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Audie Award Finalist, Original Work, 2013
April 16th, the year is 1963. Birmingham, Alabama, has had a spring of nonviolent protests known as the Birmingham Campaign, seeking to draw attention to the segregation against Blacks by the city government and downtown retailers. The organizers longed to create a nonviolent tension so severe that the powers that be would be forced to address the rampant racism head on. Recently arrested was Martin Luther King, Jr....
It is there in that jail cell that he writes this letter; on the margins of a newspaper he pens this defense of nonviolence against segregation. His accusers, though many, in this case were not the White racist leaders or retailers he protested against, but eight Black men who saw him as "other" and as too extreme. To them and to the world he defended the notion that "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere".
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a leader and visionary of the civil rights movement, was first and foremost a preacher. This unique collection features a selection of Dr. King's best sermons - some not heard since he first delivered them!
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Best audible book yet
- By J. A. McCarron on 03-11-04
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Purlie Victorious
- A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
- By: Ossie Davis
- Narrated by: Leslie Odom Jr., Kara Young, Vanessa Bell Calloway, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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Dynamic traveling preacher Purlie Victorious Judson returns to his small Georgia town hoping to save Big Bethel, the community’s church, and emancipate the cotton pickers who work on oppressive Ol’ Cap’n Cotchipee’s plantation. With the assistance of Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins, in a Tony Award-winning performance by Kara Young, Purlie hopes to pry loose an inheritance due his long-lost cousin and use the money to restore his beloved church.
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Challenging listen
- By brenda green on 04-12-25
By: Ossie Davis
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How to Do Nothing
- Resisting the Attention Economy
- By: Jenny Odell
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity...doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Our attention is the most precious - and overdrawn - resource we have. Once we can start paying a new kind of attention, we can undertake bolder forms of political action, reimagine humankind's role in the environment, and find more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress.
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great book, voiceover is brutal
- By Anonymous User on 08-24-19
By: Jenny Odell
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Survival Skills for Beginners
- The Ultimate Life-Saving Guide to Thriving in the Wilderness, Preparing for Emergencies, and Building Lasting Resilience
- By: Scott M. Fraley
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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Have you ever imagined being caught in an unexpected emergency or stranded in the wilderness with no one to rely on but yourself? What if you had the knowledge and skills to not just survive but thrive in any situation? Survival Skills for Beginners is your definitive guide to navigating life’s most challenging moments. Packed with actionable insights, proven techniques, and practical advice, this comprehensive survival handbook will empower you to face the wild, prepare for emergencies, and build resilience for any crisis. What You’ll Learn in This Book Survival Fundamentals: ...
By: Scott M. Fraley
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They Thought They Were Free
- The Germans, 1933-45
- By: Milton Mayer
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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First published in 1955, They Thought They Were Free is an eloquent and provocative examination of the development of fascism in Germany. Milton Mayer's book is a study of 10 Germans and their lives from 1933-45, based on interviews he conducted after the war when he lived in Germany.
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Time might change ones behaviour pattern
- By Robert on 07-15-17
By: Milton Mayer
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A Question of Freedom
- A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison
- By: Reginald Dwayne Betts
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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At the age of 16, R. Dwayne Betts - a good student from a lower-middle-class family - carjacked a man with a friend. He had never held a gun before, but within a matter of minutes he had committed six felonies. A bright young kid, he served his nine-year sentence as part of the adult population in some of the worst prisons in the state. A Question of Freedom chronicles Betts's years in prison, reflecting back on his crime, and looking ahead to how his experiences and the books he discovered while incarcerated would define him.
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Institutions Matter
- By Vance V. Ginn on 06-11-24
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
- A Radical Democratic Vision
- By: Barbara Ransby
- Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
- Length: 21 hrs and 21 mins
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One of the most important African-American leaders of the 20th century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement, Ella Baker (1903-1986) was an activist whose remarkable career spanned 50 years and touched thousands of lives. A gifted grassroots organizer, Baker shunned the spotlight in favor of vital behind-the-scenes work that helped power the Black freedom struggle.
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An excellent Civil Rights Biography
- By Adam Shields on 01-26-23
By: Barbara Ransby
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Abraham Lincoln
- A Presidential Life
- By: James McPherson
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
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In this compelling biography, McPherson follows Abraham Lincoln from his early frontier days to his turbulent years in the White House. This concise yet comprehensive account reveals why Lincoln still remains a quintessential American icon.
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In depth
- By Pat on 04-23-12
By: James McPherson
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The Condemnation of Blackness
- Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America
- By: Khalil Gibran Muhammad
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
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Lynch mobs, chain gangs, and popular views of black Southern criminals that defined the Jim Crow South are well known. We know less about the role of the urban North in shaping views of race and crime in American society. Chronicling the emergence of deeply embedded notions of black people as a dangerous race of criminals by explicit contrast to working-class whites and European immigrants, this fascinating book reveals the influence such ideas have had on urban development and social policies.
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For a very select audience
- By Andrew on 12-28-17
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- TAK
- 11-10-20
So much of this still rings true today.
If any American citizen has not read or listened to MLK's - Letter From Birmingham Jail they should absolutely do so. It is such an important part of our countries history and the fight for equal rights and justice ⚖ of all America's people. knowledge is power and without knowledge and understanding History has a tendency to repeat itself.
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- cathy davis
- 01-17-21
powerful
Sadly still so relevant today. Powerful, eloquent and beautiful words by Reverend King Jr.
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- Mchask
- 10-10-23
Must listen!
Everyone should listen to MLK’s Letter. The insight, perspective and guidance is crucial in our world.
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- ThatGuyHerb
- 02-12-24
A reminder, the work is not done.
This writing of Dr. King is a reminder to us all that the plight of equality is always a now thing. The ideals put forth in these words will always be applicable when one group is the ‘robber’.
“The time is always ripe to do the right thing.”
TGH
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- Alex
- 01-23-23
Excellent reading of an amazing letter
Truly a beautiful and cutting piece of work, Dr. king couldn’t know the importance of this letter.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-06-21
Excellent and relevant
Excellent! This letter / book is relevant for today it should be mandatory reading for High School students as they are living this reality and shaping the world to come.
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- Fallon Burton
- 11-21-24
Overall excellent
I loved the passion the narrator used. It was as if Martin himself was reading the letter out loud.
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- ElizabethW
- 04-07-23
Narrator captured the tone and sincerity of Dr. King’s words.
By closing this eloquent letter with “Yours for the cause of peace and brotherhood” (Martin Luther King, Jr.), Dr. King reminds his audience of the heart of the words on the page.
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- BSM
- 05-29-18
How wonderful.
I bought this audiobook because of James Comey's loving recommendation in his own book A Higher Loyalty. To hear it narrated brings it alive and I highly recommend it. Thanks James!
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- Cooper
- 07-27-18
Oh my!
So moving and applicable today. Are we sure this was written in 1963 and not 2018?
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