African Americans -- Biography
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African Americans -- Biography
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African Americans
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- Timelines from Black history, leaders, legends, legacies, [writer and consultant, Mireille Harper]
- M.L.K., journey of a King, by Tonya Bolden ; photo editor, Bob Adelman
- Simone Biles, written by Kekla Magoon ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- African American lives, general editors: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
- Nina, a story of Nina Simone, words by Traci N. Todd ; pictures by Christian Robinson
- Song for Jimi, the story of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, Charles R. Smith Jr. ; illustrations by Edel Rodriguez
- York's adventures with Lewis and Clark, an African-American's part in the great expedition, by Rhoda Blumberg
- Coretta, the autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King, by Coretta Scott King, with the Reverend Dr. Barbara Reynolds ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes
- Josephine, the dazzling life of Josephine Baker, words by Patricia Hruby Powell ; pictures by Christian Robinson
- Your legacy, a bold reclaiming of our enslaved history, written by Schele Williams ; illustrated by Tonya Engel
- Malcolm X, Warner Bros. presents in association with Largo International N.V. ; a 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks production ; produced by Marvin Worth and Spike Lee ; screenplay by Arnold Perl and Spike Lee ; directed by Spike Lee
- Harriet Tubman, Jehan Jones-Radgowski
- I know why the caged bird sings, Maya Angelou
- R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- The butler, a witness to history, Wil Haygood
- Martin Luther King Jr., Josh Gregory
- When Marian sang, the true recital of Marian Anderson : the voice of a century, libretto by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; staging by Brian Selznick
- Thurgood Marshall, first African-American Supreme Court justice, by Carol Greene
- Glenn Burke, game changer, the man who invented the high five, Phil Bildner ; illustrated by Daniel J. O'Brien
- She persisted: Oprah Winfrey, written by Renée Watson ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Threads of peace, how Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. changed the world, Uma Krishnaswami
- Who is Michael Jordan?, by Kirsten Anderson ; illustrated by Dede Putra
- William Still and his freedom stories, the father of the underground railroad, written and illustrated by Don Tate
- The stone thrower, Jael Ealey Richardson ; pictures by Matt James
- John Blair and the great Hinckley fire, Josephine Nobisso ; illustrated by Ted Rose
- A computer called Katherine, how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon, written by Suzanne Slade ; illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison
- Opal Lee and what it means to be free, the true story of the grandmother of Juneteenth, by Alice Faye Duncan ; illustrations by Keturah A. Bobo
- A shot in the moonlight, how a freed slave and a Confederate soldier fought for justice in the Jim Crow south, Ben Montgomery
- Michael Jordan, beyond Air, by Philip Brooks
- Hank Aaron, home run hammer, Percy Leed
- Wilma unlimited, how Wilma Rudolph became the world's fastest woman, Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by David Diaz
- Thurgood Marshall, G.S. Prentzas
- The dead are arising, the life of Malcolm X, Les Payne and Tamara Payne
- My brother Martin, a sister remembers growing up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., by Christine King Farris ; illustrated by Chris Soentpiet
- How to raise an antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi
- Martin Luther King Day, by Linda Lowery ; illustrated by Hetty Mitchell
- Leadership, by the editors of Time-Life Books
- Michael Jordan, written by María Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Lo Harris
- Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin, civil rights heroes, written by Tracey Baptiste ; art by Shauna J. Grant
- Benjamin Banneker, astronomer and mathematician, Laura Baskes Litwin
- Muhammad Ali, the greatest of all time!, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Andy Duggan ; lettering by John Roshell ; cover art by Derrick DeVoe
- Evander Holyfield, heavyweight champion = campeon de los pesos pesados, Rob Kirkpatrick ; traduccion al espanol Mauricio Velazquez de Leon
- Hank Aaron, brave in every way, Peter Golenbock ; illustrated by Paul Lee
- Dreams from my father, a story of race and inheritance, Barack Obama
- Wake up our souls, a celebration of Black American artists, Tonya Bolden
- Martin Luther King, Jr., voice for equality!, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Youneek Studios ; lettering & design by Comicraft: John Rosell [and four others] ; cover art by Ian Churchill
- Yes we can, a biography of Barack Obama, by Garen Thomas
- Black diamond, the story of the Negro baseball leagues, Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack, Jr
- The voice that challenged a nation, Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights, by Russell Freedman
- A picture book of Jesse Owens, David A. Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
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