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  • Mary McLeod Bethune in Washington, D.C.

    Activism & Education in Logan Circle

    by Ida E. Jones ...
    The civil rights leader's life and work in the nation's capital, and her influence around the world, are celebrated in this biography.Best known as an educator and early civil rights activist, Mary McLeod Bethune was the daughter of formerly enslaved people. After moving to Washington, D.C., in 1936, she founded the National Council of Negro Women, an organization that supported Black women ... Read more

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    History's Greatest Speeches - Women's Voices - Vol. II

    by Ida B. Wells, Mother Jones, Nellie McClung, Carrie Chaptman-Catt, Marie Curie, Eleanor Roosevelt and Eva Peron ...
    Narrated by Devereau Chumrau, Jean Moran, Allison Black, Lia Mortensen, Sara Nichols, Barbara Robertson, Leo Henry and Kelly Silva ORourke ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 4 min

    This is a special production from SoundCraft Audiobooks, the eighth volume in the "History's Greatest Speeches" series and the second to feature the voices of some of the most important women in world history.Fort Raphael Publishing has collected seven of the most important and iconic speeches of all time, all of which were written and delivered by the most important women of their respective eras ... Read more

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  • Baltimore Civil Rights Leader Victorine Q. Adams

    The Power of the Ballot

    by Ida E. Jones ...
    Victorine Quille Adams was a Baltimore native and the first African American woman elected to the city council. Born in 1912, she lived through stringent segregation, racial violence and economic turbulenceVictorine Quille Adams was a Baltimore native and the first African American woman elected to the city council. Born in 1912, she lived through stringent segregation, racial violence and ... Read more

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  • Holy Ground

    The National Black Theatre Festival Anthology

    by Jackie Alexander, Dr. Maya Angelou, Endesha Ida Mae Holland, Idris Ackamoor, Rhodessa Jones, Nora Cole, Pepe Carril, Pearl Cleage, Roger Furman, Kamilah Forbes, Yvette Heyliger, Dr. John Shévin Foster, Ted Lange, Cynthia Grace Robinson, Ifa Bayeza, Dennis A. II Allen, Dr. E. Patrick Johnson, Javon Johnson, Janet Langhart Cohen, Cheryl L. Davis, Angelica Chéri, Larry Muhammad ...
    This new collection brings together plays and monologues from the National Black Theatre Festival, one of the most historic and culturally significant events—not only in the history of Black theater but in American theater. Held every two years in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this gathering of Black theater companies and artists from around the country and across the globe features an ... Read more

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    by Ntozake Shange ...
    Ntozake Shange’s classic, award-winning play encompassing the wide-ranging experiences of Black women, now with introductions by two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward and Broadway director Camille A. Brown.From its inception in California in 1974 to its Broadway revival in 2022, the Obie Award–winning for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has excited, ... Read more

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  • Civil Rights Queen

    Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality

    by Tomiko Brown-Nagin ...
    **A TIME BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The first major biography of one of our most influential judges—an activist lawyer who became the first Black woman appointed to the federal judiciary—that provides an eye-opening account of the twin struggles for gender equality and civil rights in the 20th Century. • “Timely and essential."—The Washington Post“A must-read for anyone who dares to believe that ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller

    The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller

    by Steve Weinberg ...
    How a female investigative journalist brought down the world’s greatest tycoon and broke up the Standard Oil monopoly.Long before the rise of mega-corporations like Wal-Mart and Microsoft, Standard Oil controlled the oil industry with a monopolistic force unprecedented in American business history. Undaunted by the ruthless power of its owner, John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), a fearless and ... Read more

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  • Dark Matter

    A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora

    by Sheree Renée Thomas ...
    A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. "An important book, and nobody interested in speculative fiction or Black literature should pass it up." — The Washington Post Book WorldAn important anthology, the first of its kind, Dark Matter explores a century of fantastic fiction by preeminent and emerging stars of the African diaspora. A richly vibrant collection of stories and essays, i... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Mirror to America

    The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin

    by John Hope Franklin ...
    The legendary man recounts his journey from a childhood in Oklahoma to an Presidential Medal of Honor–winning African American historian."An astonishing beautiful, deeply intelligent record of an extraordinary life. Required reading lest we forget what is possible in a race-based society." —Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature"John Hope Franklin's story is the stuff of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • Driving the Green Book

    A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance

    by Alvin Hall ...
    Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America’s haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide.For countless Americans, the open road has long been a place where dangers lurk. In the era of Jim Crow, Black travelers experienced locked doors, hostile police, and potentially violent encounters almost everywhere, in both the South and the North. From 1936 to ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Nutty Knock-Knock Jokes for Kids

    by Bob Phillips ...
    Bestselling author Bob Phillips (combined sales of more than 9 million copies!) has done it again. This wild collection of knock–knock jokes is sure to keep the kids giggling and Gramps chuckling—the whole household will be in stitches!Keep this book in the car for some rib–tickling fun on long road trips. Keep it in the playroom for a quick smile. Keep it on a nearby shelf for a surefire ... Read more

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  • Untold Glory

    African Americans in Pursuit of Freedom, Opportunity, and Achievement

    by Alan Govenar ...
    Untold Glory offers a fresh perspective on one of the most fundamental elements of American history—the conquest of new frontiers. In twenty-seven fascinating first-person accounts, African Americans from different eras, backgrounds, and occupations explore and reflect on the meaning of frontier, both literally and metaphorically.This collection chronicles the search for freedom and opportunity ... Read more

    $9.99 USD