African Americans -- Biography
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African Americans -- Biography
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African Americans
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- Lizzo, breakout artist, Lakita Wilson
- Harriet Tubman, freedom fighter, by Nadia L. Hohn ; pictures by Gustavo Mazali
- On the court with--Shaquille O'Neal, text by Glenn Stout
- A picture book of Jesse Owens, David Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- Duke Ellington, [the piano prince and his orchestra], by Andrea Pinkney
- A picture book of Harriet Tubman, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Samuel Byrd
- Who is Colin Kaepernick?, by Lakita Wilson ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- A girl named Rosa, the true story of Rosa Parks, by Denise Lewis Patrick ; illustrated by Melissa Manwill
- Saving American Beach, the biography of African American environmentalist MaVynee Betsch, written by Heidi Tyline King ; illustrated by Caldecott honoree Ekua Holmes
- By my brother's side, Tiki and Ronde Barber with Robert Burleigh ; illustrated by Barry Root
- The dragons, the giant, the women, a memoir, Wayétu Moore
- A slave no more, two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation, David W. Blight
- Who is Michelle Obama?, by Megan Stine ; illustrated by John O'Brien
- Frederick Douglass, leader against slavery, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
- Heavy, an American memoir, by Kiese Laymon
- The faith of Elijah Cummings, the north star of equal justice, written by Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- This side of glory, the autobiography of David Hilliard and the story of the Black Panther Party, David Hilliard and Lewis Cole
- Flying high, the story of gymnastics champion Simone Biles, Michelle Meadows ; illustrated by Ebony Glenn
- Venus Williams, Michael Bradley
- Who is Shaquille O'Neal?, by Ellen Labrecque ; illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez
- Fly high!, the story of Bessie Coleman, Louise Borden and Mary Kay Kroeger ; illustrated by Teresa Flavin
- John Lewis, by Denise Lewis Patrick ; illustrated by Steffi Walthall
- Michael Jordan, a life above the rim, Robert Lipsyte
- Bad boy, a memoir, by Walter Dean Myers
- Martin's Big words, the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Doreen Rappaport ; illustrations by Brian Collier
- A picture book of Thurgood Marshall, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- Muhammad Ali, the greatest, by Joanne Mattern
- Champion, the story of Muhammad Ali, Jim Haskins ; illustrations by Eric Velasquez
- George Washington Carver, the peanut scientist, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack ; illustrated by Ned O
- Rosa Parks, by Cynthia Klingel and Robert B. Noyed
- The dead are arising, the life of Malcolm X, Les Payne and Tamara Payne
- A picture book of Jackie Robinson, David A. Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- Ruby Bridges, written by Kekla Magoon ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Pathfinders, the journeys of 16 extraordinary Black souls, Tonya Bolden
- 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
- Ballerina dreams, from orphan to dancer, by Michaela DePrince and Elaine DePrince ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- One day, Levin ... he be free, William Still and the underground railroad. --
- Beyoncé, shine your light, written by Sarah Warren and illustrated by Geneva Bowers
- Serena Williams, by Michael Bradley
- Who was Coretta Scott King?, by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Inside a thug's heart, with original poems and letters by Tupac Shakur, Angela Ardis
- Through my eyes, the autobiography of Ruby Bridges
- When Marian sang, the true recital of Marian Anderson, written by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; illustrated by Brian Selznick
- Mysterious Thelonious, Chris Raschka
- Michael Jordan, basketball skywalker, Thomas R. Raber
- The dream, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the speech that inspired a nation, Drew D. Hansen
- Matthew Henson and the North Pole expedition, by Ann Graham Gaines
- A picture book of Sojourner Truth, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Gershom Griffith
- Sing and shout, the mighty voice of Paul Robeson, Susan Goldman Rubin
- Who was Harriet Tubman?, by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Nancy Harrison
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