More free audiobooks from SYNC so you can read with your ears!
Each download period runs from Thursday through Wednesday, so grab this pair of strong stories now – you have free use of them as long as you keep them on your computer or electronic device.
How It Went Down (download here June 16-22)
by Kekla Magoon
Read by Cherise Boothe, Shari Peele, Kevin R. Free, Patricia R. Floyd, Avery Glymph, Korey Jackson, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Peter Jay Fernandez, Ezra Knight, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Brian Hutchinson
Published by Recorded Books
I recommended this many-voiced story in early 2015 here – still relevant, alas still being repeated.
Black teen Tariq is shot by white Jack – now police, neighbors, family, and friends of both men try to untangle this not-so-simple tale.
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (download here June 16-22)
by James Weldon Johnson
Read by Alan Bomar Jones
Published by Tantor Media
As the first fictionalized memoir published by a black author, this compelling look at the life and travails of a biracial man strongly influenced many authors of the Harlem Renaissance and rings true today.
How can fiction help us reflect on real life?
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