African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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- Patricia's vision, the doctor who saved sight, by Michelle Lord ; illustrated by Alleanna Harris
- Bessie the motorcycle queen, written by Charles R. Smith Jr. ; illustrated by Charlot Kristensen
- Never Caught, the story of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's courageous slave who dared to run away, by Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Kathleen Van Cleve
- A history of me, Adrea Theodore ; illustrations by Erin K. Robinson
- Baseball's leading lady, Effa Manley and the rise and fall of the Negro Leagues, Andrea Williams
- Who was Coretta Scott King?, by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Ona Judge outwits the Washingtons, an enslaved woman fights for freedom, by Gwendolyn Hooks ; illustrated by Simone Agoussoye
- Hidden figures, the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space, Margot Lee Shetterly
- Who was Harriet Tubman?, by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Nancy Harrison
- To boldly go, how Nichelle Nichols and Star trek helped advance civil rights, written by Angela Dalton ; illustrated by Lauren Semmer
- Black women who dared, Naomi M. Moyer
- Brave, black, first, 50+ African American women who changed the world, Cheryl Willis Hudson ; illustrations by Erin K. Robinson
- On the line, my story of becoming the first African American Rockette, written by Jennifer Jones and Lissette Norman ; illustrated by Robert Paul Jr.
- Black ballerinas, my journey to our legacy, Misty Copeland ; illustrated by Salena Barnes
- Little leaders, bold women in black history, Vashti Harrison
- Who are Venus and Serena Williams?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Andrew Thomson
- My name is Truth, the life of Sojourner Truth, by Ann Turner ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Harriet Tubman, toward freedom, Whit Taylor & Kazimir Lee ; with an introduction by Carole Boston Weatherford
- Florence Griffith Joyner, written by Rita Williams-Garcia ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Runaway, the daring escape of Ona Judge, written by Ray Anthony Shepard ; illustrated by Keith Mallett
- Counting the stars, Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by Raul Colon
- Michelle Obama, an American story, by David Colbert
- Hidden figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly
- So tall within, Sojourner Truth's long walk toward freedom, Gary D. Schmidt ; illustrated by Daniel Minter
- Little Rosetta and the talking guitar, the musical story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the woman who invented rock and roll, written and illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow