African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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- Happy birthday, Martin Luther King, by Jean Marzollo ; illustrated by J. Brian Pinkney
- Shirley Chisholm dared, the story of the first black woman in congress, written by Alicia D. Williams ; illustrated by April Harrison
- Martin's dream, by Jane Kurtz ; illustrated by Amy June Bates
- Barack Obama, Cammy S. Bourcier
- Condoleezza Rice, Americas leading stateswoman, by Christin Ditchfield
- I am Martin Luther King, Jr., Brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
- A picture book of Harriet Tubman, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Samuel Byrd
- Malcolm X, by Michael Benson in consultation with Martha Cosgrove
- Martin Luther King, Jr., by Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrated by Jamie Smith
- Those who saw the sun, African American oral histories from the Jim Crow South, Jaha Nailah Avery
- Let's meet Martin Luther King, Jr., Colleen A. Sexton
- Martin Luther King, Jr., preacher, freedom fighter, peacemaker, written by Pamela Hill Nettleton ; illustrated by Garry Nichols
- Martin Luther King, Jr., by John F. Wukovits
- The life of W.E.B. Du Bois, civil rights champion, Mark Rowh
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., David A. Adler ; illustrated by Colin Bootman
- Hidden women, the African-American mathematicians of NASA who helped America win the space race, by Rebecca Rissman ; consultants Elizabeth S.S. Smith, Sarah Shull, Danielle DeVoy
- Young, gifted and black, meet 52 black heroes from past and present, words by Jamia Wilson ; illustrated by Andrea Pippins
- A picture book of Sojourner Truth, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Gershom Griffith
- Your legacy, a bold reclaiming of our enslaved history, written by Schele Williams ; illustrated by Tonya Engel
- Have I ever told you Black lives matter, written by Shani King ; illustrations by Bobby C. Martin, Jr
- Barack Obama, Caroline Crosson Gilpin
- Outspoken, Paul Robeson, ahead of his time: a one-man show, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- Coretta Scott King, by Cynthia Klingel
- W.E.B. Du Bois, civil rights activist, author, historian, Jim Whiting
- Before she was Harriet, the story of Harriet Tubman, by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Hand in hand, ten Black men who changed America, by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; paintings by Brian Pinkney
- No small potatoes, Junius G. Groves and his kingdom in Kansas, by Tonya Bolden ; illustrated by Don Tate
- Black trailblazers, 30 courageous visionaries who broke boundaries, made a difference, and paved the way, Bijan Bayne ; illustrated by Joelle Avelino
- Sojourner Truth, Peter Krass ; [introductory essay by Coretta Scott King]
- With books and bricks, how Booker T. Washington built a school, Suzanne Slade ; pictures by Nicole Tadgell
- Pathfinders, the journeys of 16 extraordinary Black souls, Tonya Bolden
- Martin Luther King, Nancy Shuker. --
- A picture book of Martin Luther King, Jr., David A. Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- Runaway, the daring escape of Oney Judge, Ray Anthony Shepard ; [illustrated by] Keith Mallett
- The ABCs of Black history, words by Rio Cortez ; pictures by Lauren Semmer
- The highest tribute, Thurgood Marshall's life, leadership, and legacy / written by Kekla Magoon ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Coretta Scott King, Kathleen Krull ; interior illustrations by Laura Freeman
- Black heroes of the American Revolution, Burke Davis ; foreword by Edward W. Brooke
- Who is the man in the air?, Michael Jordan, by Gabe Soria ; illustrated by Brittney Williams
- Harriet Tubman, written by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- 28 days, moments in Black history that changed the world, Charles R. Smith Jr. ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans
- Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader and Nobel Prize winner, by Andrew Santella
- Because Claudette, Tracey Baptiste ; illustrated by Tonya Engel
- Little Black lives matter, Khodi Dill ; illustrated by Chelsea Charles
- Midnight teacher, Lilly Ann Granderson and her secret school, by Janet Halfmann ; illustrated by London Ladd
- My Uncle Martin's big heart, by Angela Farris Watkins ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- The secret garden of George Washington Carver, written by Gene Barretta ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Martin Luther King, by Rosemary L. Bray ; pictures by Malcah Zeldis
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Kitson Jazynka
- Katherine Johnson, by Thea Feldman ; illustrated by Alyssa Petersen
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