African American Biography

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    • American Made Music Series
    • Auteur(s): Philip R. Ratcliffe
    • Narrateur(s): Steve Hart
    • Durée: 9 h et 59 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-01-09
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • When Mississippi John Hurt was "rediscovered" by blues revivalists in 1963, his musicianship and recordings transformed popular notions of prewar country blues. At 71 he moved to Washington, DC, from Avalon, Mississippi, and became a live-wire connection to a powerful, authentic past....

    Prix courant: 25,00 $ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Kendra Allen
    • Narrateur(s): Nicole Cash
    • Durée: 5 h et 24 min
    • Date de publication: 2025-01-28
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Kendra Allen’s first collection of essays—at its core—is a bunch of mad stories about things she never learned to let go of. Unifying personal narrative and cultural commentary, this collection grapples with the lessons that have been stored between parent and daughter.

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    • My Mother, My Grandmother, and the Women Who Carried Me
    • Auteur(s): Sasha Bonét
    • Durée: 12 h
    • Date de publication: 2025-09-16
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • A sharp, tender, sweeping history of three single Black mothers—the author’s grandmother, mother, and the author herself—The Waterbearers is interwoven with the stories of the Black women they saw on the screen and heard on the radio every day.

    Prix courant: 27,97 $ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Life and Fictions of Charles W. Chesnutt
    • Auteur(s): Tess Chakkalakal
    • Narrateur(s): Diana Blue
    • Durée: 14 h et 54 min
    • Date de publication: 2025-02-04
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Tess Chakkalakal gives listeners the first comprehensive biography of Charles W. Chesnutt.

    Prix courant: 27,83 $ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Memoir
    • Auteur(s): Randall Woodfin, Edward T. Bowser
    • Narrateur(s): Randall Woodfin
    • Durée: 8 h et 44 min
    • Date de publication: 2025-03-04
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Mayor Randall Woodfin draws upon the street wisdom of his generation's Southern rap music; the power of family, friends, and faith; and his education at the historically Black Morehouse College to preach the progress every corner of our nation clamors for right now.

    Prix courant: 17,53 $ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Jordan Alexander Stein
    • Narrateur(s): Janina Edwards
    • Durée: 7 h
    • Date de publication: 2025-06-10
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Jordan Alexander Stein examines the space between our collective and individual fantasies about Nina Simone the performer, civil rights activist, and icon, and her own fantasies about herself.

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    • Three Centuries of African American Poetry
    • Auteur(s): Catherine Clinton
    • Narrateur(s): Ashley Bryan, Renee Joshua-Porter
    • Durée: 2 h et 2 min
    • Date de publication: 2015-08-14
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Starting in the early 18th century and finishing with poet laureate Rita Dove, this inspiring anthology captures the enormous talent and passion of black poets....

    Prix courant: 15,10 $ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Biography of African American Environmentalist MaVynee Betsch
    • Auteur(s): Heidi Tyline King
    • Narrateur(s): Lynnette R. Freeman
    • Durée: 13 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-12-14
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • MaVynee loved going to the beach. But in the days of Jim Crow, she couldn't just go to any beach - most of the beaches in Jacksonville were for Whites only. Knowing something must be done, her grandfather bought a beach that African American families could enjoy....

    Prix courant: 5,96 $ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Solomon Northup
    • Narrateur(s): Peter Jay Fernandez
    • Durée: 8 h et 27 min
    • Date de publication: 2013-09-03
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Twelve Years a Slave is the written work of Solomon Northup; a man who was born free, but was bound into slavery later in life....

    Prix courant: 22,26 $ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Family History as the American Story, 1790-1958
    • Auteur(s): David Levering Lewis
    • Narrateur(s): Dion Graham
    • Durée: 11 h et 59 min
    • Date de publication: 2025-02-11
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • National Humanities Medal recipient and two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize David Levering Lewis’s own family history that shifts our understanding of the larger American story.

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    • Speeches and Writings
    • Auteur(s): Zinga A. Fraser
    • Narrateur(s): Karen Chilton
    • Durée: 9 h et 34 min
    • Date de publication: 2024-10-08
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • LOOKING BEYOND HER POLITICAL SYMBOLISM TO CELEBRATE NOT ONLY WHO SHIRLEY CHISHOLM WAS BUT WHO SHE IS—A REVOLUTIONARY THINKER WITH MUCH TO TEACH US TODAY.

    Prix courant: 22,26 $ ou 1 crédit

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    • By Any Means Necessary
    • Auteur(s): Walter Dean Myers
    • Narrateur(s): Corey Allen
    • Durée: 4 h et 13 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-09-11
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • As a 14-year-old, he was Malcolm Little, the president of his class and a top student. . At 19, he was back in Boston, leading a gang of burglars. At 20, he was in prison. It was in prison that Malcolm Little started the journey that would lead him to adopt the name Malcolm X....

    Prix courant: 14,47 $ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Story of a Girl Who Was Born Into Poverty and Then Went on to Become the Richest African American Woman of the 20th Century (World Class Entrepreneurs, Book 6)
    • Auteur(s): Phil Cooper
    • Narrateur(s): Izmi Maruf
    • Durée: 58 min
    • Date de publication: 2024-05-01
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • How did Oprah Winfrey do to become the world's most well-known female personality as well as a successful entrepreneur?

    Prix courant: 5,04 $ ou 1 crédit

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    • Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
    • Auteur(s): Salman Rushdie
    • Narrateur(s): Bamji Firdous
    • Durée: 7 h
    • Date de publication: 2007-05-22
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • In these stimulating pieces, Rushdie addresses a variety of subjects, including the death of the novel, India, soccer, and the Rolling Stones....

    Prix courant: 37,01 $ ou 1 crédit

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    • Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Making of a National Leader: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
    • Auteur(s): Troy Jackson
    • Narrateur(s): Andrew L. Barnes
    • Durée: 9 h et 47 min
    • Date de publication: 2013-01-10
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • In Becoming King: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Making of a National Leader, author Troy Jackson chronicles King's emergence and effectiveness as a civil rights leader....

    Prix courant: 25,00 $ ou 1 crédit

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    • Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics
    • Auteur(s): Anastasia C. Curwood
    • Narrateur(s): Gina Daniels
    • Durée: 17 h et 15 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-01-10
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Shaking up New York and national politics by becoming the first African American congresswoman and, later, the first Black major-party presidential candidate, Shirley Chisholm left an indelible mark as an "unbought and unbossed" firebrand and a leader in politics for meaningful change....

    Prix courant: 37,53 $ ou 1 crédit

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    • My Fight with Harvard to Reclaim My Legacy
    • Auteur(s): Tamara Lanier
    • Narrateur(s): Shonrael Lanier
    • Durée: 9 h et 58 min
    • Date de publication: 2025-01-28
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • One woman’s unrelenting mission to reclaim her ancestors' history and honor their lineage pits her against one of the country’s most powerful institutions: Harvard University.

    Prix courant: 26,22 $ ou 1 crédit

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    • Challenges, Solutions and Lessons from the First African-American President
    • Auteur(s): Michael Winicott
    • Narrateur(s): Mandy La Voz
    • Durée: 37 min
    • Date de publication: 2016-03-15
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Whether you voted for Barack Obama or not, it is hard to ignore the skill and passion with which he delivers his message....

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