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The New Negro
- The Life of Alain Locke
- By: Jeffrey C. Stewart
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 45 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 59
In The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke, Jeffrey C. Stewart offers the definitive biography of the father of the Harlem Renaissance, based on the extant primary sources of his life and on interviews with those who knew him personally. He narrates the education of Locke, including his becoming the first African American Rhodes Scholar, earning a PhD in philosophy at Harvard University, and his long career as a professor at Howard University. And yet he became most closely associated with the flowering of Black culture in Jazz Age America.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Let me guess? Locke was a gay black man?
- By Porter on 01-21-20
- The New Negro
- The Life of Alain Locke
- By: Jeffrey C. Stewart
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
Real Leadership
Reviewed: 04-11-21
Alain Locke is a unique biography about real human leadership with all its complexity and contradiction; love , envy and passion.
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Black Fatigue
- How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit
- By: Mary-Frances Winters
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 286
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 243
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Story5 out of 5 stars 241
This is the first book to define and explore Black fatigue, the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of Black people - and explain why and how society needs to collectively do more to combat its pernicious effects.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book— For Certain Audience
- By Taylor on 05-06-21
- Black Fatigue
- How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit
- By: Mary-Frances Winters
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
the Maze of the white gaze
Reviewed: 03-29-21
if you're looking for a book to discuss racism and all its various dimensions is the book. it is obvious that this book is developed by a consultant marketing the skills that will bring equity tto the corporation and it's white culture.. This book is particularly targeted to diversity training.
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Black Against Empire
- The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
- By: Joshua Bloom, Waldo E. Martin Jr.
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 685
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 587
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Story5 out of 5 stars 584
In Oakland, California, in 1966, community college students Bobby Seale and Huey Newton armed themselves, began patrolling the police, and promised to prevent police brutality. Unlike the Civil Rights Movement that called for full citizenship rights for blacks within the US, the Black Panther Party rejected the legitimacy of the US government and positioned itself as part of a global struggle against American imperialism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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the explanation of rise and fall Black Panther
- By Antwine Hurst on 03-24-17
- Black Against Empire
- The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
- By: Joshua Bloom, Waldo E. Martin Jr.
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
The homogenized version of the Black Panther
Reviewed: 03-29-21
academic research study of the pros and cons of the Black Panther Party. bunch of law Monday night quarterbacking.
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The Slave's Cause
- A History of Abolition
- By: Manisha Sinha
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
- Length: 30 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Received historical wisdom casts abolitionists as bourgeois, mostly white reformers burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism. Manisha Sinha overturns this image, broadening her scope beyond the antebellum period usually associated with abolitionism and recasting it as a radical social movement in which men and women, black and white, free and enslaved, found common ground in causes ranging from feminism and utopian socialism to anti-imperialism and efforts to defend the rights of labor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thorough, convincing and haunting
- By Roger on 07-23-17
- The Slave's Cause
- A History of Abolition
- By: Manisha Sinha
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
slavetocracy
Reviewed: 03-28-21
American labor capital, buy low sale high this is the way profits are made. Slave labor is the foundation of America. The dollar is always looking to buy, borrow or steal: land, lobor or capital. Nation States are merely the game board that so called civilizations play on.
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The Three Mothers
- How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
- By: Anna Malaika Tubbs
- Narrated by: Anna Malaika Tubbs
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 474
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 411
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 412
Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin's son James, about Alberta King's son Martin Luther, and Louise Little's son Malcolm. But virtually nothing has been said about the extraordinary women who raised them. In her groundbreaking and essential debut The Three Mothers, scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs celebrates Black motherhood by telling the story of the three women who raised and shaped some of America's most pivotal heroes.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not what I hoped for
- By Renee L. Kim on 05-03-21
- The Three Mothers
- How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
- By: Anna Malaika Tubbs
- Narrated by: Anna Malaika Tubbs
Mother's of the Movement
Reviewed: 03-02-21
Mother are the spine, the back bone, of the struggle. Like Mother Earth all life comes from and is manifested by her. There is no tomorrow without her, when her needs are being met all things are possible. Survival of the species is her internal compass. Black women are the mothers of civilization.Tubbs' account of three dynamic mothers whose parental inherents and guidance provided substantial contributions to the civil rights and human rights movement of the twentieth-century. These Black Women are the mere tip of the iceberg. There are thousands of untold "Sheroes" who stories are waiting to be told.
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Stokely: A Life
- By: Peniel E. Joseph
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Story5 out of 5 stars 130
Stokely Carmichael, the charismatic and controversial Black activist, stepped onto the pages of history when he called for "Black Power" during a speech one humid Mississippi night in 1966. Carmichael’s life changed that day, and so did America’s struggle for civil rights. "Black Power" became the slogan of an era, provoking a national reckoning on race and democracy. In Stokely, preeminent civil rights scholar Peniel E. Joseph presents a groundbreaking biography of Carmichael.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Black Power icon
- By Adam Shields on 07-20-20
- Stokely: A Life
- By: Peniel E. Joseph
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
COINTELPRO's Illegal Surveillance 🚫
Reviewed: 02-23-21
Since the inception of the Atlantic Slave Trade Africans and their descendants have been faced with continuous oppression and terrorism. Stokely and numerous others civil rights leaders life commitment to justice and equality demonstrates the measures the United States government will go to maintain White Supremacy. This biography will shed some light on resent resurgence of KKK and government's law enforcement agencies support of rights wing white supremacist.
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Assata
- By: Assata Shakur, Angela Davis - foreword
- Narrated by: Sirena Riley
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,934
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,563
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,563
In 2013 Assata Shakur, founding member of the Black Liberation Army, former Black Panther and godmother of Tupac Shakur, became the first ever woman to make the FBI's most wanted list. Assata Shakur's trial and conviction for the murder of a white State Trooper in the spring of 1973 divided America. Her case quickly became emblematic of race relations and police brutality in the USA. While Assata's detractors continue to label her a ruthless killer, her defenders cite her as the victim of a systematic, racist campaign.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Knowledge is power
- By Ashleigh Terry on 08-20-17
- Assata
- By: Assata Shakur, Angela Davis - foreword
- Narrated by: Sirena Riley
COINTELPRO Expose
Reviewed: 02-19-21
In you. want to know how far the government will go to opposed Black Power, just read this Assata Shakur.
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The Assassination of Fred Hampton
- How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther
- By: Jeffrey Haas
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 803
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 709
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Story5 out of 5 stars 704
Uncovering a cold-blooded execution at the hands of a conspiring police force, this engaging account relentlessly pursues the murderers of Black Panther Fred Hampton. Documenting the entire 14-year process of bringing the killers to justice, this chronicle also depicts the 18-month court trial in detail. Revealing Hampton himself in a new light, this examination presents him as a dynamic community leader whose dedication to his people and to the truth inspired the young lawyers of the People's Law Office.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible narrator for a great story!!!
- By D. Rolland on 11-06-20
- The Assassination of Fred Hampton
- How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther
- By: Jeffrey Haas
- Narrated by: George Newbern
How The Second Amendment Is Denied
Reviewed: 02-17-21
Throughout the history of African Americans attempt to be granted full citizens the Second Amendment has been the most threatening to White Supremacy. The Second Amendment was specifically designed to protect citizens from government tyranny, which is government slavery and persecution by another name.
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The Dead Are Arising
- The Life of Malcolm X
- By: Les Payne, Tamara Payne
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 620
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 539
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Story5 out of 5 stars 536
An epic biography of Malcolm X finally emerges, drawing on hundreds of hours of the author's interviews, rewriting much of the known narrative.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Much more depth than the Haley book.
- By CapitalHeel on 11-03-20
- The Dead Are Arising
- The Life of Malcolm X
- By: Les Payne, Tamara Payne
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
Malcolm Leaves
Reviewed: 02-13-21
The questions that Malcolm pursued during his life have yet to be answered. It is left to the living to answer the questions our ancestors ponder. May we accept the challenge and be as courageous as Malcolm in seeking to find the answers.
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Manchild in the Promised Land
- By: Claude Brown
- Narrated by: Cary Hite
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 208
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 185
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Story5 out of 5 stars 184
Published during a literary era marked by the ascendance of Black writers such as Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Alex Haley, this thinly fictionalized account of Claude Brown’s childhood as a hardened, streetwise criminal trying to survive the toughest streets of Harlem has been heralded as the definitive account of everyday life for the first generation of African Americans raised in the Northern ghettos of the 1940s and 1950s.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful and revealing
- By Anonymous User on 05-20-20
- Manchild in the Promised Land
- By: Claude Brown
- Narrated by: Cary Hite
The History of Harlem
Reviewed: 02-02-21
Claud Brown bring Harlem streets to life,especially the early drug culture. The struggle Black people faced in the segregated north. How limited opportunities forced young boys to take risks in an attempt to break out of poverty.
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