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2) Barack Obama
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English
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The democratic political star during the Democratic National Convention in 2004, and now a possible front runner for the candidacy for the President of the United States, in many ways, his story is a unique American tale of the 21st century. Biography travels from Obama's childhood in Honolulu and Indonesia, to his formative years at Columbia University and Harvard Law School, all the way to his current status as a leading political figure.
3) Jesse Owens
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English
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Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and challenged Hitler's notion of Aryan superiority.
6) Colin Powell
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English
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Traces the life and career of the Army general who became the country's first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989.
9) Jimi Hendrix
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English
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Discusses the childhood, young adulthood, musical career, and death of Jimi Hendrix, considered by many to be the world's greatest rock-and-roll guitarist.
10) Russell Simmons
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English
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"...profiles Russell Simmons, the man who brought hip-hop into the multicultural American mainstream. [Simmons has been] At the helm of hip-hop since its emergence in the 1970's...See how this one-man corporate conglomerate jump-started his career and follow his meteoric rise to the top of the media world. Containing candid interviews with friends, family , and Simmons himself,... [this DVD] offers an inspiring account of one of [the] world's most...
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