African American Women Studies

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    • Black Women and Feminism (2nd Edition)
    • Written by: bell hooks
    • Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
    • Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 2019-03-12
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • A classic work of feminist scholarship, Ain't I a Woman has become a must for all those interested in the nature of Black womanhood....

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    • Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle
    • Written by: Katherine McKittrick
    • Narrated by: Machelle Williams
    • Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 2020-09-29
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • In a long overdue contribution to geography and social theory, Katherine McKittrick offers a new and powerful interpretation of Black women's geographic thought. In Canada, the Caribbean, and the United States, Black women inhabit diasporic locations marked by the legacy of violence....

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    • Written by: Gail Lukasik PhD, Kenyatta D. Berry - foreword
    • Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
    • Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 2018-02-27
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • 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....

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    • Written by: Rebecca Skloot
    • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 2010-02-02
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 208 ratings
    • Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells - taken without her knowledge - became one of the most important tools in medicine....

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    • The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk
    • Written by: Delores S. Williams, Katie G. Cannon - Foreword by
    • Narrated by: Machelle Williams
    • Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 2021-08-17
    • Language: English
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    • In this landmark work of emerging African American womanist theology, Delores Williams finds in the biblical figure of Hagar-mother of Ishmael, cast into the desert by Abraham and Sarah, but protected by God - a prototype for the struggle of African-American women....

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    • Laws of Leadership for Black Women
    • Written by: Elaine Brown, Marsha Haygood, Rhonda McLean
    • Narrated by: Shari Peele
    • Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 2010-06-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Three powerful African-American female executives celebrate their gender and heritage as they share their secrets for success in this effective guide for businesswomen....

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    • Power and Politics in the Civil War South
    • Written by: Stephanie McCurry
    • Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
    • Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 2018-12-28
    • Language: English
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    • The story of the Confederate States of America has been told many times in heroic narratives. Now, however, Stephanie McCurry tells a different tale. Confederate Reckoning is the story of this political battle in which women and slaves helped to decide the fate of the Confederacy....

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    • Black Women’s Digital Resistance
    • Written by: Moya Bailey
    • Narrated by: Moya Bailey
    • Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 2021-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • When Moya Bailey first coined the term misogynoir, she defined it as the ways anti-Black and misogynistic representation shape broader ideas about Black women, particularly in visual culture and digital spaces....

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    • The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
    • Written by: Margot Lee Shetterly
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 2016-09-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
    • The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space....

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    • A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
    • Written by: James McBride
    • Narrated by: JD Jackson, Susan Denaker
    • Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 2014-09-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • The Color of Water touches listeners of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son....

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    • Passionate Politics
    • Written by: bell hooks
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 2017-11-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 83 ratings
    • What is feminism?

      In this short, accessible primer, Bell Hooks explores the nature of feminism and its positive promise to eliminate sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. With her....

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    • Women, Slavery & Resistance
    • Written by: Stella Abasa Dadzie
    • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 2020-10-20
    • Language: English
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    • In A Kick in the Belly, Stella Dadzie follows the evidence and finds women played a distinctly female role in the development of a culture of slave resistance - a role that was not just central, but downright dynamic....

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    • Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero
    • Written by: Kate Clifford Larson
    • Narrated by: Pam Ward
    • Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 2015-11-12
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Harriet Tubman is one of the giants of American history - a fearless visionary who led scores of her fellow slaves to freedom and battled courageously behind enemy lines....

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    • 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America
    • Written by: Karen Arrington
    • Narrated by: L. Malaika Cooper
    • Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
    • Release date: 2021-03-30
    • Language: English
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    • Channel your Black-girl magic: If you're feeling stuck or trapped by other people's expectations of what you can achieve, it's time to stop playing small and start redefining what success can mean for you....

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    • Written by: Issa Rae
    • Narrated by: Issa Rae
    • Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 2015-02-10
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 105 ratings
    • "My name is 'J' and I'm awkward--and Black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be."....

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    • Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth
    • Written by: Dána-Ain Davis
    • Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 2021-03-16
    • Language: English
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    • Black women have higher rates of premature birth than other women in America. This cannot be simply explained by economic factors, with poorer women lacking resources or access to care. Even professional, middle-class Black women are at a much higher risk of premature birth....

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    • Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World
    • Written by: Jessica Marie Johnson
    • Narrated by: Machelle Williams
    • Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 2021-03-09
    • Language: English
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    • In Wicked Flesh, Jessica Marie Johnson explores the nature of complicated intimate and kinship ties and how they were used by Black women to construct freedom in the Atlantic world....

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    • Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval
    • Written by: Saidiya Hartman
    • Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 2019-04-09
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Saidiya Hartman examines the revolution of black intimate life that unfolded in Philadelphia and New York at the beginning of the 20th century. Free love, common-law and transient marriages, queer relations, and single motherhood were among the sweeping changes....

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