race & racism

Our Migrant Souls

A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”

By: Héctor Tobar
Narrated by: André Santana
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

A new audiobook by the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer about the twenty-first-century Latino experience and identity.

"Latino" is the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States. Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino" assembles the Pulitzer Prize winner Héctor Tobar's... Read more

You Sound Like a White Girl

The Case for Rejecting Assimilation

By: Julissa Arce
Narrated by: Julissa Arce
Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

This program is read by the author and includes a bonus conversation with the author and Paola Ramos, a Vice News journalist, MSNBC Contributor, and author of Finding Latinx.

“A love letter to our people—full of fury and passion."
— José Olivarez, award-winning poet and author of Citizen Illegal

"If you could take Rodolfo Gonzales epic poem 'I Am... Read more

Metaracism

How Systemic Racism Devastates Black Lives—and How We Break Free

By: Tricia Rose
Narrated by: Mela Lee & Tricia Rose
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

The definitive book on how systemic racism in America really works, revealing the vast and often hidden network of interconnected policies, practices, and beliefs that combine to devastate Black lives

In recent years, condemnations of racism in America have echoed from the streets to corporate boardrooms. At the same time, politicians and... Read more

Of Greed and Glory

In Pursuit of Freedom for All

By: Deborah G. Plant
Narrated by: Desmond Manny & Emana Rachelle
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America’s obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times–bestselling Barracoon.Freedom and equality are the watchwords of American democracy. But like justice, freedom and equality are meaningless when there is no corresponding practical application of the ideals they... Read more

Abolition

Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

By: Angela Y. Davis
Narrated by: Angela Y. Davis
Length: 12 hours 14 minutes

A major collection of essays and speeches from pioneering freedom fighter Angela Y. DavisFor over fifty years, Angela Y. Davis has been at the forefront of collective movements for abolition and feminism and the fight against state violence and oppression. Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, the first of two important new volumes, brings... Read more

The Black Period

On Personhood, Race, and Origin

By: Hafizah Augustus Geter
Narrated by: Hafizah Augustus Geter
Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

An acclaimed poet reclaims her origin story as the queer daughter of a Muslim Nigerian immigrant and a Black American visual artist in this groundbreaking memoir, combining lyrical prose, biting criticism, and haunting visuals.

“Hafizah Augustus Geter is a genuine artist, not bound by genre or form. Her only loyalty is the harrowing beauty of the... Read more

Teaching White Supremacy

America's Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity

By: Donald Yacovone
Narrated by: Cary Hite
Length: 12 hours 46 minutes

A powerful exploration of the past and present arc of America’s white supremacy—from the country’s inception and Revolutionary years to its 19th century flashpoint of civil war; to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and today’s Black Lives Matter.
 
“The most profoundly original cultural history in recent memory.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,... Read more

The Souls of Black Folk

By: W. E. B. Du Bois
Narrated by: Mirron Willis
Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

"The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line," writes Du Bois, in one of the most prophetic works in all of American literature.First published in 1903, this collection of fifteen essays dared to describe the racism that prevailed at that time in America—and to demand an end to it. Du Bois' writing draws on his early... Read more

Notes of a Native Son

By: James Baldwin
Narrated by: Ron Butler
Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

At last, a new audio edition of the book many have called James Baldwin's most influential work!Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his twenties, the essays collected in Notes of a Native Son capture a view of black life and black thought at the dawn of the civil rights movement and as the movement slowly gained... Read more

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

By: Maya Angelou
Narrated by: Maya Angelou
Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

“A lot can be said about this autobiography - it is one of the best I have ever read. The stories are personal and well accounted for, and the reader has no choice but to regard her life and strength through hardship so inspiring. Before reading I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, I had a good idea of Angelou through her poetry and lectures. Her... Read more

We Refuse to Forget

A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power

By: Caleb Gayle
Narrated by: Caleb Gayle
Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

“An important part of American history told with a clear-eyed and forceful brilliance.” —National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson

“We Refuse to Forget reminds readers, on damn near every page, that we are collectively experiencing a brilliance we've seldom seen or imagined…We Refuse to Forget is a new standard in book-making.” —Kiese... Read more

Capitalism and Slavery

Third Edition

By: Eric Williams
Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
Length: 9 hours

Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide. Eric Williams advanced these powerful ideas in Capitalism and Slavery, published... Read more

Black Skinhead

Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future

By: Brandi Collins-Dexter
Narrated by: Brandi Collins-Dexter
Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

This program is read by the author.

For fans of Bad Feminist and The Sum of Us, Black Skinhead sparks a radical conversation about Black America and political identity.

In Black Skinhead, Brandi Collins-Dexter, former Senior Campaign Director for Color Of Change, explores the fragile alliance between Black voters and the Democratic party. Through... Read more

The Sum of Us

What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

By: Heather McGhee
Narrated by: Heather McGhee
Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

“I recommend this because it digs deeper into some of the harmful systemic practices that are or were in place for Black people in the US. It shows how not only does it affect Black people and other marginalized communities but those practices affect everyone. I also appreciated the perspective and how these facts and personal stories are told so... Read more

His Name Is George Floyd (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

By: Robert Samuels & Toluse Olorunnipa
Narrated by: Dion Graham, Robert Samuels & Toluse Olorunnipa
Length: 13 hours 32 minutes

WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE IN NONFICTION
WINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE; FINALIST FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS PRIZE; A BCALA 2023 HONOR NONFICTION AWARD WINNER.

A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism... Read more

The Racism of People Who Love You

Essays on Mixed Race Belonging

By: Samira Mehta
Narrated by: Fareeda Pasha
Length: 5 hours 49 minutes

“This blend of memoir and cultural criticism, read by the author, draws people of mixed race into the conversation on race in America. In a series of essays on identity, Mehta lays bare the nuances of the experiences mixed-race individuals face that complicate their feelings of connections with the family and community in the US. Thoughtful and... Read more

Our History Has Always Been Contraband

In Defense of Black Studies

By: Colin Kaepernick, Robin D.G. Kelley & Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Narrated by: Jaime Lincoln Smith
Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Since its founding as a discipline, Black Studies has been under relentless attack by social and political forces seeking to discredit and neutralize it. Our History Has Always Been Contraband was born out of an urgent need to respond to the latest threat: efforts to remove content from an AP African American Studies course being piloted in high... Read more

Bring the War Home

The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America

By: Kathleen Belew
Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin
Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

The white power movement in America wants a revolution. It has declared all-out war against the federal government and its agents, and has carried out—with military precision—an escalating campaign of terror against the American public. Its soldiers are not lone wolves but are highly organized cadres motivated by a coherent and deeply troubling... Read more

Culture Warlords

My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy

By: Talia Lavin
Narrated by: Talia Lavin
Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

One reporter takes an immersive dive into white supremacy's explosive online presence, exploring the undercurrents of propaganda, racism, misogyny, and history that led us to where we are now. Talia Lavin is every skinhead's worst nightmare: a loud and unapologetic Jewish woman, acerbic, smart, and profoundly antiracist, with the investigative... Read more

Black Lives Matter at School

An Uprising for Educational Justice

By: Denisha Jones & Jesse Hagopian
Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts, Mirron Willis & Kirsten Potter
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes

"Black Lives Matter at School is an essential resource for all those seeking to build an antiracist school system." —Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author.



Black Lives Matter at School succinctly generalizes lessons from successful challenges to institutional racism that have been won through the... Read more