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Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now
- By: Maya Angelou
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
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Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time shares the wisdom of a remarkable life in this bestselling spiritual classic. This is Maya Angelou talking from the heart, down to earth and real, but also inspiring. This is a book to be treasured, a book about being in all ways a woman...
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True To Life
- By Gillian on 04-09-06
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Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Release date: 15-12-05
- Language: English
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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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Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2025 | BookRiot's Best Books of 2025 | NPR's New Books to Read | Ms. Magazine's Most Anticipated Feminist Book A crucial telling of U.S. history centering the Black women whose magic gave rise to the rich tapestry of American culture, wellness, and spirituality that...
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Great insight.
- By Lolly on 09-10-25
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The Conjuring of America
- Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Women's Magic
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 29-07-25
- Language: English
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Self-Love for Black Women
- Heal from the Racial, Relationship, and Childhood Trauma That’s Holding You Back, Stop Devaluing Yourself, and Cure Toxic Self-Talk by Treating Yourself like Someone You Love
- By: Nya Love
- Narrated by: Candace Berry
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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As a black woman, you've navigated a world that often overlooks your struggles and diminishes your worth. But what if you could break free from the chains of societal expectations and embrace your true self? In Self-Love for Black Women, Nya Love takes you on a transformative journey, offering practical tools and strategies to help you overcome past traumas, improve relationships, and cultivate unshakable self-worth.
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Everyone Can Learn & Benefit
- By christmas on 12-03-26
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Self-Love for Black Women
- Heal from the Racial, Relationship, and Childhood Trauma That’s Holding You Back, Stop Devaluing Yourself, and Cure Toxic Self-Talk by Treating Yourself like Someone You Love
- Narrated by: Candace Berry
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 16-10-23
- Language: English
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Let This Radicalize You
- Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
- By: Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba
- Narrated by: Diana Blue
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe. Longtime organizers and movement educators Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes examine some of the political lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and consider what this confluence of power can teach us about a future that will require mass acts of care, rescue, and defense, in the face of both state violence and environmental disaster.
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We are all empowered and needed
- By Ben Cooper on 24-06-25
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Let This Radicalize You
- Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
- Narrated by: Diana Blue
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 16-05-23
- Language: English
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When Trees Testify
- Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy
- By: Beronda L. Montgomery
- Narrated by: Melinda Sewak
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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This stunning cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery offers up lessons from the natural world shared through the stories of long-lived trees. “[Melinda] Sewak’s inspiring narration, combined with her storytelling prowess and dedication to historical...
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When Trees Testify
- Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy
- Narrated by: Melinda Sewak
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 20-01-26
- Language: English
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Misty Knight: Iconic and Bionic
- Marvel Age of Comics Series
- By: Professor Angélique Roché
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In the mid-1970s, Misty Knight burst onto the pages of Marvel Comics. Before Storm, Shuri, or Riri, Misty opened the doors of comics as Marvel's first Black woman superhero. A detective and martial artist with a bionic arm that gives her heroic strength, Misty personified the undercurrent of independent Black media and the budding post-soul culture. First appearing in 1975, she broke down stereotypes to become one of the backbone characters of the Marvel Universe.
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Misty Knight: Iconic and Bionic
- Marvel Age of Comics Series
- Series: Marvel Age of Comics
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 12-11-26
- Language: English
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Manchild in the Promised Land
- By: Claude Brown
- Narrated by: Cary Hite
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Published during a literary era marked by the ascendance of Black writers such as Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Alex Haley, this thinly fictionalized account of Claude Brown’s childhood as a hardened, streetwise criminal trying to survive the toughest streets of Harlem has been heralded as the definitive account of everyday life for the first generation of African Americans raised in the Northern ghettos of the 1940s and 1950s.
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The narration takes an already incredible story to another level
- By Amazon Customer on 15-07-24
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Manchild in the Promised Land
- Narrated by: Cary Hite
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 18-06-19
- Language: English
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Black Marxism
- The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, Third Edition
- By: Cedric J. Robinson, Robin D.G. Kelley - foreword, Tiffany Willoughby-Herard - preface, and others
- Narrated by: David Sadzin
- Length: 20 hrs
- Unabridged
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In this ambitious work, Cedric Robinson demonstrates that efforts to understand Black people's history of resistance solely through the prism of Marxist theory are incomplete and inaccurate. Marxist analyses tend to presuppose European models of history and experience that downplay the significance of Black people and Black communities as agents of change and resistance. Black radicalism, Robinson argues, must be linked to the traditions of Africa and the unique experiences of Blacks on Western continents, and any analyses of African American history need to acknowledge this.
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Black Marxism
- The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, Third Edition
- Narrated by: David Sadzin
- Length: 20 hrs
- Release date: 02-08-22
- Language: English
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Jesse Owens: 10 Defining Moments of an Olympic Legend
- By: Jasmine Dyggan
- Narrated by: Zachary Thiele
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Jesse Owens remains one of the most inspiring figures in modern history—a man whose brilliance on the track became a symbol of hope, defiance, and human dignity in an era overshadowed by racism and rising extremism. Born into poverty in the Jim Crow South and shaped by the Great Migration to the industrial North, Owens rose from humble beginnings to become a global icon whose achievements transcended sport. His life is a story not only of speed and talent, but of perseverance, integrity, and the quiet strength required to challenge prejudice on the world’s biggest stage.
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A Must-Listen for Sports and History Fans
- By Knox on 01-04-26
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Jesse Owens: 10 Defining Moments of an Olympic Legend
- Narrated by: Zachary Thiele
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 08-01-26
- Language: English
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Salvation
- Black People and Love
- By: bell hooks
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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“A manual for fixing our culture…In writing that is elegant and penetratingly simple, [hooks] gives voice to some things we may know in our hearts but need an interpreter like her to process.”—Black Issues Book Review New York Times bestselling author, acclaimed visionary and cultural...
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Amazing read
- By Walker on 27-12-25
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Salvation
- Black People and Love
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Series: Love Song to the Nation, Book 3
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 18-11-25
- Language: English
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The Souls of Black Folk (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: W. E. B. Du Bois
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance12
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First published in 1903, this groundbreaking work is a cornerstone of African American literary history and a foundational text in the field of sociology. In these fourteen essays, W. E. B. Du Bois introduces and explores the concept of “double-consciousness”—a term he uses to describe the experience of living as an African American and having a “sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others.” Though an examination of Black life in post-Civil War America, The Souls of Black Folk has had a lasting impact on civil rights and the discussion of race in the United States.
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An excellent and important piece of history
- By "oboejoebo" on 07-02-21
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The Souls of Black Folk (AmazonClassics Edition)
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 23-04-18
- Language: English
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The Need to Be Whole
- By: Wendell Berry
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman
- Length: 19 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Wendell Berry has never been afraid to speak up for the dispossessed. The Need to Be Whole continues the work he began in The Hidden Wound (1970) and The Unsettling of America (1977), demanding a careful exploration of this hard, shared truth: The wealth of the mighty few governing this nation has been built on the unpaid labor of others.
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Thought Provoking
- By Kindle Customer on 24-04-23
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The Need to Be Whole
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman
- Length: 19 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 25-10-22
- Language: English
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We Were There
- How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain
- By: Lanre Bakare
- Narrated by: Oliver Wellington
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. We Were There is about a Black Britain that for too long has been unknown and unexplored – the one that exists beyond London. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s Britain was in tumult: rocked by Margaret Thatcher’s radical economic policy, the rise of the...
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Excellent history
- By Jo Somerset on 02-12-25
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We Were There
- How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain
- Narrated by: Oliver Wellington
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 17-04-25
- Language: English
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Black Climates
- Notes on Race, our Environment, and visions for Equitable Futures
- By: Selina Nwulu
- Narrated by: Selina Nwulu
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Globally, Black people are among the most affected by the climate crisis, despite contributing very little to it. For a long time, the crisis was portrayed as yet another injustice for Black people to care about, on top of the day-to-day oppression they face. In Black Climates, Selina Nwulu reframes the crisis to encompass our disconnection from each other and the world around us. She argues that the root of climate change lies in historical colonial violence and ongoing exploitation, making it inherently racist.
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Black Climates
- Notes on Race, our Environment, and visions for Equitable Futures
- Narrated by: Selina Nwulu
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 28-08-25
- Language: English
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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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Performance21
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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. They socialized with music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, did business with New York's king of bling Jacob "The Jeweler" Arabo, and built allegiances with rap superstars Young Jeezy and Fabolous. Yet even as BMF was attracting celebrity attention, its crew members struck fear in a city.
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Serious Audiobook must hear
- By Real talk on 11-09-21
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BMF
- The Rise and Fall of Big Meech and the Black Mafia Family
- Narrated by: L. Steven Taylor
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 25-06-19
- Language: English
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Firstborn Girls
- Four Generations, One Extraordinary Story
- By: Bernice L. McFadden
- Narrated by: Robin Miles, Bernice L. McFadden
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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On her second birthday in 1967, Bernice McFadden died. She was in a car crash on the motorway turnoff to Detroit. For a few minutes, she was clinically dead. From the moment of her resuscitation, we follow a remarkable life, all the way up to the publication of her first novel, Sugar. Bernice’s family story begins in Sandersville, Georgia, with freedwoman Louisa Vicey Wilson in 1870. Her descendants survived Reconstruction, Jim Crow, joined the ‘great migration’, cried when Dr King was assassinated. Wisdom, secrets, and fierce love are passed down through generations of women.
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Firstborn Girls
- Four Generations, One Extraordinary Story
- Narrated by: Robin Miles, Bernice L. McFadden
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 06-03-25
- Language: English
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White like Her
- My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing
- By: Gail Lukasik, Kenyatta D. Berry - foreword
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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In the historical context of the Jim Crow South, Gail explores her mother's decision to pass, how she hid her secret even from her own husband, and the price she paid for choosing whiteness. Haunted by her mother's fear and shame, Gail embarks on a quest to uncover her mother's racial lineage, tracing her family back to 18th-century colonial Louisiana. In coming to terms with her decision to publicly out her mother, Gail changed how she looks at race and heritage.
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Interesting listen
- By Mom on 20-11-21
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White like Her
- My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 27-02-18
- Language: English
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The Mis-Education of the Negro
- By: Carter Goodwin Woodson
- Narrated by: Anthony Stewart
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Here is an unapologetic look into the factors that have caused so many Blacks to think and act in the negative way they do towards themselves and others. This timely body of work is from a man well versed in the American educational system, as well as educational systems throughout the world.
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Eye opening view of the hard to swallow truth
- By lionel on 24-04-17
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The Mis-Education of the Negro
- Narrated by: Anthony Stewart
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 14-07-08
- Language: English
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Imagination
- A Manifesto
- By: Ruha Benjamin
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Imagination: A Manifesto offers visionary examples and tactics to push beyond the constraints of what we think, and are told, is possible. This book is for anyone who is ready to take to heart Toni Morrison's instruction: "Dream a little before you think."
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fantastic overview of creative innovations to sociological issues
- By happyasabean on 18-12-24
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Imagination
- A Manifesto
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 30-04-24
- Language: English
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Destined to Witness
- Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany
- By: Hans Massaquoi
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
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What would life be like for a Black boy growing up in Nazi Germany? This unprecedented autobiography answers that question with the spellbinding true story of Hans J. Massaquoi’s life in Hamburg during the height of Hitler’s regime. Hans is the son of a Black Liberian diplomat father and a white German mother. His father returns to Africa at the beginning of the war, leaving them behind in poverty without the means to flee. Within this tense atmosphere, increasingly violent Nazi policies and Allied bombing raids make Hans and his mother’s lives a day-to-day survival struggle.
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Truly Unforgettable
- By Ayo on 19-11-20
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Destined to Witness
- Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 26-06-13
- Language: English
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