African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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- Muhammad Ali was a chicken?, Dan Gutman ; illustrated by Allison Steinfeld
- Mahalia Jackson, freedom's voice, Denise Lewis Patrick ; interior illustrations by Jen Bricking
- Answering the cry for freedom, stories of African Americans and the American Revolution, Gretchen Woelfle ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie
- Dorothy Height, written by Kelly Starling Lyons ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Opal Lee and what it means to be free, the true story of the grandmother of Juneteenth, by Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrations by Keturah A Bobo
- Malcolm X, get to know the civil rights activist, by Ebony Joy Wilkins
- Ablaze with color, a story of painter Alma Thomas, written by Jeanne Walker Harvey ; illustrated by Loveis Wise
- Talkin' 'bout Bessie, the story of aviator Bessie Coleman, by Nikki Grimes ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis
- Martin Luther King Jr., a peaceful leader, by Sarah Albee ; pictures by Chin Ko
- Florence Griffith Joyner, written by Rita Williams-Garcia ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Charles Drew, the innovator of the blood bank, by Aaron Talley ; illustrated by Subi Bosa
- As good as anybody, Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's amazing march toward freedom, by Richard Michelson ; illustrated by Raul Colón
- 28 days, moments in Black history that changed the world, Charles R. Smith Jr. ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans
- Martin Luther King Jr., en español, escrito por Maria Isable Sánchez Vegera ; ilustrado por Mai Ly Degnan ; traducido por Ana Galán
- On the line, my story of becoming the first African American Rockette, written by Jennifer Jones and Lissette Norman ; illustrated by Robert Paul Jr.
- Philip Reid saves the statue of freedom, written by Steven Sellers Lapham and Dr. Eugene Walton ; Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
- Brave, black, first, 50+ African American women who changed the world, Cheryl Willis Hudson ; illustrations by Erin K. Robinson
- Going places, Victor Hugo Green and his glorious book, written by Tonya Bolden ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- Stitch by stitch, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly sews her way to freedom, by Connie Schofield-Morrison ; illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon
- Who is Colin Kaepernick?, by Lakita Wilson ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Moving forward, from space-age rides to Civil Rights sit-ins with Airman Alton Yates, written by Chris Barton ; illustrated by Steffi Walthall
- John Lewis, civil rights champion and politician, by Golriz Golkar
- Ja Morant, basketball star, by Hubert Walker
- Who was Booker T. Washington?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Jake Murray
- Opal Lee, written by Shelia P. Moses ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Who was Jesse Owens?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- The faith of Elijah Cummings, the north star of equal justice, written by Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Harriet Tubman, by Erin Edison
- Simone Biles, written by Kekla Magoon ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- The abcs of black history, Rio Cortez
- Kevin Durant, Dan Wetzel ; illustrations by Marcelo Baez
- Boundless, Chaunté Lowe
- Jackie Ormes draws the future, the remarkable life of a pioneering cartoonist, by Liz Montague
- Who was Booker T. Washington?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Jake Murray
- Ida B. Wells marches for the vote, written by Dinah Johnson ; illustrated by Jerry Jordan
- Ketanji, Justice Jackson's journey to the U.S. Supreme Court, written by Kekla Magoon ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- The secret garden of George Washington Carver, written by Gene Barretta ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader and American hero, by Dr. Hugh Roome ; poem by Jodie Shepherd
- Your legacy, a bold reclaiming of our enslaved history, written by Schele Williams ; illustrated by Tonya Engel
- Midnight teacher, Lilly Ann Granderson and her secret school, by Janet Halfmann ; illustrated by London Ladd
- No small potatoes, Junius G. Groves and his kingdom in Kansas, Tonya Bolden ; illustrated by Don Tate
- Marian Anderson, written by Katheryn Russell-Brown ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Black achievements in arts and literature, celebrating Gordon Parks, Amanda Gorman, and more, Elliott Smith, Cicely Lewis, executive editor
- Mary's idea, Chris Raschka
- Frederick Douglass, voice for justice, voice for freedom, by Frank Murphy ; illustrations by Nicole Tadgell
- Who is LeBron James?, by Crystal Hubbard ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- Discovering Black America, from the age of exploration to the twenty-first century, Linda Tarrant-Reid
- Martin Luther King Jr., a peaceful leader
- Martin Luther King, Jr
- Lebron James, Jon M. Fishman
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