Access Video On Demand provides countless ideas for community programming, including titles that celebrate Veterans’ Day, Black History Month in February, Rosa Parks’s great act of heroism, and the day the U.S. gained a 49th state. Subscribers can also explore the complete calendar (accessible via the menu in the top left of header) for the year’s milestones, holidays, and events—a great source for programming ideas throughout the year.

Veterans’ Day, November 11, 2019

Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:

• Debt of Honor: Disabled Veterans in American History (Item #151207)
• The Forgotten War: Korean War Veterans Remember (Item #32702)
• Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 (Item #114984)
• Pulling Rank: The Future of U.S. Military and the Concerns of Veterans—Dan Rather Reports (Item #114531)
• Saving Private Washington (Item #167319)
• My Vietnam Your Iraq (Item #131263)
• Saved in Vietnam (Item #169092)
• Atomic Vets (Item #142523)
• VA: The Human Cost of War (Item #166841)
• Grounds for Resistance: Stories of War, Sacrifice, and Good Coffee (Item #49106)

Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Bus Seat, December 1, 1955

Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:

• The Rosa Parks Story (Item #110309)
• Famous Americans: Rosa Parks (Item #50307)
• Remembering Rosa Parks (Item #57908)
• Awakenings 1954–1956: Eyes on the Prize—America’s Civil Rights Movement 1954–1985 (Item #58632)
• Standing Up for Freedom: The Story of Rosa Parks (Item #155764)
• Rosa Parks: African Americans Who Left Their Stamp on History (Item #129520)
• Rosa Parks Trained for Life Full of Activism (Item #58052)
• Rise! (1940–1968): The African Americans—Many Rivers to Cross (Item #58761)

Alaska: Celebrating 60th Anniversary of Statehood, January 3, 1959

Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:

• Big Alaska: Shane Untamed (Item #52910)
• Alaska: Arctic, with Bruce Parry (Item #57421)
• Wild Salmon Bonanza in Alaska (Item #140243)
• Alaska Highway Construction During World War II (Item #48809)
• Alaska Range: Alpine Adventurer (Season 1) (Item #53344)
• Heliskiing in Valdez: Alpine Adventurer (Season 1) (Item #53342)
• Birthplace of the Winds—Sea Kayaking Alaska: Oceans 8 (Item #56421)
• Gates of the Arctic (Item #138000)
• Back-Country Skiing in Alyeska: Alpine Adventurer (Season 1) (Item #53340)

February Is Black History Month

Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:

• Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement 1954–1985 series (Item #58631)
• Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise series (Item #151179)
• In Search of the Dream: A Story of the African American Experience series (Item #2985)
• For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots (University Edition) series (Item #54913)
• Africa and Britain: A Forgotten History (Item #145316)