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- Bad boy, a memoir, by Walter Dean Myers
- Queen Latifah, from Jersey girl to superstar, by Amy Ruth Allen
- The story of Martin Luther King Jr., by Johnny Ray Moore ; illustrated by Amy Wummer
- Martin's Big words, the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Doreen Rappaport ; illustrations by Brian Collier
- I am Martin Luther King, Jr., Brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
- African American almanac, 400 years of triumph, courage and excellence, Lean'tin Bracks
- Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize-winning author, Barbara Kramer
- Who is Shaquille O'Neal?, by Ellen Labrecque ; illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez
- Ketanji Brown Jackson, Stephanie Gaston
- John Lewis, civil rights champion and politician, by Golriz Golkar
- Harriet Tubman in her own words, Julia McDonnell
- Allen Iverson, never give up, John Albert Torres
- Who was Coretta Scott King?, by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Twelve Years a Slave, Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, Solomon Northup ; Introduction by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- Mary McLeod Bethune, Sandra Donovan
- Michael Jordan, Sean Dolan
- Walking the road to freedom, a story about Sojourner Truth, by Jeri Ferris ; illustrations by Peter E. Hanson
- Fly, Bessie, fly, by Lynn Joseph ; illustrated by Yvonne Buchanan
- Hidden figures, the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Only passing through, the story of Sojourner Truth, by Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by Gregory Christie
- Who is Colin Kaepernick?, by Lakita Wilson ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Uncensored, my life and uncomfortable conversations at the intersection of black and white America, Zachary R. Wood
- Who was John Lewis?, by Crystal Hubbard ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- The dragons, the giant, the women, a memoir, Wayétu Moore
- Rosa Parks, my story, by Rosa Parks, with Jim Haskins
- Michael Jordan, basketball superstar & commercial icon, by Jeff Hawkins
- A voice of her own, the story of Phillis Wheatley, slave poet, Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Paul Lee
- The pursuit of happyness, Chris Gardner with Quincy Troupe and Mim Eichler Rivas
- Lucy Terry Prince, singer of history, a biography by David R. Proper
- The story of Ruby Bridges, by Robert Coles ; illustrated by George Ford
- Martin Luther King, Jr., and his birthday, by Jacqueline Woodson ; pictures by Floyd Cooper
- R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Champion, the story of Muhammad Ali, Jim Haskins ; illustrations by Eric Velasquez
- Ruby Bridges, written by Kekla Magoon ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Who are Venus and Serena Williams?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Andrew Thomson
- Game changers, the story of Venus and Serena Williams, Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Phillis Wheatley, slave and poet, by Robin S. Doak
- Who is Zendaya?, by Kirsten Anderson ; illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez
- I've seen the promised land, the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Walter Dean Myers ; illustrated by Leonard Jenkins
- Sojourner Truth, abolitionist and women's rights activist, Catherine Bernard
- George Washington Carver, the peanut scientist, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
- Duke Ellington, the piano prince and his orchestra, Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
- Wilma unlimited, how Wilma Rudolph became the world's fastest woman, Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by David Diaz
- The voice that challenged a nation, Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights, by Russell Freedman
- Let the trumpet sound, the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Stephen B. Oates. --
- Muhammed Ali, the world's champion, John Tessitore
- Who was Harriet Tubman?, by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Nancy Harrison
- Five brave explorers, by Wade Hudson ; illustrated by Ron Garnett
- Roots, Alex Haley
- Who was Duke Ellington?, by M. D. Payne ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland