Black Politicians

The Truths We Hold

An American Journey

By: Kamala Harris
Narrated by: Kamala Harris
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

“Loving listening to this! Read more

The Truths We Hold

An American Journey (Young Readers Edition)

By: Kamala Harris
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Adapted for young readers, Vice President Kamala Harris's empowering memoir about the values and inspirations that guided her life.

With her Democratic presidential nomination, her election to the vice presidency, her election to the U.S. Senate, and her position as attorney general of California, Kamala Harris has blazed trails throughout her... Read more

Who Is Kamala Harris?

Who HQ Now

By: Kirsten Anderson & Who HQ
Narrated by: Andia Winslow
Length: 28 minutes

The inspiring story of Vice President Kamala Harris told in the new Who HQ Now format for trending topics.

On November 7, 2020, Kamala Harris, a senator from California, became the first woman and the first African-American and South Asian-American person to be elected to the vice presidency. While her nomination for this position was not... Read more

Lovely One

A Memoir

By: Ketanji Brown Jackson
Narrated by: Ketanji Brown Jackson
Length: 18 hours 26 minutes

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her “vulnerable, tender, and infinitely inspirational” (Oprah Daily) memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story.

“A billowingly triumphant American tale.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)

A NEW YORK TIMES... Read more

Who Is Ketanji Brown Jackson?

Who HQ Now

By: Shelia P. Moses & Who HQ
Narrated by: Tyla Collier
Length: 30 minutes

Discover how a young girl who was the star of her school's debate team became a federal jurist and the first Black woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court.

Presenting Who HQ Now: an exciting addition to the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series!

Born in Washington, DC, in 1970, and raised in Miami, Florida, Ketanji Brown Jackson... Read more

All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson

By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Narrated by: Carole Boston Weatherford
Length: 14 minutes

Multi award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford delivers a message of perseverance, dignity, and honor in this audiobook biography of Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

Whatever she did, wherever she was, Ketanji Brown Jackson rose to the top.

From the time their daughter was born, Ketanji Brown’s... Read more

Our Time Is Now

Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

By: Stacey Abrams
Narrated by: Stacey Abrams
Length: 9 hours 20 minutes

"This is a narrative that describes the urgency that compels me and millions more to push for a different American story than the one being told today. It's a story that is one part danger, one part action, and all true. It's a story about how and why we fight for our democracy and win."

This program is read by the author

Celebrated national... Read more

Stacey Speaks Up

By: Stacey Abrams
Narrated by: Stacey Abrams
Length: 13 minutes

The third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling and NAACP Image Award–winning Stacey’s Stories picture book series, from Stacey Abrams and artist Kitt Thomas.Stacey and her friends can’t wait for lunchtime on Friday, also known as TacoPizza FryDay!But when Stacey discovers that some of her classmates can't afford to eat lunch, she loses her... Read more

Who Was John Lewis?

Who Was?

By: Crystal Hubbard & Who HQ
Narrated by: Leon Nixon
Length: 55 minutes

Learn about the incredible legacy of civil rights legend and Georgia congressman John Lewis in this inspiring addition to the #1 New York Times Best-Selling series.

Starting in the 1960s, John Lewis began his activism alongside civil rights legend and good friend Martin Luther King Jr. He participated in many now-historic events, including the... Read more

John Lewis

A Life

By: David Greenberg
Narrated by: David Sadzin
Length: 24 hours 26 minutes

New York Times Book Review Top 100 Books of 2024

Explore the “comprehensive and compelling” (Jon Meacham) biography of civil rights leader John Lewis, celebrated as “the conscience of Congress,” through a narrative that weaves together exclusive interviews, never-before-seen FBI files, and documents, offering profound insights into his... Read more

Julian Bond's Time to Teach

A History of the Southern Civil Rights Movement

By: Julian Bond
Narrated by: JD Jackson
Length: 15 hours 45 minutes

A masterclass in the civil rights movement from one of the legendary activists who led it.

Compiled from his original lecture notes, Julian Bond’s Time to Teach brings his invaluable teachings to a new generation of readers and provides a necessary toolkit for today’s activists in the era of Black Lives Matter and #MeToo. Julian Bond sought to... Read more

Thurgood Marshall: Mr. Civil Rights and the Fight for Racial Justice

Learn25: Biographies

By: David Hudson
Narrated by: David Hudson
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Known as “Mr. Civil Rights” for his advocacy on behalf of racial justice, Thurgood Marshall argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education, arguably the most important Supreme Court decision in history. He later became the first African American to serve as U.S. Solicitor and as a Supreme Court Justice. Justice William... Read more

Dreams from My Father

A Story of Race and Inheritance

By: Barack Obama
Narrated by: Barack Obama
Length: 14 hours 4 minutes

NOW AVAILABLE UNABRIDGED ON AUDIO FOR THE FIRST TIME
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS

In this iconic memoir of his early days, Barack Obama “guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity, class, and race” (The Washington Post Book World).
 
In... Read more

The Audacity of Hope - Abridged

Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

By: Barack Obama
Narrated by: Barack Obama
Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics–a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the “endless clash of armies” we see in Congress... Read more

A Promised Land

By: Barack Obama
Narrated by: Barack Obama
Length: 29 hours 9 minutes

“No one really needs my blurb to help sell this book, but I wanted to give it anyway, especially for the audiobook, narrated by Barack Obama himself. If you want to know his incredible knowledge and wisdom that guided him through major decisions, and also hear him drop a few F-bombs, you need to listen to this fantastically written book. Read more

Reclaiming Her Time

The Power of Maxine Waters

By: Helena Andrews-Dyer & R. Eric Thomas
Narrated by: Kim Staunton
Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

In the tradition of Notorious RBG, a lively celebration of the life, wisdom, wit, legacy, and fearless style of iconic American Congresswoman Maxine Waters.“Let me just say this: I’m a strong black woman, and I cannot be intimidated. I cannot be undermined. I cannot be thought to be afraid of Bill O’Reilly or anyone.”—Maxine Waters 
To millions... Read more

It's Her Story Shirley Chisholm

A Graphic Novel

It's Her Story

By: Patrice Aggs
Narrated by: Angela Juarez
Length: 16 minutes

Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress, where she served for seven terms. She worked to improve the lives of children in need and was an outspoken champion of women's rights. In 1972, she was the first Black person ever to seek the nomination of President of the United States from a major party. Read more

Shirley Chisholm Dared

The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress

By: Alicia D. Williams
Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
Length: 15 minutes

Discover the inspiring story of the first black woman elected to Congress and to run for president in this picture book biography from a Newbery Honor-winning author and a Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning illustrator.

Meet Shirley, a little girl who asks way too many questions! After spending her early years on her... Read more