African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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African Americans
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- Promises to keep, how Jackie Robinson changed America, Sharon Robinson
- Black heroes of the American Revolution, Burke Davis ; foreword by Edward W. Brooke
- Frederick Douglass, a noble life, David A. Adler
- The vast wonder of the world, biologist Ernest Everett Just, MeĢlina Mangal ; illustrated by Luisa Uribe
- Ella Fitzgerald, the tale of a vocal virtuosa, by Andrea Davis Pinkney with Scat Cat Monroe ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
- Malcolm X in his own words, by Sarah Machajewski
- The ABCs of Black history, words by Rio Cortez ; pictures by Lauren Semmer
- Jackie Robinson, strong inside and out, by the editors of Time for Kids and Denise Lewis Patrick
- Nina, a story of Nina Simone, words by Traci N. Todd ; pictures by Christian Robinson
- Threads of peace, how Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. changed the world, Uma Krishnaswami
- Who was Coretta Scott King?, by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Your legacy, a bold reclaiming of our enslaved history, written by Schele Williams ; illustrated by Tonya Engel
- Duke Ellington, the piano prince and his orchestra, Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
- The secret garden of George Washington Carver, written by Gene Barretta ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- My Uncle Martin's big heart, by Angela Farris Watkins ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- Who are Venus and Serena Williams?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Andrew Thomson
- Runaway, the daring escape of Ona Judge, written by Ray Anthony Shepard ; illustrated by Keith Mallett
- If I only had a horn, young Louis Armstrong, Roxane Orgill ; illustrated by Leonard Jenkins
- All star, how Larry Doby smashed the color barrier in baseball, by Audrey Vernick ; illustrated by Cannaday Chapman
- Up in the air, the story of Bessie Coleman, by Philip S. Hart
- My name is Truth, the life of Sojourner Truth, by Ann Turner ; illustrated by James Ransome
- All aboard!, Elijah McCoy's steam engine, Monica Kulling ; illustrated by Bill Slavin
- Hand in hand, ten Black men who changed America, by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; paintings by Brian Pinkney
- Charlotta Bass, by J.P. Miller ; illustrated by Amanda Quartey
- Fifty cents and a dream, by Jabari Asim ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
- 28 days, moments in Black history that changed the world, Charles R. Smith, Jr. ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans
- Pathfinders, the journeys of 16 extraordinary Black souls, Tonya Bolden
- Harriet Tubman, George Sullivan
- Madam C. J. Walker, by Lori Hobkirk
- We can, portraits of power, by Tyler Gordon
- Little legends, exceptional men in black history, Vashti Harrison ; with Kwesi Johnson
- African-American astronauts, Stanley P. Jones and L. Octavia Tripp
- Kanye West, conquering music and fashion, Tom Head and Deirdre Head
- Martin Luther King Jr., [by] Josh Gregory
- Coretta Scott King, dare to dream, Angela Shelf Medearis ; illustrated by Anna Rich
- Answering the cry for freedom, stories of African Americans and the American Revolution, Gretchen Woelfle ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie
- Patricia's vision, the doctor who saved sight, by Michelle Lord ; illustrated by Alleanna Harris
- Only the best, the exceptional life and fashion of Ann Lowe, by Kate Messner and Margaret E. Powell ; illustrated by Erin K. Robinson
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Amy Pastan
- Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?, by Bonnie Bader ; illustrated by Elizabeth Wolf
- William Still and his freedom stories, the father of the underground railroad, written and illustrated by Don Tate
- Schomburg, the man who built a library, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- Katherine Johnson, by Ebony Joy Wilkins ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager
- Harriet Tubman, written by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Don't know much about Martin Luther King, Jr., Kenneth C. Davis ; illustrated by Machiyo Kodaira
- Justice rising, 12 amazing Black women in the Civil Rights Movement, written by Katheryn Russell-Brown ; illustrated by Kim Holt
- Kevin Durant, Dan Wetzel ; Illustrations by Marcelo Baez
- The highest tribute, Thurgood Marshall's life, leadership, and legacy, written by Kekla Magoon ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Grandpa stops a war, a Paul Robeson story, Susan Robeson ; illustrated by Rod Brown
- Ella Fitzgerald, written by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
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