African American Biography

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    • A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire
    • Auteur(s): Carol Jenkins
    • Narrateur(s): Susan Spain
    • Durée: 11 h et 41 min
    • Date de publication: 2009-06-22
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 évaluations
    • A.G. Gaston, the poor grandson of slaves, was born in the Deep South in 1892. Over the course of his extraordinary life, he amassed a fortune of over $130 million and a vast business empire....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Story of Joseph Laroche
    • Auteur(s): Serge Bilé
    • Narrateur(s): Mirron Willis
    • Durée: 4 h et 55 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-11-19
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Joseph Laroche was an anomaly among the passengers of the Titanic. He was exceptionally well-educated in a time when few Black men had access to an education - and when even fewer were able to travel on a luxurious ship in first or second class....

    Prix courant: 19,12$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America
    • Auteur(s): Michael Eric Dyson
    • Narrateur(s): Michael Eric Dyson
    • Durée: 6 h et 32 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-06-05
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • What Truth Sounds Like is a timely exploration of America's tortured racial politics that continues the conversation from Michael Eric Dyson's best seller Tears We Cannot Stop....

    Prix courant: 19,42$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Inventor and Businesswoman
    • Auteur(s): Lisa M. Bolt Simons
    • Narrateur(s): anonymous
    • Durée: 7 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-04-21
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Madam C.J. Walker wasn't just an inventor. She was also a political activist and businesswoman. Young listeners will discover that she was not only fought for civil rights, but became one of the most successful African-American business owners ever....

    Prix courant: 3,53$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Lucia Raatma
    • Narrateur(s): anonymous
    • Durée: 3 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-03-08
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Michelle Obama became First Lady on January 20, 2009. But before she lived at the White House, she was a powerful lawyer. Learn about her childhood, education, and goals as First Lady of the United States....

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    • Hip-Hop Icon
    • Auteur(s): Jessica Gunderson, Patrick Kinsella, Emmett Price
    • Narrateur(s): anonymous
    • Durée: 12 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-03-03
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • In 2003, Jay-Z retired from making music. He had made award-winning albums, founded a record label, and had his own line of clothing. He walked away, but he couldn't stop writing songs....

    Prix courant: 4,03$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Radical Democratic Vision
    • Auteur(s): Barbara Ransby
    • Narrateur(s): Lisa Reneé Pitts
    • Durée: 21 h et 21 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-03-30
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • In this deeply researched biography, Barbara Ransby chronicles civil rights activist Ella Baker's long and rich political career as an organizer, an intellectual, and a teacher....

    Prix courant: 33,40$ ou 1 crédit

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    • 51 Inspiring People from Ancient Africa to Modern-Day U.S.A.
    • Auteur(s): Arlisha Norwood
    • Narrateur(s): Janina Edwards
    • Durée: 2 h et 31 min
    • Date de publication: 2024-10-08
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Meet extraordinary black heroes throughout history—biographies for kids ages 8 to 12. You’re invited to meet ancient Egyptian rulers, brilliant scientists, legendary musicians, and civil rights activists—all in the same book!

    Prix courant: 8,71$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Biography
    • Auteur(s): Elisabeth Bumiller
    • Narrateur(s): Kimberly Farr
    • Durée: 14 h et 13 min
    • Date de publication: 2007-12-11
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller peels back the layers and presents a revelatory portrait of the first Black female secretary of state and President George W. Bush's national security adviser on September 11, 2001....

    Prix courant: 26,22$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad
    • Auteur(s): Karolyn Smardz Frost
    • Narrateur(s): Karen Chilton
    • Durée: 14 h et 32 min
    • Date de publication: 2008-02-29
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 évaluations
    • Acclaimed archeologist and historian Karolyn Smardz Frost painstakingly resurrects Thornton and Lucie Blackburn⿿s perilous 1830s journey from Kentucky slavery to Canadian freedom....

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    • A Biography of Thomas Sowell
    • Auteur(s): Jason L. Riley
    • Narrateur(s): Brad Sanders
    • Durée: 7 h et 33 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-05-25
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 15 évaluations
    • In the first-ever biography of Thomas Sowell, one of America's most influential conservative social theorists, Jason L. Riley gives this iconic thinker his due and responds to the detractors....

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    • The Life of Jackie Robinson from Baseball to Birmingham
    • Auteur(s): David Falkner
    • Narrateur(s): Richard M. Davidson
    • Durée: 15 h et 6 min
    • Date de publication: 2013-03-26
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • David Falkner, noted author of five previous books about baseball, deftly portrays the rise to stardom of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play on a major-league team in baseball’s modern era....

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    • Where the Black Designers Are / A Life in Advocacy
    • Auteur(s): Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller, Crystal Williams - foreword
    • Narrateur(s): Kim Staunton
    • Durée: 4 h et 31 min
    • Date de publication: 2024-12-17
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Designer, activist, and educator Cheryl D. Holmes-Miller is legendary for her decades of scholarship and advocacy, and as a touchstone and conscience for the design profession.

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Gail Herman
    • Narrateur(s): Dominic Hoffman
    • Durée: 1 h et 1 min
    • Date de publication: 2016-02-02
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 évaluations
    • As a kid, Jackie Robinson loved sports. And why not? He was a natural at football, basketball, and, of course, baseball. But beyond athletic skill, it was his strength of character that secured his place in sports history....

    Prix courant: 8,15$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Walter Rodney
    • Narrateur(s): Ron Butler
    • Durée: 4 h et 15 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-12-02
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 évaluations
    • In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movements in North America, South America, the African continent, and the Caribbean....

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    • James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America
    • Auteur(s): Nicholas Buccola
    • Narrateur(s): Prentice Onayemi
    • Durée: 14 h et 42 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-10-01
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 évaluations
    • A remarkable story of race and the American dream, The Fire Is upon Us reveals the deep roots and lasting legacy of a conflict that continues to haunt our politics....

    Prix courant: 19,14$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Living (and Dying) While Black in America
    • Auteur(s): D. Watkins
    • Narrateur(s): Brandon Rubin
    • Durée: 4 h et 14 min
    • Date de publication: 2015-10-15
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • Watkins writes about his bleeding hometown with the razor-sharp insights of someone who bleeds along with it....

    Prix courant: 19,77$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Memoir of Race, Family Secrets, and Africadia
    • Auteur(s): George Elliott Clarke
    • Narrateur(s): George Elliott Clarke
    • Durée: 15 h et 53 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-08-24
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • Where Beauty Survived is a vibrant, revealing memoir about the cultural and familial pressures that shaped George Elliott Clarke’s early life in the Black Canadian community that he calls Africadia, centered in Halifax, Nova Scotia....

    Prix courant: 27,97$ ou 1 crédit

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