Young Adult American History

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    • Poems to Empower
    • By: Zetta Elliott
    • Narrated by: Channie Waites
    • Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
    • Release date: 14-01-20
    • Language: English
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    • Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Forum, these poems pay tribute to victims of police brutality as well as the activists insisting that Black Lives Matter. Elliott engages poets from the past two centuries to create a chorus of voices....

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    • Free Man
    • By: Elizabeth Yates
    • Narrated by: Ray Childs
    • Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 30-10-08
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • The true story of At-mun, African prince, captured by slave traders and sold at auction in Massachusetts....

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    • An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II
    • By: Adam Makos
    • Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
    • Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 15-02-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Adapted for young adults from the New York Times best seller, Spearhead is a riveting and true WWII story of a young man - an American tank gunner - who meets his destiny in an iconic armor duel and forges an enduring bond with his enemy....

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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
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    • 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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    • The Life of the Legendary Artist and Activist
    • By: Martin Duberman
    • Narrated by: Cary Hite
    • Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 27-04-21
    • Language: English
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    • 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....

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    • By: Elizabeth Partridge
    • Narrated by: June Angela
    • Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
    • Release date: 25-10-22
    • Language: English
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    • This important work of nonfiction discusses powerful images of the Japanese American incarceration captured by three photographers—Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams—along with firsthand accounts of this grave moment in history....

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    • By: John Demos
    • Narrated by: Christina Moore
    • Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 31-10-17
    • Language: English
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    • John Demos brings to life the compelling story of Eunice Williams, a Puritan girl who was captured and adopted by Native Americans....

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    • An American History Book for Kids
    • By: Jenifer Bazzit
    • Narrated by: Therese Plummer
    • Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 28-04-20
    • Language: English
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    • Women have always been at the forefront of American history - and now it's time to hear their stories! This look into American history for kids is bursting with engaging biographies that explore the lives of these inspiring women from different backgrounds and a wide array of fields....

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    • A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning
    • By: Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
    • Narrated by: Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi - introduction
    • Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 10-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 85 ratings
    • The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. This remarkable reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning reveals the history of racist ideas in America....

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    • By: Anna Godbersen
    • Narrated by: Emily Bauer
    • Series: Bright Young Things, Book 1
    • Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 08-10-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • The year is 1929. New York is ruled by the Bright Young Things: flappers and socialites seeking thrills and chasing dreams in the anything-goes era of the Roaring Twenties....

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    • By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
    • Narrated by: Hayden McLean
    • Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 16-09-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Ta-Nehisi Coates grew up in the tumultuous 1980s in Baltimore, known back then as the murder capital of the United States....

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    • Antietam
    • By: James M. McPherson
    • Narrated by: Nelson Runger
    • Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 12-12-03
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Compared to the Normandy invasion in World War II, Antietam produced four times as many casualties....

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    • The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe
    • By: Stephon Alexander
    • Narrated by: Don Hagen
    • Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 19-05-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Physicist and jazz musician Stephon Alexander uses jazz to answer physics' most vexing questions about the past and future of the universe....

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    • By: George M. Johnson
    • Narrated by: George M. Johnson
    • Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 04-03-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 69 ratings
    • This powerful YA memoir-manifesto follows journalist and LGBTQ+ activist George M. Johnson as they explore their childhood, adolescence, and college years, growing up under the duality of being black and queer....

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    • By Any Means Necessary
    • By: Walter Dean Myers
    • Narrated by: Corey Allen
    • Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 11-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • As a 14-year-old, he was Malcolm Little, the president of his class and a top student. . At 19, he was back in Boston, leading a gang of burglars. At 20, he was in prison. It was in prison that Malcolm Little started the journey that would lead him to adopt the name Malcolm X....

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    • By: Gabrielle Douglas, Michelle Burford
    • Narrated by: Haleakala Wilson
    • Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 15-01-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • In the 2012 London Olympics, US gymnast Gabrielle Douglas stole hearts and flew high as the All-Around Gold Medal winner, as well as acting as a critical member of the US gold-medal-winning women gymnastics team....

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