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Child of the Civil Rights Movement
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,085
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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PLEASE don't pass this book up!
- De D en 05-06-20
De: Dick Gregory, y otros
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Defining Moments in Black History
- Reading Between the Lies
- De: Dick Gregory
- Narrado por: James Shippy
- Duración: 7 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,941
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 3,420
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,421
With his trademark acerbic wit, incisive humor, and infectious paranoia, one of our foremost comedians and most politically engaged civil rights activists looks back at 100 key events from the complicated history of Black America. Defining Moments in Black History is an essential, no-holds-bar history lesson that will provoke, enlighten, and entertain.
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3 out of 5 stars
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How we see the world matters to how we tell storie
- De Adam Shields en 10-03-18
De: Dick Gregory
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Voice of Freedom
- Fannie Lou Hamer - Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
- De: Carole Boston Weatherford
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
- Duración: 33 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 41
Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President Johnson's interference, aired on national TV news and spurred the nation to support the Freedom Democrats.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History not Taught in Schools🌹
- De AnYaH2O en 02-07-19
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The Song and the Silence
- A Story About Family, Race, and What Was Revealed in a Small Town in the Mississippi Delta While Searching for Booker Wright
- De: Yvette Johnson
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 204
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 184
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 183
"Have to keep that smile", said Booker Wright in the 1966 NBC documentary Mississippi: A Self-Portrait. At the time Wright was a waiter in a Whites-only restaurant and a local business owner who would become an unwitting icon of the civil rights movement. For he did the unthinkable: Before a national audience, he described what life was truly like for the Black people of Greenwood, Mississippi.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceeded every expectation
- De ZeeJ84 en 05-23-21
De: Yvette Johnson
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The Warmth of Other Suns
- The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
- De: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 22 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 13,508
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11,933
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 11,875
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. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superior non-fiction
- De Lila en 05-20-11
De: Isabel Wilkerson
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Black Sunday
- A Novel
- De: Tola Rotimi Abraham
- Narrado por: Liz Femi, Dele Ogundiran, Miebaka Yohannes, y otros
- Duración: 7 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 39
Twin sisters Bibike and Ariyike are enjoying a relatively comfortable life in Lagos in 1996. Then their mother loses her job due to political strife, and the family, facing poverty, is drawn into the New Church, an institution led by a charismatic pastor who is not shy about worshipping earthly wealth. Soon Bibike and Ariyike's father wagers the family home on a sure bet that evaporates like smoke.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Story - Awful accents
- De Tamara C-J en 02-15-21
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Uprising
- Who the Hell Said You Can't Ditch and Switch? - The Awakening of Diamond and Silk
- De: Diamond and Silk
- Narrado por: Diamond and Silk
- Duración: 10 h y 13 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 115
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 101
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 98
Who are Diamond and Silk? Donald Trump’s biggest fans. A national treasure. A force of nature. A political awakening that can’t be stopped. And a natural antidepressant. Diamond and Silk are all that and more. The very sight and sound of these insightful and ebullient ladies lifts spirits and opens minds. Diamond and Silk are a unique phenomenon impossible to pigeonhole - or to control. And now they tell their own story for the first time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great American Story! ** GET THIS BOOK**
- De kathy en 11-06-20
De: Diamond and Silk
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My Vanishing Country
- A Memoir
- De: Bakari Sellers
- Narrado por: Bakari Sellers
- Duración: 5 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,803
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,565
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,557
What J. D. Vance did for Appalachia with Hillbilly Elegy, CNN analyst and one of the youngest state representatives in South Carolina history Bakari Sellers does for the rural South, in this important book that illuminates the lives of America’s forgotten Black working-class men and women. Part memoir, part historical and cultural analysis, My Vanishing Country is an eye-opening journey through the South's past, present, and future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What America Needs NOW!!!
- De Unknown en 05-22-20
De: Bakari Sellers
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The Black Calhouns
- From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family
- De: Gail Lumet Buckley
- Narrado por: Allyson Johnson
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 44
In The Black Calhouns, Gail Lumet Buckley - daughter of actress Lena Horne - delves deep into her family history, detailing the experiences of an extraordinary African American family from Civil War to civil rights. Beginning with her great-great-grandfather, Moses Calhoun, a house slave who used the rare advantage of his education to become a successful businessman in postwar Atlanta, Buckley follows her family's two branches: one that stayed in the South and the other that settled in Brooklyn.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Required reading for all
- De WesternCOriver en 04-14-22
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Lady Bird Johnson
- An Oral History
- De: Michael L. Gillette
- Narrado por: Corinna May
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 21
Over a span of 18 years, Lady Bird Johnson recorded 47 oral history interviews with Michael Gillette and his colleagues. These conversations, just released in 2011, form the heart of Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History, an intimate story of a shy young country girl's transformation into one of America's most effective and admired First Ladies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic
- De Syd Young en 06-01-19
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My Song
- A Memoir
- De: Harry Belafonte, Michael Shnayerson
- Narrado por: Harry Belafonte, Mirron Willis
- Duración: 19 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 139
Harry Belafonte is not just one of the greatest entertainers of our time; he has led one of the great American lives of the last century. Now, this extraordinary icon tells us the story of that life, giving us its full breadth, letting us share in the struggles, the tragedies, and, most of all, the inspiring triumphs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- De Khafre en 12-30-11
De: Harry Belafonte, y otros
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The Book of Pride
- LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World
- De: Mason Funk
- Narrado por: Mason Funk, Robin Miles, Eileen Stevens, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 184
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 162
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 161
The Book of Pride captures the true story of the gay rights movement from the 1960s to the present, through richly detailed, stunning interviews with the leaders, activists, and ordinary people who witnessed the movement and made it happen. These individuals fought battles both personal and political, often without the support of family or friends, frequently under the threat of violence and persecution.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pure Joy for EVERYONE
- De Micah D en 06-03-19
De: Mason Funk
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The Rejected Stone
- Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership
- De: Al Sharpton
- Narrado por: Al Sharpton
- Duración: 7 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 53
Lord knows, Rev Al has had his personal and very public ups and downs - but he's come out bigger and better than ever. Though the host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation is as fiery and outspoken as ever about the events and issues that matter most, he's learned that the only way we can get right as a nation is by getting right from within. In this, his first book in over a decade, Rev Al will take you behind the scenes of some unexpected places - from officiating Michael Jackson's funeral, hanging out with Jay-Z and President Barack Obama at the White House, to taking charge of the Trayvon Martin case.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Rev We Didn't Know
- De Yankee Registered Nurse en 03-21-24
De: Al Sharpton
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My Life, My Love, My Legacy
- De: Coretta Scott King, Barbara Reynolds
- Narrado por: January LaVoy, Phylicia Rashad
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 222
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 223
The life story of Coretta Scott King - wife of Martin Luther King Jr., founder of the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and singular 20th-century American civil rights activist - as told fully for the first time, toward the end of her life, to one of her closest friends. Born in 1927 to daringly enterprising Black parents in the Deep South, Coretta Scott had always felt called to a special purpose.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Inspirational memoir
- De Jean en 01-30-17
De: Coretta Scott King, y otros
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While the World Watched
- A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age During the Civil Rights Movement
- De: Carolyn Maull McKinstry
- Narrado por: Felicia Bullock
- Duración: 7 h y 53 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 67
Fifteen-year-old Carolyn Maull McKinstry was just a few feet away when the Klan - planted bomb that killed four of her friends exploded in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. It was one of the seminal moments in the Civil Rights movement, a sad day in American history…and the turning point in a young girl's life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding!
- De juanita browder en 09-03-21