African Americans -- Biography
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African Americans -- Biography
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- Patricia's vision, the doctor who saved sight, by Michelle Lord ; illustrated by Alleanna Harris
- Icons of Black America, breaking barriers and crossing boundaries, Matthew C. Whitaker, editor
- Up from slavery, Booker T. Washington
- Schomburg, the man who built a library, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- Lift as you climb, the story of Ella Baker, Patricia Hruby Powell, R. Gregory Christie
- Game changers, the story of Venus and Serena Williams, written by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James Ransome
- W.E.B. Du Bois, a biography, Gerald Horne
- Who is Simone Biles?, by Stefanie Loh ; illustrated by Joseph J.M. Qiu
- Rooting for plants, the unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black botanist and collector, Janice N. Harrington ; illustrated by Theodore Taylor III
- Baseball's leading lady, Effa Manley and the rise and fall of the Negro Leagues, Andrea Williams
- I am Martin Luther King, Jr., Brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
- Child of the dream, a memoir of 1963, Sharon Robinson
- Threads of peace, how Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. changed the world, Uma Krishnaswami
- Who are Venus and Serena Williams?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Andrew Thomson
- Little leaders, bold women in black history, Vashti Harrison
- On the line, my story of becoming the first African American Rockette, written by Jennifer Jones and Lissette Norman ; illustrated by Robert Paul Jr.
- Major Taylor, world cycling champion, Charles R. Smith Jr. ; illustrated by Leo Espinosa
- The Hemingses of Monticello, an American family, Annette Gordon-Reed
- R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- King, a life, Jonathan Eig
- Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup ; foreword by Steve McQueen ; introduction by Ira Berlin ; general editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr
- Go forth and tell, the life of Augusta Baker, librarian and master storyteller, written by Breanna J. McDaniel ; illustrated by April Harrison
- Miles of style, Eunice W. Johnson and the Ebony Fashion Fair, by Lisa D. Brathwaite ; illustrations by Lynn Gaines
- Who was Muhammad Ali?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- Ketanji, Justice Jackson's journey to the U.S. Supreme Court, written by Kekla Magoon ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- John Lewis, civil rights champion and politician, by Golriz Golkar
- March forward, girl, from young warrior to Little Rock Nine, by Melba Pattillo Beals ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Hidden figures, the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space, Margot Lee Shetterly
- To boldly go, how Nichelle Nichols and Star trek helped advance civil rights, written by Angela Dalton ; illustrated by Lauren Semmer
- Who was Harriet Tubman?, by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Nancy Harrison
- Kamala is speaking, vice president for the people, by Shasta Clinch ; illustrated by Kamala Nair
- Ella Fitzgerald, written by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Up from history, the life of Booker T. Washington, Robert J. Norrell
- Beyoncé, shine your light, written by Sarah Warren and illustrated by Geneva Bowers
- Unstoppable, how Bayard Rustin organized the 1963 March on Washington, written by Michael G. Long ; illustrated by Bea Jackson
- Timelines from Black history, leaders, legends, legacies, [writer and consultant, Mireille Harper]
- Having our say, the Delany sisters' first 100 years, Sarah and A. Elizabeth Delany ; with Amy Hill Hearth
- How do you spell unfair?, MacNolia Cox and the national spelling bee, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Autobiographies, Frederick Douglass
- A slave no more, two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation, David W. Blight
- Talkin' about Bessie, the story of aviator Bessie Coleman, by Nikki Grimes ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis
- Who was Duke Ellington?, by M. D. Payne ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Dovey undaunted, a black woman breaks barriers in the law, the military, and the ministry, Tonya Bolden
- Who was Coretta Scott King?, by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Heavy, an American memoir, Kiese Laymon
- Love is loud, how Diane Nash led the Civil Rights Movement, Sandra Neil Wallace ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
- Because Claudette, Tracey Baptiste ; illustrated by Tonya Engel
- Bearing witness, selections from African-American autobiography in the twentieth century, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr
- I know why the caged bird sings, Maya Angelou
- The dead are arising, the life of Malcolm X, Les Payne and Tamara Payne
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