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How to Be True to You
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A'ja Wilson
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A'ja Wilson
About this listen
This program is read by the author.
“Through honest stories and inspiring lessons from her life, A’ja Wilson reminds us to never doubt who we are or apologize for being true to ourselves. Dear Black Girls is a must-read for every Black girl out there.”―Gabrielle Union, New York Times bestselling author of We're Going to Need More Wine and You Got Anything Stronger?
This one is for all the girls with an apostrophe in their names.
This is for all the girls who are labeled “too loud” and “too emotional.”
This is for all the girls who are constantly asked, “Oh, what did you do with your hair? That’s new.”
This is for my Black girls.
Despite gold medals, WNBA championships, and a list of accolades, A’ja Wilson knows how it feels to be swept under the rug—to not be heard, to not feel seen, to not be taken seriously. As a fourth grader going to a primarily white school in South Carolina, A’ja was told she’d have to stay outside for a classmate’s birthday party. “Huh?” she asked. Because the birthday girl’s father didn’t like Black people.
Wilson tells stories like this, about how even when life tried to hold her down, it didn’t stop her. She shares her contribution to “The Talk,” and how to keep fighting, all while igniting strength, passion, and joy. Dear Black Girls is a necessary and meaningful exploration of what it means to be a Black woman in America today—and a rallying cry to lift up women and girls everywhere.
"Dear Black Girls is filled with phenomenal stories and empowering insight on what it means to be a woman in today’s world. I didn’t want to put it down.”―Tunde Oyeneyin, New York Times bestselling author of Speak
A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.
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Critic reviews
“Dear Black Girls is filled with phenomenal stories and empowering insight on what it means to be a woman in today’s world. I didn’t want to put it down.” ―Tunde Oyeneyin, New York Times bestselling author of Speak
“Through honest stories and inspiring lessons from her life, A’ja Wilson reminds us to never doubt who we are or apologize for being true to ourselves. Dear Black Girls is a must-read for every Black girl out there.” ―Gabrielle Union, New York Times bestselling author of We're Going to Need More Wine and You Got Anything Stronger?
"[Wilson] becomes a beacon of hope for all who face adversity. Her book is a powerful and crucial call to support women and girls worldwide and a source of encouragement for everyone seeking to embrace their authentic self and overcome obstacles." ―Booklist
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Filled with sharply drawn, emotionally powerful senses, Walk Through Fire traces the hardships Sheila faced in her marriage and her professional life. Despite her skills as a violinist and music teacher, as well as her obvious entrepreneurial talent, she had to fight to overcome self-doubt and fears of failure. Sheila vividly details her struggles, including battling institutional racism, losing a child, suffering emotional abuse in her thirty-three-year marriage, and plunging into a deep depression with her divorce. And yet, out of that pain came renewed purpose and meaning.
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I am The Salamander
- By Dee Burton on 09-27-23
By: Sheila Johnson
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The Only Black Girl in the Room
- A Novel
- By: Alex Travis
- Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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Genevieve Francis, a 25-year-old Black reporter, assumed she’d go into her fourth year at her newspaper job with a bigger story than the latest seasonal ice cream flavor. Instead, she’s relegated to doing copy edits and sensitivity reads on the articles her white colleagues write. So when Gen finally gets the opportunity to cover a prominent CEO’s gala, she leaps at the chance—this will be her biggest assignment to date. The only problem: The CEO is her ex, Jude, whose marriage proposal she publicly rejected four years prior.
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Amazing story of truth setting you free
- By C. Spyn on 01-21-25
By: Alex Travis
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I'm Not Yelling
- A Black Woman’s Guide to Navigating the Workplace
- By: Elizabeth Leiba
- Narrated by: Zoleka Vundla
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
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I'm Not Yelling is part strategy for savvy black business women navigating a predominantly white corporate America and part vessel empowering black women to find their voices in toxic work environments and be successful business women. Statistical and anecdotal evidence guide the way. Explore the data and hear the accounts of Black women in business who face, work through, and rise above workplace discrimination. Finding your voice as women entrepreneurs. Successful business women use their voice to become strong Black leaders who instill positive change in the workplace culture.
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SPEAK UP!!!!
- By Anonymous User on 04-03-23
By: Elizabeth Leiba
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Mainline Mama
- A Memoir
- By: Keeonna Harris
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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Keeonna and Jason met as young teens. Only fourteen, Keeonna had never had a boyfriend before, dreamed of attending Spelman to become an obstetrician, and thought she was “grown.” Within a year she was pregnant and Jason was in prison, convicted of a carjacking and sentenced to twenty-two years. Overnight Keeonna had become a “mainline mama,” a parent facing the task of raising a child—while still growing up herself—with an incarcerated partner.
By: Keeonna Harris
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I Don't Belong to You
- Quiet the Noise and Find Your Voice
- By: Keke Palmer
- Narrated by: Keke Palmer
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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A sometimes serious, often hilarious, and always inspiring guide that encourages young women to live a life full of ownership, confidence, and freedom, written and read by singer and popular Scream Queens and Grease Live! actress Keke Palmer.
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Not that interesting
- By Melissa on 06-21-19
By: Keke Palmer
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Protecting My Peace
- Embracing Inner Beauty and Ancestral Power
- By: Elizabeth Leiba
- Narrated by: Machelle Williams
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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Reclaim your peace. Protecting My Peace: Embracing Inner Beauty and Ancestral Power focuses on transforming self-perception, recreating ancestral traditions, and channeling the spiritual power of the African feminine divine. Delve into transformative self-care practices. Find strategies to connect with ancestral roots, embrace spirituality, and foster personal growth. Prioritize your mental, emotional, and physical health with practical advice on African American home remedies, how to be healthy, and overcoming trauma.
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Loved it!
- By Toni Owens on 12-26-24
By: Elizabeth Leiba
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Undefeated
- Changing the Rules and Winning on My Own Terms
- By: Shaunie Henderson
- Narrated by: Shaunie Henderson
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
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Today, Shaunie Henderson is a force to be reckoned with—a TV personality, producer of multiple hit reality shows, entrepreneur, philanthropist, mother of five children, First Lady of her husband’s church, and role model. But before she found her voice and her purpose, she was one more young woman trying to find her way as a partner, a parent, and a person. In Undefeated, Henderson opens up about the struggles, heartbreaks, losses, and triumphs that have made her who she is today.
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Interesting take on things
- By Risque on 12-25-24
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Uncivil Liberties with Goldie Taylor
- By: Goldie Taylor
- Narrated by: Goldie Taylor
- Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
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In this six-part series, journalist and host Goldie Taylor will take us on a journey to uncover key misunderstandings that Americans have about our relationship with guns. Goldie will also unpack her own complicated relationship with gun ownership. There are no easy answers. But if we are to find solutions, we’ve got to face facts, then start asking ourselves tough questions. This series aims to be that starting point.
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Thoughtful & Impacful
- By D Trigg on 11-12-24
By: Goldie Taylor
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Pretty
- A Memoir
- By: KB Brookins
- Narrated by: KB Brookins
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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By a prize-winning young Black trans writer of outsized talent, a fierce and disciplined memoir about queerness, masculinity, and race, Pretty is as much a powerful and tender love letter as it is a call for change.
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Love
- By Brie on 02-11-25
By: KB Brookins
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Why Fathers Cry at Night
- A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances
- By: Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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In a powerfully intimate and non-traditional (or "new-fashioned") memoir, Kwame Alexander shares snapshots of a man learning how to love. He takes us through stories of his parents: from being awkward newlyweds in the sticky Chicago summer of 1967, to the sometimes-confusing ways they showed their love to each other, and for him. He explores his own relationships—his difficulties as a newly wedded, 22-year-old father, and the precariousness of his early marriage working in a jazz club with his second wife.
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Loved it.
- By Tonja on 06-01-23
By: Kwame Alexander
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Brothers and Keepers
- By: John Edgar Wideman
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
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“A rare triumph” (The New York Times Book Review), this powerful memoir about the divergent paths taken by two brothers is a classic work from one of the greatest figures in American literature: a reflection on John Edgar Wideman’s family and his brother’s incarceration—a classic that is as relevant now as when originally published in 1984.
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Beautifully Told
- By Allison on 12-21-23
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American Negra
- A Memoir
- By: Natasha S. Alford
- Narrated by: Natasha S. Alford
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
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Award-winning journalist Natasha S. Alford grew up between two worlds as the daughter of an African American father and Puerto Rican mother. In American Negra, a narrative that is part memoir, part cultural analysis, Alford reflects on growing up in a working-class family from the city of Syracuse, NY. In smart, vivid prose, Alford illustrates the complexity of being multiethnic in Upstate New York and society’s flawed teachings about matters of identity.
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Relatable to those who grew up in America
- By Oronde Creal on 03-24-24
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-21-24
Inspiration for little black girls
This a great look into the life of a very SPECIAL black woman. The stories of her growing up and her family relationships were very loving.
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- Jodie Tonita
- 02-13-24
a must-read for all teens!
A potent, real, to the heart of the matter text. A'ja's truth is powerful medicine and just what the world needs.
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- Jim Cira
- 02-21-24
Wonderful and Inspirational!
I work with young adults (18-24), transitioning from homelessness to housing (most of whom are young ladies). So, I am constantly looking inspirational quotes, motivational books, etc.; And this is it! This book had me laughing, crying, and thinking; Sometimes in the same paragraph! Ms. Wilson, please keep writing. We need your voice.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-06-24
Blend of perspective, support, and autobiography
Lots of good messages and anecdotes in this book. I felt perhaps what was missing is guidance for someone who doesn’t have the strong family support that A’ja grew up with. But I enjoyed the author’s words of wisdom and reflections on her life, strengths, and imperfections.
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- Christina Hull
- 03-09-24
Dear Black Girls
This book is for Black Girls and Women ......you can do the things that you think are impossible!
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- Ty Arrington
- 03-21-24
Very inspirational, something that another black woman can truly relate to.
I love hearing her story, the good, the bad and the ugly. I am much older so the message for the most part was lost on me, however there were a few nuggets that I am taking away. I hope the author continues on her writing journey. Skee-Wee Soror🩷💚
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- Cat RedTurtle
- 05-28-24
LOVE IT
As a black girl who also grew up in South Carolina. This story hit home. I appreciate Ms. Wilson for sharing her story for all the other black girls to see they too can be whatever they choose!!!!
No, it won't be easy. BUT WE SEE YOU!!! AND WE HEAR YOU!!
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- Kenya
- 07-07-24
black Girls Story
Excellent! As a seasoned woman as I listened to the audiobook some of her stories brought back memories and tears welled up in my eyes. Her story telling was REAL and RELEVANT. This touched my soul in a deep way. She's #1 in my book for her authenticity.
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- holland Bailey-mcarthur
- 08-27-24
Honest empowerment
Honest empowerment for young girls. Her story will make you laugh, cry and feel something.
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- amazonfan
- 07-19-24
Outstanding!!!
A’ja— thank you!!! You spoke not only for Black girls the same age and younger than you. You also spoke for Black girls like me, over 50, who had similar experiences navigating academics and professions, yet daily suppressed our emotions and too easily took responsibility for the shortcomings of others. I am so proud of you for having the courage to tell and share your truth!! The way in which you shared your relationship with your grandmother and mother gave voice also to the awesome impact that my mom and maternal grandmother had on me. Keep doing you! And again, thank you Sis!
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