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…!

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

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!!!

(Abridged)

By: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. / Editor: Clayborne Carson / Narrated By: Levar Burton

Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins

BeYONd inspiring; beYONd heartbreaking. Just truly excellent!

The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy

By: David Zucchino / Narrated By: Victor Bevine

Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins

How come this isn’t widely known? A disgustingly successful coup on American soil

A Vision for Change and the Future of America

By: John Lewis / Narrated By: Keith David

Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins

Beautiful, brutal, at times disheartening but ALWAYS filled with such love

The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives

By: Kenneth C. Davis / Narrated By: Kenneth C. Davis, Frankie Faison, Keith David, JD Jackson, Adenrele Ojo, Adam Lazarre-White, Dion Graham, Mark Bramhall

Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins

Behind our great men? An army of enslaved men, women, and children… Happy Presidents Day, y’all…

A German POW, a Black Nurse, and an Unlikely Romance

By: Alexis Clark / Narrated By: Allyson Johnson

Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins

A book combining History, Romance, and WWII?!? I SHOULD’VE loved this!

The Montgomery Story

Series: The King Legacy

By: Martin Luther King Jr. / Narrated By: JD Jackson

Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins

Ponderous narration (And I mean PONDEROUS!) doesn’t mar this incredibly fine account

The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery

By: Heather Andrea Williams / Narrated By: Robin Miles

Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins

If you ever thought you knew about the evils of slavery? You have NO idea—here we go

The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII’s Forgotten Heroes

By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Anthony Walton / Narrated By: Richard Allen

Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins

A very proud addition to Audiobook Accomplice’s Military History!

A Black Lives Matter Memoir

By: Patrisse Khan-Cullors, asha bandele / Narrated By: Patrisse Khan-Cullors

Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins

Because Black lives matter…

A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High

By: Melba Pattillo Beals / Narrated By: Lisa Reneé Pitts

Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins

Unbelievable! Filled with rage, violence. Filled with love, innocence.

The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly / Narrated By: Robin Miles

Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins

Worth it for the prologue and the epilogue

Series: The Radical King

By: Martin Luther King Jr. / Editor: Cornel West / Narrated By: LeVar Burton, Gabourey Sidibe, Cornel West, Mike Colter, Danny Glover, Wanda Sykes, Leslie Odom Jr., Michael K. Williams

Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins

More notable for Cornel West’s Commentary—soooo, I think, while this is good, I’m looking for MLK Jr’s Autobiography narrated by LeVar Burton to be better

The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Year

By: Tavis Smiley, David Ritz / Narrated By: Tavis Smiley

Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins

Fraught narration sometimes mars a good account