This week’s free audiobooks from SYNC feature courage in the face of racial discrimination, ready for you to read with your ears!
Remember that although these complete audiobooks are only available from Thursday through Wednesday, you have free use of them as long as you keep them on your computer or electronic device.
Click on a title to go straight to its free download page at AudioSync – download only requires your name and an email address.
Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles
by Tanya Lee Stone
Read by J.D. Jackson
Published by Brilliance Audio
During World War II, the first American black paratroopers fought a little-known Japanese attack on the West Coast, as well as widespread prejudice throughout the US military.
A great YA novel considering the Triple Nickles from the viewpoint of a black officer’s son is Jump Into the Sky, by Shelley Pearsall (my recommendation here).
John Ball’s In the Heat of the Night
by Matt Pelfrey
Read by Ryan Vincent Anderson, Michael Hammond, Kalen Harriman, Travis Johns, James Morrison, Darren Richardson, Tom Virtue
Published by L.A. Theatre Works
A black detective from California begins investigating murder in a small Alabama town during desegregation in the 1960s – this is the off-Broadway production based on the novel which was adapted into award-winning movie and television series.
Other tales of discrimination-fighting that you’d recommend?
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