African American Library

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    • A Novel
    • By: James McBride
    • Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
    • Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 9,535 ratings
    • From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, comes a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them.

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    • Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump
    • By: Lonnie G. Bunch III
    • Narrated by: JD Jackson
    • Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 01-28-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 45 ratings
    • In its first four months of operation, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture surpassed one million visits and quickly became a cherished, vital monument to the African American experience. And yet this accomplishment was never assured....

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    • By: Krystal Marquis
    • Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
    • Series: The Davenports, Book 1
    • Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 01-31-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 734 ratings
    • The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in a changing United States, their fortune made through the entrepreneurship of William Davenport, a formerly enslaved man who founded the Davenport Carriage Company years ago....

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    • By: Christopher Paul Curtis
    • Narrated by: LeVar Burton
    • Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 10-31-03
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,843 ratings
    • Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree about an unforgettable family on a road-trip during one of the most important times in the civil rights movement....

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    • By: Elizabeth Yates
    • Narrated by: Roslyn Ruff
    • Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 02-06-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 191 ratings
    • When Amos Fortune was only 15 years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction....

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    • By: Louis Sachar
    • Narrated by: Curtis McClarin
    • Series: Holes Series, Book 2
    • Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 01-16-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 297 ratings
    • Two years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is home in Austin, Texas, trying to turn his life around....

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    • By: Mildred D. Taylor
    • Narrated by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
    • Series: Logan Family Saga, Book 9
    • Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 10-17-03
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 552 ratings
    • Ever since running away at the age of fourteen, Paul-Edward, the son of a white landowner and a black slave, has had one dream...

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    • Born on the Water
    • By: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson
    • Narrated by: Nikole Hannah-Jones
    • Length: 23 mins
    • Release date: 11-16-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 167 ratings
    • The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse, adapted for audio, chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States....

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    • By: Kim Johnson
    • Narrated by: Guy Lockard, Kim Johnson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 06-27-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller about a wrongly accused teen desperate to recclaim both his innocence and his first love....

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    • By: Nic Stone
    • Narrated by: Dion Graham
    • Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 196 ratings
    • From number one New York Times best-selling author Nic Stone comes a middle-grade road-trip story through American race relations past and present, perfect for fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Jason Reynolds....

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    • By: Roberta Edwards
    • Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
    • Length: 52 mins
    • Release date: 03-26-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 29 ratings
    • Ever since Howard Carter uncovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, the young pharaoh has become a symbol of the wealth and mystery of ancient Egypt. This Who Was...? explains the life and times of this ancient Egyptian ruler....

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    • By: Brit Bennett
    • Narrated by: Shayna Small
    • Series: American Girl: Historical Character (TM): Claudie, Book 1
    • Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
    • Release date: 08-23-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • Claudie Wells wants more than anything to be a person whose imagination can fly, instead of a person whose feet are stuck on the ground. When an eviction notice threatens her family, friends, and the beloved boardinghouse they share, Claudie has an idea that just might save the day....

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    • By: Wes Moore
    • Narrated by: Wes Moore
    • Length: 4 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 06-11-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • Through the telling of events from his own life, Wes Moore (author of the best-selling adult title The Other Wes Moore) explores the issues that separate success and failure....

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