Dee, Ruby

A collection of poetry on nature, passion, politics, hope, peace, freedom, and other topics, gathered primarily with the inner-city youth in mind.

Dramatizes the life and career of novelist Zora Neale Hurston whose writings provided insights into African-American life in the 1930s and 1940s.

Uses archival films, photos and recollections to tell of the efforts made to get fugitive slaves out of the South at the time of the Civil War.

Uses archival films, photos and recollections to tell of the efforts made by slaves to escape the South into the North and Canada prior to the Civil War.

A retelling of a traditional African tale in which King Leopard invites all the animals to a spear-throwing contest whose winner will marry his daughter and succeed him as king.

When Yaa, who loves to talk while she works, hits the sky god one too many times with her pestle he disappears high up into the heavens and the villagers decide to build a tower to heaven to find him.

A retelling of a traditional Liberian tale in which King Leopard invites all the animals to a spear-throwing contest whose winner will marry his daughter and succeed him as king.