African American Women Studies

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    • Black Women and Feminism (2nd Edition)
    • By: bell hooks
    • Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
    • Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 12-03-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 199 ratings
    • A classic work of feminist scholarship, Ain't I a Woman has become a must for all those interested in the nature of Black womanhood....

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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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    • A Poet's Childhood
    • By: June Jordan
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 23-04-13
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • World-renowned poet and Professor of African American Studies at U.C., Berkeley, June Jordan writes a deeply personal memoir of her formative years....

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    • Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth
    • By: Dána-Ain Davis
    • Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 16-03-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Black women have higher rates of premature birth than other women in America. This cannot be simply explained by economic factors, with poorer women lacking resources or access to care. Even professional, middle-class Black women are at a much higher risk of premature birth....

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    • The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk
    • By: Delores S. Williams, Katie G. Cannon - Foreword by
    • Narrated by: Machelle Williams
    • Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 17-08-21
    • Language: English
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    • In this landmark work of emerging African American womanist theology, Delores Williams finds in the biblical figure of Hagar-mother of Ishmael, cast into the desert by Abraham and Sarah, but protected by God - a prototype for the struggle of African-American women....

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    • How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women
    • By: Marita Golden
    • Narrated by: Diana Blue
    • Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 26-10-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Black women face a hidden mental health crisis of anxiety and depression. To be a Black woman in America is to know that you cannot protect your children or guarantee their safety, that your value is consistently questioned, and that even being "twice as good" is often not good enough....

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    • Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit
    • By: Yolanda Pierce
    • Narrated by: Yolanda Pierce
    • Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 16-02-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • A grandmother's theology carries wisdom strong enough for future generations. The Divine has been showing up at the kitchen tables of Black women for a long time. It's time to get to know that God....

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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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    • (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women's Speculative Fiction
    • By: Sami Schalk
    • Narrated by: Renee Reed
    • Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 08-02-22
    • Language: English
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    • In Bodyminds Reimagined Sami Schalk traces how Black women's speculative fiction complicates the understanding of bodyminds - the intertwinement of the mental and the physical - in the context of race, gender, and (dis)ability....

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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 102 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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    • 7 Rules of Power, Confidence, and Opportunity for Black Women in America
    • By: Karen Arrington
    • Narrated by: L. Malaika Cooper
    • Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
    • Release date: 30-03-21
    • Language: English
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    • Channel your Black-girl magic: If you're feeling stuck or trapped by other people's expectations of what you can achieve, it's time to stop playing small and start redefining what success can mean for you....

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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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    • Passionate Politics
    • By: bell hooks
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 17-11-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 149 ratings
    • What is feminism?

      In this short, accessible primer, Bell Hooks explores the nature of feminism and its positive promise to eliminate sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. With her....

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    • Memoirs of Inner Peace
    • By: Stephanie Y. Evans, Jana Long - foreword
    • Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
    • Length: 19 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 02-11-21
    • Language: English
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    • Examines how Black women elders have managed stress, emphasizing how self-care practices have been present since at least the mid-19th century, with roots in African traditions....

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    • By: Issa Rae
    • Narrated by: Issa Rae
    • Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 10-02-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 332 ratings
    • "My name is 'J' and I'm awkward - and black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be....

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    • Loosing the Black Female Body in Religion and Culture
    • By: Tamura Lomax
    • Narrated by: Trei Taylor
    • Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 15-02-22
    • Language: English
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    • In Jezebel Unhinged Tamura Lomax traces the use of the jezebel trope in the Black church and in Black popular culture, showing how it is pivotal to reinforcing men's cultural and institutional power to discipline and define Black girlhood and womanhood....

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    • Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
    • By: Melissa V. Harris-Perry
    • Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
    • Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 28-03-12
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Jezebel's sexual lasciviousness, Mammy's devotion, and Sapphire's outspoken anger-these are among the most persistent stereotypes that black women encounter in contemporary American life.....

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    • A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
    • By: James McBride
    • Narrated by: JD Jackson, Susan Denaker
    • Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 25-09-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • 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....

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