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    • By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
    • Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
    • Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now
    • Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 03-29-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 83 ratings
    • At age six the sharp bite of a whip taught Harriet Tubman what it meant to be a slave. The other slaves scoffed when Harriet resolved to escape north someday. Little did they know that this girl would one day lead hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad....

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    • How One Letter Changed Two Lives
    • By: Martin Ganda, Caitlin Alifirenka, Liz Welch
    • Narrated by: Chukwudi Iwuji, Emily Bauer
    • Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 04-14-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,583 ratings
    • The New York Times best-selling true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever. It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place....

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    • By: Bonnie Bader
    • Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
    • Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
    • Release date: 01-29-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 53 ratings
    • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery bus boycott and was soon organizing black people across the country in support of the right to vote, desegregation, and other basic civil rights....

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    • Who Was...?
    • By: Yona Zeldis McDonough
    • Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
    • Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
    • Release date: 04-05-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 41 ratings
    • In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America....

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    • Twice Toward Justice
    • By: Phillip Hoose
    • Narrated by: Channie Waites
    • Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 12-10-09
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 149 ratings
    • On March 2, 1955, a slim, bespectacled teenager refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Mont-gomery, Alabama....

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    • By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
    • Narrated by: Tim Gregory
    • Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 03-29-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 256 ratings
    • Once a kidnapped slave baby, George Washington Carver found freedom in learning everything he could about the world around him. Overcoming poverty and racism, George became a brilliant scientist and a gifted professor who dedicated his expertise to helping black farmers....

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    • By: Gare Thompson
    • Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
    • Length: 1 hr and 1 min
    • Release date: 03-26-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
    • At age two, Helen Keller became deaf and blind. She lived in a world of silence and darkness and she spent the rest of her life struggling to break through it. But with the help of teacher Annie Sullivan, Helen learned to read, write, and do many amazing things....

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    • Who Was?
    • By: Sarah Fabiny, Who HQ
    • Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
    • Series: Who-? by Who HQ
    • Length: 58 mins
    • Release date: 12-03-19
    • Language: English
    • 2.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • As a field reporter in the 1960s, Gloria Steinem worked hard to dig up important stories. She went undercover to expose the grim realities of gender inequality in America. As her message continued to grow, she became the spokeswoman of the women’s liberation movement....

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    • Growing Up on and off the Court
    • By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld
    • Narrated by: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
    • Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 11-21-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 248 ratings
    • At one time Lew Alcindor was just another kid from New York City with all the usual problems: He struggled with fitting in, with pleasing a strict father, and with overcoming shyness....

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    • By: Sarah Fabiny, Who HQ
    • Narrated by: Koren Paul
    • Series: What-? by Who HQ
    • Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
    • Release date: 08-06-24
    • Language: English
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    • Learn about the amazing life of the former world No. 1 tennis player who fought for gender equality in sports! Billie Jean King's legacy as a tennis star, a feminist, and an LGBTQ+ trailblazer shines through in this addition to the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Series....

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    • Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero
    • By: Patricia McCormick
    • Narrated by: Adam Verner
    • Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 09-13-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 119 ratings
    • It was April 5, 1943, and the Gestapo would arrive any minute. Dietrich Bonhoeffer had been expecting this day for a long time....

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    • One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
    • By: Jo Ann Allen Boyce, Debbie Levy
    • Narrated by: Donna Allen
    • Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 06-02-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, 14-year-old Jo Ann Allen was one of 12 African American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee....

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    • By: Jemar Tisby
    • Narrated by: Jemar Tisby
    • Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-25
    • Language: English
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    • New York Times bestselling author Jemar Tisby collects the true, impactful stories of figures from across history—from the well-known to those often forgotten—who resisted racism and created a legacy of hope and perseverance.

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    • Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present
    • By: Jamia Wilson
    • Narrated by: Olivia Forrest, Ako Mitchell
    • Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
    • Release date: 01-02-24
    • Language: English
    • Not rated yet
    • Meet 52 icons of colour from the past and present in this celebration of inspirational achievement...

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    • By: Ruby Bridges
    • Narrated by: Grace Capeless
    • Length: 23 mins
    • Release date: 10-04-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • When Ruby Bridges was just six years old, she became the first African American student to integrate an elementary school in the South....

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    • Biographies
    • By: Jehan Jones-Radgowski
    • Narrated by: uncredited
    • Length: 7 mins
    • Release date: 04-01-24
    • Language: English
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    • How much do you know about Harriet Tubman? Find out the facts you need to know about this conductor on the Underground Railroad. You'll learn about the early life, challenges, and major accomplishments of this important American.

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    • By: April Jones Prince
    • Narrated by: John H. Mayer
    • Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
    • Release date: 04-05-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Born into slavery in Maryland in 1818, Frederick Douglass was determined to gain freedom - and once he realized that knowledge was power, he secretly learned to read and write to give himself an advantage....

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