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Real women, who are beyond magic

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  1. Sex, Race, and Robots: How to Be Human in the Age of AI
    Sex, Race, and Robots: How to Be Human in the Age of AI Dr. Ayanna Howard, Amandla Stenberg, Audible Originals
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    (3)
  2. MotherStruck!
    MotherStruck! Staceyann Chin, Audible Originals
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    (3)
  3. Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change
    Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change Stacey Abrams, Macmillan Audio
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    (3,300)
  4. Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mob
    Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster Stephen L. Carter, Karen Chilton, Macmillan Audio
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    (366)
  5. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the S
    Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race Margot Lee Shetterly, Robin Miles, HarperAudio
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    (4,683)
  6. Trailblazer: A Pioneering Journalist's Fight to Make the Media Look More Like Ame
    Trailblazer: A Pioneering Journalist's Fight to Make the Media Look More Like America Dorothy Butler Gilliam, January LaVoy, Hachette Audio
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    (81)
  7. Assata
    Assata Assata Shakur, Sirena Riley, Angela Davis - foreword, Audible Studios
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Black voices for inspiration, growth, and optimism

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  1. A Promised Land
    A Promised Land Barack Obama, Random House Audio
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    (86,313)
  2. Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the
    Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds David Goggins, Adam Skolnick, Lioncrest Publishing
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    (31,369)
  3. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
    The Truths We Hold: An American Journey Kamala Harris, Penguin Audio
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    (4,077)
  4. The Decision: Overcoming Today's BS for Tomorrow's
    The Decision: Overcoming Today's BS for Tomorrow's Success Kevin Hart, Audible Originals
    Audible Audiobook
    (109)
  5. Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward
    Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward Valerie Jarrett, Penguin Audio
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    (440)
  6. Letter to My Daughter
    Letter to My Daughter Maya Angelou, Random House Audio
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    (2,023)
  7. What I Know for Sure
    What I Know for Sure Oprah Winfrey, Macmillan Audio
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    (3,560)
  8. Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person
    Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person Shonda Rhimes, Simon & Schuster Audio
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    (4,469)
  9. Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out
    Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out Ruth King, Janina Edwards, Tantor Audio
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    (296)
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Black American lived experiences

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  1. Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition): A Story of Justice and Redemption
    Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition): A Story of Justice and Redemption Bryan Stevenson, Random House Audio
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  2. Becoming
    Becoming Michelle Obama, Random House Audio
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    (100,727)
  3. Feeding the Dragon
    Feeding the Dragon Sharon Washington, Audible Originals
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    (12)
  4. Between the World and Me
    Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, Random House Audio
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    (16,781)
  5. My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir
    My Soul Looks Back: A Memoir Jessica B. Harris, Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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    (49)
  6. When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
    When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir Patrisse Cullors, asha bandele, Angela Davis - foreword, Angela Davis, Macmillan Audio
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    (1,267)
  7. Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
    Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower Brittney Cooper, Macmillan Audio
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  8. Heavy
    Heavy Kiese Laymon, Simon & Schuster Audio
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An antiracism listening list

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  1. White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
    White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide Carol Anderson, Pamela Gibson, Audible Studios for Bloomsbury
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    (3,246)
  2. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
    The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Richard Rothstein, Adam Grupper, Recorded Books
    Audible Audiobook
    (11,612)
  3. So You Want to Talk About Race
    So You Want to Talk About Race Ijeoma Oluo, Bahni Turpin, Blackstone Audio, Inc.
    Audible Audiobook
    (9,742)
  4. The Radical King
    The Radical King Martin Luther King, Cornel West - editor, LeVar Burton, Gabourey Sidibe, Cornel West, Mike Colter, Danny Glover, Wanda Sykes, Leslie Odom Jr., Michael K. Williams, Audible Studios
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    (228)
  5. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Ra
    White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson - foreword, Amy Landon, Beacon Press
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    (31,451)
  6. Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
    Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations Mira Jacob, Kivlighan de Montebello, full cast, Random House Audio
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    (442)
  7. Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
    Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor Layla F. Saad, Blackstone Publishing
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    (4,420)
  8. Until the Flood
    Until the Flood Dael Orlandersmith, Audible Studios
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  9. In Love and Struggle
    In Love and Struggle The Meteor, Full Cast, Audible Originals
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    (1)
  10. How to Be an Antiracist
    How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi, Random House Audio
    Audible Audiobook
    (19,797)
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The economic history of institutionalized racism

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  1. Roots: The Saga of an American Family
    Roots: The Saga of an American Family Alex Haley, Avery Brooks, Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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    (1,413)
  2. Olio Live
    Olio Live Tyehimba Jess, Piper Goodeve, Kayla White, Jaylene Clark Owens, David Pegram, Yahdon Israel, Esau Pritchett, Audible Originals
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  3. Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
    Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II Douglas A. Blackmon, Dennis Boutsikaris, Audible Studios
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    (1,300)
  4. The Bluest Eye
    The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison, Random House Audio
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    (6,560)
  5. Twelve Years a Slave
    Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup, Stephen L. Vernon, A.R.N. Publications
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    (14,593)
  6. The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
    The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism Edward E. Baptist, Ron Butler, Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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    (1,300)
  7. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
    Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Matthew Desmond, Dion Graham, Random House Audio
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    (3,889)
  8. Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
    Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America W. Caleb McDaniel, Paul Heitsch, Tantor Audio
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    (157)
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Empowering black youth

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  1. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning
    Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Ibram X. Kendi - introduction, Little, Brown Young Readers
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    (6,070)
  2. Concrete Rose
    Concrete Rose Angie Thomas, Dion Graham, HarperAudio
    Audible Audiobook
    (789)
  3. Hair Love
    Hair Love Matthew A. Cherry, Blue Ivy Carter, Dreamscape Media, LLC
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    (10,306)
  4. Clap When You Land
    Clap When You Land Elizabeth Acevedo, Melania-Luisa Marte, Quill Tree Books
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    (2,725)
  5. You Should See Me in a Crown
    You Should See Me in a Crown Leah Johnson, Alaska Jackson, Scholastic Audio
    Audible Audiobook
    (705)
  6. Punching the Air
    Punching the Air Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Ethan Herisse, HarperAudio
    Audible Audiobook
    (1,311)
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Truth through comedy

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  1. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
    The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl Issa Rae, Simon & Schuster Audio
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    (2,524)
  2. You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Exp
    You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain Phoebe Robinson, Jessica Williams - foreword, John Hodgman, Penguin Audio
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    (621)
  3. Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays
    Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays R. Eric Thomas, Random House Audio
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    (544)
  4. Before They Were Kings, Vol. 1
    Before They Were Kings, Vol. 1 Chris Rock, Steve Harvey, DL Hughley, Arsenio Hall, AJ Jamal, Happy Cole, George Wallace, Charles Cozart, Michael Winslow, K McCray, Comedy Dynamics
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  5. The Last Black Unicorn
    The Last Black Unicorn Tiffany Haddish, Simon & Schuster Audio
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  6. Stand by Your Truth: And Then Run for Your Life!
    Stand by Your Truth: And Then Run for Your Life! Rickey Smiley, Simon & Schuster Audio
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  7. Pryor Convictions: And Other Life Sentences
    Pryor Convictions: And Other Life Sentences Richard Pryor, JD Jackson, HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
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    (192)
  8. How Not to Get Shot: And Other Advice from White People
    How Not to Get Shot: And Other Advice from White People D. L. Hughley, Doug Moe, HarperAudio
    Audible Audiobook
    (988)
  9. I Can't Make This Up: Life Les
    I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons Neil Strauss - contributor, Kevin Hart, Audible Studios
    Audible Audiobook
    (2,930)
  10. Maybe You Never Cry Again
    Maybe You Never Cry Again Bernie Mac, HarperAudio
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Contemporary stories From Black authors

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  1. The Business of Lovers: A Novel
    The Business of Lovers: A Novel Eric Jerome Dickey, Dominic Hoffman, Amir Abdullah, Random House Audio
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    (562)
  2. Such a Fun Age
    Such a Fun Age Kiley Reid, Nicole Lewis, Penguin Audio
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  3. The Vanishing Half: A Novel
    The Vanishing Half: A Novel Brit Bennett, Shayna Small, Penguin Audio
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    (44,492)
  4. The Sellout: A Novel
    The Sellout: A Novel Paul Beatty, Prentice Onayemi, Audible Studios
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    (2,264)
  5. An American Marriage (Oprah’s Book Club): A Novel
    An American Marriage (Oprah’s Book Club): A Novel Tayari Jones, Sean Crisden, Eisa Davis, HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
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    (11,776)
  6. The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction): A Novel
    The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction): A Novel Colson Whitehead, JD Jackson, Random House Audio
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    (11,123)
  7. Around Harvard Square
    Around Harvard Square C.J. Farley, Kevin Free, Audible Studios
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  8. Red at the Bone: A Novel
    Red at the Bone: A Novel Jacqueline Woodson, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Peter Francis James, Shayna Small, Bahni Turpin, Penguin Audio
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    (1,941)
  9. Proof of Love
    Proof of Love Chisa Hutchinson, Brenda Pressley, Audible Originals
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  10. Deacon King Kong: A Novel
    Deacon King Kong: A Novel James McBride, Dominic Hoffman, Penguin Audio
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Listens for raising an antiracist

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  1. Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer - Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
    Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer - Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement Carole Boston Weatherford, Janina Edwards, Dreamscape Media, LLC
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    (156)
  2. Rosa
    Rosa Nikki Giovanni, Weston Woods Studios
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    (224)
  3. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
    Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History Vashti Harrison, Robin Miles, Bahni Turpin, Hachette Audio
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    (7,416)
  4. A Child's Introduction to African American History: The Experiences, People, and Events That Shaped Our Co
    A Child's Introduction to African American History: The Experiences, People, and Events That Shaped Our Country Jabari Asim, Dion Graham, Hachette Audio
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    (494)
  5. Bedtime Inspirational Stories: 50 Amazing Black People Who Changed the World, Volume 1
    Bedtime Inspirational Stories: 50 Amazing Black People Who Changed the World, Volume 1 L. A. Amber, Tanya C. Brown, Mentches Inc
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  6. The Day You Begin
    The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson, Listening Library
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    (5,185)
  7. Let the Children March
    Let the Children March Monica Clark-Robinson, Janina Edwards, Dreamscape Media, LLC
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  8. Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injus
    Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice Marianne Celano, Leslie Green, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazzard, BG Records
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    (719)
  9. Heart and Soul
    Heart and Soul Kadir Nelson, Debbie Allen, HarperAudio
    Audible Audiobook
    (536)
  10. Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
    Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down Andrea Davis Pinkney, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Recorded Books
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10 listens by international Black authors you should hear now

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  1. The Girl with the Louding Voice: A Novel
    The Girl with the Louding Voice: A Novel Abi Daré, Adjoa Andoh, Penguin Audio
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    (5,591)
  2. Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club): A N
    Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Imbolo Mbue, Prentice Onayemi, Random House Audio
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    (2,769)
  3. Gingerbread: A Novel
    Gingerbread: A Novel Helen Oyeyemi, Penguin Audio
    Audible Audiobook
    (327)
  4. We Should All Be Feminists
    We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Random House Audio
    Audible Audiobook
    (6,296)
  5. There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
    There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra Chinua Achebe, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Penguin Audio
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    (409)
  6. Unbowed: A Memoir
    Unbowed: A Memoir Wangari Maathai, Chinasa Ogbuagu, Recorded Books
    Audible Audiobook
    (259)
  7. Homegoing: A Novel
    Homegoing: A Novel Yaa Gyasi, Dominic Hoffman, Random House Audio
    Audible Audiobook
    (8,778)
  8. The Thing Around Your Neck
    The Thing Around Your Neck Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Adjoa Andoh, Random House Audio
    Audible Audiobook
    (1,171)
  9. Rosewater
    Rosewater Tade Thompson, Bayo Gbadamosi, Hachette Audio
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    (653)
  10. Everything Inside: Stories
    Everything Inside: Stories Edwidge Danticat, Robin Miles, Recorded Books
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    (824)
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