African American Womens History

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    • Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
    • By: Keeanga -Yamahtta Taylor
    • Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
    • Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 20-03-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • The Combahee River Collective, a path-breaking group of radical black feminists, was one of the most important organizations to develop out of the antiracist and women's liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s....

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    • The Untold Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
    • By: Margot Lee Shetterly
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 06-09-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 302 ratings
    • Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA's African American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America's space program....

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    • Poems to Empower
    • By: Zetta Elliott
    • Narrated by: Channie Waites
    • Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
    • Release date: 14-01-20
    • Language: English
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    • Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Forum, these poems pay tribute to victims of police brutality as well as the activists insisting that Black Lives Matter. Elliott engages poets from the past two centuries to create a chorus of voices....

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    • A Radical Democratic Vision
    • By: Barbara Ransby
    • Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
    • Length: 21 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 30-03-21
    • Language: English
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    • In this deeply researched biography, Barbara Ransby chronicles civil rights activist Ella Baker's long and rich political career as an organizer, an intellectual, and a teacher....

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    • Penguin Modern Classics
    • By: Angela Y. Davis
    • Narrated by: Angela Y. Davis, Natalie Simpson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 15-04-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
    • Ranging from the age of slavery to contemporary injustices, this groundbreaking history of race, gender and class inequality by the radical political activist Angela Davis offers an alternative view of female struggles for liberation....

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    • Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics
    • By: Anastasia C. Curwood
    • Narrated by: Gina Daniels
    • Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 10-01-23
    • Language: English
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    • Shaking up New York and national politics by becoming the first African American congresswoman and, later, the first Black major-party presidential candidate, Shirley Chisholm left an indelible mark as an "unbought and unbossed" firebrand and a leader in politics for meaningful change....

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    • By: A'Lelia Bundles
    • Narrated by: Karen Chilton
    • Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
    • Release date: 15-04-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Madam C. J. Walker was beloved within her community for her philanthropy and expanding the local black YMCA, but she couldn't have done that if she weren't the first female self-made millionaire and one of the most successful African American business owners ever....

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    • African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement
    • By: Janet Dewart Bell
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles, Karen Chilton
    • Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 29-05-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • In Lighting the Fires of Freedom Janet Dewart Bell shines a light on women’s all-too-often overlooked achievements in the Movement. Through wide-ranging conversations with nine women, we hear what ignited and fueled their activism, as Bell vividly captures their inspiring voices....

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    • ReVisioning American History, Book 5
    • By: Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross
    • Narrated by: Janina Edwards
    • Series: ReVisioning History
    • Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 04-02-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • In centering Black women’s stories, two award-winning historians seek both to empower African American women and to show their allies that Black women’s unique ability to make their own communities while combatting centuries of oppression is an essential component in our continued resistance....

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    • By: Harriet Ann Jacobs
    • Narrated by: Mia Ellis
    • Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 26-12-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
    • Harriet Ann Jacob's autobiography documents her life as a slave and how she attained freedom. Harrowing in its descriptions of sexual abuse, Jacob's slave narrative is notable for the appeal it made to abolitionist women to open their eyes to the realities of slavery....

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    • Women, Slavery & Resistance
    • By: Stella Abasa Dadzie
    • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 20-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • In A Kick in the Belly, Stella Dadzie follows the evidence and finds women played a distinctly female role in the development of a culture of slave resistance - a role that was not just central, but downright dynamic....

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    • By: Erica Armstrong Dunbar
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 07-02-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • A startling and eye-opening look into America's first family, Never Caught is the powerful narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave....

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    • Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom
    • By: Gary D. Schmidt
    • Narrated by: Channie Waites
    • Length: 29 mins
    • Release date: 25-09-18
    • Language: English
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    • Sojourner Truth was born into slavery but possessed a mind and a vision that knew no bounds. So Tall Within traces her life from her painful childhood through her emancipation to her incredible leadership in the movement for rights for both women and African Americans....

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    • The Road to Freedom
    • By: Catherine Clinton
    • Narrated by: Shayna Small
    • Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 24-01-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • Celebrated for her courageous exploits as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman has entered history as one of 19th-century America's most enduring and important figures....

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    • The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song
    • By: Judith Tick
    • Narrated by: Carmen Jewel Jones
    • Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 26-12-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) possessed one of the twentieth century's most astonishing voices. Historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist....

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    • By: Gail Lukasik PhD, Kenyatta D. Berry - foreword
    • Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
    • Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 27-02-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • In the historical context of the Jim Crow South, Gail explores her mother's decision to pass, how she hid her secret even from her own husband, and the price she paid for choosing whiteness....

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    • By: Gabrielle Douglas, Michelle Burford
    • Narrated by: Haleakala Wilson
    • Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 15-01-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • In the 2012 London Olympics, US gymnast Gabrielle Douglas stole hearts and flew high as the All-Around Gold Medal winner, as well as acting as a critical member of the US gold-medal-winning women gymnastics team....

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    • How to Be True to You
    • By: A'ja Wilson
    • Narrated by: A'ja Wilson
    • Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 06-02-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Dear Black Girls is a necessary and meaningful exploration of what it means to be a Black woman in America today—and a rallying cry to lift up women and girls everywhere....

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    • Power and Politics in the Civil War South
    • By: Stephanie McCurry
    • Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
    • Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 28-12-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • The story of the Confederate States of America has been told many times in heroic narratives. Now, however, Stephanie McCurry tells a different tale. Confederate Reckoning is the story of this political battle in which women and slaves helped to decide the fate of the Confederacy....

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    • By: Shirley Chisholm
    • Narrated by: Marcella Cox
    • Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 08-11-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Political pioneer Shirley Chisholm—activist, member of the House of Representatives, and former presidential candidate—was a woman who consistently broke barriers and inspired generations of American women, and especially women of color.

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