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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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I have been recommending this to everyone
- By Timothy Llewellyn on 16-11-2021
By: Malcolm X, and others
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Belly of the Beast
- The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
- By: Da'Shaun L. Harrison, Kiese Laymon - foreword
- Narrated by: Da'Shaun L. Harrison
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Belly of the Beast explores the intersections of Blackness, gender, fatness, health, and the violence of policing....
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An essential
- By Anonymous User on 07-11-2023
By: Da'Shaun L. Harrison, and others
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Blackout
- How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
- By: Candace Owens, Larry Elder
- Narrated by: Candace Owens, Larry Elder
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Black Americans have long been shackled to the Democrats. Seeing no viable alternative, they have watched liberal politicians take the Black vote for granted without pledging anything in return. In Blackout, Owens argues this automatic allegiance is both illogical and unearned....
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Excited for the future
- By James Hippolite on 06-01-2021
By: Candace Owens, and others
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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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More important now than it's ever been..
- By Kai1 on 08-03-2017
By: Barack Obama
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The Book of Delights
- Essays
- By: Ross Gay
- Narrated by: Ross Gay
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is a genre-defying collection of essays that record the small joys that occurred in one year, from birthday to birthday, and that we often overlook in our busy lives....
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This book is a delight
- By Amazon Customer on 28-07-2020
By: Ross Gay
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Message to the People
- By: Marcus Garvey
- Narrated by: Darnel Stone
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
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This fascinating distillation of a great leader's experience is published here....
By: Marcus Garvey
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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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I have been recommending this to everyone
- By Timothy Llewellyn on 16-11-2021
By: Malcolm X, and others
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Belly of the Beast
- The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
- By: Da'Shaun L. Harrison, Kiese Laymon - foreword
- Narrated by: Da'Shaun L. Harrison
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
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Belly of the Beast explores the intersections of Blackness, gender, fatness, health, and the violence of policing....
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An essential
- By Anonymous User on 07-11-2023
By: Da'Shaun L. Harrison, and others
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Blackout
- How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
- By: Candace Owens, Larry Elder
- Narrated by: Candace Owens, Larry Elder
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Black Americans have long been shackled to the Democrats. Seeing no viable alternative, they have watched liberal politicians take the Black vote for granted without pledging anything in return. In Blackout, Owens argues this automatic allegiance is both illogical and unearned....
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Excited for the future
- By James Hippolite on 06-01-2021
By: Candace Owens, and others
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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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More important now than it's ever been..
- By Kai1 on 08-03-2017
By: Barack Obama
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The Book of Delights
- Essays
- By: Ross Gay
- Narrated by: Ross Gay
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is a genre-defying collection of essays that record the small joys that occurred in one year, from birthday to birthday, and that we often overlook in our busy lives....
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This book is a delight
- By Amazon Customer on 28-07-2020
By: Ross Gay
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Message to the People
- By: Marcus Garvey
- Narrated by: Darnel Stone
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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This fascinating distillation of a great leader's experience is published here....
By: Marcus Garvey
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Freedom Flyers
- The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
- By: J. Todd Moye
- Narrated by: Brandon Massey
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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Freedom Flyers brings to life the legacy of a determined, visionary cadre of African American airmen who proved their capabilities and patriotism beyond question....
By: J. Todd Moye
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To Kill a Mockingbird: A Sidekick to the Harper Lee Novel
- By: Allison Clare Theveny, WeLoveNovels
- Narrated by: Erin Fossa
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Can't get enough of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird? Wondering if you missed something important in one of the chapters? Dive a little deeper into her world....
By: Allison Clare Theveny, and others
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Jay-Z
- Made in America
- By: Michael Eric Dyson, Pharrell - foreword
- Narrated by: Michael Eric Dyson, Nick Cannon
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Jay-Z: Made in America is the fruit of Michael Eric Dyson’s decade of teaching the work of one of the greatest poets this nation has produced, as gifted a wordsmith as Walt Whitman, Robert Frost and Rita Dove....
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racist book
- By Anonymous User on 02-12-2019
By: Michael Eric Dyson, and others
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Notoriously Dapper
- How to Be a Modern Gentleman with Manners, Style and Body Confidence
- By: Kelvin Davis
- Narrated by: James Andrews
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Being a true modern gentleman and a genuine class act is increasingly rare. It is also more important now than ever before. What worked for the rat pack and the brat pack won’t work for you, and truth be told, it won’t work for anyone because that is old school....
By: Kelvin Davis
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Feminism Is for Everybody
- Passionate Politics
- By: bell hooks
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
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What is feminism?
In this short, accessible primer, Bell Hooks explores the nature of feminism and its positive promise to eliminate sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. With her....
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Should be a must read.
- By Nickname on 04-12-2020
By: bell hooks
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Teaching Critical Thinking
- Practical Wisdom
- By: Bell Hooks
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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In Teaching Critical Thinking, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator Bell Hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers in and out of the classroom today.
By: Bell Hooks
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- By: Frederick Douglass
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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This memoir written by writer, orator, and former slave Frederick Douglass describes, in gripping detail, the circumstances of his upbringing, his brutal treatment at the hands of slave-owners, and his narrow escape from Maryland to freedom....
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Very informative and well written
- By Anonymous User on 31-10-2022
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Why We Can't Wait
- By: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dorothy Cotton - introduction
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Dr. King's best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963....
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A powerful message.
- By Simon G. on 03-11-2024
By: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and others
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This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed
- How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible
- By: Charles E. Cobb Jr.
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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In This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed, civil rights scholar Charles E. Cobb Jr., describes the vital role that armed self-defense played in the survival and liberation of black communities in America during the Southern Freedom Movement of the 1960s.
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Woke Racism
- How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
- By: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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Best-selling author and acclaimed linguist John McWhorter argues that an illiberal neoracism, disguised as antiracism, is hurting Black communities and weakening the social fabric....
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An absolute banger
- By Anonymous User on 17-02-2022
By: John McWhorter
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BMF
- The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family
- By: Mara Shalhoup
- Narrated by: L. Steven Taylor
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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In the early 1990s, Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory and his brother, Terry "Southwest T", rose up from the slums of Detroit to build one of the largest cocaine empires in American history: the Black Mafia Family....
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good job
- By Anonymous User on 24-04-2022
By: Mara Shalhoup
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Black Fatigue
- How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit
- By: Mary-Frances Winters
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the first book to define and explore Black fatigue, the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of Black people - and explain why and how society needs to collectively do more to combat its pernicious effects....
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Slavery by Another Name
- The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
- By: Douglas A. Blackmon
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history.....
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A must-read for all Americans
- By Chris Carter on 11-02-2023
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Slave Breeding
- Sex, Violence, and Memory in African American History
- By: Gregory D. Smithers
- Narrated by: Terrence Kidd
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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In this bold and provocative book, historian Gregory Smithers investigates how African Americans have narrated, remembered, and represented slave-breeding practices....
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Black Like Me
- By: John Howard Griffin
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
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Writer John Howard Griffin decided to perform an experiment in order to learn from the inside out how one race could withstand the second class citizenship imposed on it by another race....
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Great book
- By William Revie on 08-01-2023
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27 Summers
- My Journey to Freedom, Forgiveness, and Redemption During My Time in Angola Prison
- By: Ronald Olivier, Craig Borlase - contributor
- Narrated by: Guy Branche
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Discover hope as you see redemption even in the darkest circumstances. Ronald Olivier shares his dramatic and powerful story of how a young man sentenced to life without parole miraculously found faith, forgiveness, redemption, and restoration.
By: Ronald Olivier, and others
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Hellhound on His Trail
- The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: Hampton Sides
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox....
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Excellent narrative and detail
- By James M. on 26-08-2024
By: Hampton Sides
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The Strange Career of Jim Crow
- By: C. Vann Woodward
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The Strange Career of Jim Crow is one of the great works of Southern history....
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The Confederacy won the civil war
- By Daniel on 26-08-2017
By: C. Vann Woodward
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Talking Back, Talking Black
- Truths About America's Lingua Franca
- By: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Linguists have been studying Black English as a speech variety for years, arguing to the public that it is different from Standard English, not a degradation of it. Yet false assumptions and controversies still swirl around what it means to speak and sound "Black"....
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This guy is seriously great to listen to
- By Cherie Shaw on 17-10-2024
By: John McWhorter
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Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
- Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
- By: Angela Y. Davis
- Narrated by: Angela Davis, Coleen Marlo
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world....
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Brilliant! A must read for everybody!
- By Alison on 18-05-2020
By: Angela Y. Davis
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Belonging
- A Culture of Place
- By: Bell Hooks
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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Traversing past and present, Belonging charts a cyclical journey in which renowned cultural critic Bell Hooks moves from place to place, only to end where she began—her old Kentucky home....
By: Bell Hooks
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When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost
- A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down
- By: Joan Morgan, Dr. Treva B. Lindsey - afterword
- Narrated by: Brittney Cooper - foreword, Joy Bryant, Bahni Turpin
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Joan Morgan offers a provocative and powerful look into the life of the modern Black woman....
By: Joan Morgan, and others
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The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
- By: Issa Rae
- Narrated by: Issa Rae
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
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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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So funny!
- By Anonymous User on 12-05-2020
By: Issa Rae
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The Einstein Intersection
- By: Samuel R. Delany, Neil Gaiman - foreword, Gabrielle de Cuir - producer
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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A member of an alien race, Lo Lobey, has trouble assimilating the mythology of Earth, where his kind have settled among the leftover artifacts of humanity. The tale follows Lobey's mythic quest for his lost love, Friza....
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A bit odd
- By carrolyn on 15-02-2023
By: Samuel R. Delany, and others
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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In with the In Crowd: Popular Jazz in 1960s Black America
- American Made Music Series
- By: Mike Smith
- Narrated by: Wayne M. Lane
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Smith tells the joyful story of the musicians, the radio DJs, the record labels, and the live venues where jazz not only survived but thrived in the 1960s. In an era marked by turmoil and struggle, popular jazz offered a powerful outlet for joy, resilience, pride, and triumph.
By: Mike Smith
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W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919
- By: David Levering Lewis
- Narrated by: Courtney B. Vance
- Length: 35 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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This monumental biography by David Levering Lewis—eight years in the research and writing—treats the early and middle phases of a long and intense career: a crucial fifty-year period that demonstrates how W.E.B. Du Bois changed forever the way Americans think about themselves. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois—the premier architect of the civil rights movement in America—was a towering and controversial personality, a fiercely proud individual blessed with the language of the poet and the impatience of the agitator.
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Emotional Politics — Logical Failure
- What Black Politics Refuse to Face
- By: Damon K. Jones
- Narrated by: Damon K. Jones
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In Emotional Politics — Logical Failure, Damon K. Jones delivers a searing indictment of the emotional manipulation, political tribalism, and intellectual stagnation that have come to define modern Black political behavior. This isn’t just a critique—it’s a challenge. A demand for strategic maturity. A blueprint for real power.
By: Damon K. Jones
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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.
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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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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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In with the In Crowd: Popular Jazz in 1960s Black America
- American Made Music Series
- By: Mike Smith
- Narrated by: Wayne M. Lane
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Smith tells the joyful story of the musicians, the radio DJs, the record labels, and the live venues where jazz not only survived but thrived in the 1960s. In an era marked by turmoil and struggle, popular jazz offered a powerful outlet for joy, resilience, pride, and triumph.
By: Mike Smith
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W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919
- By: David Levering Lewis
- Narrated by: Courtney B. Vance
- Length: 35 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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This monumental biography by David Levering Lewis—eight years in the research and writing—treats the early and middle phases of a long and intense career: a crucial fifty-year period that demonstrates how W.E.B. Du Bois changed forever the way Americans think about themselves. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois—the premier architect of the civil rights movement in America—was a towering and controversial personality, a fiercely proud individual blessed with the language of the poet and the impatience of the agitator.
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Emotional Politics — Logical Failure
- What Black Politics Refuse to Face
- By: Damon K. Jones
- Narrated by: Damon K. Jones
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In Emotional Politics — Logical Failure, Damon K. Jones delivers a searing indictment of the emotional manipulation, political tribalism, and intellectual stagnation that have come to define modern Black political behavior. This isn’t just a critique—it’s a challenge. A demand for strategic maturity. A blueprint for real power.
By: Damon K. Jones
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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.
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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