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She Persisted: Pura Belpré
- She Persisted
- By: Meg Medina, Marilisa Jiménez García, Chelsea Clinton - introduction
- Narrated by: Almarie Guerra, Chelsea Clinton
- Length: 46 mins
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Pura Belpré grew up in Puerto Rico surrounded by stories. When she moved to New York and was offered the chance to work at the New York Public Library, she was thrilled to be able to help share her stories with children—especially multicultural and multilingual children like her. She persisted in bringing Spanish and bilingual storytelling and books to libraries across the city and across the country, and she wrote books and stories of her own to bring even more of her culture to people everywhere.
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She Persisted: Pura Belpré
- She Persisted
- Narrated by: Almarie Guerra, Chelsea Clinton
- Length: 46 mins
- Release date: 05-09-23
- Language: English
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No soy Julieta [I’m Not Julieta]
- By: Julieta Martinez
- Narrated by: Agostina Longo
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
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Una de las activistas chilenas más influyentes a nivel global, Julieta Martínez, creadora de la plataforma Tremendas, nos explica en este emocionante ensayo autobiográfico por qué a los diez años salió a la calle a protestar, por qué encontró en el activismo una razón de ser, por qué está convencida de que el mundo puede mejorar y por qué no se deja apabullar frente a las injusticias—como la desigualdad de género— y calamidades—como el cambio climático- a las que asisten las nuevas generaciones.
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No soy Julieta [I’m Not Julieta]
- Narrated by: Agostina Longo
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 12-12-22
- Language: Spanish
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Black Achievements in Sports
- Celebrating Fritz Pollard, Simone Biles, and More
- By: Elliott Smith
- Narrated by: Book Buddy Digital Media
- Length: 17 mins
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Athletes and the sports they play are popular across generations. Black athletes throughout time have become legends in their sports. They help shape the game, create change, and continue to break barriers in sports where they've been historically underrepresented. Their talent and passion inspire present and future players. Find out more about athletes such as Simone Manuel, Satchel Paige, and Maya Moore and celebrate their achievements in sports.
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Black Achievements in Sports
- Celebrating Fritz Pollard, Simone Biles, and More
- Narrated by: Book Buddy Digital Media
- Length: 17 mins
- Release date: 01-01-24
- Language: English
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Black Achievements in Politics
- Celebrating Shirley Chisholm, Barack Obama, and More
- By: Artika R. Tyner
- Narrated by: Book Buddy Digital Media
- Length: 15 mins
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Black politicians have served in all levels of the United States government. As mayors, congresspersons, president, and more, Black politicians have created policies and initiatives to better serve community members. They have also addressed issues such as access to education, criminal justice, and affordable housing. Celebrate politicians such as Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Ilhan Omar, and Maynard Jackson Jr. who have made astounding achievements in politics.
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Black Achievements in Politics
- Celebrating Shirley Chisholm, Barack Obama, and More
- Narrated by: Book Buddy Digital Media
- Length: 15 mins
- Release date: 01-01-24
- Language: English
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Black Achievements in Activism
- Celebrating Leonidas H. Berry, Marley Dias, and More
- By: Artika R. Tyner
- Narrated by: Book Buddy Digital Media
- Length: 18 mins
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Activism focuses on changing systems. Black activists address injustices in everything from education to the environment. Throughout history, activists have led protests, researched policies, organized community members, and more to transform the world around them. Shine a light on how activists such as Mari Copeny, John Legend, and Marian Wright Edelman have led change in their communities and worked to make justice possible for everyone.
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Black Achievements in Activism
- Celebrating Leonidas H. Berry, Marley Dias, and More
- Narrated by: Book Buddy Digital Media
- Length: 18 mins
- Release date: 01-01-24
- Language: English
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Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!
- By: Claudette Colvin, Phillip Hoose, Bea Jackson - illustrator
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 12 mins
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Montgomery, Alabama 1955. Fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin is tired. Tired of white people thinking they’re better than her. Tired of going to separate schools and separate bathrooms. Most of all, she’s tired of having to give up her seat on the bus whenever a white person tells her to. She wants freedom NOW! But what can one teenager do? On a bus ride home from school one day, young Claudette takes a stand for justice and refuses to get up from her seat—nine months before Rosa Parks will become famous for doing the same.
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Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 12 mins
- Release date: 12-11-24
- Language: English
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She Persisted: Dolores Huerta
- She Persisted
- By: Monica Brown, Chelsea Clinton - introduction
- Narrated by: Elena Rey, Chelsea Clinton
- Length: 45 mins
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Dolores Huerta always knew that helping others in her community was important. So when she became a teacher and saw how hard it was for her students from farm families to find enough to eat, she knew there was more she could do. Dolores became a labor rights activist, fighting for better conditions for farm workers. She started unions so that workers would be treated more fairly. And she was also a leader of the women's rights movement.
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She Persisted: Dolores Huerta
- She Persisted
- Narrated by: Elena Rey, Chelsea Clinton
- Series: She Persisted
- Length: 45 mins
- Release date: 03-09-24
- Language: English
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Frederick Douglass: The Right to Dignity
- Heroes of History
- By: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
- Narrated by: Tim Gregory
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
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Born into slavery in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was separated from his mother during infancy, then taken from his grandparents at the age of six to serve at the “Great House” on the Wye Plantation in Maryland. He never imagined the cruelties he would witness or the indignities of his family being treated like cattle to be sold, divided, and scattered far and wide. Escaping from slavery, Frederick Douglass became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in America.
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Frederick Douglass: The Right to Dignity
- Heroes of History
- Narrated by: Tim Gregory
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 06-12-23
- Language: English
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Magnificent Kids!
- 23 Superheroes Who Are Changing the World - Now It's Your Turn
- By: Kerryn Vaughan
- Narrated by: Catherine O'Connor
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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Magnificent Kids! showcases 23 incredible young people who are making the world a better place for humanity, animals and the planet. The book contains ideas, inspiration and tools for anybody to get started with their own world-changing project.
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Magnificent Kids!
- 23 Superheroes Who Are Changing the World - Now It's Your Turn
- Narrated by: Catherine O'Connor
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 17-04-23
- Language: English
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She Persisted: Opal Lee
- She Persisted
- By: Shelia P. Moses, Chelsea Clinton - introduction
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton, Chelsea Clinton
- Length: 41 mins
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Opal Lee grew up as a Black girl in Texas at a time when Black and white people were kept separate and Black people had fewer opportunities than white people did. She knew that this wasn’t right, and she grew up to be a teacher and a community leader, determined to help create a better future for all people. A big part of her work and life was making Juneteenth a national holiday to mark the end of enslavement for Black Americans. She loved this day as both a celebration and as a way of teaching about the past.
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She Persisted: Opal Lee
- She Persisted
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton, Chelsea Clinton
- Series: She Persisted
- Length: 41 mins
- Release date: 19-12-23
- Language: English
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Ella persistió: Coretta Scott King [She Persisted: Coretta Scott King]
- Ella Persistio [She Persisted]
- By: Kelly Starling Lyons, Chelsea Clinton - introduction
- Narrated by: Jane Santos
- Length: 45 mins
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La activista social y líder de los derechos humanos Coretta Scott King inspiró a muchas personas alrededor del mundo con su valentía al promover un cambio. Incluso antes de conocer a su esposo, el reverendo Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta era una líder para su comunidad y continuó siéndolo junto a él y después que fue asesinado. Cantante y escritora, su legado es fundamental para los afroamericanos, las mujeres, y muchos otros hoy y en las generaciones futuras.
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Ella persistió: Coretta Scott King [She Persisted: Coretta Scott King]
- Ella Persistio [She Persisted]
- Narrated by: Jane Santos
- Length: 45 mins
- Release date: 17-10-23
- Language: Spanish
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Who Was John Lewis?
- Who Was?
- By: Crystal Hubbard, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Length: 55 mins
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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 1963 March of Washington, the Freedom Rides, and the Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. John continued his impactful career when he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1986. He went on to serve seventeen terms until his death in 2020.
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Who Was John Lewis?
- Who Was?
- Narrated by: Leon Nixon
- Series: Who-? by Who HQ
- Length: 55 mins
- Release date: 05-12-23
- Language: English
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Who Is Billie Jean King?
- By: Sarah Fabiny, Who HQ
- Narrated by: Koren Paul
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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Billie Jean King grew up in a family of athletes. It was no surprise when she quickly began to excel at tennis. She became the top female singles player in the world and won 129 career singles titles, including Wimbledon and the US Open. Beyond being an excellent athlete, Billie Jean King used her voice to stand up for other women playing tennis who were not paid nearly as much as male players. In 1973, Billie Jean captured the world's attention when she beat Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes," proving women were just as good at tennis as men.
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Who Is Billie Jean King?
- Narrated by: Koren Paul
- Series: What-? by Who HQ
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Release date: 06-08-24
- Language: English
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Vision
- My Story of Strength
- By: Precious Perez, Zainab Nasrati - editor, Zoe Ruiz, and others
- Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal
- Length: 44 mins
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Ever since Precious Perez was a child, she has loved music. Her family always praised her singing, saying she could even attend Berklee College of Music one day—planting a seed that would become her dream. Precious was born two and a half months prematurely and weighed just one pound. Her eyes did not fully develop, and she is blind. With an engaging, accessible voice, Precious delivers an empowering first-person account of her determination to achieve her dreams, even with the world stacking the odds against her.
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Vision
- My Story of Strength
- Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal
- Length: 44 mins
- Release date: 31-10-23
- Language: English
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Ella persistió: Pura Belpré
- By: Meg Medina, Marilisa Jiménez García, Chelsea Clinton - introduction
- Narrated by: Jane Santos
- Length: 46 mins
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Pura Belpré se mudó de Puerto Rico a la ciudad de Nueva York y se hizo bibliotecaria en un momento en que las bibliotecas estaban llenas de sólo libros en inglés. Pero ella sabía que a las personas hispanohablantes también les encantaría poder ir a las bibliotecas, por lo que persistió en implementar programas y libros bilingües en las bibliotecas de toda la ciudad. Ella también escribía sus propias historias y tradujo cuentos puertorriqueños al inglés para que pudieran llegar a un público más amplio.
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Ella persistió: Pura Belpré
- Narrated by: Jane Santos
- Length: 46 mins
- Release date: 23-01-24
- Language: Spanish
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Beyond the Game: Maya Moore
- Beyond the Game: Athletes Change the World
- By: Andrew Maraniss
- Narrated by: Ozzie Jacobs
- Length: 46 mins
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Before she became one of the most famous basketball players on the planet, before she began speaking out for prison reform, Maya Moore was just a kid. In this chapter book biography by acclaimed author Andrew Maraniss, listeners learn more about the life and work of Maya Moore—from growing up with a single mother in Jefferson City, Missouri, to her journey to becoming a star player at UCONN and the WNBA, to her social justice fighting for prison reform and speaking up for Black Lives Matter.
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Beyond the Game: Maya Moore
- Beyond the Game: Athletes Change the World
- Narrated by: Ozzie Jacobs
- Length: 46 mins
- Release date: 05-03-24
- Language: English
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In the Name of Emmett Till
- How the Children of the Mississippi Freedom Struggle Showed Us Tomorrow
- By: Robert H. Mayer, Leslie-Burl McLemore - foreword
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 6 hrs
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The killing of Emmett Till is widely remembered today as one of the most famous examples of lynchings in America. African American children in 1955 personally felt the terror of his murder. From the violent Woolworth's lunch-counter sit-ins in Jackson to the school walkouts of McComb, the young people of Mississippi picketed, boycotted, organized, spoke out, and marched, working to reveal the vulnerability of black bodies and the ugly nature of the world they lived in. These children changed that world.
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In the Name of Emmett Till
- How the Children of the Mississippi Freedom Struggle Showed Us Tomorrow
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 6 hrs
- Release date: 13-06-23
- Language: English
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Jacob Riis's Camera
- Bringing Light to Tenement Children
- By: Alexis O'Neill
- Narrated by: Chris Henry Coffey
- Length: 15 mins
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Jacob Riis was determined to improve the living conditions of the poor—to fill their dark, ramshackle places with sunlight and soft, green grass. Places where children could play. After immigrating to New York City and working as a news reporter, Jacob was deeply affected by the poverty surrounding him, especially in the tenements.
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Jacob Riis's Camera
- Bringing Light to Tenement Children
- Narrated by: Chris Henry Coffey
- Length: 15 mins
- Release date: 30-05-23
- Language: English
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The Lady in the Front
- The Inspiring Story of Rosa Parks
- By: B.B. Owl
- Narrated by: Deanna Anthony
- Length: 41 mins
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Join us on a journey through the life of Rosa Parks, the woman who changed history with a single act of courage. From her childhood in Alabama to her role as a leader in the civil rights movement, Rosa Parks' story is one of determination, resilience, and a deep commitment to justice. Along the way, you'll learn about the segregation laws of the time, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the impact of the civil rights movement on the world we live in today.
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The Lady in the Front
- The Inspiring Story of Rosa Parks
- Narrated by: Deanna Anthony
- Length: 41 mins
- Release date: 25-07-23
- Language: English
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John Comenius
- The Bohemian Educator Who Changed the World
- By: Kytka Hilmarova
- Narrated by: Scott Kerr
- Length: 55 mins
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John Comenius: The Bohemian Educator Who Changed the World invites listeners to explore the rich heritage of the Czech Republic and learn about the remarkable figures who have left an indelible mark on history. Delve into the transformative life of John Amos Comenius, whose legacy continues to inspire educators and learners around the globe. Discover how Comenius' ideas on identity, imagination, and the human condition influenced his approach to education, leaving an indelible mark on the field and shaping the minds of countless individuals.
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John Comenius
- The Bohemian Educator Who Changed the World
- Narrated by: Scott Kerr
- Length: 55 mins
- Release date: 13-07-23
- Language: English
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