African Americans -- Biography
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- Shirley Chisholm dared, the story of the first black woman in congress, written by Alicia D. Williams ; illustrated by April Harrison
- All about Madame C.J. Walker, A'Lelia Bundles ; interior illustrator, Kirsten Halvorsen
- Frederick Douglass, by William S. McFeely
- Muhammad Ali, by Thomas S. Owens
- The life of Paul Robeson, actor, singer, political activist, David K. Wright
- Martin Luther King, Jr., young man with a dream, by Dharathula H. Millender ; illustrated by Al Fiorentino. --
- Katherine Johnson, by Ebony Joy Wilkins ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager
- Ketanji, Justice Jackson's journey to the U.S. Supreme Court, written by Kekla Magoon ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- George Washington Carver, by Helga Schier
- Slave narratives
- Booker T. Washington, [Emma E. Haldy ; illustrated by Jeff Bane]
- Schomburg, the man who built a library, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- Heavy, an American memoir, by Kiese Laymon
- A lesson for Martin Luther King, Jr., written by Denise Lewis Patrick ; illustrated by Rodney S. Pate
- Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black history, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
- Redemption, Martin Luther King Jr.'s last 31 hours, Joseph Rosenbloom
- Malcolm X., a life of reinvention, Manning Marable
- Who is Muhammad Ali?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- A picture book of Jesse Owens, David Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- Stolen, five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their astonishing odyssey home, Richard Bell
- Baseball's leading lady, Effa Manley and the rise and fall of the Negro Leagues, Andrea Williams
- Oprah Winfrey, a twentieth-century life, by Ilene Cooper
- Philip Reid saves the statue of freedom, written by Steven Sellers Lapham and Dr. Eugene Walton ; Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
- Martin's Big words, the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Doreen Rappaport ; illustrations by Brian Collier
- Roots, the saga of an American family, Alex Haley ; with a special introduction by Michael Eric Dyson and Alex Haley On the Writing of Roots
- Amos Fortune, free man, Elizabeth Yates
- A quantum life, my unlikely journey from the street to the stars, Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz
- I am Martin Luther King, Jr., Brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
- Willie Mays, Shaun McCormack
- Martin Luther King Jr., written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Mai Ly Degnan
- Jackie Robinson, young sports trailblazer, by Herb Dunn ; illustrated by Meryl Henderson
- Proud, living my American dream, Ibtihaj Muhammad
- Martin Luther King Jr., fighting for civil rights, Michael A. Schuman and Anne E. Schraff
- The dead are arising, the life of Malcolm X, Les Payne and Tamara Payne
- Louis Armstrong, "Jazz is played from the heart", Michael A. Schuman
- A picture book of Jackie Robinson, David A. Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- Satchel Paige, Lesa Ransome ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Pathfinders, the journeys of 16 extraordinary Black souls, Tonya Bolden
- Billie Holiday, singer, Rebecca Carey Rohan
- Singled out, the true story of Glenn Burke, Andrew Maraniss
- Muhammad Ali, the greatest, by Joanne Mattern
- Sing and shout, the mighty voice of Paul Robeson, Susan Goldman Rubin
- Who was Coretta Scott King?, by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Through my eyes, the autobiography of Ruby Bridges
- Muhammad Ali, Nick Healy
- The dream, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the speech that inspired a nation, Drew D. Hansen
- Amar'e Stoudemire, by Michael Sandler ; consultant, Charlie Zegers
- How do you spell unfair?, MacNolia Cox and the national spelling bee, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Ray Charles, young musician, by Susan Sloate ; [illustrated by Meryl Henderson]
- Situation maid, from the cotton fields to the Whitehouse - The story of Lillie Nelson, as told to Stacy Nix
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