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Stacey’s Remarkable Books by Stacey Abrams aka Selena MontgomeryThe Belles by Dhonielle ClaytonHey Otter! Hey Beaver! by Brian PinkneyPromise Boys by Nick BrooksThe Rhythm of Time by Questlove and S. A. CosbyHurry, Kate, or You’ll Be Late! by Janice N. HarringtonEllie Engle Saves Herself by Leah JohnsonWe Are Here by Tami CharlesCurlfriends: New in Town (a Graphic Novel) by Sharee MillerLittle Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll by Charnelle Pinkney BarlowI Am Big by Itah SaduI Want to Be Big! by Tiffany GoldenYoung, Gifted and Black Too: 52 Black Heroes to Celebrate and Discover by Jamia WilsonThe Everlasting Rose (the Belles Series, Book 2) by Dhonielle ClaytonRemember Us by Jacqueline WoodsonSalat in Secret by Jamilah Thompkins-BigelowAll Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration by Glenda ArmandYou Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!: The Storied Life of Folk Artist Elijah Pierce by Carmella Van Vleet and Chiquita Mullins LeeInvincible: Fathers and Mothers of Black America by Wade HudsonHow Do You Spell Unfair?: Macnolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston WeatherfordNic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie ThomasBreaking the Chains: African-American Slave Resistance by William Loren KatzThe Noisy Classroom Goes to the Museum by Angela ShantéSee You on the Other Side by Rachel Montez MinorBaby, Sleepy Baby by AtinukeThere Was a Party for Langston by Jason ReynoldsA Flag for Juneteenth by Kim TaylorMy Baba’s Garden by Jordan ScottThe (Young) Antiracist’s Workbook: Questions for Changemakers by Ibram X. Kendi and Nic StoneThe Courage of the Little Hummingbird: A Tale Told Around the World by Leah HendersonDear Star Baby by Malcolm NewsomeSchool Trip by Jerry CraftFresh Juice by Robert Liu-TrujilloBig by Vashti HarrisonA Walk in the Woods by Nikki GrimesThe Smallest Spot of a Dot: The Little Ways We’re Different, the Big Ways We’re the Same by Linsey DavisCornrows (2023) by Camille YarbroughGordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston WeatherfordColin Kaepernick: Change the Game by Colin Kaepernick and Eve L. EwingHistory Comics: Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin: Civil Rights Heroes by Tracey BaptisteInvisible Son by Kim JohnsonCome Home Safe by Brian BuckmireCoretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King by Alice Faye DuncanPut Your Shoes On & Get Ready! by Raphael G. WarnockJustice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement by Katheryn Russell-BrownJelani’s Key by D. Amari JacksonMadam C. J. Walker Builds a Business by Denene MillnerMatchmaker #3 by Kelly Starling LyonsRepeat After Me: Big Things to Say Every Day by Jazmyn Simon and Dulé HillCan We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? by Junauda PetrusJackie Ormes Draws the Future: The Remarkable Life of a Pioneering Cartoonist by Liz MontagueThe Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music by Roberta Flack and Tonya BoldenWash Day by Tiffany GoldenThe Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship by Ibtihaj MuhammadBirmingham, 1963 by Carole Boston WeatherfordNot an Easy Win by Chrystal D. GilesJump In! by Shadra StricklandA Family Prayer by Shay YoungbloodThe Artivist by Nikkolas SmithChaos Theory by Nic StoneWe Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBrideA Dream So Dark by L.L. McKinneyA Child’s Introduction to Jazz: The Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World’s Coolest Music by Jabari AsimMermaid and Pirate by Tracey BaptisteI’m Going to Have a Good Day!: Daily Affirmations with Scarlett by Tiania Haneline and Scarlett Gray SmithA Hero Like Me by Angela Joy and Jen ReidDreamer by Akim Aliu and Greg Anderson ElyseeRooting for Plants: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector by Janice N. HarringtonA Boy and His Mirror by Marchánt DavisThe Playbook by Kwame AlexanderForgive Me Not by Jennifer BakerFadya and the Song of the River by Laura NsafouBreaking to the Beat! by Linda J. AcevedoMary Can! by Mary J. BligePlátanos Are Love by Alyssa Reynoso-MorrisThe Night Before Freedom: A Juneteenth Story by Glenda ArmandA Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinneyAn Earth Song (Petite Poems) by Langston HughesLittle Troublemaker Makes a Mess by Luvvie Ajayi JonesYou So Black by Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.Big Tune: Rise of the Dancehall Prince by Alliah L. AgostiniSimon B. Rhymin’ Gets in the Game by Dwayne ReedHonest June: Secrets and Spies by Tina WellsLooking for Happy by Ty ChapmanCape by Kevin JohnsonFigure It Out, Henri Weldon by Tanita S. DavisYou Are My Pride: A Love Letter from Your Motherland by Carole Boston WeatherfordNigeria Jones by Ibi ZoboiWhat Does Brown Mean To You? by Ron GradyHow to Write a Poem by Kwame AlexanderJuneteenth by Van G. GarrettSugar Plum Ballerinas Sugar Plums to the Rescue! #5 by Whoopi GoldbergIce Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better by Glenda ArmandHow to Be a (Young) Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi and Nic StoneKetanji: Justice Jackson’s Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court by Kekla MagoonThe Enchanted Bridge by Zetta ElliottTo Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights by Angela DaltonNow Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard by Brahm RevelAn American Story by Kwame AlexanderHarlem at Four by Michael DatcherThe Making of Butterflies by Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. KendiTy’s Travels: Camp-Out by Kelly Starling LyonsThe Bronx Is My Home by Alyssa Reynoso-MorrisTrack Star #4 by Kelly Starling LyonsOnce in a Blue Moon by Sharon G. FlakeThe Mermaid Princesses: A Sister Tale by Maya Cameron-GordonJust Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life by Jerry PinkneyMy Red, White, and Blue by Alana TysonGarvey’s Choice: The Graphic Novel by Nikki GrimesHappy with My Nappy by Gina JarrellSun Keep Rising by Kristen R. LeeSandy Toes: A Summer Adventure by Shauntay GrantFlipflopi: How a Boat Made from Flip-Flops Is Helping to Save the Ocean by Linda Ravin Lodding and Dipesh PabariShe Persisted: Dorothy Height by Kelly Starling LyonsRock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll by Tonya BoldenLittle Daymond Learns to Earn by Daymond John