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1.		Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass Available on: Audio Download First published in 1845, the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass became Frederick Douglass's most well known work. It is as the name implies his autobiography.
2.		Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson Available on: Audio Download ($19.99) | Audio CD ($35.99) | MP3 CD ($26.99) The inspiring account of one man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia.
3.		Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin Available on: Audio Download ($24.98) | Audio CD ($39.96) | Audio Cassette ($39.95) Writer John Howard Griffin decided to perform an experiment in order to learn from the inside out how one race could withstand the second class citizenship imposed on it by another race....
4.		MLK: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Tapes by Martin Luther King, Jr. Available on: Audio Download ($9.95) | Audio CD ($12.76) This historical compilation of Martin Luther King, Jr. features live recordings of "The Great March To Freedom," "The Great March To Washington" and the immortal "Free At Last" speech.
5.		The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois Available on: Audio Download The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois.
6.		Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell Available on: Audio Download ($20.95) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette This explosive new audiobook challenges many of the long-held assumptions about blacks, about Jews, about Germans and Nazis, about slavery, and about education.
7.		A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Available on: Audio Cassette ($15.16) When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama.
8.		Meeting Hate with Love by Arun Gandhi Available on: Audio Download ($4.95) Two segments that assess the legacy of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., utilizing archive recordings and interviews with colleagues and relatives.
9.		The Everything Martin Luther King, Jr. Book by Jessica McElrath Available on: Audio Download ($24.49) | Audio CD ($34.99) Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most inspirational figures in American history. From his march on Washington to his time in a Birmingham jail, King's life and work continue to have a profound effect on our nation.
10.		Museum of the African Diaspora Podcast Available on: Podcast An international museum, based in San Francisco, MoAD is committed to showcasing the "best of the best" from the African Diaspora.
11.		Think India: The Rise of the World's Next Superpower and What It Means for Every American by Vinay Rai Available on: Audio Download ($15.00) | Audio CD ($26.99) | MP3 CD ($17.99) With 1.1 billion residents, the world’s largest democracy is poised to dominate the world stage. One of India’s wealthiest men gives an insider’s view into his country’s dynamic transformation, revealing the forces and unique characteristics behind India’s meteoric rise.
12.		In the Ruins of Empire by Ronald H. Spector Available on: Audio Download ($17.50) | Audio CD ($31.49) | MP3 CD ($22.49) Americans are accustomed to thinking that World War II ended on August 14, 1945, when the Japanese surrendered unconditionally. Yet on the mainland of Asia, in the vast arc stretching from Manchuria to Burma, peace was a brief, fretful interlude.
13.		Silk Road Storytelling Podcast Available on: Podcast The Freer and Sackler Galleries' Silk Road Storytelling group is made up of volunteers from the Washington DC community who have cultural ties to various sites along the ancient Silk Road.
14.		Stupid Black Men by Larry Elder Available on: Audio Download ($19.58) | Audio CD ($35.96) Radio host and best-selling author Larry Elder has made a career out of being a thorn in the side of the conventional-wisdom crowd.
15.		BMA: Black Media Archive Podcast by Malcolm X Available on: Podcast The Black Media Archive is a multi-media collection of African and African-American history, including speeches, archival video, movies, music, and more. It exists as a central resource of Black history in multi-media formats.
16.		The Avengers by Rob Cohen Available on: Audio Download ($17.50) From Rich Cohen, one of the preeminent journalists of his generation and author of the highly praised Tough Jews, a powerful exploration of vindication and revenge, of dignity and rebellion, painstakingly recreated through his exclusive access to the Avengers themselves.
17.		Black Boy by Richard Wright Available on: Audio CD ($31.96) Richard Wright's devastating autobiography of his childhood and youth in the Jim Crow South.
18.		Ideas Lecture: Jared Diamond by Jared Diamond Available on: Online Audio An audience of 850 attended the Ideas Lecture on 2 June 2005 to listen to the remarkable scientist, thinker and historian Jared Diamond present the Ideas Lecture.
19.		Say It Plain: A Century of Great African-American Speeches by Stephen Smith Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio The visceral impact of history's great speechmakers is at the heart of Say It Plain....
20.		The Color of Love by Gene Cheek Available on: Audio Download ($29.98) Here is a true story of love in a time afflicted by hatred, ignorance, and racism. At its core, this is a frank account of a love affair between a white woman and a black man that took mother from son and split a family forever.
21.		Democracy Matters by Cornel West Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD | Audio Cassette Democracy Matters is Cornel West's bold and powerful critique of the troubling deterioration of democracy in America in this threatening post-9/11 age of terrorist rage and imperial overreach.
22.		Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers Available on: Audio Download | Audio Cassette Myers, the very first recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award, recounts growing up in Harlem in the 1940s and '50s…
23.		Great American Indian Stories by Charles Eastman Available on: Audio Download The lives of the American Indian, as written by Charles Eastman, come to life as they wrestle with the intrusion of the “White Man” and their own survival.
24.		The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow - PBS Podcast by Thirteen - WNET Available on: Podcast Listen to compelling first-hand accounts by people who experienced, endured, and survived Jim Crow.
25.		April 4, 1968 by Michael Eric Dyson Available on: Audio Download ($13.95) | Audio CD ($17.96) | Audio Cassette ($44.95) | MP3 CD ($29.95) On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., the prophet for racial and economic justice in America, was fatally shot. Only hours earlier, he had ended his final public speech by promising that “we as a people will get to the Promised Land.”