By: Sharon M. Draper / Narrated by: Heather Alicia Simms
Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
A kinda sorta split decision—but on the goooood side!
Beyond the Call
A Sitting in St. James
By: Rita Williams-Garcia / Narrated By: Machelle Williams
Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
Not “Mesmerizing”! Not “A Masterpiece”! Not “Honest And Authentic”! Not ANY “…”!
Proof of Love
The Darkest Child
By: Delores Phillips / Narrated By: Bahni Turpin
Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
Breathtaking! Stunningly written! Exquisitely narrated! -JUST- How MANY slugs to the gut can you handle...?
Finding Freedom
How Death Row Broke and Opened My Heart
By: Jarvis Jay Masters / Narrated By: Dion Graham
Length: 4 hrs
In a Bad Place? There’s ALWAYS Jarvis Jay Masters
My Seven Black Fathers
Fritz Pollard
Pioneer in Racial Advancement
By: John M. Carroll / Narrated By: JD Jackson
Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
The man’s story is sooo good, sooo inspiring…!
Beasts Made of Night
Bird Brother
Grace Will Lead Us Home
The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness
By: Jennifer Berry Hawes / Introduction: Jennifer Berry Hawes / Narrated By: Karen Chilton
Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
ExTENsive and even-handed reporting on a tragedy made this a MUST Listen
Sisters in Arms
The Buddhist on Death Row
How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place
By: David Sheff / Narrated By: Michael Boatman
Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
Listened to it twice cuz once, quite simply, was NOT enough.
Civil Rights Queen
Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality
By: Tomiko Brown-Nagin / Narrated By: Karen Chilton
Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
Okay, this jumps around ALL OVER THE PLACE, but boy is it awesome!!!
The Pursuit of Happyness
Mycroft Holmes
Series: Mycroft Holmes and Sherlock, Book 1
By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Anna Waterhouse / Narrated By: Damian Lynch
Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
Amusing, interesting, enough action with a heavy emphasis on witty dialogue? GREAT characters who are well-developed? Dude, what’s NOT to LOVE?!
Courage Has No Color
The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers
By: Tanya Lee Stone / Narrated By: JD Jackson
Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
Seriously—if 7th grade History class was like this, maybe I woulda listened. Absolutely wonderful!
