Bestsellers
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Black AF History
- The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
- By: Michael Harriot
- Narrated by: Michael Harriot
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
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From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot comes a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans....
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LOVE It!
- By KMB on 09-29-23
By: Michael Harriot
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The Underground Railroad Records
- Narrating the Hardships, Hairbreadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom
- By: William Still, Ta-Nehisi Coates - introduction, Quincy T. Mills - editor
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free, JD Jackson, Sullivan Jones, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
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A riveting collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and mortal struggles of enslaved people seeking freedom: These are the true stories of the Underground Railroad....
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This Book is Abridged by Two Thirds!
- By Chris on 06-24-20
By: William Still, and others
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His Truth Is Marching On
- John Lewis and the Power of Hope
- By: Jon Meacham, John Lewis - afterword
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Jon Meacham
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime US congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America from the 1950s to the present....
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Absolutely remarkable!
- By Janie on 08-30-20
By: Jon Meacham, and others
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- By: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement....
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it's Nearly perfect
- By Kerry on 09-16-20
By: Malcolm X, and others
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The Warmth of Other Suns
- The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
- By: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 22 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history....
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Superior non-fiction
- By Lila on 05-20-11
By: Isabel Wilkerson
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The Organ Thieves
- The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South
- By: Chip Jones
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks meets Get Out in this “startling...powerful” (Kirkus Reviews) investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race....
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False Advertising
- By Tammye on 01-17-21
By: Chip Jones
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Black AF History
- The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
- By: Michael Harriot
- Narrated by: Michael Harriot
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot comes a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans....
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LOVE It!
- By KMB on 09-29-23
By: Michael Harriot
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The Underground Railroad Records
- Narrating the Hardships, Hairbreadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom
- By: William Still, Ta-Nehisi Coates - introduction, Quincy T. Mills - editor
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free, JD Jackson, Sullivan Jones, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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A riveting collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and mortal struggles of enslaved people seeking freedom: These are the true stories of the Underground Railroad....
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This Book is Abridged by Two Thirds!
- By Chris on 06-24-20
By: William Still, and others
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His Truth Is Marching On
- John Lewis and the Power of Hope
- By: Jon Meacham, John Lewis - afterword
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Jon Meacham
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime US congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America from the 1950s to the present....
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Absolutely remarkable!
- By Janie on 08-30-20
By: Jon Meacham, and others
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- By: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement....
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it's Nearly perfect
- By Kerry on 09-16-20
By: Malcolm X, and others
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The Warmth of Other Suns
- The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
- By: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 22 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history....
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Superior non-fiction
- By Lila on 05-20-11
By: Isabel Wilkerson
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The Organ Thieves
- The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South
- By: Chip Jones
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks meets Get Out in this “startling...powerful” (Kirkus Reviews) investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race....
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False Advertising
- By Tammye on 01-17-21
By: Chip Jones
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All That She Carried
- The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
- By: Tiya Miles
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1850s South Carolina, an enslaved woman named Rose faced a crisis: the imminent sale of her daughter Ashley. Thinking quickly, she packed a cotton bag for her with a few items, and, soon after, the nine-year-old girl was separated from her mother and sold....
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An Astonishing Feat of Scholarship, Imagination and Empathy
- By Cin on 06-30-21
By: Tiya Miles
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- By: Rebecca Skloot
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....
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The Secret Life of an American Cancer Cell
- By Cynthia on 08-10-13
By: Rebecca Skloot
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The 1619 Project
- A New Origin Story
- By: Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, Caitlin Roper - editor, and others
- Narrated by: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Full Cast
- Length: 18 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present....
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Comprehensive and Cutting
- By Thomas Ray on 12-30-21
By: Nikole Hannah-Jones, and others
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Our Kind of People
- Inside America's Black Upper Class
- By: Lawrence Otis Graham
- Narrated by: Rhett Samuel Price
- Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Debutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha's Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. This is the world of the black upper class and the focus of the first book written about the black elite by a member of this hard-to-penetrate group.
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The Gilded Age for Black Americans?
- By C Diaz on 07-21-25
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The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
- By: Issa Rae
- Narrated by: Issa Rae
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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"My name is 'J' and I'm awkward--and Black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be."....
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Loved
- By Jamila on 02-25-15
By: Issa Rae
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The Other Wes Moore
- One Name, Two Fates
- By: Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley - afterword
- Narrated by: Wes Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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From the governor of Maryland, the true story of two kids with the same name: One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison.
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Insightful lesson in self-determination
- By Aneesah on 02-04-13
By: Wes Moore, and others
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Pimp
- The Story of My Life
- By: Iceberg Slim
- Narrated by: Cary Hite
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A blueprint. A bible. What Sun Tzu’s Art of War was to ancient China, Pimp is to the streets. As real as you can get without jumping in, this is the story of Iceberg Slim’s life as he saw, felt, tasted, and smelled it.
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I have to thank Dave Chapelle for this...
- By arizzle on 01-06-18
By: Iceberg Slim
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The Fire Next Time
- By: James Baldwin
- Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....
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Sad and moving and powerful and beautiful
- By Darwin8u on 09-17-15
By: James Baldwin
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Before the Mayflower
- A History of Black America
- By: Lerone Bennett
- Narrated by: John Ridle
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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The black experience in America - starting from its origins in western Africa up to 1961 - is examined in this seminal study from a prominent African American figure....
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Very informative, worth listening to thrice..
- By Alednam A Uonopk on 04-13-21
By: Lerone Bennett
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An African History of Africa
- From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
- By: Zeinab Badawi
- Narrated by: Zeinab Badawi
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
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Already a major international bestseller, Zeinab Badawi’s sweeping and much-needed survey of African history traces the continent’s extraordinary legacy from prehistory to the present from the African perspective.
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Introductory History
- By Wally Brewer on 05-14-25
By: Zeinab Badawi
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Black in Blues
- How a Color Tells the Story of My People
- By: Imani Perry
- Narrated by: Imani Perry
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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A surprising and beautiful meditation on the color blue—and its fascinating role in Black history and culture—from National Book Award winner Imani Perry
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So many lessons in this book
- By Christina the Teacher on 02-04-25
By: Imani Perry
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Master Slave Husband Wife
- An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
- By: Ilyon Woo
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards, Leon Nixon
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1848, a year of international democratic revolt, a young, enslaved couple, Ellen and William Craft, achieved one of the boldest feats of self-emancipation in American history.
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Necessary story well told!
- By Marc W Rhoades on 01-19-23
By: Ilyon Woo
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Black Reconstruction in America
- By: W. E. B. Du Bois, David Levering Lewis
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 37 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role black Americans played in the crucial period after the Civil War, when the slaves had been freed and the attempt was made to reconstruct American society. Hailed at the time....
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The textbook you should have had in high school.
- By Saleh on 05-06-18
By: W. E. B. Du Bois, and others
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Madness
- Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
- By: Antonia Hylton
- Narrated by: Antonia Hylton
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a compelling 93-year history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the nation’s last segregated asylums, told by an award-winning journalist on her decade-long search for sanity in America’s mental healthcare system....
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Glad to have added this to my cerebral quarters
- By Alednam A Uonopk on 04-25-24
By: Antonia Hylton
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The Color of Water
- A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
- By: James McBride
- Narrated by: JD Jackson, Susan Denaker
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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The Color of Water touches listeners of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son....
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Awesome
- By Michael on 05-30-17
By: James McBride
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The Audacity of Hope
- Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
- By: Barack Obama
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum....
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My Fellow Conservatives, Give This A Listen
- By Dallas D.L. on 02-12-15
By: Barack Obama
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Hidden Figures
- The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- By: Margot Lee Shetterly
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space....
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Great Story of a History Obscured
- By Cynthia on 09-18-16
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We Refuse
- A Forceful History of Black Resistance
- By: Kellie Carter Jackson
- Narrated by: Kellie Carter Jackson
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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Clear-eyed, impassioned, and ultimately hopeful, We Refuse offers a fundamental corrective to the historical record, a love letter to Black resilience, and a path toward liberation.
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Oppression is not relived at the end of one battle.
- By JKW on 03-05-25
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Defining Moments in Black History
- Reading Between the Lies
- By: Dick Gregory
- Narrated by: James Shippy
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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An engaging look at Black life that offers insightful commentary on the intricate history of the African American people....
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How we see the world matters to how we tell storie
- By Adam Shields on 10-03-18
By: Dick Gregory
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The Souls of Black Folk
- By: W. E. B. Du Bois
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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rst published in 1903, this collection of 15 essays dared to describe the racism that prevailed at that time in America—and to demand an end to it. The Souls of Black Folk is a classic in the literature of civil rights....
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Essays of 'life and love and strife and failure'
- By ESK on 02-08-13
By: W. E. B. Du Bois
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How the Word Is Passed
- A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
- By: Clint Smith
- Narrated by: Clint Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the listener on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not—that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's history.
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Sincerely grateful read
- By Kelvin Dixon on 06-08-21
By: Clint Smith
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Dear Black Girls
- How to Be True to You
- By: A'ja Wilson
- Narrated by: A'ja Wilson
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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Dear Black Girls is a necessary and meaningful exploration of what it means to be a Black woman in America today—and a rallying cry to lift up women and girls everywhere....
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Relatable and heartfelt
- By aI on 07-27-25
By: A'ja Wilson
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The Original Black Elite
- Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
- By: Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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From New York Times best-selling author Elizabeth Dowling Taylor comes this riveting chronicle of a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the Black elite, from Emancipation through Reconstruction to the Jim Crow Era....
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Our History
- By Deidre Jackson on 02-23-19
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Stamped from the Beginning
- The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
- By: Ibram X. Kendi
- Narrated by: Avery Kidd Waddell
- Length: 23 hrs and 35 mins
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In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history....
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My review can’t do this justice
- By tiffanyrene on 01-05-25
By: Ibram X. Kendi
New releases
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Slaves to Fashion
- Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity
- By: Monica L. Miller
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Slaves to Fashion is a cultural history of the black dandy, from his emergence in Enlightenment England to his contemporary incarnations in the cosmopolitan art world. Interpreting performances and representations of black dandyism in particular cultural settings and literary and visual texts, Monica L. Miller emphasizes the importance of sartorial style to black identity formation in the Atlantic diaspora.
By: Monica L. Miller
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Our Kind of People
- Inside America's Black Upper Class
- By: Lawrence Otis Graham
- Narrated by: Rhett Samuel Price
- Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Author and TV commentator Lawrence Otis Graham, one of the nation's most prominent spokesmen on race and class, spent six years interviewing the wealthiest black families in America, who made their first millions in the 1870s. Graham tells who's in and who's not in the group today with separate chapters on the elite in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Nashville, and New Orleans.
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The Gilded Age for Black Americans?
- By C Diaz on 07-21-25
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The Conjuring of America
- Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women's Magic
- By: Lindsey Stewart
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The Conjuring of America tells the epic story of conjure women, who, through a mix of spiritual beliefs, herbal rituals, and therapeutic remedies gave rise to the rich tapestry of American culture we see today. Feminist philosopher, Lindsey Stewart, tells the stories of Negro Mammies of slavery; the Voodoo Queens and Blues Women of Reconstruction; and the Granny Midwives and textile weavers of the Jim Crow era. These women, in secrecy and subterfuge, courageously and devotedly continued their practices and worship for centuries and passed down their traditions.
By: Lindsey Stewart
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I Came to Slay
- The Black Girl's Guide to Conquering Every Battle
- By: Elizabeth Leiba
- Narrated by: Ozzie Jacobs
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Prioritize your peace of mind. Black women deal with devaluing challenges too often. Yet there can be a way to face them head-on while helping yourself heal and grow stronger. That is why I Came to Slay is a motivational book for black women you won't want to miss. Covering strategies on conquering boundaries, harmful labels, and more, you'll find many ways to take action and emerge victorious.
By: Elizabeth Leiba
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Fear No Pharaoh
- American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery
- By: Richard Kreitner
- Narrated by: Dean Gallagher
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In Fear No Pharaoh, journalist and historian Richard Kreitner sets this question at the heart of the Civil War era. Using original sources, he tells the intertwined stories of six American Jews who helped to shape a tumultuous time, including Judah Benjamin, the brilliant, secretive lawyer who became Jefferson Davis's trusted confidante; Morris Raphall, a Swedish-born rabbi who defended slavery as biblically justified; and Raphall's rival rabbis—the celebrated Isaac Mayer Wise, who urged Jews to stay out of the slavery controversy, and David Einhorn.
By: Richard Kreitner
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Black Genius
- Essays on an American Legacy
- By: Tre Johnson
- Narrated by: Tre Johnson
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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With a blend of reportage, historical data, and pop culture, Black Genius touches on timely issues of race, class, and creativity. Tre’s life and career put him in a unique position to become a cultural observer, diving into predominantly-Black cities, communities, and schools with an ever-watchful eye of what was happening around Black opportunity, mobility, politics, and institutions. In this collection Tre pinpoints four key aspects of Black American genius—innovation, family, celebration, and community as the recipe to coming out on top.
By: Tre Johnson
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Slaves to Fashion
- Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity
- By: Monica L. Miller
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Slaves to Fashion is a cultural history of the black dandy, from his emergence in Enlightenment England to his contemporary incarnations in the cosmopolitan art world. Interpreting performances and representations of black dandyism in particular cultural settings and literary and visual texts, Monica L. Miller emphasizes the importance of sartorial style to black identity formation in the Atlantic diaspora.
By: Monica L. Miller
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Our Kind of People
- Inside America's Black Upper Class
- By: Lawrence Otis Graham
- Narrated by: Rhett Samuel Price
- Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Author and TV commentator Lawrence Otis Graham, one of the nation's most prominent spokesmen on race and class, spent six years interviewing the wealthiest black families in America, who made their first millions in the 1870s. Graham tells who's in and who's not in the group today with separate chapters on the elite in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Nashville, and New Orleans.
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The Gilded Age for Black Americans?
- By C Diaz on 07-21-25
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The Conjuring of America
- Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women's Magic
- By: Lindsey Stewart
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The Conjuring of America tells the epic story of conjure women, who, through a mix of spiritual beliefs, herbal rituals, and therapeutic remedies gave rise to the rich tapestry of American culture we see today. Feminist philosopher, Lindsey Stewart, tells the stories of Negro Mammies of slavery; the Voodoo Queens and Blues Women of Reconstruction; and the Granny Midwives and textile weavers of the Jim Crow era. These women, in secrecy and subterfuge, courageously and devotedly continued their practices and worship for centuries and passed down their traditions.
By: Lindsey Stewart
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I Came to Slay
- The Black Girl's Guide to Conquering Every Battle
- By: Elizabeth Leiba
- Narrated by: Ozzie Jacobs
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Prioritize your peace of mind. Black women deal with devaluing challenges too often. Yet there can be a way to face them head-on while helping yourself heal and grow stronger. That is why I Came to Slay is a motivational book for black women you won't want to miss. Covering strategies on conquering boundaries, harmful labels, and more, you'll find many ways to take action and emerge victorious.
By: Elizabeth Leiba
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Fear No Pharaoh
- American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery
- By: Richard Kreitner
- Narrated by: Dean Gallagher
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In Fear No Pharaoh, journalist and historian Richard Kreitner sets this question at the heart of the Civil War era. Using original sources, he tells the intertwined stories of six American Jews who helped to shape a tumultuous time, including Judah Benjamin, the brilliant, secretive lawyer who became Jefferson Davis's trusted confidante; Morris Raphall, a Swedish-born rabbi who defended slavery as biblically justified; and Raphall's rival rabbis—the celebrated Isaac Mayer Wise, who urged Jews to stay out of the slavery controversy, and David Einhorn.
By: Richard Kreitner
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Black Genius
- Essays on an American Legacy
- By: Tre Johnson
- Narrated by: Tre Johnson
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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With a blend of reportage, historical data, and pop culture, Black Genius touches on timely issues of race, class, and creativity. Tre’s life and career put him in a unique position to become a cultural observer, diving into predominantly-Black cities, communities, and schools with an ever-watchful eye of what was happening around Black opportunity, mobility, politics, and institutions. In this collection Tre pinpoints four key aspects of Black American genius—innovation, family, celebration, and community as the recipe to coming out on top.
By: Tre Johnson
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The Chancellor's Mansion
- A Renovation Story of Family, Home, History, and Mystery
- By: Jamie Arty
- Narrated by: Jamie Arty
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The Chancellor’s Mansion was built by William Townsend McCoun, a public servant and abolitionist in New York City. The once-grand house on a hill in Oyster Bay, Long Island, had been abandoned for years. Many would have torn the property down and built something new on the land. But Jamie and Frantz Arty realized the house had more to give. The couple purchased the home, moved in, and began period-specific renovations at the height of the pandemic, along with their parents and three children—including newborn twins.
By: Jamie Arty
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (The Original 1845 Edition)
- The Autobiography Classics of Frederick Douglass
- By: Frederick Douglass
- Narrated by: Joel Schrank
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is a powerful and harrowing autobiography that chronicles the early life of Frederick Douglass, who was born into slavery and rose to become one of the most influential voices in the fight for abolition. First published in 1845, the book offers a firsthand account of the brutality and inhumanity of slavery, detailing Douglass’s experiences on plantations, his struggle to learn to read and write, and his courageous escape to freedom.
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The Book that Made America Great
- By: Eddie Hyatt
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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This volume documents the prominent role the Bible played in the founding of America. From the Pilgrims to Winthrop to Whitefield, Edwards, Washington, Madison, and Jefferson, this new book by Dr. Eddie L. Hyatt documents where America's founding generation derived their values and ideals for bringing into existence the freest and most powerful nation in history. j
By: Eddie Hyatt
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Huey P. Newton
- A Life from Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr
- Unabridged
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Some might say that Huey P. Newton was destined to bridge two worlds that rarely intersect. Here was a man who could quote Plato’s Republic as easily as he could navigate the dangerous streets of Oakland. His mind was as sharp as his street instincts were keen, and this unique combination allowed him to transform simmering frustration and deep-seated anger into something far more powerful—the Black Panther Party. This revolutionary movement would shake the very foundations of American society.
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Black Soldiers, White Laws
- The Tragedy of the 24th Infantry in 1917 Houston
- By: John Haymond
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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The first full and definitive narrative of one of the most shocking and largely unknown events of racial injustice in US history: the execution of nineteen Black soldiers in Texas.
By: John Haymond
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Reframing Blackness
- What’s Black about “History of Art”?
- By: Alayo Akinkugbe
- Narrated by: Alayo Akinkugbe
- Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Since the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored. In Reframing Blackness, art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt, Alayo Akinkugbe challenges this void. Exploring the presentation of Black figures in Western art, Blackness in museums, Blackness in feminist art movements, as well as Blackness in the curriculum, Alayo unveils an overlooked but integral part of our collective art history.
By: Alayo Akinkugbe
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My Weight in Water
- Notes of a Fat Black Swimmer
- By: Michael Kleber-Diggs
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Transparently and gloriously written, My Weight in Water is a definitively American work about what it costs one swimmer to enter the pool and why he does it anyway—imagining a future where all people have access to an activity that renders us weightless.
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Love Cost
- How the Methods of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Can Save a Troubled Black America
- By: Raymond Sturgis
- Narrated by: Danny Swopes
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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This book embarks on a journey into the heart of the American experience, exploring the enduring legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X within the complex social and political landscape of contemporary America. While their methods differed dramatically, their shared aspiration for a more just and equitable future for Black Americans remains undeniably powerful. We examine how the philosophies of these two iconic figures offer not only valuable historical insights but also actionable pathways for navigating present-day challenges.
By: Raymond Sturgis
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Why Can’t You Be White
- By: Paul Madison
- Narrated by: Ray Jericho
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Why Can't You Be White? uses evocative storytelling to take you on a trip through changing neighborhoods, lost love, and tiny successes discovered in a common love of baseball. It's a narrative of resilience, finding strength in unexpected places, and the unwavering power of the human spirit to overcome hardship.
By: Paul Madison
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Hebrews? Africans? Or Does It Matter?: Revised Edition
- The World's Best Kept Secret
- By: Rodney Jones
- Narrated by: Kevin Howard
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Hebrews? Africans? Or Does It Matter? Revised Edition delves into the intricate intersection of history, culture, and spirituality specifically concerning the descendants of the formerly enslaved people in America but also throughout the diaspora. This people’s history can never be told truthfully without being labeled “controversial.” The listener will understand why this powerful history is also referred to as “The World’s Best Kept Secret.”
By: Rodney Jones
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Soul Music
- The Heartbeat of the 60s and 70s and Its Lasting Echoes
- By: C.D. Scott
- Narrated by: Larry Rodgers
- Length: 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover the soulful journey of 1960s and 70s soul music in Soul Music: The Heartbeat of the 60s and 70s and Its Lasting Echoes. This captivating book explores the rise of soul, its cultural significance, and its profound influence on modern music genres like hip-hop, R&B, and pop. From Motown’s polished hits to Stax’s gritty grooves, dive into the stories of legendary artists like Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and James Brown, whose anthems defined an era of civil rights and cultural revolution.
By: C.D. Scott
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Blackdom, New Mexico
- The Significance of the Afro-Frontier, 1900-1930
- By: Timothy E. Nelson
- Narrated by: Timothy E. Nelson
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Blackdom, New Mexico, was a township that lasted about 30 years. In this book, Timothy E. Nelson situates the township’s story where it belongs: along the settlement continuum in Mexico’s Northern Frontier. Dr. Nelson illuminates the set of conscious efforts that helped Black pioneers develop Blackdom Township into a frontier boomtown.