African American Biography

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    • The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
    • Auteur(s): Margot Lee Shetterly
    • Narrateur(s): Robin Miles
    • Durée: 10 h et 47 min
    • Date de publication: 2016-09-06
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 32 évaluations
    • The phenomenal true story of the Black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space....

    Prix courant: 40,78 $

    • The Life and Legend of Baseball’s Greatest Forgotten Player
    • Auteur(s): Jeremy Beer
    • Narrateur(s): David Sadzin
    • Durée: 13 h et 24 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-05-26
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • Buck O'Neil once described him as "Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Tris Speaker rolled into one". Among experts, he is regarded as the best player in Negro Leagues history. Yet even among serious sports fans, Oscar Charleston is virtually unknown today....

    Prix courant: 27,83 $

  • Prix courant: 28,27 $

    • A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
    • Auteur(s): James McBride
    • Narrateur(s): JD Jackson, Susan Denaker
    • Durée: 8 h et 46 min
    • Date de publication: 2014-09-25
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 21 évaluations
    • The Color of Water touches listeners of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son....

    Prix courant: 20,40 $

    • Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up
    • Auteur(s): Eternity Martis
    • Narrateur(s): Eternity Martis
    • Durée: 7 h et 42 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-03-31
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 124 évaluations
    • A powerful, moving memoir about what it's like to be a student of colour on a predominantly White campus....

    Prix courant: 23,31 $

    • A Biography of African-American Polar Explorer Matthew Henson
    • Auteur(s): Dolores Johnson
    • Narrateur(s): Caroline Clay
    • Durée: 1 h et 9 min
    • Date de publication: 2013-02-22
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • Matthew Henson’s destiny was set when he met naval officer Robert Edwin Peary, in 1887....

    Prix courant: 12,03 $

    • Auteur(s): Tyler Perry
    • Narrateur(s): Tyler Perry
    • Durée: 4 h et 38 min
    • Date de publication: 2007-01-18
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 évaluations
    • Here's "Madea" Mabel Simmons telling her own story, dishing her memoirs and hard-won, hilarious wisdom in her own inimitable voice (with a little help from her friend Tyler Perry)....

    Prix courant: 16,32 $

    • One Name, Two Fates
    • Auteur(s): Wes Moore, Tavis Smiley - afterword
    • Narrateur(s): Wes Moore
    • Durée: 6 h et 12 min
    • Date de publication: 2010-04-27
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 évaluations
    • From the governor of Maryland, the true story of two kids with the same name: One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison.

    Prix courant: 17,48 $

    • The African American Musicians Who Made the King
    • Auteur(s): Preston Lauterbach
    • Narrateur(s): Jaime Lincoln Smith
    • Durée: 7 h et 39 min
    • Date de publication: 2025-01-07
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • In this thought-provoking book, the Black musicians who influenced Elvis Presley's music finally receive recognition and praise.

    Prix courant: 25,24 $

    • A Memoir
    • Auteur(s): Michael K. Williams, Jon Sternfeld
    • Narrateur(s): Dion Graham
    • Durée: 6 h et 50 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-08-23
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 14 évaluations
    • When Michael K. Williams died on September 6, 2021, he left behind a career as one of the most electrifying actors of his generation....

    Prix courant: 23,31 $

  • Prix courant: 26,22 $

    • Auteur(s): Maya Wiley
    • Narrateur(s): Maya Wiley
    • Durée: 10 h et 45 min
    • Date de publication: 2024-09-17
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • A moving, politically-charged memoir of surviving trauma and the power of activism from MSNBC legal analyst, professor, civil rights lawyer and former New York City Mayoral candidate Maya Wiley.

    Prix courant: 28,27 $

    • Auteur(s): Booker T. Washington
    • Narrateur(s): Noah Waterman
    • Durée: 6 h et 8 min
    • Date de publication: 2001-06-21
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 87 évaluations
    • Booker T. Washington fought his way out of slavery to become an educator, statesman, political shaper and proponent of the "do it yourself" idea....

    Prix courant: 17,50 $

    • A Life
    • Auteur(s): David Greenberg
    • Narrateur(s): David Sadzin
    • Durée: 24 h et 27 min
    • Date de publication: 2024-10-08
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • A comprehensive, authoritative biography of Civil Rights icon John Lewis, “the conscience of the Congress,” John Lewis draws on interviews with Lewis and approximately 275 others who knew him at various stages of his life, as well as never-before-used FBI files and documents.

    Prix courant: 40,97 $

    • Auteur(s): Issa Rae
    • Narrateur(s): Issa Rae
    • Durée: 5 h et 49 min
    • Date de publication: 2015-02-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 105 évaluations
    • "My name is 'J' and I'm awkward--and Black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be."....

    Prix courant: 18,99 $

    • A Memoir of My Years in Washington
    • Auteur(s): Condoleezza Rice
    • Narrateur(s): Condoleezza Rice
    • Durée: 28 h et 27 min
    • Date de publication: 2011-11-01
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • A native of Birmingham, Alabama, who overcame the racism of the civil rights era to become a brilliant academic and expert on foreign affairs, Condoleezza Rice first distinguished herself as an advisor to George W. Bush during the 2000 presidential campaign....

    Prix courant: 34,96 $

    • Auteur(s): Shirley Chisholm
    • Narrateur(s): Marcella Cox
    • Durée: 5 h et 11 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-11-08
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • 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.

    Prix courant: 25,63 $

    • Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
    • Auteur(s): Gilbert King
    • Narrateur(s): Peter Francis James
    • Durée: 17 h et 53 min
    • Date de publication: 2013-05-24
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 évaluations
    • Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. The story of Thurgood Marshall's defense - depsite death threats and KKK intimidation - of four Black youths falsely accused of rape....

    Prix courant: 40,78 $

    • The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
    • Auteur(s): Patricia Williams, Jeannine Amber
    • Narrateur(s): Patricia Williams
    • Durée: 7 h et 23 min
    • Date de publication: 2017-08-22
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 141 évaluations
    • Rabbit is an unflinching memoir of cinematic scope and unexpected humor that offers a rare glimpse into the harrowing reality of life on America's margins....

    Prix courant: 33,79 $

    • Evolution of a Game
    • Auteur(s): Michael Lewis
    • Narrateur(s): Stephen Hoye
    • Durée: 11 h et 47 min
    • Date de publication: 2006-10-04
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 évaluations
    • When we first meet the young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story, he is one of 13 children by a mother addicted to crack....

    Prix courant: 23,31 $