- Malcolm X, Get to Know the Civil Rights Activist, by Ebony Joy Wilkins
- Shirley Chisholm dared, the story of the first black woman in congress, written by Alicia D. Williams ; illustrated by April Harrison
- The life of Paul Robeson, actor, singer, political activist, David K. Wright
- Jesse Jackson, by Barbara M. Linde
- I am Martin Luther King, Jr., Brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
- Philip Reid saves the statue of freedom, written by Steven Sellers Lapham and Dr. Eugene Walton ; Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
- Harriet Tubman, freedom's trailblazer, by Kathleen Kudlinski ; illustrated by Robert Brown
- Martin's Big words, the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Doreen Rappaport ; illustrations by Brian Collier
- 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
- Martin Luther King Jr., written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Mai Ly Degnan
- Martin Luther King, Jr., by Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrated by Jamie Smith
- 50 American heroes every kid should meet, Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe
- Donald Glover, Therese M. Shea
- Jackie Robinson, strong inside and out, by the editors of Time for Kids and Denise Lewis Patrick
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., David A. Adler ; illustrated by Colin Bootman
- Harriet Tubman, M.W. Taylor ; senior consulting editor, Nathan Irvin Huggins
- Young, gifted and black, meet 52 black heroes from past and present, words by Jamia Wilson ; illustrated by Andrea Pippins
- 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
- Martin Luther King, Jr., young man with a dream, by Dharathula H. Millender ; illustrated by Al Fiorentino. --
- Booker T. Washington, [Emma E. Haldy ; illustrated by Jeff Bane]
- Martin Luther King Jr., fighting for civil rights, Michael A. Schuman and Anne E. Schraff
- Pathfinders, the journeys of 16 extraordinary Black souls, Tonya Bolden
- Martin Luther King Jr., a life of determination, by Sheila Rivera
- Jackie Ormes, by J.P. Miller ; illustrated by Amanda Quartey
- Hand in hand, ten Black men who changed America, by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; paintings by Brian Pinkney
- Harriet Tubman, by M.J. Cosson
- Young, gifted and Black too, [words by Jamia Wilson ; illustrated by Andrea Pippins]
- Harriet Tubman, leader of the Underground Railroad, Norma Jean Lutz
- Booker T. Washington, educator and racial spokesman, Alan Schroeder with additional text by Anne Beier
- Frederick Douglass, in his own words, by Nicole Shea
- The life of Martin Luther King, Jr., leader for civil rights, Michael A. Schuman
- Before she was Harriet, the story of Harriet Tubman, by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Martin Luther King, Jr., by Dharathula H. Millender ; illustrated by Al Fiorentino
- The life of W.E.B. Du Bois, civil rights champion, Mark Rowh
- Who was Booker T. Washington?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Jake Murray
- Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader and American hero, by Dr. Hugh Roome ; poem by Jodie Shepherd
- A time for martyrs, the life of Malcolm X, by David Aretha
- Little legends, exceptional men in black history, Vashti Harrison with Kwesi Johnson
- African-American history makers collection, readers that grow with you : 4 books in one!
- Coretta, the autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King, by Coretta Scott King with the Reverend Dr. Barbara Reynolds ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes
- Harriet Tubman, by Kit Jazynka ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Jennifer Fandel
- Strange fruit, words and pictures by Joel Christian Gill ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr, V. 1
- Answering the cry for freedom, stories of African Americans and the American Revolution, Gretchen Woelfle ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie
- Althea Gibson, the story of tennis' fleet-of-foot girl, written by Megan Reid ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- The untold story of Charlotta Spears Bass, groundbreaking politician, by Nicole A. Mansfield
- Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?, by Bonnie Bader ; illustrated by Elizabeth Wolf
- Barack Obama, United States President : updated and expanded!, by Roberta Edwards ; illustrated by Ken Call and with photographs