African American World War

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    • The Civil War in American Memory
    • By: David W. Blight
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 20 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 30-01-2019
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Race and Reunion is a history of how the unity of white America was purchased through the increasing segregation of black and white memory of the Civil War. David Blight's sweeping narrative of triumph and tragedy, romance and realism, is a compelling tale....

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    • The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad
    • By: Matthew F. Delmont
    • Narrated by: William DeMeritt
    • Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 18-10-2022
    • Language: English
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    • Over one million Black men and women served in World War II. Black troops were at Normandy, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of the Bulge, serving in segregated units and performing unheralded but vital support jobs, only to be denied housing and educational opportunities on their return home....

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    • African-American Heroes of World War I (Military Heroes)
    • By: John Micklos Jr.
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Length: 25 mins
    • Release date: 01-03-2022
    • Language: English
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    • When World War I began, it seemed unlikely that a unit such as the Harlem Hellfighters would ever be formed. Given their nickname by their German foes who admired their bravery, the Harlem Hellfighters were members of the 369th, an all-Black regiment....

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    • The Forgotten History of an African American Fighter Pilot
    • By: Thomas E. Simmons
    • Narrated by: DeMario Clarke
    • Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 23-02-2013
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The forgotten true story of American war hero John Charles Robinson, a.k.a. The Brown Condor of Ethiopia....

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    • The Story of the Last Slave
    • By: Alice Walker, Zora Neale Hurston
    • Narrated by: Deborah G. Plant, Robin Miles
    • Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 08-05-2018
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview 86-year-old Cudjo Lewis, who was abducted from Africa on the last 'Black Cargo' ship to arrive in the United States....

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    • The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
    • By: Douglas A. Blackmon
    • Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
    • Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 31-05-2010
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history.....

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    • By: Embassie Susberry
    • Narrated by: Nerissa Bradley
    • Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 04-01-2024
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Inspired by the incredible true story of Josephine Baker in the French Resistance, this is a heart-wrenching, unforgettable tale of the strength of the human spirit in the darkest days of World War II....

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    • The Black Medal of Honor Winners of World War II
    • By: Robert Child
    • Narrated by: Vaughn Johseph
    • Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 06-01-2022
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The remarkable story of the seven African American soldiers ultimately awarded the World War II Medal of Honor, and the 50-year campaign to deny them their recognition....

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    • A Novel
    • By: Alaya Dawn Johnson
    • Narrated by: Neil Shah, Shayna Small
    • Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 21-07-2020
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The dangerous magic of The Night Circus meets the powerful historical exploration of The Underground Railroad in Alaya Dawn Johnson's timely and unsettling novel, set against the darkly glamorous backdrop of New York City at the dawn of World War II....

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    • How Black Men Won the Right to Wear Navy Gold
    • By: Dan Goldberg
    • Narrated by: Sam Manual
    • Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 19-05-2020
    • Language: English
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    • The story of the 13 courageous black men who integrated the officer corps of the US Navy during World War II—leading desegregation efforts across America and anticipating the civil rights movement....

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    • A Novel
    • By: Cade Bentley
    • Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
    • Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 30-08-2022
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • In a deeply emotional novel of family, cultural heritage, and forgiveness, estranged sisters wrestle with the choices they’ve made and confront circumstances beyond their control....

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    • The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II 
    • By: J. Todd Moye
    • Narrated by: Brandon Massey
    • Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 06-05-2013
    • Language: English
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    • Freedom Flyers brings to life the legacy of a determined, visionary cadre of African American airmen who proved their capabilities and patriotism beyond question....

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    • William Tillman and the Unforgettable Story of How a Free Black Man Refused to Become a Slave
    • By: Brian McGinty
    • Narrated by: Sean Crisden
    • Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 16-08-2016
    • Language: English
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    • On July 4, 1861, the schooner S. J. Waring set sail from New York on a routine voyage to South America. Seventeen days later it limped back into New York's harbor....

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    • Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
    • By: Penny M. Von Eschen
    • Narrated by: Christina Delaine
    • Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 10-07-2018
    • Language: English
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    • At the height of the ideological antagonism of the Cold War, the US State Department unleashed an unexpected tool in its battle against Communism: jazz. From 1956 through the late 1970s, America dispatched its finest jazz musicians to the far corners of the earth....

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    • A Novel
    • By: Shara Moon
    • Narrated by: Karen Chilton
    • Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 04-02-2025
    • Language: English
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    • A stirring novel inspired by the life of an unsung heroine, and real-life crusader, Lizzie McDuffie, who as a maid in FDR’s White House spearheaded the Civil Rights movement of her time.

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    • A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion
    • By: Sheila Williams
    • Narrated by: Janina Edwards
    • Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 27-02-2024
    • Language: English
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    • The acclaimed author of The Secret Women and Things Past Telling returns with an engrossing historical novel about a little known aspect of World War II—the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only Black WACs to serve overseas during the conflict....

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    • Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers
    • By: Paul Stillwell
    • Narrated by: Alan Bomar Jones
    • Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 16-11-2010
    • Language: English
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    • In January 1944, 16 Black enlisted men gathered at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station to begin a course that would turn them into the US Navy's first African American officers on active duty....

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    • Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
    • By: Steve Sheinkin
    • Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
    • Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 21-01-2014
    • Language: English
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    • On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away....

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