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    The 1619 Project Audiobook By Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, Caitlin Roper - editor, Ilena Silverman - edi
    • The 1619 Project

    • A New Origin Story
    • By: Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, Caitlin Roper - editor, and others
    • Narrated by: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Full Cast
    • Length: 18 hrs and 57 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 3,939
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 3,478
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 3,462

    A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Comprehensive and Cutting

    • By Thomas Ray on 12-30-21
    The 1619 Project

    By: Nikole Hannah-Jones, and others

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X Audiobook By Malcolm X, Alex Haley cover art
    • The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    • As Told to Alex Haley
    • By: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
    • Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne
    • Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 11,284
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 10,046
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 9,991

    In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Audible Masterpiece

    • By Phoenician on 09-10-20
    The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    By: Malcolm X, and others

    The Warmth of Other Suns Audiobook By Isabel Wilkerson cover art
    • The Warmth of Other Suns

    • The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
    • By: Isabel Wilkerson
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 22 hrs and 40 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 12,833
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 11,348
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 11,292

    From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Superior non-fiction

    • By Lila on 05-20-11
    The Warmth of Other Suns

    By: Isabel Wilkerson

    Unmasking Autism Audiobook By Devon Price cover art
    • Unmasking Autism

    • Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
    • By: Devon Price
    • Narrated by: Devon Price
    • Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1,062
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 937
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 929

    In Unmasking Autism, Dr. Devon Price shares their personal experience with masking and blends history, social science research, prescriptions, and personal profiles to tell a story of neurodivergence that has thus far been dominated by those on the outside looking....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Disappointing

    • By Debra M. Givin on 11-12-22
    Unmasking Autism

    By: Devon Price

    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Audiobook By Rebecca Skloot cover art
    • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    • By: Rebecca Skloot
    • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 16,182
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 13,292
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 13,334

    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....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • The Secret Life of an American Cancer Cell

    • By Cynthia on 08-10-13
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    By: Rebecca Skloot

    How the Word Is Passed Audiobook By Clint Smith cover art
    • How the Word Is Passed

    • A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
    • By: Clint Smith
    • Narrated by: Clint Smith
    • Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 3,301
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 2,964
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 2,950

    Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the listener on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not—that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's history.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Sincerely grateful read

    • By Kelvin Dixon on 06-08-21
    How the Word Is Passed

    By: Clint Smith

    The 1619 Project Audiobook By Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, Caitlin Roper - editor, Ilena Silverman - edi
    • The 1619 Project

    • A New Origin Story
    • By: Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, Caitlin Roper - editor, and others
    • Narrated by: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Full Cast
    • Length: 18 hrs and 57 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 3,939
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 3,478
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 3,462

    A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Comprehensive and Cutting

    • By Thomas Ray on 12-30-21
    The 1619 Project

    By: Nikole Hannah-Jones, and others

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X Audiobook By Malcolm X, Alex Haley cover art
    • The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    • As Told to Alex Haley
    • By: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
    • Narrated by: Laurence Fishburne
    • Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 11,284
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 10,046
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 9,991

    In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Audible Masterpiece

    • By Phoenician on 09-10-20
    The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    By: Malcolm X, and others

    The Warmth of Other Suns Audiobook By Isabel Wilkerson cover art
    • The Warmth of Other Suns

    • The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
    • By: Isabel Wilkerson
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 22 hrs and 40 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 12,833
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 11,348
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 11,292

    From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Superior non-fiction

    • By Lila on 05-20-11
    The Warmth of Other Suns

    By: Isabel Wilkerson

    Unmasking Autism Audiobook By Devon Price cover art
    • Unmasking Autism

    • Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
    • By: Devon Price
    • Narrated by: Devon Price
    • Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1,062
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 937
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 929

    In Unmasking Autism, Dr. Devon Price shares their personal experience with masking and blends history, social science research, prescriptions, and personal profiles to tell a story of neurodivergence that has thus far been dominated by those on the outside looking....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • Disappointing

    • By Debra M. Givin on 11-12-22
    Unmasking Autism

    By: Devon Price

    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Audiobook By Rebecca Skloot cover art
    • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    • By: Rebecca Skloot
    • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 16,182
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 13,292
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 13,334

    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....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • The Secret Life of an American Cancer Cell

    • By Cynthia on 08-10-13
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    By: Rebecca Skloot

    How the Word Is Passed Audiobook By Clint Smith cover art
    • How the Word Is Passed

    • A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
    • By: Clint Smith
    • Narrated by: Clint Smith
    • Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 3,301
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 2,964
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 2,950

    Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the listener on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not—that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's history.

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Sincerely grateful read

    • By Kelvin Dixon on 06-08-21
    How the Word Is Passed

    By: Clint Smith

    Gay Bar Audiobook By Jeremy Atherton Lin cover art
    • Gay Bar

    • Why We Went Out
    • By: Jeremy Atherton Lin
    • Narrated by: Jeremy Atherton Lin
    • Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 172
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 155
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 154

     

    In the era of Grindr and same-sex marriage, gay bars are closing down at an alarming rate. What, then, was the gay bar? Set between Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London, Gay Bar takes us on a time-traveling, transatlantic bar hop through pulsing nightclubs....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Gay Bar : A Review

    • By Anonymous User on 05-17-21
    Gay Bar

    By: Jeremy Atherton Lin

    Visual Thinking Audiobook By Temple Grandin cover art
    • Visual Thinking

    • The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
    • By: Temple Grandin
    • Narrated by: Andrea Gallo, Temple Grandin
    • Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 84
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 76
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 74

     

    A quarter of a century after her memoir, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Temple Grandin—the “anthropologist from Mars,” as Oliver Sacks dubbed her—transforms our awareness of the different ways our brains are wired....

    • 2 out of 5 stars
    • Too much focus on productivity and capitalist return; a lot of “I’m better” undertones

    • By William on 01-02-23
    Visual Thinking

    By: Temple Grandin

    The Audacity of Hope Audiobook By Barack Obama cover art
    • The Audacity of Hope

    • Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
    • By: Barack Obama
    • Narrated by: Barack Obama
    • Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
    • Abridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,601
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 6,741
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 6,697

    In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • My Fellow Conservatives, Give This A Listen

    • By Dallas D.L. on 02-12-15
    The Audacity of Hope

    By: Barack Obama

    Hidden Figures Audiobook By Margot Lee Shetterly cover art
    • Hidden Figures

    • The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
    • By: Margot Lee Shetterly
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 9,446
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,433
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,457

    The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great Story of a History Obscured

    • By Cynthia on 09-18-16
    Hidden Figures

    By: Margot Lee Shetterly

    Stay True Audiobook By Hua Hsu cover art
    • Stay True

    • A Memoir
    • By: Hua Hsu
    • Narrated by: Hua Hsu
    • Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 270
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 239
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 238

    In the eyes of eighteen-year-old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken—with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his fraternity—is that he is exactly like everyone else. But despite his first impressions, Hua and Ken become friends....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • At the end, this book is about friendships

    • By rosalinda lam on 10-31-22
    Stay True

    By: Hua Hsu

    The Fire Next Time Audiobook By James Baldwin cover art
    • The Fire Next Time

    • By: James Baldwin
    • Narrated by: Jesse L. Martin
    • Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 8,549
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 7,358
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 7,309

    James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil-rights movement with his eloquent manifesto....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Sad and moving and powerful and beautiful

    • By Darwin8u on 09-17-15
    The Fire Next Time

    By: James Baldwin

    NeuroTribes Audiobook By Steve Silberman cover art
    • NeuroTribes

    • The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
    • By: Steve Silberman
    • Narrated by: William Hughes
    • Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,463
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,170
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,161

    What is autism: a lifelong disability or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth it is both of these things and more....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • The long hard road to proper identity on the Autistic spectrum.

    • By Lorijorn on 10-29-15
    NeuroTribes

    By: Steve Silberman

    Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Audiobook By Beverly Daniel Tatum cover art
    • Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

    • And Other Conversations About Race
    • By: Beverly Daniel Tatum
    • Narrated by: Beverly Daniel Tatum
    • Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,177
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,860
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,836

    The classic, New York Times best-selling book on the psychology of racism that shows us how to talk about race in America. Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups....

    • 1 out of 5 stars
    • Key Takeaway: Everything is White People's Fault

    • By David Larson on 09-07-17
    Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

    By: Beverly Daniel Tatum

    Call Me by Your Name Audiobook By André Aciman cover art
    • Call Me by Your Name

    • A Novel
    • By: André Aciman
    • Narrated by: Armie Hammer
    • Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 13,193
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 12,005
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 11,977

    Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Amazing.

    • By Nico L. on 10-07-17
    Call Me by Your Name

    By: André Aciman

    The Souls of Black Folk Audiobook By W. E. B. Du Bois cover art
    • The Souls of Black Folk

    • By: W. E. B. Du Bois
    • Narrated by: Mirron Willis
    • Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,038
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,744
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,742

    "The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line,” writes Du Bois....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Essays of 'life and love and strife and failure'

    • By ESK on 02-08-13
    The Souls of Black Folk

    By: W. E. B. Du Bois

    The Other Wes Moore Audiobook By Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley - afterword cover art
    • The Other Wes Moore

    • One Name, Two Fates
    • By: Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley - afterword
    • Narrated by: Wes Moore
    • Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,069
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,593
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,605

    The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his. In December 2000, the Baltimore Sun ran a small piece about Wes Moore, a local student who had just received a Rhodes Scholarship....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Insightful lesson in self-determination

    • By Aneesah on 02-04-13
    The Other Wes Moore

    By: Wes Moore, and others

    Giovanni's Room Audiobook By James Baldwin cover art
    • Giovanni's Room

    • By: James Baldwin
    • Narrated by: Dan Butler
    • Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,298
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,030
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,034

    Set in the 1950’s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Baldwin: sensational. Butler: great. One caveat.

    • By Music Man on 06-28-14
    Giovanni's Room

    By: James Baldwin

    You Sound Like a White Girl Audiobook By Julissa Arce cover art
    • You Sound Like a White Girl

    • The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
    • By: Julissa Arce
    • Narrated by: Julissa Arce
    • Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 327
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 291
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 290

    Bestselling author Julissa Arce brings listeners a powerful polemic against the myth that assimilation leads to happiness and belonging for immigrants in America....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Thank you!

    • By mexime on 09-01-22
    You Sound Like a White Girl

    By: Julissa Arce

    The Need to Be Whole Audiobook By Wendell Berry cover art
    • The Need to Be Whole

    • By: Wendell Berry
    • Narrated by: Nick Offerman
    • Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 43
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 40
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 40

    The Need to Be Whole continues the work Wendell Berry began in The Hidden Wound (1970) and The Unsettling of America (1977), demanding a careful exploration of this hard, shared truth: The wealth of the mighty few governing this nation has been built on the unpaid labor of others....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Necessary Reading for These Troubled Times

    • By Jane Vandenburgh on 11-05-22
    The Need to Be Whole

    By: Wendell Berry

    The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl Audiobook By Issa Rae cover art
    • The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

    • By: Issa Rae
    • Narrated by: Issa Rae
    • Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 8,824
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,667
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 7,624

    "My name is 'J' and I'm awkward--and Black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be."....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Loved

    • By Jamila on 02-25-15
    The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

    By: Issa Rae

    Wolfsong Audiobook By TJ Klune cover art
    • Wolfsong

    • By: TJ Klune
    • Narrated by: Kirt Graves
    • Length: 18 hrs and 40 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,857
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,644
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,643

    Ox was 23 when murder came to town and tore a hole in his head and heart....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Heartbreakingly beautiful

    • By Meg on 10-08-16
    Wolfsong

    By: TJ Klune

    The Devil's Highway Audiobook By Luis Alberto Urrea cover art
    • The Devil's Highway

    • A True Story
    • By: Luis Alberto Urrea
    • Narrated by: Luis Alberto Urrea
    • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,312
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,173
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,171

    Brilliant investigative reporting of what went wrong when, in May 2001, a group of 26 men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of Southern Arizona....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • My Favorite Author to Listen to

    • By C. F. Eastman on 03-08-18
    The Devil's Highway

    By: Luis Alberto Urrea

    Barracoon Audiobook By Zora Neale Hurston cover art
    • Barracoon

    • The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
    • By: Zora Neale Hurston
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,275
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,883
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,871

    A major literary event: a never-before-published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God that brilliantly illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of one of the last known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade....

    • 3 out of 5 stars
    • skip the introduction!

    • By Earin on 10-16-18
    Barracoon

    By: Zora Neale Hurston

    Bet on Black Audiobook By Eboni K. Williams cover art
    • Bet on Black

    • The Good News About Being Black in America Today
    • By: Eboni K. Williams
    • Narrated by: Eboni K. Williams
    • Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 59
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 55
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 55

    As Williams says in her RHONY tagline, “I’ve had to work twice as hard for half as much, but now I’m coming for everything.” And in Bet on Black, Williams invites her listeners to join her on the quest to show the world what Black excellence really means....

    • 4 out of 5 stars
    • Powerful and inspiring

    • By cde on 03-23-23
    Bet on Black

    By: Eboni K. Williams

    Being Heumann Audiobook By Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner cover art
    • Being Heumann

    • An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
    • By: Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner
    • Narrated by: Ali Stroker
    • Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 461
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 395
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 393

    A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism - from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington - Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • A must read for everyone

    • By Christopher A Cawthon on 09-28-20
    Being Heumann

    By: Judith Heumann, and others

    Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings Audiobook By Tyler Perry cover art
    • Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings

    • By: Tyler Perry
    • Narrated by: Tyler Perry
    • Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,859
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,508
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,502

    Here's "Madea" Mabel Simmons telling her own story, dishing her memoirs and hard-won, hilarious wisdom in her own inimitable voice (with a little help from her friend Tyler Perry)....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • Absolutely Hysterical

    • By Elijah Mathew smith on 08-20-07
    Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings

    By: Tyler Perry

    Nigger Audiobook By Dick Gregory, Dr. Christian Gregory - introduction, Robert Lipsyte cover art
    • Nigger

    • An Autobiography
    • By: Dick Gregory, Dr. Christian Gregory - introduction, Robert Lipsyte
    • Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi, Dr. Christian Gregory
    • Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 1,139
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 1,012
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 1,004

    Fifty-five years ago, in 1964, an incredibly honest and revealing memoir by one of the America's best-loved comedians and activists, Dick Gregory, was published. With a shocking title and breathtaking writing, Dick Gregory defined a genre and changed the way race was discussed in America....

    • 5 out of 5 stars
    • PLEASE don't pass this book up!

    • By D on 05-06-20
    Nigger

    By: Dick Gregory, and others

    Blackout Audiobook By Candace Owens, Larry Elder cover art
    • Blackout

    • How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
    • By: Candace Owens, Larry Elder
    • Narrated by: Candace Owens, Larry Elder
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