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5,000 Miles to Freedom

5,000 Miles to Freedom

Judith Fradin, Dennis Fradin
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Nonfiction
Published:
2006
After Tupac & D Foster

After Tupac and D Foster

Jacqueline Woodson
Age Level:
YA
Genre:
Historical Fiction
Published:
2008
Young person with floral crown

All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto

George M. Johnson
Age Level:
YA
Genre:
Autobiography and Memoir
Published:
2020
Amari and the Night Brothers

Amari and the Night Brothers

B. B. Alston
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Fantasy
Published:
2021
Angel of Greenwood

Angel of Greenwood

Randi Pink
Age Level:
YA
Genre:
Historical Fiction
Published:
2021
attucks

Attucks! Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City

Phillip Hoose
Age Level:
Middle Grade, YA
Genre:
Biography
Published:
2018
Aya

Aya

Marguerite Abouet
Age Level:
YA
Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction
Published:
2007
Baseball's Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues

Baseball’s Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues

Andrea Williams
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Biography
Published:
2021
Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers

Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers

Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Autobiography and Memoir
Published:
2021
Becoming Billie Holiday

Becoming Billie Holiday

Carole Boston Weatherford
Age Level:
YA
Genre:
Biography, Poetry
Published:
2008
Becoming Muhammad Ali

Becoming Muhammad Ali

Kwame Alexander, James Patterson
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Biography
Published:
2019
Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery

Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery

Sandra Neil Wallace
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Biography, Nonfiction
Published:
2018
Birmingham 1963

Birmingham 1963

Carole Boston Weatherford
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction
Published:
2007
Black and White

Black and White

Paul Volponi
Age Level:
YA
Genre:
Fiction
Published:
2006
African American individuals surrounded by foliage

Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Brandy Colbert
Age Level:
YA
Genre:
Nonfiction
Published:
2021
Joyful African American boy smiling brightly

Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood

Kwame Mbalia
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Short Stories
Published:
2021
Black Hands, White Sails

Black Hands, White Sails

Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Nonfiction
Published:
1999
Black Panther #1

Black Panther #1: A Nation Under Our Feet

Ta-Nehisi Coates
Age Level:
YA, Middle Grade
Genre:
Fantasy
Published:
2016
Young African American boy looking off with the Capital building in the background

Black Was the Ink

Michelle Coles
Age Level:
Middle Grade, YA
Genre:
Historical Fiction
Published:
2021
Blended

Blended

Sharon Draper
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Fiction
Published:
2018
Blue Tights

Blue Tights

Rita Williams-Garcia
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Fiction
Published:
1988
 Blues Journey

Blues Journey

Walter Dean Myers (1937-2014)
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Nonfiction, Poetry
Published:
2003
Brave. Black. First: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World

Brave. Black. First.: 50+ African American Women Who Changed the World

Cheryl Hudson
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Biography
Published:
2020