African Americans -- Biography
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African Americans -- Biography
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- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, by R.J. Bailey
- The doctor with an eye for eyes, the story of Dr. Patricia Bath, written by Julia Finley Mosca ; illustrated by Daniel Rieley
- Harriet Tubman, written by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Satchel Paige, Lesa Cline-Ransome ; paintings by James E. Ransome
- Pharrell Williams, singer and songwriter, Christopher Lee Flores
- Harriet Ross Tubman, by Don Troy
- Michael Jordan, by Richard Rambeck
- A nation's hope, the story of boxing legend Joe Louis, Matt De La Pẽna ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- Maya Angelou, more than a poet, Elaine Slivinski Lisandrelli
- Reclamation, Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a descendant's search for her family's lasting legacy, Gayle Jessup White
- Twelve years a slave, narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853, Solomon Northup ; Introduction by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- Rosa Parks, activist for equality, by Grace Hansen
- Who was Harriet Tubman?, by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Nancy Harrison
- Kamala's way, an American life, Dan Morain
- Feed your mind, a story of August Wilson, by Jen Bryant ; illustrated by Cannaday Chapman
- Michael Jordan, a life above the rim, Robert Lipsyte
- Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?, by Bonnie Bader ; illustrated by Elizabeth Wolf
- Nina, a story of Nina Simone, words by Traci N. Todd ; pictures by Christian Robinson
- Jackie Robinson, by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
- China Anne McClain, Kristen Rajczak Nelson
- Dreams from my father, Barack Obama
- Who is Simone Biles?, by Stefanie Loh ; illustrated by Joseph J.M. Qiu
- Michael Jordan, legendary guard, by Thomas S. Owens
- Charles Drew, the innovator of the blood bank, by Aaron Talley ; illustrated by Subi Bosa
- LeBron James, by Marty Gitlin
- Rosa Parks, by L.S. Summer
- Josephine, the dazzling life of Josephine Baker, words by Patricia Hruby Powell ; pictures by Christian Robinson
- Dreams from my father, a story of race and inheritance, Barack Obama
- 12 years a slave, Solomon Northup
- Ballerina dreams, from orphan to dancer, by Michaela DePrince and Elaine DePrince ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Solomon Northup's odyssey, Past America, Inc. ; producer, Yanna Kroyt Brandt ; writers, Lou Potter, Samm-Art Williams ; director, Gordon Parks
- A day in the life of a colonial sailmaker, Laurie Krebs
- Ablaze with color, a story of painter Alma Thomas, written by Jeanne Walker Harvey ; illustrated by Loveis Wise
- The slaves' war, the Civil War in the words of former slaves, Andrew Ward
- The autobiography of W. E. B. DuBois, a soliloquy on viewing my life from the last decade of its first century
- Bee fearless, dream like a kid, Mikaila Ulmer, with Brin Stevens
- Who was Louis Armstrong?, by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by John O'Brien
- Having our say, the Delany sisters' first 100 years, Sarah and A. Elizabeth Delany, with Amy Hill Hearth
- Jackie Robinson, baseball's first Black major-leaguer, by Carol Greene
- Who was Jesse Owens?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- John Washington's Civil War, a slave narrative, edited, with an introduction and notes, by Crandall Shifflett
- Black leaders of the twentieth century, edited by John Hope Franklin and August Meier
- The court-martial of Jackie Robinson, the baseball legend's battle for civil rights during World War II, Michael Lee Lanning
- Through my eyes, the autobiography of Ruby Bridges
- Who is Michael Jordan?, by Kirsten Anderson ; illustrated by Dede Putra
- Someday is now, Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City sit-ins, written by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich ; illustrated by Jade Johnson
- Birth of the cool, how jazz great Miles Davis found his sound, Kathleen Cornell Berman ; illustrated by Keith Henry Brown
- Philip Reid saves the statue of freedom, written by Steven Sellers Lapham and Dr. Eugene Walton ; Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
- Boundless, Chaunté Lowe
- George Washington Carver, more than "the peanut man", by Janel Rodríguez ; illustrated by Subi Bosa
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