African American Biography

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  • Precio regular: $13.49

    • De: Darnell L Moore
    • Narrado por: Darnell L Moore
    • Duración: 6 h
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 05-29-18
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 273 calificaciones
    • From a leading journalist and activist comes a brave memoir. When Darnell Moore was 14, three boys from his neighborhood tried to set him on fire. In No Ashes in the Fire, he shares the journey taken by that scared, bullied teen who not only survived, but found his calling....

    Precio regular: $22.48

    • De: Booker T. Washington
    • Narrado por: Andrew L. Barnes
    • Duración: 6 h y 4 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 02-11-15
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 5 out of 5 stars 62 calificaciones
    • In Character Building are 37 addresses that Booker T. Washington gave before students, faculty, and guests at the Tuskegee Institute....

    Precio regular: $19.95

    • De: John Thompson
    • Narrado por: Larry Herron
    • Duración: 4 h y 1 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 06-01-21
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 calificaciones
    • Born into slavery on a Maryland plantation, John Thompson spent the first twenty-five years of his life in bondage before escaping to the North. His fear of recapture drove him to a soul-searching new chapter of his life. He joined the crew of the Milwood, a whaling vessel....

    Precio regular: $16.00

    • The Life of the Legendary Artist and Activist
    • De: Martin Duberman
    • Narrado por: Cary Hite
    • Duración: 5 h y 56 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 04-27-21
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 calificaciones
    • This is the inspiring life and legacy of vocal artist and civil rights icon Paul Robeson - one of the most important public figures in the 20th century - adapted for young adults by the acclaimed Robeson biographer....

    Precio regular: $11.87

    • The Story of Katherine Johnson
    • De: Joseph Taylor
    • Narrado por: Rebecca Taylor
    • Duración: 20 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 11-20-24
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • sin calificaciones
    • Did you know that NASA uses mathematics for space travel? Meet Katherine Johnson, one of the first African-American and female mathematicians who worked for NASA.

    Precio regular: $1.43

    • Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement
    • De: Taylor Branch
    • Narrado por: Leslie Odom Jr.
    • Duración: 6 h y 34 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 01-01-13
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 52 calificaciones
    • The essential moments of the civil rights movement are introduced and set in historical context by the author of the magisterial America in the King Years trilogy....

    Precio regular: $14.96

    • The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
    • De: Deborah Riley Draper, Blair Underwood, Travis Thrasher
    • Narrado por: Leon Nixon
    • Duración: 9 h y 8 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 02-04-20
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 5 out of 5 stars 21 calificaciones
    • Discover the astonishing, inspirational, and largely unknown true story of the 18 African American athletes who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, defying the racism of both Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South....

    Precio regular: $19.49

    • The Life and Death of a Harper's Ferry Raider
    • De: Louis A. DeCaro Jr.
    • Narrado por: Bill Andrew Quinn
    • Duración: 6 h y 4 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 11-24-20
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 calificaciones
    • Explores the life of Shields Green, one of the Black men who followed John Brown to Harper's Ferry in 1859....

    Precio regular: $17.19

    • Imperfect Patriot
    • De: Jeffrey J. Matthews
    • Narrado por: Jim Woods
    • Duración: 9 h y 33 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 02-21-20
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 14 calificaciones
    • Colin Powell has been among America's most trusted and admired leaders. This biography demonstrates that Powell's decades-long development as an exemplary subordinate is crucial to understanding his astonishing rise to the highest echelons of military and political power....

    Precio regular: $19.95

    • The Birmingham Church Bombing That Changed the Course of Civil Rights
    • De: Doug Jones, Greg Truman, Rick Bragg - foreword
    • Narrado por: Doug Jones
    • Duración: 15 h y 3 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 03-05-19
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 69 calificaciones
    • On September 15, 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL, was bombed, killing four young girls. Bending Toward Justice is a detailed account of the long road to prosecuting those responsible for the tragedy....

    Precio regular: $24.74

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    • Heroes of History
    • De: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
    • Narrado por: Tim Gregory
    • Duración: 5 h y 9 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 12-06-23
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 calificaciones
    • Escaping from slavery, Frederick Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in America, the greatest orator of his day, an influential newspaper publisher, writer, and statesman, and the most important African American of the nineteenth century....

    Precio regular: $17.46

    • Sheroes, Boundary Breakers, and Females Who Changed the World
    • De: M.J. Fievre, Becca Anderson
    • Narrado por: Julienne Irons
    • Duración: 4 h y 33 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 07-12-22
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • sin calificaciones
    • Driven by female empowerment, this collection of biographies tells the unique stories of strong voices that made a difference. From artists to activists, The Book of Awesome Black Women showcases a plethora of passions and skills to prove that strong is beautiful....

    Precio regular: $13.75

    • Women in Sports
    • De: Esther Porter
    • Narrado por: anonymous
    • Duración: 3 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 02-23-22
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 calificaciones
    • Serena Williams is a standout professional tennis player. Learn about her childhood and her rise to becoming a tennis superstar....

    Precio regular: $2.72

    • Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong Challenge Segregation
    • De: Keith Hatschek
    • Narrado por: Bill Andrew Quinn
    • Duración: 9 h y 29 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 08-16-22
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 2 out of 5 stars 1 calificación
    • Keith Hatschek tells the story of three determined artists: Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, and Iola Brubeck and the stand they took against segregation by writing and performing a jazz musical titled The Real Ambassadors....

    Precio regular: $21.49

    • One Family's Quest for the American Dream in the Age of Crack
    • De: William Adler
    • Narrado por: Todd McLaren
    • Duración: 15 h y 27 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 10-11-21
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 calificaciones
    • Part true crime, part work of urban sociology, Land of Opportunity is a meticulously researched account of the rise and fall of the Chambers brothers, who ran a multi-million-dollar crack cocaine operation in Detroit in the 1980s....

    Precio regular: $21.49

    • De: Staceyann Chin
    • Narrado por: Staceyann Chin
    • Duración: 1 h y 34 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 06-27-19
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 101 calificaciones
    • Meet. Love. Break. Recover. That’s been the routine of Staceyann Chin’s romantic life. But at 35, after yet another devastating breakup and overcome by an urgent and all-consuming desire to have a child, Chin realizes she’s running out of time....

    Precio regular: $6.95

    • A Memoir
    • De: Jason Diakité, Rachel Willson-Broyles - translator
    • Narrado por: Jason Diakité
    • Duración: 9 h y 52 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 03-01-20
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 85 calificaciones
    • World-renowned hip-hop artist Jason “Timbuktu” Diakité’s vivid and intimate journey through his own and his family’s history - from South Carolina slavery to twenty-first-century Sweden....

    Precio regular: $20.00

    • The Radical Theorist
    • De: Judson L. Jeffries
    • Narrado por: Robert J. Eckrich
    • Duración: 6 h y 41 m
    • Fecha de lanzamiento: 12-04-12
    • Idioma: Inglés
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 36 calificaciones
    • Huey P. Newton's powerful legacy to the Black Panther movement and the civil rights struggle has long been obscured....

    Precio regular: $19.95