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A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinneyShe Persisted: Dorothy Height by Kelly Starling LyonsA Family Prayer by Shay YoungbloodCornrows (2023) by Camille YarbroughStacey’s Remarkable Books by Stacey Abrams aka Selena MontgomeryWe Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBrideDreamer by Akim Aliu and Greg Anderson ElyseeSun Keep Rising by Kristen R. LeeSandy Toes: A Summer Adventure by Shauntay GrantHow Do You Spell Unfair?: Macnolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston WeatherfordThe Noisy Classroom Goes to the Museum by Angela ShantéMatchmaker #3 by Kelly Starling LyonsGordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston WeatherfordJustice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement by Katheryn Russell-BrownMy Red, White, and Blue by Alana TysonPromise Boys by Nick BrooksLittle Daymond Learns to Earn by Daymond JohnLittle Troublemaker Makes a Mess by Luvvie Ajayi JonesThe Courage of the Little Hummingbird: A Tale Told Around the World by Leah HendersonWe Are Here by Tami CharlesSimon B. Rhymin’ Gets in the Game by Dwayne ReedCurlfriends: New in Town (a Graphic Novel) by Sharee MillerInvisible Son by Kim JohnsonLittle Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll by Charnelle Pinkney BarlowPlátanos Are Love by Alyssa Reynoso-MorrisCape by Kevin JohnsonYou So Black by Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.Young, Gifted and Black Too: 52 Black Heroes to Celebrate and Discover by Jamia WilsonSchool Trip by Jerry CraftI’m Going to Have a Good Day!: Daily Affirmations with Scarlett by Tiania Haneline and Scarlett Gray SmithTrack Star #4 by Kelly Starling LyonsMary Can! by Mary J. BligeForgive Me Not by Jennifer BakerA Hero Like Me by Angela Joy and Jen ReidEllie Engle Saves Herself by Leah JohnsonA Child’s Introduction to Jazz: The Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World’s Coolest Music by Jabari AsimSalat in Secret by Jamilah Thompkins-BigelowYou Are My Pride: A Love Letter from Your Motherland by Carole Boston WeatherfordTy’s Travels: Camp-Out by Kelly Starling LyonsJust Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life by Jerry PinkneyCome Home Safe by Brian BuckmireRock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll by Tonya BoldenThere Was a Party for Langston by Jason ReynoldsWash Day by Tiffany GoldenThe Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music by Roberta Flack and Tonya BoldenA Walk in the Woods by Nikki GrimesBaby, Sleepy Baby by AtinukeCoretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King by Alice Faye DuncanDear Star Baby by Malcolm NewsomeIce Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better by Glenda ArmandFigure It Out, Henri Weldon by Tanita S. DavisMadam C. J. Walker Builds a Business by Denene MillnerWhat Does Brown Mean To You? by Ron GradyThe Bronx Is My Home by Alyssa Reynoso-MorrisI Am Big by Itah SaduHow to Be a (Young) Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi and Nic StoneThe Belles by Dhonielle ClaytonPut Your Shoes On & Get Ready! by Raphael G. WarnockInvincible: Fathers and Mothers of Black America by Wade HudsonSugar Plum Ballerinas Sugar Plums to the Rescue! #5 by Whoopi GoldbergRemember Us by Jacqueline WoodsonAll Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration by Glenda ArmandGarvey’s Choice: The Graphic Novel by Nikki GrimesChaos Theory by Nic StoneBreaking the Chains: African-American Slave Resistance by William Loren KatzHey Otter! Hey Beaver! by Brian PinkneyA Flag for Juneteenth by Kim TaylorFadya and the Song of the River by Laura NsafouThe Mermaid Princesses: A Sister Tale by Maya Cameron-GordonThe Rhythm of Time by Questlove and S. A. CosbyBig Tune: Rise of the Dancehall Prince by Alliah L. AgostiniTo Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights by Angela DaltonA Dream So Dark by L.L. McKinneyNigeria Jones by Ibi ZoboiAn Earth Song (Petite Poems) by Langston HughesI Want to Be Big! by Tiffany GoldenMermaid and Pirate by Tracey BaptisteThe Smallest Spot of a Dot: The Little Ways We’re Different, the Big Ways We’re the Same by Linsey DavisOnce in a Blue Moon by Sharon G. FlakeJelani’s Key by D. Amari JacksonRooting for Plants: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector by Janice N. HarringtonNot an Easy Win by Chrystal D. GilesKetanji: Justice Jackson’s Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court by Kekla MagoonColin Kaepernick: Change the Game by Colin Kaepernick and Eve L. EwingNow Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard by Brahm RevelHistory Comics: Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin: Civil Rights Heroes by Tracey BaptisteFresh Juice by Robert Liu-TrujilloThe Playbook by Kwame AlexanderJackie Ormes Draws the Future: The Remarkable Life of a Pioneering Cartoonist by Liz MontagueMy Baba’s Garden by Jordan ScottLooking for Happy by Ty ChapmanBreaking to the Beat! by Linda J. AcevedoSee You on the Other Side by Rachel Montez MinorThe Night Before Freedom: A Juneteenth Story by Glenda ArmandHurry, Kate, or You’ll Be Late! by Janice N. HarringtonAn American Story by Kwame AlexanderBig by Vashti HarrisonHonest June: Secrets and Spies by Tina WellsNic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie ThomasJump In! by Shadra StricklandHarlem at Four by Michael DatcherThe Everlasting Rose (the Belles Series, Book 2) by Dhonielle ClaytonBirmingham, 1963 by Carole Boston WeatherfordRepeat After Me: Big Things to Say Every Day by Jazmyn Simon and Dulé HillThe Enchanted Bridge by Zetta ElliottJuneteenth by Van G. GarrettA Boy and His Mirror by Marchánt DavisThe Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship by Ibtihaj MuhammadFlipflopi: How a Boat Made from Flip-Flops Is Helping to Save the Ocean by Linda Ravin Lodding and Dipesh PabariThe Making of Butterflies by Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. KendiThe (Young) Antiracist’s Workbook: Questions for Changemakers by Ibram X. Kendi and Nic StoneHappy with My Nappy by Gina JarrellHow to Write a Poem by Kwame AlexanderThe Artivist by Nikkolas SmithYou Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!: The Storied Life of Folk Artist Elijah Pierce by Carmella Van Vleet and Chiquita Mullins LeeCan We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? by Junauda Petrus