- 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
- A picture book of Harriet Tubman, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Samuel Byrd
- 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
- 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
- Lizzo, breakout artist, Lakita Wilson
- On the court with--Shaquille O'Neal, text by Glenn Stout
- A picture book of Jesse Owens, David Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- 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
- Duke Ellington, [the piano prince and his orchestra], by Andrea Pinkney
- Those who saw the sun, African American oral histories from the Jim Crow South, Jaha Nailah Avery
- Who was John Lewis?, by Crystal Hubbard ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- Muhammad Ali, the greatest, by Joanne Mattern
- Sing and shout, the mighty voice of Paul Robeson, Susan Goldman Rubin
- Harriet Tubman, freedom fighter, by Nadia L. Hohn ; pictures by Gustavo Mazali
- 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. --
- Serena Williams, by Michael Bradley
- Beyoncé, shine your light, written by Sarah Warren and illustrated by Geneva Bowers
- 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 voice of her own, the story of Phillis Wheatley, slave poet, Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Paul Lee
- Who is Michelle Obama?, by Megan Stine ; illustrated by John O'Brien
- Who was Harriet Tubman?, by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Nancy Harrison
- My brother Martin, memoirs of a childhood with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, by Christine King Farris ; illustrated by Chris Soentpiet
- Who is Michael Jordan?, by Kirsten Anderson ; illustrated by Dede Putra
- Malcolm X, by any means necessary, a biography by Walter Dean Myers
- Hank Aaron, home run hammer, Percy Leed
- A picture book of Martin Luther King, Jr., David A. Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- The story of Ruby Bridges, by Robert Coles ; illustrated by George Ford
- I know why the caged bird sings, Maya Angelou
- The ABCs of Black history, words by Rio Cortez ; pictures by Lauren Semmer
- R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Amanda Gorman, written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Queenbe Monyei
- Mae Jemison, by Jodie Shepherd
- Harriet Tubman, George Sullivan
- A picture book of Rosa Parks, David A. Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- Ralph Bunche, by Joseph D. McNair
- 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