Incoming Resources
- Roots, the saga of an American family, Alex Haley ; with a special introduction by Michael Eric Dyson and Alex Haley On the Writing of Roots
- Ralph Bunche, An American Odyssey
- Sing and shout, the mighty voice of Paul Robeson, Susan Goldman Rubin
- Notes from a young Black chef, Kwame Onwuachi ; with Joshua David Stein
- Heavy, an American memoir, by Kiese Laymon
- Those who saw the sun, African American oral histories from the Jim Crow South, Jaha Nailah Avery
- Black chameleon, memory, womanhood, and myth, Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
- Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup
- Before she was Harriet, by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- My brother Moochie, regaining dignity in the face of crime, poverty, and racism in the American South, Issac J. Bailey
- The beautiful struggle, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Becoming Kareem, growing up on and off the court, by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
- King, a filmed record : Montgomery to Memphis
- Somebody's daughter, a memoir, Ashley C. Ford
- Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup
- African American eras
- Dovey undaunted, a Black woman breaks barriers in the law, the military, and the ministry, Tonya Bolden
- Heavy, an American memoir, Kiese Laymon
- Dreams from my father, a story of race and inheritance, Barack Obama
- The dead are arising, the life of Malcolm X, Les Payne, Tamara Payne
- PAUL ROBESON, NO ONE CAN SILENCE ME, the life of the legendary artist and activist (adapted for young adults)
- Choosing family, a memoir of queer motherhood and Black resistance, Francesca T. Royster
- Invisible, the forgotten story of the black woman lawyer who took down America's most powerful mobster, Stephen L. Carter
- Somebody's daughter, a memoir, Ashley C. Ford
- Work with what you got, Zion Clark and James S. Hirsch
- The Toni Morrison book club, Juda Bennett, Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Cassandra Jackson, and Piper Kendrix Williams
- White girls, Hilton Als
- Roots, [the saga of an American family], by Alex Haley
- The risk it takes to bloom, on life and liberation, Raquel Willis
- Illustrated Black history, honoring the iconic and the unseen, George McCalman with April Reynolds
- Who's who among African Americans, edited by Tara E. Atterberry ; foreword by Jessie Carney Smith, Dean of the Library and Camille Cosby Distinguished Chair in the Humanities, Fisk University
- Martin Luther King Jr, by Laurie Calkhoven ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager
- The dragons, the giant, the women, a memoir, Wayétu Moore
- King, a life, Jonathan Eig
- The butler, a witness to history, Wil Haygood
- Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup
- Stolen, five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their astonishing odyssey home, Richard Bell
- Miss Major speaks, conversations with a Black trans revolutionary, Toshio Meronek and Miss Major
- Singled out, the true story of Glenn Burke, Andrew Maraniss
- Assata, an autobiography, Assata Shakur ; [forewords by Angela Davis and Lennox S. Hinds]
- Truevine, two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South, Beth Macy
- Pauli Murray, the life of a pioneering feminist and civil rights activist, by Rosita Stevens-Holsey and Terry Catasús Jennings
- Roots, the saga of an American family, Alex Haley ; with a special introduction by Michael Eric Dyson and Alex Haley
- How the boogeyman became a poet, Tony Keith, Jr
- The sword and the shield, the revolutionary lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., Peniel E. Joseph
- Kamala's way, an American life, Dan Morain
- There will be no miracles here, a memoir, Casey Gerald
- MAJOR TAYLOR, world cycling champion
- Timelines from Black history, leaders, legends, legacies, [writer and consultant, Mireille Harper]
- Paul Robeson, no one can silence me, Martin Duberman ; foreword by Jason Reynolds