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Roberto Clemente's Gifts From the Heart

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Article about Roberto Clemente from Scholastic.

Great Athletes: Roberto Clemente

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Bio of Roberto Clemente from Salem Press

Roberto Clemente

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Bio of Roberto Clemente from Latino Sports Legends web site.

H.R. 4130 (112th): Althea Gibson Excellence Act

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A bill proposed to award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Althea Gibson, in recognition of her ground breaking achievements in athletics and her commitment to ending racial discrimination and prejudice within the world of athletics.

Althea Gibson broke barriers

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Article explaining the accomplishments of Tennis Player, Althea Gibson.

Althea Gibson Won Again!

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Scroll through a timeline about Althea Gibson from the Library of Congress.

Althea Gibson TIME Magazine Cover

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Althea Gibson TIME Magazine Cover

Black Women Athletes Photo Gallery

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Black Women Athletes Photo Gallery and related media

In Organic We Trust

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We can no longer stomach our food system. 78% of Americans eat some organic food, mostly because they think it's healthier. But is it everything it's cracked up to be?

This film examines the shortcomings of the certified organic industry. What does "certified organic" mean? Is organic food really better for us?

Our broken food system is harming human health, the environment, and our communities. "In Organic We Trust" looks beyond organic for real solutions.

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R. Kiplin Pastor
Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
01:21
In Organic We Trust

Vegucated (2010)

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Three People. Six Weeks. One Challenge.

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Middle
High
Length: 
01:17
Vegucated

Digital Commons Network

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The Digital Commons Network brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, the Network includes a growing collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

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The best-selling author of The Botany of Desire explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the 21st century. "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma.

Author: 
Michael Pollan
Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
15:54

Fed Up (2014)

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Narrated by Katie Couric, Fed Up blows the lid off everything we thought we knew about food and exercise, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry-aided by the U.S. government-to mislead and confuse the American public.

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Middle
High
Length: 
99
Fed Up

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (Unabridged)

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Fire, water, air, earth - our most trusted food expert recounts the story of his culinary education.

Author: 
Michael Pollan
Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
13:26
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (Unabridged)

Forks Over Knives

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Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods.

Director: 
Lee Fulkerson
Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
01:36
Forks Over Knives

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