Access Video On Demand provides countless ideas for engaging community programming, including titles celebrating Black History Month, Chinese New Year, and the birthdays of both one of America’s greatest presidents and one of its most innovative inventors. Subscribers can also explore the complete calendar (accessible via the menu in the header) for the year’s milestones, holidays, and events—a great source for programming ideas throughout the year.
February Is Black History Month
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- Birth of a Movement (Item #151251)
- Dirt and Deeds in Mississippi (Item #165956)
- We the People: From Crispus Attucks to Barack Obama (Item #140029)
- Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement 1954–1985 series (Item #58631)
- The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow series (Item #165990)
- America’s Black Eagles series (Item #167267)
- Roots series (2016 remake of the 1977 blockbuster miniseries) (Item #160902)
Chinese New Year 2019: Year of the Pig, February 5
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- Chinese New Year series (Item #138586)
- Festivals: Spring Festival, China (Item #111617)
- Chinese New Year Special—Martin Yan: True Passion (Item #52227)
Birthday: Abraham Lincoln, February 12, 1809
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- Who Was Abraham Lincoln? (Item #9181)
- Abraham Lincoln: Preserving the Union (Item #42461)
- Lincoln@Gettysburg (Item #58664)
Birthday: Thomas Edison, February 11, 1847
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- Thomas Edison (Item #42930)
- Modern Marvels: The Electric Light (Item #160898)
- Modern Marvels: Phonograph (Item #42884)
