African Americans -- Juvenile literature
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African Americans -- Juvenile literature
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African Americans
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- Only passing through, the story of Sojourner Truth, by Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by Gregory Christie
- My dream of Martin Luther King, by Faith Ringgold
- Born ready, the true story of a boy named Penelope, written by Jodie Patterson ; illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow
- We can, portraits of power, by Tyler Gordon
- A girl like me, Angela Johnson ; illustrations by Nina Crews
- Thurgood Marshall, first African American Supreme Court Justice, by Carol Greene
- What color is my world?, the lost history of African-American inventors, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld ; illustrated by Ben Boos & A.G. Ford
- M is for melanin, a celebration of the black child, Tiffany Rose
- Standing in the need of prayer, a modern retelling of the classic spiritual, written by Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison.
- Phillis Wheatley, first published African-American poet, by Deborah Kent
- Dear Benjamin Banneker, Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
- Langston Hughes, American poet, by Alice Walker ; illustrated by Catherine Deeter
- Happy birthday, Martin Luther King, by Jean Marzollo ; illustrated by J. Brian Pinkney
- Excellence in STEM, Hedreich Nichols ; with Kelisa Wing
- Because of you, John Lewis, the true story of a remarkable friendship, by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Keith Henry Brown
- One last word, wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance, Nikki Grimes ; artwork by Cozbi Cabrera [and 12 others]
- Fort Mose, and the story of the man who built the first free black settlement in colonial America, Glennette Tilley Turner
- Hank Aaron, brave in every way, by Peter Golenbock ; illustrated by Paul Lee
- A voice of her own, the story of Phillis Wheatley, slave poet, Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Paul Lee
- Ruby Bridges, Madeline Donaldson
- Buzzing with questions, the inquisitive mind of Charles Henry Turner, Janice N. Harrington ; illustrated by Theodore Taylor III
- A picture book of Martin Luther King, Jr., David A. Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- The United States v. Jackie Robinson, written by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
- Hair love ABCs, written by Matthew A. Cherry ; illustrated by Vashti Harrison
- Born on the water, by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson ; illustrated by Nikkolas Smith
- An American story, by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Dare Coulter
- Ida B. Wells, voice of truth, educator, feminist, and anti-lynching civil rights leader, written by Michelle Duster ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Concrete kids, Amyra León
- Claudette Colvin, written by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- The blacker the berry, poems, by Joyce Carol Thomas ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
- Blast back!, The Civil rights movement, by Nancy Ohlin ; illustrated by Roger Simó
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