About This Collection
From groundbreaking original audio dramas to engaging bios and memoirs to timeless literary fiction, these evocative listens explore the diverse talents, experiences, and histories of Black writers, creators, activists, artists, and performers.-
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Negroland
- A Memoir
- By: Margo Jefferson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- unabridged
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Overall473
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Performance421
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Story423
At once incendiary and icy, mischievous and provocative, celebratory and elegiac - here is a deeply felt meditation on race, sex, and American culture....
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Tell the Story
- By Stephanie G. Lewis (she,her)
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Negroland
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 11-19-15
- Language: English
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An Unkindness of Ghosts
- By: Rivers Solomon
- Narrated by: Cherise Boothe
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- unabridged
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Overall1965
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Performance1768
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Story1766
Aster lives in the low-deck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South....
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Kindly Listen to this Book
- By Tonja D. Hammel
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An Unkindness of Ghosts
- Narrated by: Cherise Boothe
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 10-03-17
- Language: English
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Proof of Love
- By: Chisa Hutchinson
- Narrated by: Brenda Pressley
- Length: 1 hrs and 6 mins
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Overall11541
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Performance10444
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Story10395
Constance thought she had a happy life and a loving husband. Suddenly, a tragic accident splinters her upper-class black family - and forces Constance to face uncomfortable truths about her marriage and herself....
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Great work
- By Camille
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Proof of Love
- Narrated by: Brenda Pressley
- Length: 1 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 07-04-19
- Language: English
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Everybody Loves Kamau!
- The Real Thing collection
- By: W. Kamau Bell
- Narrated by: W. Kamau Bell
- Length: 47 mins
- unabridged
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Overall469
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Performance415
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Story413
Kamau and Melissa’s love was real. But so was her grandfather’s prejudice. In this funny, moving essay, W. Kamau Bell, the host of CNN’s United Shades of America, shares his very personal story of culture clash, family tradition, and racial bias....
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W Kamau Bell is Brilliant
- By Stacy
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Everybody Loves Kamau!
- The Real Thing collection
- Narrated by: W. Kamau Bell
- Series: The Real Thing Collection
- Length: 47 mins
- Release date: 05-28-18
- Language: English
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Up from Slavery
- By: Booker T. Washington
- Narrated by: Noah Waterman
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- unabridged
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Overall5819
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Performance5145
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Story5124
Booker T. Washington fought his way out of slavery to become an educator, statesman, political shaper and proponent of the "do it yourself" idea....
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Excellent Autobiography! Highly Recommend
- By twyla
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Up from Slavery
- Narrated by: Noah Waterman
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 06-21-01
- Language: English
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Girl, Woman, Other
- By: Bernardine Evaristo
- Narrated by: Anna-Maria Nabirye
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- unabridged
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Overall3303
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Performance2887
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Story2878
From one of Britain's most celebrated writers of color, Girl, Woman, Other is a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of Black British women....
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The best novel you will listen to this year
- By M. K. Muirhead
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Girl, Woman, Other
- Narrated by: Anna-Maria Nabirye
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 11-12-19
- Language: English
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Half Light
- By: Tayari Jones
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 1 hrs and 20 mins
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Overall4380
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Performance3947
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Story3921
Identical twins Amelia and Camelia Hall were born with the same face, and that’s about it. But the bond between the sisters is deep and unshakable....
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Charming Tale
- By Regina
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Half Light
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Series: Audible Original Stories
- Length: 1 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 08-31-20
- Language: English
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The N Word
- Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why
- By: Jabari Asim
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- unabridged
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Overall309
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Performance264
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Story265
In 2003, the book Nigger started an intense conversation about the uses and implications of that epithet....
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heading (optional)
- By Nancy Parks
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The N Word
- Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 04-26-07
- Language: English
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Sour Hall
- By: Laura Kirwan-Ashman
- Length: Not Yet Known
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Overall154
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Performance138
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Story137
When George inherits her family farm it’s supposed to be a new start for her and her partner Ash, an escape from the chaotic pace of Manchester life and the traumatic incident that’s casting a shadow over their relationship....
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Weird story, good performance
- By Everett A Fischer
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Sour Hall
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 01-14-21
- Language: English
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Animals
- By: Stacy Osei-Kuffour
- Narrated by: William Jackson Harper, Jason Butler Harner, Madeline Brewer, Aja Naomi King
- Length: 1 hrs and 49 mins
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Overall470
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Performance425
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Story422
Lydia (Aja Naomi King) and Henry (Jason Butler Harner)’s dinner guests (Madeline Brewer and William Jackson Harper) are about to arrive when Henry’s spontaneous marriage proposal threatens to burn the evening to a crisp....
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The lies they tell themselves
- By Lauren B
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Animals
- Narrated by: William Jackson Harper, Jason Butler Harner, Madeline Brewer, Aja Naomi King
- Length: 1 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 12-17-20
- Language: English
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Malcolm and Me
- By: Ishmael Reed
- Narrated by: Ishmael Reed
- Length: 1 hrs and 38 mins
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Overall4563
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Performance3955
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Story3928
In 1960, Ishmael Reed, then an aspiring young writer, interviewed Malcolm X for a local radio station in Buffalo, and the encounter cost Reed his job and changed his life. In Malcolm and Me, Reed reveals a side of Malcolm X the public has never seen before....
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not as much as Malcolm X as I hoped.
- By Steven
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Malcolm and Me
- Narrated by: Ishmael Reed
- Length: 1 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 01-30-20
- Language: English
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So You Want to Talk About Race
- By: Ijeoma Oluo
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- unabridged
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Overall9672
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Performance8407
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Story8331
A current, constructive, and actionable exploration of today's racial landscape, offering straightforward clarity that listeners of all races need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide....
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Black People!
- By jroach
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So You Want to Talk About Race
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 01-16-18
- Language: English
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Good Grief
- By: Ngozi Anyanwu
- Narrated by: Nnamdi Asomugha, Ngozi Anyanwu, Oberon K.A. Adjepong, Lisa Ramirez, Patrice Johnson Chevannes, Hunter Parrish, Ian Quinlan
- Length: 1 hrs and 31 mins
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Overall580
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Performance538
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Story536
Nkechi was a good Nigerian American girl. She did everything right. Went to med school. Made plans. Then life happened. And plans changed....
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Immersive Storytelling!
- By SHUREE
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Good Grief
- Narrated by: Nnamdi Asomugha, Ngozi Anyanwu, Oberon K.A. Adjepong, Lisa Ramirez, Patrice Johnson Chevannes, Hunter Parrish, Ian Quinlan
- Length: 1 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 10-15-20
- Language: English
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Teach Me
- Romey University, Book 1
- By: Alexandria House
- Narrated by: Jakobi Diem, Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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Overall5371
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Performance4907
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Story4888
Stable, safe, predictable—all words that aptly describe Professor Nadia Day’s life. The last thing she would ever do is rock the boat. Then retired football player and single dad, Nathan Moore, walks into her psychology classroom, all fine and dreadlocked....
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What up ther na
- By Z
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Teach Me
- Romey University, Book 1
- Narrated by: Jakobi Diem, Adenrele Ojo
- Series: Romey University, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 10-29-19
- Language: English
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Passing
- By: Nella Larsen
- Narrated by: Tessa Thompson
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
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Overall2896
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Performance2562
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Story2555
Light-skinned Black woman Irene Redfield encounters an old childhood friend - Clare - who is now "passing" as a White woman. Clare is married to a racist White man, who doesn't know she has African American blood....
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Pass on Passing (Don’t)
- By sjcbrown
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Passing
- Narrated by: Tessa Thompson
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 12-31-20
- Language: English
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In Search of Black History with Bonnie Greer
- By: Bonnie Greer
- Length: Not Yet Known
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Overall1238
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Performance1146
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Story1137
In Search Of Black History with Bonnie Greer brings you face-to-face with the people you n....
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Excellent body of work!
- By Guillermo Perry
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In Search of Black History with Bonnie Greer
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 12-19-19
- Language: English
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The History of Sketch Comedy
- A Journey Through the Art and Craft of Humor With Keegan-Michael Key
- By: Elle Key, Keegan-Michael Key
- Narrated by: Keegan-Michael Key
- Length: Not Yet Known
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Overall723
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Performance692
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Story687
From the beginning of time, there have been many monumental questions that have perplexed the human race....
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Well worth a listen. Funny and good formatting.
- By Joey Duncan
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The History of Sketch Comedy
- A Journey Through the Art and Craft of Humor With Keegan-Michael Key
- Narrated by: Keegan-Michael Key
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 01-04-21
- Language: English
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Refresh
- By: Salim Lemelle
- Narrated by: Kevin Free
- Length: 36 mins
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Overall822
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Performance741
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Story742
Refresh is an explosive, powerful short story about a near-future dystopia in which citizens can commodify every waking moment of their lives with computer-generated augmented reality....
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Brilliant story!
- By Moose S
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Refresh
- Narrated by: Kevin Free
- Series: Audible Original Stories
- Length: 36 mins
- Release date: 01-07-21
- Language: English
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The Mountain and the Sea
- By: Kwame Dawes
- Narrated by: Paula-Anne Jones
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
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Overall7747
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Performance6818
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Story6793
Esther, a painter living in Jamaica and recovering from the death of her husband, comes across a man on a mountain road with no memory of his past. As a hurricane rushes towards the island, she shelters the handsome stranger and names him “Monty”....
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Pornography
- By Randall
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The Mountain and the Sea
- Narrated by: Paula-Anne Jones
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 04-02-20
- Language: English
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Mind Power Mixtape
- By: Common
- Narrated by: Common
- Length: Not Yet Known
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Overall111
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Performance97
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Story97
How do you expand the power of your mind? How do you find your purpose? How can you change your life- and the world? In his new podcast, The Mind Power Mixtape, Oscar, Emmy and Grammy-winning rapper Common conducts a series of illuminating and exciting conversations....
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He’s wonderful...
- By Tristan
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Mind Power Mixtape
- Narrated by: Common
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 11-19-20
- Language: English
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