Bestsellers
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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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Overall14,423
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Performance12,768
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Story12,709
In this beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson presents a definitive and dramatic account of one of the great untold stories of American history: the Great Migration of six million Black citizens who fled the South for the North and West....
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Superior non-fiction
- By Lila on 05-20-11
By: Isabel Wilkerson
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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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Overall13,529
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Performance12,079
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Story12,020
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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Hidden in Plain View
- A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad
- By: Jacqueline L. Tobin, Raymond G. Dobard, Cuesta Benberry - introduction, and others
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards, Leon Nixon
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance8
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Story8
"There are five square knots on the quilt every two inches apart. They escaped on the fifth knot on the tenth pattern and went to Ontario, Canada. The monkey wrench turns the wagon wheel toward Canada on a bear's paw trail to the crossroads--" And so begins the fascinating story that was passed...
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Wonderful listen.
- By Jane Wolfe on 11-27-24
By: Jacqueline L. Tobin, 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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Overall8,118
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Performance7,075
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Story7,069
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 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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Overall4,807
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Performance4,183
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Story4,166
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post NPR Marie Claire In...
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Comprehensive and Cutting
- By Thomas Ray on 12-30-21
By: Nikole Hannah-Jones, and others
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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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Overall9,106
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Performance7,846
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Story7,796
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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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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Overall14,423
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Performance12,768
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Story12,709
In this beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson presents a definitive and dramatic account of one of the great untold stories of American history: the Great Migration of six million Black citizens who fled the South for the North and West....
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Superior non-fiction
- By Lila on 05-20-11
By: Isabel Wilkerson
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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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Overall13,529
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Performance12,079
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Story12,020
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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Hidden in Plain View
- A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad
- By: Jacqueline L. Tobin, Raymond G. Dobard, Cuesta Benberry - introduction, and others
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards, Leon Nixon
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance8
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Story8
"There are five square knots on the quilt every two inches apart. They escaped on the fifth knot on the tenth pattern and went to Ontario, Canada. The monkey wrench turns the wagon wheel toward Canada on a bear's paw trail to the crossroads--" And so begins the fascinating story that was passed...
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Wonderful listen.
- By Jane Wolfe on 11-27-24
By: Jacqueline L. Tobin, 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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Overall8,118
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Performance7,075
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Story7,069
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 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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Overall4,807
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Performance4,183
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Story4,166
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post NPR Marie Claire In...
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Comprehensive and Cutting
- By Thomas Ray on 12-30-21
By: Nikole Hannah-Jones, and others
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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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Overall9,106
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Performance7,846
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Story7,796
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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Black Skin, White Masks
- By: Frantz Fanon, Richard Philcox - translator
- Narrated by: Terrence Kidd
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall112
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Performance98
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Story97
Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon, and Black Skin, White Masks represents some of his most important work. Fanon's masterwork is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of...
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Informing and thought provoking.
- By Anonymous on 02-07-26
By: Frantz Fanon, and others
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The Delectable Negro
- Human Consumption and Homoeroticism Within US Slave Culture
- By: Vincent Woodard, E. Patrick Johnson - foreword, Justin A. Joyce - editor, and others
- Narrated by: Stan Brown
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall85
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Performance77
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Story77
Scholars of US and transatlantic slavery have largely ignored or dismissed accusations that Black Americans were cannibalized. Vincent Woodard takes the enslaved person's claims of human consumption seriously....
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Necessary Reading
- By Airborne Infantry on 05-04-23
By: Vincent Woodard, and others
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Dreams from My Father
- A Story of Race and Inheritance
- By: Barack Obama
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall671
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Performance586
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Story582
NOW AVAILABLE UNABRIDGED ON AUDIO FOR THE FIRST TIME #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS In this iconic memoir of his early days, Barack Obama “guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity...
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Powerful
- By Gene R. on 10-26-21
By: Barack Obama
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Free and The Dead
- The Untold Story of the Black Seminole Chief, the Indigenous Rebel, and America's Forgotten War
- By: Jamie Holmes
- Narrated by: David Sadzin, Jamie Holmes
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
The page-turning and revelatory true story of America’s disastrous 1835 attack on the Seminoles in pre-statehood Florida, and the two men—a Black American and a renowned Indigenous warrior—who fought back for their homes and freedom, from the author of the “eye-opening marvel of a...
By: Jamie Holmes
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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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Overall9,665
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Performance8,604
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Story8,627
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner. Before John Glenn...
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Great Story of a History Obscured
- By Cynthia on 09-18-16
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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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Overall2,165
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Performance1,856
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Story1,854
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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Teaching Critical Thinking
- Practical Wisdom
- By: Bell Hooks
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance19
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Story19
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.
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Must read
- By Coach on 01-04-26
By: Bell Hooks
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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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Overall1,898
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Performance1,590
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Story1,588
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....
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A Classic and Unexpected Delight
- By Theo Horesh on 02-28-13
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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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Overall115
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Performance103
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Story103
FINALIST, LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN AUDIOBOOK NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY: Time, USA Today, People, AARP, Today.com, BookRiot, Bustle, LitHub, BookPage, Our Culture, and Vulture A surprising and beautiful meditation on the color blue—and its fascinating role in Black history and...
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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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The Other Wes Moore
- One Name, Two Fates
- By: Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley
- Narrated by: Wes Moore
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,352
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Performance2,843
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Story2,855
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the governor of Maryland, the “compassionate” (People), “startling” (Baltimore Sun), “moving” (Chicago Tribune) true story of two kids with the same name: One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and...
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Insightful lesson in self-determination
- By Aneesah on 02-04-13
By: Wes Moore, and others
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Lies About Black People
- How to Combat Racist Stereotypes and Why It Matters
- By: Omekongo Dibinga PhD
- Narrated by: Omekongo Dibinga PhD
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall62
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Performance60
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Story60
In this honest and welcoming book, diversity and inclusion expert, professor, and award-winning speaker Dr. Omekongo Dibinga argues that we must embark on a massive undertaking to re-educate ourselves on the stereotypes that have proven harmful, and too often deadly, to the black community....
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Cognitive dissonance explained perfectly
- By Baheejah on 02-08-25
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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
- Abridged
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Overall9,861
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Performance6,979
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Story6,936
In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics–a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated...
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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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Self-Care for Black Men
- 100 Ways to Heal and Liberate
- By: Jor-El Caraballo
- Narrated by: Jor-El Caraballo
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall140
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Performance130
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Story130
“Self-Care for Black Men is so important...designed to help Black men manage their mental health.” —The Root A self-care guidebook full of activities for Black men everywhere pursuing joy, creating connections, confronting racism, and working through intergenerational trauma. Black men...
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Gumbo for the soul
- By Amazon Customer on 02-25-24
By: Jor-El Caraballo
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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
- Unabridged
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Overall3,719
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Performance3,324
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Story3,310
This compelling #1 New York Times bestseller examines the legacy of slavery in America—and how both history and memory continue to shape our everyday lives. Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that...
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Sincerely grateful read
- By Kelvin Dixon on 06-08-21
By: Clint Smith
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Shifting
- The Double Lives of Black Women in America
- By: Charisse Jones, Kumea Shorter-Gooden PhD
- Narrated by: Zoleka Vundla
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance22
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Story22
Based on the African American Women's Voices Project, Shifting reveals that a large number of African American women feel pressure to compromise their true selves as they navigate America's racial and gender bigotry. Black women "shift" by altering the expectations they have for themselves or...
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Outstanding
- By Summer barber on 01-14-26
By: Charisse Jones, and others
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Meditations for Black Men
- Ten Guided Meditations for the Body, Mind, and Spirit
- By: Jor-El Caraballo
- Narrated by: Jor-El Caraballo
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance4
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Story4
By licensed therapist and author of Self-Care for Black Men Jor-El Caraballo, LMHC, this audio meditation program is filled with unique insights and tools for Black men everywhere to prioritize mental health, empowering listeners to create a deeper connection with their body, mind, and spirit...
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Welcoming, excellent for beginners and intermediate
- By Amazon Customer on 11-03-25
By: Jor-El Caraballo
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Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System
- By: Katrina Hazzard-Donald
- Narrated by: Sharell Palmer
- Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall283
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Performance243
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Story242
Katrina Hazzard-Donald explores African Americans' experience and practice of the herbal, healing folk belief tradition known as Hoodoo. Working against conventional scholarship, the author argues that Hoodoo emerged first in three distinct regions she calls "regional Hoodoo clusters"....
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more books about hoodo and atr By black writers!!
- By Amazon Customer on 01-15-20
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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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Overall20
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Performance20
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Story20
""Fascinating. . . . [Graham] has made a major contribution both to African-American studies and the larger American picture."" —New York Times Debutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha's Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. An obsession...
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Awful redundant repetitive
- By Donna Spears on 12-19-25
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Blackout
- How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
- By: Candace Owens, Larry Elder - introduction
- Narrated by: Candace Owens
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11,100
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Performance9,843
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Story9,791
It’s time for a black exit. Political activist and social media star Candace Owens addresses the many ways that Democrat Party policies hurt, rather than help, the African American community, and why she and many others are turning right. Black Americans have long been shackled to the...
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Thought provoking!
- By Girl with curls on 09-16-20
By: Candace Owens, and others
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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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Overall622
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Performance537
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Story530
The winner of the NBCC Award for Poetry offers up a spirited collection of short lyric essays, written daily over a tumultuous year, reminding us of the purpose and pleasure of praising, extolling, and celebrating ordinary wonders. Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is a genre-defying...
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A True Delight!
- By Danielle C. Miller on 02-25-19
By: Ross Gay
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Self-Care for Black Women
- 150 Ways to Radically Accept & Prioritize Your Mind, Body, & Soul
- By: Oludara Adeeyo
- Narrated by: Angel Pean
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall142
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Performance131
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Story129
Prioritize your wellbeing with these 150 self-care exercises designed specifically to help Black women revitalize their outlook on life, improve their mental health, eliminate stress, and self-advocate. Between micro- and macro-aggressions at school, at work, and everywhere in between, it’s...
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Great book for mental health
- By Madame Butterflyy on 06-15-22
By: Oludara Adeeyo
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I Came as a Shadow
- An Autobiography
- By: John Thompson, Jesse Washington
- Narrated by: Jesse Washington
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall705
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Performance622
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Story620
"From his time growing up to his remarkable career at Georgetown University, contractual deals with Nike, and meaningful moments off the court - this is a fascinating audiobook. [Narrator Jesse] Washington brings the right level of emotion, doesn't imitate anyone, and gives Thompson's words the...
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Great story!
- By JB on 12-22-20
By: John Thompson, and others
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Heavy
- An American Memoir
- By: Kiese Laymon
- Narrated by: Kiese Laymon
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6,170
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Performance5,579
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Story5,555
*Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times* *Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Broadly, BuzzFeed (Nonfiction), The Undefeated, Library Journal (Biography/Memoirs), The Washington Post (Nonfiction), Southern Living...
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Be prepared
- By Amy Eberle on 10-30-18
By: Kiese Laymon
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The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health
- Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve
- By: Rheeda Walker PhD, Na'im Akbar PhD - foreword
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall560
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Performance492
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Story491
An unapologetic exploration of the Black mental health crisis - and a comprehensive road map to getting the care you deserve in an unequal system....
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Great Book!
- By Ginger on 12-20-20
By: Rheeda Walker PhD, and others