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Notes of a Native Son

de James Baldwin ...

Narrado por Ron Butler ...

Completo

5 hora 3 minutos

At last, a new audio edition of the book many have called James Baldwin's most influential work!Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays collected in Notes of a Native Son capture a view of black life and black thought at the dawn of the civil rights movement and as the movement slowly gained strength through the words of one of the most ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

At last, a new audio edition of the book many have called James Baldwin's most influential work!Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays collected in Notes of a Native Son capture a view of black life and black thought at the dawn of the civil rights movement and as the movement slowly gained strength through the words of one of the most
... Leer más
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Read Until You Understand

The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature

de Farah Jasmine Griffin ...

Narrado por Farah Jasmine Griffin ...

Completo

7 hora 56 minutos

A BRILLIANT SCHOLAR IMPARTS THE LESSONS BEQUEATHED BY THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND ITS REMARKABLE ARTISTS AND THINKERS.Farah Jasmine Griffin has taken to her heart the phrase “read until you understand,” a line her father, who died when she was nine, wrote in a note to her. She has made it central to this book about love of the majestic power of words and love of the magnificence of Black life.Griffin ... Leer más

$20.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

A BRILLIANT SCHOLAR IMPARTS THE LESSONS BEQUEATHED BY THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND ITS REMARKABLE ARTISTS AND THINKERS.Farah Jasmine Griffin has taken to her heart the phrase “read until you understand,” a line her father, who died when she was nine, wrote in a note to her. She has made it central to this book about love of the majestic power of words and love of the magnificence of Black life.Griffin
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Southern Horrors

de Ida B. Wells-Barnett ...

Narrado por Janina Edwards, Royal Jaye ...

Completo

1 horas 3 minutos

“If American conscience were only half alive, if the American church and clergy were only half christianized, if American moral sensibility were not hardened by a persistent infliction of outrage and crime against colored people, a scream of horror, shame and indignation would rise to Heaven wherever your pamphlet shall be read.” —Frederick Douglass, to Ida B. Wells-BarnettIn 1892, investigative ... Leer más

$8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

“If American conscience were only half alive, if the American church and clergy were only half christianized, if American moral sensibility were not hardened by a persistent infliction of outrage and crime against colored people, a scream of horror, shame and indignation would rise to Heaven wherever your pamphlet shall be read.” —Frederick Douglass, to Ida B. Wells-BarnettIn 1892, investigative
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The Origin of Others

de Toni Morrison ...

Narrado por Robin Miles ...

Completo

2 hora 25 minutos

“The Origin of Others combines Toni Morrison’s accustomed eloquence with meaning for our times as citizens of the world.” —Nell Irvin Painter, New RepublicAvailable for the first time in audio, America’s most revered novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for ... Leer más

Antes $14.99 USD Ahora $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

“The Origin of Others combines Toni Morrison’s accustomed eloquence with meaning for our times as citizens of the world.” —Nell Irvin Painter, New RepublicAvailable for the first time in audio, America’s most revered novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for
... Leer más
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

de Bright Summaries ...

Narrado por Sara Wright ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Completo

21 minutos

Unlock the more straightforward side of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, the first part of the author's seven-volume autobiography, which recounts her life up to the age of 17, shortly after the birth of her son. Her early life was marked by adversity: ... Leer más

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Unlock the more straightforward side of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, the first part of the author's seven-volume autobiography, which recounts her life up to the age of 17, shortly after the birth of her son. Her early life was marked by adversity:
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Inspirational Quotes: Ways to Get Motivated, Avoid Procrastination, and Achieve Happiness: Special Edition Vol. 1

de Montice Harmon ...

Narrado por Montice Harmon ...

Completo

49 minutos

Inspirational Quotes by Montice Harmon - is a beautiful collection of 25+ semi-confessional quotes that speak about the poet's experiences, trials and tribulations for over a decade. The quotes are motivational for discouraged souls to rise above their problems and face the world with a positive attitude despite haters, non believer's and doubter's. Most of Harmon's quotes are motivational and ... Leer más

$12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Inspirational Quotes by Montice Harmon - is a beautiful collection of 25+ semi-confessional quotes that speak about the poet's experiences, trials and tribulations for over a decade. The quotes are motivational for discouraged souls to rise above their problems and face the world with a positive attitude despite haters, non believer's and doubter's. Most of Harmon's quotes are motivational and
... Leer más
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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

de Bright Summaries ...

Narrado por Sara Wright ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Completo

28 minutos

Unlock the more straightforward side of Americanah with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which follows Ifemelu and her first love Obinze, two young Nigerians who find themselves kept apart by geography and circumstances. Ifemelu moves to America, where she becomes aware of her blackness for the ... Leer más

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Unlock the more straightforward side of Americanah with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which follows Ifemelu and her first love Obinze, two young Nigerians who find themselves kept apart by geography and circumstances. Ifemelu moves to America, where she becomes aware of her blackness for the
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To Shape a New World

Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr.

de Tommie Shelby, Brandon M. Terry ...

Narrado por Kevin Kenerly, Priya Ayyar, Cary Hite, Robin Miles, Carrington MacDuffie ...

Completo

16 hora 25 minutos

Martin Luther King Jr. may be America’s most revered political figure, commemorated in statues, celebrations, and street names around the world. On the fiftieth anniversary of King’s assassination, the man and his activism are as close to public consciousness as ever. But despite his stature, the significance of King’s writings and political thought remains underappreciated.In To Shape a New World ... Leer más

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Martin Luther King Jr. may be America’s most revered political figure, commemorated in statues, celebrations, and street names around the world. On the fiftieth anniversary of King’s assassination, the man and his activism are as close to public consciousness as ever. But despite his stature, the significance of King’s writings and political thought remains underappreciated.In To Shape a New World
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Turn Where

A Geography of Home

de Chet'la Sebree ...

Narrado por Chet'la Sebree ...

Completo

5 hora 20 minutos

A probing essay collection that chronicles one woman’s complicated quest to find home in a fractured America, from the award-winning author of Field Study“In Chet’la Sebree’s sensitive and tender hands, this book’s quest (and question) of home is captivating. An intimate rendering of the life of a Black woman artist.”—Imani Perry, National Book Award winner and author of Black in BluesAt eighteen, ... Leer más

$18.00 USD

A probing essay collection that chronicles one woman’s complicated quest to find home in a fractured America, from the award-winning author of Field Study“In Chet’la Sebree’s sensitive and tender hands, this book’s quest (and question) of home is captivating. An intimate rendering of the life of a Black woman artist.”—Imani Perry, National Book Award winner and author of Black in BluesAt eighteen,
... Leer más
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Writing Black Panther

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Representation Struggles

de Howard Rambsy II ...

Narrado por Greg Lockett ...

Series series Black Literary and Cultural Expressions
Completo

7 hora 34 minutos

Bloomsbury presents Writing Black Panther by Howard Rambsy II, read by Greg LockettA timely look at contemporary African American creative works through the lens of Ta-Nehisi Coates's ground-breaking entry into the comic book industry.Writing Black Panther traces Ta-Nehisi Coates’s presence in comic books from 2015-2023, focusing on his contributions as the writer for Black Panther. His ambitious ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

Bloomsbury presents Writing Black Panther by Howard Rambsy II, read by Greg LockettA timely look at contemporary African American creative works through the lens of Ta-Nehisi Coates's ground-breaking entry into the comic book industry.Writing Black Panther traces Ta-Nehisi Coates’s presence in comic books from 2015-2023, focusing on his contributions as the writer for Black Panther. His ambitious
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The Souls of Black Folk

de W. E. B. Du Bois ...

Narrado por Richard Allen ...

Completo

8 hora 39 minutos

W. E. B. Du Bois was the foremost black intellectual of his time. The Souls of Black Folk, his most influential work, is a collection of fourteen beautifully written essays, by turns lyrical, historical, and autobiographical. Here, Du Bois records the cruelties of racism, celebrates the strength and pride of black America, and explores the paradoxical "double-consciousness" of African American ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

W. E. B. Du Bois was the foremost black intellectual of his time. The Souls of Black Folk, his most influential work, is a collection of fourteen beautifully written essays, by turns lyrical, historical, and autobiographical. Here, Du Bois records the cruelties of racism, celebrates the strength and pride of black America, and explores the paradoxical "double-consciousness" of African American
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Radical Vision

A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry

de Soyica Diggs Colbert ...

Narrado por Lisa Reneé Pitts ...

Completo

13 hora 36 minutos

In this first scholarly biography of Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965), the author of A Raisin in the Sun, theater professor Soyica Diggs Colbert considers the playwright's life at the intersection of art and politics, with the theater operating as a "rehearsal room for [her] political and intellectual work."Colbert argues that the success of Raisin overshadows Hansberry's other contributions, ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

In this first scholarly biography of Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965), the author of A Raisin in the Sun, theater professor Soyica Diggs Colbert considers the playwright's life at the intersection of art and politics, with the theater operating as a "rehearsal room for [her] political and intellectual work."Colbert argues that the success of Raisin overshadows Hansberry's other contributions,
... Leer más
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the half-drowned

de Trynne Delaney ...

Narrado por Trynne Delaney ...

Completo

2 hora 17 minutos

the half-drowned is a vision of a future at the end of the world where what survives is the shapeshifting love of family both given and chosen. Drawing on the Afro-diasporic ancestral knowledge of water and the urgency of desire, Delaney builds a glittering, speculative world where community holds through grief, where we must choose to fend for ourselves while also caring for others. the half ... Leer más

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the half-drowned is a vision of a future at the end of the world where what survives is the shapeshifting love of family both given and chosen. Drawing on the Afro-diasporic ancestral knowledge of water and the urgency of desire, Delaney builds a glittering, speculative world where community holds through grief, where we must choose to fend for ourselves while also caring for others. the half
... Leer más
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James Baldwin: A Life in Four Acts: Volume 2: "The Paris Years" (1948-1957)

Finding His Voice in Exile

de David G. Stone ...

Narrado por Digital Voice Matt G ...

Series Audiolibro 2 - BEYOND THE VEIL: The Uncompromising Life of James Baldwin
Completo

11 hora 2 minutos

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What does it take to become the voice of a generation? Sometimes, you have to leave home to find it.In 1948, James Baldwin fled America—broke, unknown, and suffocating under the weight of racism and repression. He arrived in Paris with forty dollars and a dream: to write the truth about what it meant to be Black, queer, and American in the twentieth ... Leer más

$25.00 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What does it take to become the voice of a generation? Sometimes, you have to leave home to find it.In 1948, James Baldwin fled America—broke, unknown, and suffocating under the weight of racism and repression. He arrived in Paris with forty dollars and a dream: to write the truth about what it meant to be Black, queer, and American in the twentieth
... Leer más
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The Black Box

Writing the Race

de Henry Louis Gates Jr. ...

Narrado por Dominic Hoffman ...

Completo

7 hora 7 minutos

**A New York Times Notable Book • Shortlisted for the Phi Beta Kappa Society's Christian Gauss Award for Outstanding Books in Literary Scholarship“Henry Louis Gates is a national treasure. Here, he returns with an intellectual and at times deeply personal meditation on the hard-fought evolution and the very meaning of African American identity, calling upon our country to transcend its ... Leer más

$20.00 USD

**A New York Times Notable Book • Shortlisted for the Phi Beta Kappa Society's Christian Gauss Award for Outstanding Books in Literary Scholarship“Henry Louis Gates is a national treasure. Here, he returns with an intellectual and at times deeply personal meditation on the hard-fought evolution and the very meaning of African American identity, calling upon our country to transcend its
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The Spook who Sat by the Door

de Sam Greenlee ...

Narrado por Dion Graham, Natiki Hope Pressley ...

Completo

6 hora 6 minutos

Continuously available in print since 1968, this novel has become embedded in progressive anti-racist culture with wide circulation of the book and hotly debated film. A literary classic, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a strong comment on entrenched racial inequities in the United States in the late 1960s. With its focus on the “militancy” that characterized the Black Power movement of the 1960s ... Leer más

$17.50 USD

Continuously available in print since 1968, this novel has become embedded in progressive anti-racist culture with wide circulation of the book and hotly debated film. A literary classic, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a strong comment on entrenched racial inequities in the United States in the late 1960s. With its focus on the “militancy” that characterized the Black Power movement of the 1960s
... Leer más
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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

de Bright Summaries ...

Narrado por Sara Wright ...

Series series BrightSummaries.com
Completo

25 minutos

Unlock the more straightforward side of Homegoing with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, which tells the story of two branches of the same family across several generations. Although Effia and Esi are sisters, they never meet, and their paths are irrevocably forced apart when Esi is sold into slavery and ... Leer más

$29.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Unlock the more straightforward side of Homegoing with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, which tells the story of two branches of the same family across several generations. Although Effia and Esi are sisters, they never meet, and their paths are irrevocably forced apart when Esi is sold into slavery and
... Leer más
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The Strange Career of Racial Liberalism

de Joseph Darda ...

Narrado por Andrew Joseph Perez ...

Completo

10 hora 5 minutos

How Americans learned to wait on time for racial changeWhat if, Joseph Darda asks, our desire to solve racism—with science, civil rights, antiracist literature, integration, and color blindness—has entrenched it further? In The Strange Career of Racial Liberalism, he traces the rise of liberal antiracism, showing how reformers' faith in time, in the moral arc of the universe, has undercut future ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

How Americans learned to wait on time for racial changeWhat if, Joseph Darda asks, our desire to solve racism—with science, civil rights, antiracist literature, integration, and color blindness—has entrenched it further? In The Strange Career of Racial Liberalism, he traces the rise of liberal antiracism, showing how reformers' faith in time, in the moral arc of the universe, has undercut future
... Leer más
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Light and Legacies

Stories of Black Girlhood and Liberation

de Janaka Bowman Lewis ...

Narrado por Janaka Bowman Lewis ...

Completo

7 hora 22 minutos

An engaging examination of Black Girl Magic and its significance in American literatureIn Light and Legacies, author Janaka Bowman Lewis examines Black girlhood in American literature from the mid-twentieth century to the present. The representation of Black girlhood in contemporary literature has long remained underexplored. Through this literary history of "Black Girl Magic," Lewis offers one of ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

An engaging examination of Black Girl Magic and its significance in American literatureIn Light and Legacies, author Janaka Bowman Lewis examines Black girlhood in American literature from the mid-twentieth century to the present. The representation of Black girlhood in contemporary literature has long remained underexplored. Through this literary history of "Black Girl Magic," Lewis offers one of
... Leer más
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The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison

de Ralph Ellison ...

Narrado por John F. Callahan, Dominic Hoffman ...

Completo

49 hora 5 minutos

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • A radiant collection of letters from the renowned author of Invisible Man that traces the life and mind of a giant of American literature, with insights into the riddle of identity, the writer’s craft, and the story of a changing nation over six decadesThese extensive and revealing letters span the life of Ralph Ellison and provide a remarkable window into the great ... Leer más

$45.00 USD

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • A radiant collection of letters from the renowned author of Invisible Man that traces the life and mind of a giant of American literature, with insights into the riddle of identity, the writer’s craft, and the story of a changing nation over six decadesThese extensive and revealing letters span the life of Ralph Ellison and provide a remarkable window into the great
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Black Is the Body

Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine

de Emily Bernard ...

Narrado por Emily Bernard ...

Completo

5 hora 55 minutos

“Blackness is an art, not a science. It is a paradox: intangible and visceral; a situation and a story. It is the thread that connects these essays, but its significance as an experience emerges randomly, unpredictably. . . . Race is the story of my life, and therefore black is the body of this book.”In these twelve deeply personal, connected essays, Bernard details the experience of growing up ... Leer más

$15.00 USD

“Blackness is an art, not a science. It is a paradox: intangible and visceral; a situation and a story. It is the thread that connects these essays, but its significance as an experience emerges randomly, unpredictably. . . . Race is the story of my life, and therefore black is the body of this book.”In these twelve deeply personal, connected essays, Bernard details the experience of growing up
... Leer más
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GAME OF LIFE, THE

THE BLUEPRINT

de LYRIC HAWKINS ...

Narrado por Digital Voice Madison G ...

Series Audiolibro 3 - THE 14 CHAMBERS OF POWER ROOTS & RESISTANCE
Completo

6 hora 19 minutos

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.THE GAME OF LIFETHE BLUEPRINTLife is a game filled with complexities, challenges, and triumphs. To master it requires not just skill but a profound understanding of the rules, strategies, and mindset needed to succeed. In "The Game of Life: The Blueprint," Lyric Hawkins shares his personal journey from the gritty streets of SouthSide Jamaica Queens to ... Leer más

$19.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.THE GAME OF LIFETHE BLUEPRINTLife is a game filled with complexities, challenges, and triumphs. To master it requires not just skill but a profound understanding of the rules, strategies, and mindset needed to succeed. In "The Game of Life: The Blueprint," Lyric Hawkins shares his personal journey from the gritty streets of SouthSide Jamaica Queens to
... Leer más
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Erasing The Black Man: The New Movement of Removing Black Men from Black Women and Television

de Raymond Sturgis ...

Narrado por Books with Voices ...

Completo

34 minutos

Black men understand that no matter how much money, successes or achievement in education they obtain, white America will always see them as a threat and problem. Black men understand they are the superior race, unfortunately, seeds of hopelessness, fear, anger, and incompetence have obstructed the progress of black men. Majority of problems black men have is self-inflicted. They are destroying ... Leer más

$4.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Black men understand that no matter how much money, successes or achievement in education they obtain, white America will always see them as a threat and problem. Black men understand they are the superior race, unfortunately, seeds of hopelessness, fear, anger, and incompetence have obstructed the progress of black men. Majority of problems black men have is self-inflicted. They are destroying
... Leer más
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The Art of Death

Writing the Final Story

de Edwidge Danticat ...

Narrado por Edwidge Danticat ...

Series series Art of...
Completo

4 hora 43 minutos

A moving reflection on a subject that touches us all, by the bestselling author of Claire of the Sea Light Edwidge Danticat's The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story is at once a personal account of her mother dying from cancer and a deeply considered reckoning with the ways that other writers have approached death in their own work. "Writing has been the primary way I have tried to make sense ... Leer más

$15.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

A moving reflection on a subject that touches us all, by the bestselling author of Claire of the Sea Light Edwidge Danticat's The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story is at once a personal account of her mother dying from cancer and a deeply considered reckoning with the ways that other writers have approached death in their own work. "Writing has been the primary way I have tried to make sense
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