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Our Minds Were Always Free: A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited—and the Fight to Retake Control by Lisa E Davis

Our Minds Were Always Free: A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited—and the Fight to Retake Control: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Our Minds Were Always Free: A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited—and the Fight to Retake Control audiobook runs 7.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Deann Anthony (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.6listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Our Minds Were Always Free: A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited—and the Fight to Retake Control is an audiobook by Lisa E Davis: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Deann Anthony, released May 19, 2026, on the Social Science and The Americas shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.6 hrs
Narrated by
Deann Anthony
Released
May 19, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, The Americas
ISBN
9781668102312

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How long is the Our Minds Were Always Free: A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited—and the Fight to Retake Control audiobook?

Our Minds Were Always Free: A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited—and the Fight to Retake Control runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.

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Who narrates Our Minds Were Always Free: A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited—and the Fight to Retake Control?

Our Minds Were Always Free: A History of How Black Brilliance Was Exploited—and the Fight to Retake Control is narrated by Deann Anthony.