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- Grandpa stops a war, a Paul Robeson story, Susan Robeson ; illustrated by Rod Brown
- Bad boy, a memoir, by Walter Dean Myers
- Paul Robeson, no one can silence me, Martin Duberman ; foreword by Jason Reynolds
- Martin's Big words, the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Doreen Rappaport ; illustrations by Brian Collier
- Schomburg, the man who built a library, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- Heavy, an American memoir, by Kiese Laymon
- The faith of Elijah Cummings, the north star of equal justice, written by Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Mary's idea, Chris Raschka
- Searching for Sarah Rector, the richest Black girl in America, Tonya Bolden
- Redemption, Martin Luther King Jr.'s last 31 hours, Joseph Rosenbloom
- Malcolm X., a life of reinvention, Manning Marable
- I am Martin Luther King, Jr., Brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
- Flying high, the story of gymnastics champion Simone Biles, Michelle Meadows ; illustrated by Ebony Glenn
- Shirley Chisholm dared, the story of the first black woman in congress, written by Alicia D. Williams ; illustrated by April Harrison
- Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup ; introduction by Philip S. Foner
- The road to dawn, Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War, Jared Brock
- Who is Shaquille O'Neal?, by Ellen Labrecque ; illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez
- Black scientists, Lisa Yount
- Things that make white people uncomfortable, adapted for young adults, Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin
- Life doesn't frighten me, poem, by Maya Angelou ; paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat ; edited by Sara Jane Boyers
- Who is Colin Kaepernick?, by Lakita Wilson ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Uncensored, my life and uncomfortable conversations at the intersection of black and white America, Zachary R. Wood
- Notes from a young Black chef, Kwame Onwuachi ; with Joshua David Stein
- How do you spell unfair?, MacNolia Cox and the national spelling bee, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Saving American Beach, the biography of African American environmentalist MaVynee Betsch, written by Heidi Tyline King ; illustrated by Caldecott honoree Ekua Holmes
- The youngest marcher, the story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a young civil rights activist, Cynthia Levinson ; illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton
- By my brother's side, Tiki and Ronde Barber with Robert Burleigh ; illustrated by Barry Root
- The dragons, the giant, the women, a memoir, Wayétu Moore
- Panther baby, a life of rebellion and reinvention, by Jamal Joseph
- Martin Luther King, Jr., by Lucia Raatma
- Who was Coretta Scott King?, by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Up from history, the life of Booker T. Washington, Robert J. Norrell
- Through my eyes, the autobiography of Ruby Bridges
- The dream, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the speech that inspired a nation, Drew D. Hansen
- Sweet dreams, Sarah, by Vivian Kirkfield ; illustrated by Chris Ewald
- Unstoppable, how Bayard Rustin organized the 1963 March on Washington, written by Michael G. Long ; illustrated by Bea Jackson
- Who is Muhammad Ali?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- A picture book of Jesse Owens, David Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- Nothing but trouble, the story of Althea Gibson, by Sue Stauffacher ; illustrated by Greg Couch
- Stolen, five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their astonishing odyssey home, Richard Bell
- Jimmy's rhythm & blues, the extraordinary life of James Baldwin, written by Michelle Meadows ; illustrated by Jamiel Law
- Twelve years a slave, by Solomon Northup
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, by Helen Frost
- Up from slavery, Booker T. Washington
- The stone thrower, Jael Ealey Richardson ; pictures by Matt James
- Unsung heroes of U.S. history, by Todd Kortemeier
- Benjamin Banneker, astronomer and mathematician, Laura Baskes Litwin
- Black prophetic fire, Cornel West ; in dialogue with and edited by Christa Buschendorf
- Harriet Tubman, M.W. Taylor ; senior consulting editor, Nathan Irvin Huggins
- Who is Michelle Obama?, by Megan Stine ; illustrated by John O'Brien