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The Weight He Carries

The Plight of the Black Man in America

40 chapters · 87,403 words · about 583 min listen

1. 01Author's Noteauthors-note · 361 words · ~2 min→
2. 02Where the Distrust Was PlantedChapter 1 · 3,423 words · ~23 min→
3. 03The LedgerChapter 2 · 2,692 words · ~18 min→
4. 04The WageChapter 3 · 2,609 words · ~17 min→
5. 05The NeighborhoodChapter 4 · 2,484 words · ~17 min→
6. 06The SchoolhouseChapter 5 · 2,372 words · ~16 min→
7. 07The CellChapter 6 · 2,500 words · ~17 min→
8. 08The DoctorChapter 7 · 2,696 words · ~18 min→
9. 09The ChurchChapter 8 · 3,165 words · ~21 min→
10. 10FathersChapter 9 · 2,531 words · ~17 min→
11. 11SonsChapter 10 · 2,402 words · ~16 min→
12. 12The SilenceChapter 11 · 1,759 words · ~12 min→
13. 13Love and GriefChapter 12 · 3,290 words · ~22 min→
14. 14Rage and the Small Stubborn JoysChapter 13 · 3,023 words · ~20 min→
15. 15What We Built While Carrying ItChapter 14 · 2,601 words · ~17 min→
16. 16What to Teach the YoungChapter 15 · 3,148 words · ~21 min→
17. 17The Weight, Set Down and Picked Back UpChapter 16 · 2,564 words · ~17 min→
18. 18The Auction Block Is Still WarmChapter 17 · 3,265 words · ~22 min→
19. 19The Body as EvidenceChapter 18 · 3,118 words · ~21 min→
20. 20The Boy Who Was Never Allowed to Be a BoyChapter 19 · 3,189 words · ~21 min→
21. 21The Man in the Mirror the Country Sold HimChapter 20 · 2,800 words · ~19 min→
22. 22The War the Country Sent Him ToChapter 21 · 3,145 words · ~21 min→
23. 23The Woman Who Held the Roof UpChapter 22 · 2,803 words · ~19 min→
24. 24Sarah Baartman to Megan Thee StallionChapter 23 · 3,223 words · ~21 min→
25. 25The Delivery RoomChapter 24 · 2,615 words · ~17 min→
26. 26The Missing GirlsChapter 25 · 2,837 words · ~19 min→
27. 27When He Was GoneChapter 26 · 4,074 words · ~27 min→
28. 28The Wedge Between UsChapter 27 · 3,309 words · ~22 min→
29. 29The Love That Survived AnywayChapter 28 · 2,945 words · ~20 min→
30. 30Dedicationdedication · 41 words · ~1 min→
31. 31How to Read This Bookhow-to-read · 408 words · ~3 min→
32. 32Interlude: A Kitchen in Octoberinterlude-part2 · 1,101 words · ~7 min→
33. 33Interlude: A Woman at the Windowinterlude-part3 · 1,022 words · ~7 min→
34. 34IntroductionIntroduction · 1,571 words · ~10 min→
35. 35Notes on Sourcesnotes-on-sources · 1,284 words · ~9 min→
36. 36Part Ipart-01 · 45 words · ~1 min→
37. 37Part IIpart-02 · 48 words · ~1 min→
38. 38Part IIIpart-03 · 39 words · ~1 min→
39. 39Part IVpart-04 · 37 words · ~1 min→
40. 40Epilogue: A Letter Back to Jalen, Jacobi, and JaweunEpilogue · 864 words · ~6 min→

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