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An American Story by Kwame AlexanderBirmingham, 1963 by Carole Boston WeatherfordCurlfriends: New in Town (a Graphic Novel) by Sharee MillerRock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll by Tonya BoldenFigure It Out, Henri Weldon by Tanita S. DavisI’m Going to Have a Good Day!: Daily Affirmations with Scarlett by Tiania Haneline and Scarlett Gray SmithThe Noisy Classroom Goes to the Museum by Angela ShantéThere Was a Party for Langston by Jason ReynoldsPromise Boys by Nick BrooksYoung, Gifted and Black Too: 52 Black Heroes to Celebrate and Discover by Jamia WilsonJuneteenth by Van G. GarrettPut Your Shoes On & Get Ready! by Raphael G. WarnockColin Kaepernick: Change the Game by Colin Kaepernick and Eve L. EwingCan We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? by Junauda PetrusOnce in a Blue Moon by Sharon G. FlakeSun Keep Rising by Kristen R. LeeThe Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship by Ibtihaj MuhammadThe Rhythm of Time by Questlove and S. A. CosbyCome Home Safe by Brian BuckmireCape by Kevin JohnsonMy Red, White, and Blue by Alana TysonDreamer by Akim Aliu and Greg Anderson ElyseeJelani’s Key by D. Amari JacksonIce Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better by Glenda ArmandYou Are My Pride: A Love Letter from Your Motherland by Carole Boston WeatherfordLittle Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll by Charnelle Pinkney BarlowSalat in Secret by Jamilah Thompkins-BigelowA Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinneyForgive Me Not by Jennifer BakerAn Earth Song (Petite Poems) by Langston HughesThe Artivist by Nikkolas SmithTo Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights by Angela DaltonHow to Write a Poem by Kwame AlexanderHarlem at Four by Michael DatcherPlátanos Are Love by Alyssa Reynoso-MorrisLittle Troublemaker Makes a Mess by Luvvie Ajayi JonesHow Do You Spell Unfair?: Macnolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston WeatherfordMatchmaker #3 by Kelly Starling LyonsThe Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music by Roberta Flack and Tonya BoldenBig Tune: Rise of the Dancehall Prince by Alliah L. AgostiniSchool Trip by Jerry CraftJump In! by Shadra StricklandWash Day by Tiffany GoldenA Boy and His Mirror by Marchánt DavisBig by Vashti HarrisonYou Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!: The Storied Life of Folk Artist Elijah Pierce by Carmella Van Vleet and Chiquita Mullins LeeA Flag for Juneteenth by Kim TaylorA Family Prayer by Shay YoungbloodTy’s Travels: Camp-Out by Kelly Starling LyonsThe Bronx Is My Home by Alyssa Reynoso-MorrisNow Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard by Brahm RevelBaby, Sleepy Baby by AtinukeThe Making of Butterflies by Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. KendiI Am Big by Itah SaduRemember Us by Jacqueline WoodsonShe Persisted: Dorothy Height by Kelly Starling LyonsInvisible Son by Kim JohnsonEllie Engle Saves Herself by Leah JohnsonA Walk in the Woods by Nikki GrimesSandy Toes: A Summer Adventure by Shauntay GrantHurry, Kate, or You’ll Be Late! by Janice N. HarringtonSugar Plum Ballerinas Sugar Plums to the Rescue! #5 by Whoopi GoldbergLittle Daymond Learns to Earn by Daymond JohnI Want to Be Big! by Tiffany GoldenNot an Easy Win by Chrystal D. GilesWhat Does Brown Mean To You? by Ron GradyNic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie ThomasFadya and the Song of the River by Laura NsafouJust Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life by Jerry PinkneyRooting for Plants: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector by Janice N. HarringtonCornrows (2023) by Camille YarbroughMermaid and Pirate by Tracey BaptisteChaos Theory by Nic StoneWe Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBrideThe Mermaid Princesses: A Sister Tale by Maya Cameron-GordonThe (Young) Antiracist’s Workbook: Questions for Changemakers by Ibram X. Kendi and Nic StoneMadam C. J. Walker Builds a Business by Denene MillnerKetanji: Justice Jackson’s Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court by Kekla MagoonThe Courage of the Little Hummingbird: A Tale Told Around the World by Leah HendersonA Child’s Introduction to Jazz: The Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World’s Coolest Music by Jabari AsimNigeria Jones by Ibi ZoboiBreaking the Chains: African-American Slave Resistance by William Loren KatzHappy with My Nappy by Gina JarrellInvincible: Fathers and Mothers of Black America by Wade HudsonMary Can! by Mary J. BligeGordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston WeatherfordA Hero Like Me by Angela Joy and Jen ReidSimon B. Rhymin’ Gets in the Game by Dwayne ReedHistory Comics: Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin: Civil Rights Heroes by Tracey BaptisteThe Everlasting Rose (the Belles Series, Book 2) by Dhonielle ClaytonStacey’s Remarkable Books by Stacey Abrams aka Selena MontgomeryGarvey’s Choice: The Graphic Novel by Nikki GrimesHey Otter! Hey Beaver! by Brian PinkneyDear Star Baby by Malcolm NewsomeTrack Star #4 by Kelly Starling LyonsThe Enchanted Bridge by Zetta ElliottWe Are Here by Tami CharlesFlipflopi: How a Boat Made from Flip-Flops Is Helping to Save the Ocean by Linda Ravin Lodding and Dipesh PabariA Dream So Dark by L.L. McKinneyBreaking to the Beat! by Linda J. AcevedoThe Smallest Spot of a Dot: The Little Ways We’re Different, the Big Ways We’re the Same by Linsey DavisSee You on the Other Side by Rachel Montez MinorFresh Juice by Robert Liu-TrujilloRepeat After Me: Big Things to Say Every Day by Jazmyn Simon and Dulé HillCoretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King by Alice Faye DuncanJackie Ormes Draws the Future: The Remarkable Life of a Pioneering Cartoonist by Liz MontagueAll Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration by Glenda ArmandHonest June: Secrets and Spies by Tina WellsThe Playbook by Kwame AlexanderThe Night Before Freedom: A Juneteenth Story by Glenda ArmandJustice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement by Katheryn Russell-BrownThe Belles by Dhonielle ClaytonLooking for Happy by Ty ChapmanMy Baba’s Garden by Jordan ScottYou So Black by Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.How to Be a (Young) Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi and Nic Stone