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The History of Institutionalized Racism and Oppression

There’s no denying the long and deep-rooted history of racism and inequality throughout America’s history. From the history of stolen and devalued Black labor to the legislative roadblocks and redlining that have intensified racial inequality, these listens uncover some of the many systemic injustices and crimes against the Black community that have gone unchecked and remained unchanged throughout American history.
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Stamped from the Beginning

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Principles
By Ibram X. Kendi
Narrated by Christopher Dontrell Piper
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Some Americans cling desperately to the myth that we are living in a post-racial society....

The New Jim Crow

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Principles
By Michelle Alexander
Narrated by Karen Chilton
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Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project....

Medical Apartheid

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Principles
By Harriet A. Washington
Narrated by Ron Butler
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Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans....

There Are No Children Here

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Principles
By Alex Kotlowitz
Narrated by Dion Graham
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This New York Public Library selection as one of the 150 most important books of the 20th century is a true-life portrait of growing up in the Chicago projects....

The Black and the Blue

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Principles
By Matthew Horace, Ron Harris
Narrated by Matthew Horace
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Timely and provocative, The Black and The Blue sheds light on what truly goes on behind the blue line....

The Warmth of Other Suns

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Principles
By Isabel Wilkerson
Narrated by Robin Miles, Ken Burns (introduction)
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In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history....

From Here to Equality

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Principles
By William A. Darity Jr., A. Kirsten Mullen
Narrated by JD Jackson
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Racism and discrimination have choked economic opportunity for African Americans at nearly every turn. At several historic moments, the trajectory of racial inequality could have been altered dramatically....

100:1 The Crack Legacy

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Principles
By Audible Originals, Christopher Johnson
Narrated by Christopher Johnson
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100:1 The Crack Legacy investigates the war on crack in the mid-1980s and the devastation left in its wake....

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace

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Principles
By Jeff Hobbs
Narrated by George Newbern
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A heartfelt, and riveting biography of the short life of a talented young man who escapes the slums of Newark for Yale University only to succumb to the dangers of the streets....

The Color of Law

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Principles
By Richard Rothstein
Narrated by Adam Grupper
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In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation....

Slavery's Capitalism

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Principles
By Sven Beckert - editor, Seth Rockman - editor
Narrated by William Hughes, Kevin Kenerly, Bahni Turpin, Pam Ward, Ron Butler
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During the 19th century, the United States entered the ranks of the world's most advanced economies. At the same time, the nation sustained a brutal system of human bondage....

Defining Moments in Black History

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Principles
By Dick Gregory
Narrated by James Shippy
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An engaging look at black life that offers insightful commentary on the intricate history of the African American people....

The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist

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Principles
By Radley Balko, Tucker Carrington, John Grisham - foreword
Narrated by Robert Fass
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In The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist, Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington write a true story of Southern Gothic horror - of two innocent men wrongly convicted of vicious crimes....

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