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A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinneyNic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie ThomasCornrows (2023) by Camille YarbroughThe Everlasting Rose (the Belles Series, Book 2) by Dhonielle ClaytonBreaking the Chains: African-American Slave Resistance by William Loren KatzThe Rhythm of Time by Questlove and S. A. CosbyThe Mermaid Princesses: A Sister Tale by Maya Cameron-GordonPlátanos Are Love by Alyssa Reynoso-MorrisBig Tune: Rise of the Dancehall Prince by Alliah L. AgostiniOnce in a Blue Moon by Sharon G. FlakeA Hero Like Me by Angela Joy and Jen ReidA Boy and His Mirror by Marchánt DavisJackie Ormes Draws the Future: The Remarkable Life of a Pioneering Cartoonist by Liz MontagueFlipflopi: How a Boat Made from Flip-Flops Is Helping to Save the Ocean by Linda Ravin Lodding and Dipesh PabariHurry, Kate, or You’ll Be Late! by Janice N. HarringtonStacey’s Remarkable Books by Stacey Abrams aka Selena MontgomeryPromise Boys by Nick BrooksCan We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? by Junauda PetrusA Flag for Juneteenth by Kim TaylorFadya and the Song of the River by Laura NsafouThe Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship by Ibtihaj MuhammadJuneteenth by Van G. GarrettColin Kaepernick: Change the Game by Colin Kaepernick and Eve L. EwingForgive Me Not by Jennifer BakerNigeria Jones by Ibi ZoboiCoretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King by Alice Faye DuncanBaby, Sleepy Baby by AtinukeI’m Going to Have a Good Day!: Daily Affirmations with Scarlett by Tiania Haneline and Scarlett Gray SmithTo Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights by Angela DaltonMy Red, White, and Blue by Alana TysonCurlfriends: New in Town (a Graphic Novel) by Sharee MillerYou Are My Pride: A Love Letter from Your Motherland by Carole Boston WeatherfordThe Bronx Is My Home by Alyssa Reynoso-MorrisAll Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration by Glenda ArmandHow to Write a Poem by Kwame AlexanderJump In! by Shadra StricklandIce Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better by Glenda ArmandJust Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life by Jerry PinkneyThe Courage of the Little Hummingbird: A Tale Told Around the World by Leah HendersonThe Making of Butterflies by Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. KendiHow Do You Spell Unfair?: Macnolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston WeatherfordThe Enchanted Bridge by Zetta ElliottThe (Young) Antiracist’s Workbook: Questions for Changemakers by Ibram X. Kendi and Nic StoneTrack Star #4 by Kelly Starling LyonsA Family Prayer by Shay YoungbloodYoung, Gifted and Black Too: 52 Black Heroes to Celebrate and Discover by Jamia WilsonCome Home Safe by Brian BuckmireHappy with My Nappy by Gina JarrellSalat in Secret by Jamilah Thompkins-BigelowTy’s Travels: Camp-Out by Kelly Starling LyonsSee You on the Other Side by Rachel Montez MinorPut Your Shoes On & Get Ready! by Raphael G. WarnockHistory Comics: Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin: Civil Rights Heroes by Tracey BaptisteThe Smallest Spot of a Dot: The Little Ways We’re Different, the Big Ways We’re the Same by Linsey DavisHey Otter! Hey Beaver! by Brian PinkneyFigure It Out, Henri Weldon by Tanita S. DavisThere Was a Party for Langston by Jason ReynoldsNot an Easy Win by Chrystal D. GilesThe Noisy Classroom Goes to the Museum by Angela ShantéLittle Daymond Learns to Earn by Daymond JohnSimon B. Rhymin’ Gets in the Game by Dwayne ReedCape by Kevin JohnsonBirmingham, 1963 by Carole Boston WeatherfordI Want to Be Big! by Tiffany GoldenJelani’s Key by D. Amari JacksonGordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston WeatherfordLooking for Happy by Ty ChapmanMary Can! by Mary J. BligeA Child’s Introduction to Jazz: The Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World’s Coolest Music by Jabari AsimWhat Does Brown Mean To You? by Ron GradyRemember Us by Jacqueline WoodsonThe Playbook by Kwame AlexanderI Am Big by Itah SaduThe Belles by Dhonielle ClaytonEllie Engle Saves Herself by Leah JohnsonA Dream So Dark by L.L. McKinneyThe Night Before Freedom: A Juneteenth Story by Glenda ArmandHow to Be a (Young) Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi and Nic StoneMy Baba’s Garden by Jordan ScottYou Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!: The Storied Life of Folk Artist Elijah Pierce by Carmella Van Vleet and Chiquita Mullins LeeFresh Juice by Robert Liu-TrujilloRepeat After Me: Big Things to Say Every Day by Jazmyn Simon and Dulé HillMatchmaker #3 by Kelly Starling LyonsRooting for Plants: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector by Janice N. HarringtonShe Persisted: Dorothy Height by Kelly Starling LyonsHonest June: Secrets and Spies by Tina WellsSun Keep Rising by Kristen R. LeeHarlem at Four by Michael DatcherJustice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement by Katheryn Russell-BrownLittle Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll by Charnelle Pinkney BarlowChaos Theory by Nic StoneThe Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music by Roberta Flack and Tonya BoldenAn American Story by Kwame AlexanderMadam C. J. Walker Builds a Business by Denene MillnerA Walk in the Woods by Nikki GrimesSchool Trip by Jerry CraftRock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll by Tonya BoldenSandy Toes: A Summer Adventure by Shauntay GrantBreaking to the Beat! by Linda J. AcevedoBig by Vashti HarrisonDreamer by Akim Aliu and Greg Anderson ElyseeYou So Black by Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.Wash Day by Tiffany GoldenAn Earth Song (Petite Poems) by Langston HughesGarvey’s Choice: The Graphic Novel by Nikki GrimesThe Artivist by Nikkolas SmithNow Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard by Brahm RevelKetanji: Justice Jackson’s Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court by Kekla MagoonLittle Troublemaker Makes a Mess by Luvvie Ajayi JonesInvisible Son by Kim JohnsonWe Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBrideMermaid and Pirate by Tracey BaptisteWe Are Here by Tami CharlesSugar Plum Ballerinas Sugar Plums to the Rescue! #5 by Whoopi GoldbergInvincible: Fathers and Mothers of Black America by Wade HudsonDear Star Baby by Malcolm Newsome