leslie Center for the Humanities.
“Abriendo Las Puertas: Access for Latinos to Education” - Raul Yzaguirre (The University of Oklahoma, 45 min) VHS
14th Annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education Keynote Address by Raul Yzaguirre, President of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR). He addresses why the National Council of La Raza supports affirmative action.
AXA Hell Night 1986 VHS
Beyond Black and White: Affirmative Action in America (PBS Video, 60 min) VHS
Moderated by Harvard Law School's Charles Ogletree, a what-if scenario revolves around a university's efforts to enroll a diverse student body of qualified candidates.
Effective Teaching for All Dyslexic/All College Students (Brown University, 37 min) VHS
The film demonstrates how professors without special training in learning styles can, in fact, develop teaching practices which reach a broad range of learning styles.
Equality in Education: Section 504 in Post-secondary Programs (U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, 37 min) VHS
Equality in Education explains the details of Section 504 in Post-secondary Programs, which protects the rights of people with disabilities.
Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary (Tracey Trench, 52 min) VHS
Fear and Learning measures the impact of California's Proposition 187, which denies public education and health care to illegal aliens.
Graduate School Minority Recruitment (The Ohio State University, 20 min) VHS
A financial guide for students who are considering graduate school.
Intruder in the Dust (MGM, 87 min) VHS
An anti-racist classic. It tells without compromise of the events in a Mississippi town where a black man is charged with shooting a white man.
Looking Back: Reflections on Black Alumni (Melvin R. McCray, Jr., and Calvin H. Norman III, 75 min) VHS
The video, which includes a kaleidoscope of perspectives, traces the often difficult and painful experiences of black alumni on the Princeton University campus.
Mendez vs. Westminster: Para Todos Los Ninos/For All the Children (Koce TV, 27 min) VHS
This documentary tells the story of segregation and discrimination in Orange County schools in the historic lawsuit prohibiting school segregation in California seven years before the landmark decision of Brown vs. Board of Education.
“Prepositions: What Cannot be Worked on Must be Worked Through or Over or Around Diversity” - Nikki Giovanni (The University of Oklahoma, 45 min) VHS
14th Annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education Keynote Address by Nikki Giovanni, University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Race in the Classroom: The Multiplicity of Experience (Derek Bok Center, 19 min) VHS
Vignettes demonstrate how issues of race can affect learning and teaching, both in and out of the college classroom. Problems of group dynamics, speaking and listening techniques, teaching a racially diverse population and handling racially charged confrontations are illustrated.
Shattering the Silences (California Newsreel, 86 min) VHS
This documentary explores issues of faculty diversity in higher education in the mid-1990s, focusing on the experiences of eight minority scholars in the humanities and social sciences.
Stand and Deliver (Warner Bros., 103 min) VHS
A teacher helps Hispanic students at Garfield Senior High School (Los Angeles County, CA) to learn calculus well enough to pass the Advanced Placement Calculus Exam, even though they originally struggled with such elementary principles as multiplication and fractions.
Talking About Race Part I (Iris Films, 12 min) VHS
Students from three major American universities share their perspectives on self separation of ethnic groups, the climate toward talking about race on campus, discrimination, affirmative action policies and finally, individual responsibility for change.
Talking About Race Part II (Iris Films, 13 min) VHS
A diverse group of 23 students from six major American universities spend three days together to support and challenge one another through open, honest conversations on the concept of individual responsibility, feeling from each other, wanting others to understand and finally, what can be done to move awareness to action.
“Who is Excellent? Thoughts on Affirmative Action, Intercultural Competence, and Progressive Identity Politics.” - Mari Matsuda (The University of Oklahoma, 45 min) VHS
14th Annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education Keynote Address by Mari Masuda, Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC.
Wide Angle: Time for School (PBS, 60 min) VHS
"Time for School" spotlights the global crisis in access to education.
