African Americans -- Biography
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- Muhammad Ali, the greatest, by Joanne Mattern
- The ABCs of Black history, words by Rio Cortez ; pictures by Lauren Semmer
- I know why the caged bird sings, Maya Angelou
- The autobiography of Malcolm X, as told to Alex Haley
- Through my eyes, the autobiography of Ruby Bridges
- Martin Luther King, Godfrey Hodgson
- Proud, living my American dream, Ibtihaj Muhammad
- The dead are arising, the life of Malcolm X, Les Payne and Tamara Payne
- Born to swing, Lil Hardin Armstrong's life in jazz, Mara Rockliff ; illustrated by Michele Wood
- Hidden figures, the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Who is Michelle Obama?, by Megan Stine ; illustrated by John O'Brien
- A weed is a flower, the life of George Washington Carver, Written and illustrated by Aliki. --
- Saving American Beach, the biography of African American environmentalist MaVynee Betsch, written by Heidi Tyline King ; illustrated by Caldecott honoree Ekua Holmes
- The youngest marcher, the story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a young civil rights activist, Cynthia Levinson ; illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton
- The dragons, the giant, the women, a memoir, WayƩtu Moore
- The autobiography of Malcolm X, with the assistance of Alex Haley ; foreword by Attallah Shabazz ; introduction by M.S. Handler ; epilogue by Alex Haley ; afterword by Ossie Davis
- Sing and shout, the mighty voice of Paul Robeson, Susan Goldman Rubin
- King of ragtime, the story of Scott Joplin, by Stephen Costanza
- Who was Harriet Tubman?, by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Nancy Harrison
- Dreams from my father, a story of race and inheritance, Barack Obama
- Martin's Big words, the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Doreen Rappaport ; illustrations by Brian Collier
- Martin Luther King Jr., a peaceful leader, by Sarah Albee ; pictures by Chin Ko
- Martin's dream, by Jane Kurtz ; illustrated by Amy June Bates
- Frederick Douglass, by William S. McFeely
- Crispus Attucks, Black leader of colonial patriots, by Dharathula H. Millender ; illustrated by Gray Morrow
- Schomburg, the man who built a library, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- Heavy, an American memoir, by Kiese Laymon
- Ida B. Wells, by Diane Bailey
- Free Angela and all political prisoners., producers, Carole Lambert ... [and others] ; writer/director, Shola Lynch, Widescreen
- Wilma unlimited, how Wilma Rudolph became the world's fastest woman, Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by David Diaz
- Streetcar to justice, how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York, by Amy Hill Hearth
- We are not broken, George M. Johnson
- Amos Fortune, free man, Elizabeth Yates ; illustrated by Nora S. Unwin
- Dreams from my father, Barack Obama
- Trailblazer, the story of ballerina Raven Wilkinson, by Leda Schubert ; illustrated by Theodore Taylor III ; with a foreword by Misty Copeland
- My brother Martin, memoirs of a childhood with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, by Christine King Farris ; illustrated by Chris Soentpiet
- Roots, Alex Haley
- Rosa Parks, my story, by Rosa Parks ; with Jim Haskins
- Be a king, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream and you, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Twelve years a slave, an autobiography of Solomon Northup : the bombshell book that helped ignite the American Civil War, [with Sue Eakin]
- Take a picture of me, James Van Der Zee!, by Andrea J. Loney ; illustrated by Keith Mallett
- The secret garden of George Washington Carver, written by Gene Barretta ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- A spy called James, the true story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War double agent, Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper
- A mighty long way, my journey to justice at Little Rock Central High School, Carlotta Walls LaNier ; with Lisa Frazier Page
- Little leaders, bold women in black history, Vashti Harrison
- Who was Ida B. Wells?, by Sarah Fabiny ; illustrated by Ted Hammond
- The trials of Muhammad Ali., Kartemquin Films ; Independent Lens ; Independent Television Service ; a film by Bill Siegel ; directed and produced by Bill Siegel ; produced by Rachel Pikelny ; a co-production of Kartemquin Educational Films, Projecto Willis, LLC, and the Independent Television Service, Widescreen
- The misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, Issa Rae
- Game changers, the story of Venus and Serena Williams, Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James Ransome
- The Toni Morrison book club, Juda Bennett, Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Cassandra Jackson, and Piper Kendrix Williams
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