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The Making of Butterflies by Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. KendiDreamer by Akim Aliu and Greg Anderson ElyseeWhat Does Brown Mean To You? by Ron GradyMatchmaker #3 by Kelly Starling LyonsRemember Us by Jacqueline WoodsonBreaking to the Beat! by Linda J. AcevedoThe Rhythm of Time by Questlove and S. A. CosbyOnce in a Blue Moon by Sharon G. FlakeThe Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship by Ibtihaj MuhammadColin Kaepernick: Change the Game by Colin Kaepernick and Eve L. EwingYou So Black by Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.Curlfriends New in Town (a Graphic Novel) by Sharee MillerFigure It Out, Henri Weldon by Tanita S. DavisThe (Young) Antiracist’s Workbook: Questions for Changemakers by Ibram X. Kendi and Nic StoneNow Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard by Brahm RevelLittle Troublemaker Makes a Mess by Luvvie Ajayi JonesMy Red, White, and Blue by Alana TysonMadam C. J. Walker Builds a Business by Denene MillnerThe Artivist by Nikkolas SmithA Boy and His Mirror by Marchánt DavisHurry, Kate, or You’ll Be Late! by Janice N. HarringtonForgive Me Not by Jennifer BakerSalat in Secret by Jamilah Thompkins-BigelowThe Night Before Freedom: A Juneteenth Story by Glenda ArmandJustice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement by Katheryn Russell-BrownLittle Daymond Learns to Earn by Daymond JohnPut Your Shoes On & Get Ready! by Raphael G. WarnockCoretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King by Alice Faye DuncanMermaid and Pirate by Tracey BaptisteNigeria Jones by Ibi ZoboiJackie Ormes Draws the Future: The Remarkable Life of a Pioneering Cartoonist by Liz MontagueSee You on the Other Side by Rachel Montez MinorBaby, Sleepy Baby by AtinukeDear Star Baby by Malcolm NewsomeThe Belles by Dhonielle ClaytonI Am Big by Itah SaduA Child’s Introduction to Jazz: The Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World’s Coolest Music by Jabari AsimIce Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better by Glenda ArmandJelani’s Key by D. Amari JacksonLooking for Happy by Ty ChapmanA Hero Like Me by Angela Joy and Jen ReidChaos Theory by Nic StoneLittle Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll by Charnelle Pinkney BarlowEllie Engle Saves Herself by Leah JohnsonThe Bronx Is My Home by Alyssa Reynoso-MorrisA Flag for Juneteenth by Kim TaylorHow to Be a (Young) Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi and Nic StoneHey Otter! Hey Beaver! by Brian PinkneyThe Enchanted Bridge by Zetta ElliottThe Smallest Spot of a Dot: The Little Ways We’re Different, the Big Ways We’re the Same by Linsey DavisTo Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights by Angela DaltonGordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston WeatherfordHonest June: Secrets and Spies by Tina WellsCan We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? by Junauda PetrusA Dream So Dark by L.L. McKinneyWe Are Here by Tami CharlesSchool Trip by Jerry CraftThe Everlasting Rose (the Belles Series, Book 2) by Dhonielle ClaytonSun Keep Rising by Kristen R. LeeKetanji: Justice Jackson’s Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court by Kekla MagoonHistory Comics: Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin: Civil Rights Heroes by Tracey BaptisteFadya and the Song of the River by Laura NsafouInvincible: Fathers and Mothers of Black America by Wade HudsonGarvey’s Choice: The Graphic Novel by Nikki GrimesAn Earth Song (Petite Poems) by Langston HughesHarlem at Four by Michael DatcherAn American Story by Kwame AlexanderSimon B. Rhymin’ Gets in the Game by Dwayne ReedBirmingham, 1963 by Carole Boston WeatherfordYoung, Gifted and Black Too: 52 Black Heroes to Celebrate and Discover by Jamia WilsonRooting for Plants: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector by Janice N. HarringtonWash Day by Tiffany GoldenFlipflopi: How a Boat Made from Flip-Flops Is Helping to Save the Ocean by Linda Ravin Lodding and Dipesh PabariYou Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!: The Storied Life of Folk Artist Elijah Pierce by Carmella Van Vleet and Chiquita Mullins LeeJump In! by Shadra StricklandHow Do You Spell Unfair?: Macnolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston WeatherfordThere Was a Party for Langston by Jason ReynoldsTy’s Travels: Camp-Out by Kelly Starling LyonsSandy Toes: A Summer Adventure by Shauntay GrantBig Tune: Rise of the Dancehall Prince by Alliah L. AgostiniWe Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBrideAll Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration by Glenda ArmandI Want to Be Big! by Tiffany GoldenNic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie ThomasA Walk in the Woods by Nikki GrimesPlátanos Are Love by Alyssa Reynoso-MorrisA Family Prayer by Shay YoungbloodFresh Juice by Robert Liu-TrujilloYou Are My Pride: A Love Letter from Your Motherland by Carole Boston WeatherfordCome Home Safe by Brian BuckmireJuneteenth by Van G. GarrettJust Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life by Jerry PinkneyA Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinneyShe Persisted: Dorothy Height by Kelly Starling LyonsThe Mermaid Princesses: A Sister Tale by Maya Cameron-GordonCornrows (2023) by Camille YarbroughMary Can! by Mary J. BligeI’m Going to Have a Good Day!: Daily Affirmations with Scarlett by Tiania Haneline and Scarlett Gray SmithThe Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music by Roberta Flack and Tonya BoldenHow to Write a Poem by Kwame AlexanderRepeat After Me: Big Things to Say Every Day by Jazmyn Simon and Dulé HillNot an Easy Win by Chrystal D. GilesTrack Star #4 by Kelly Starling LyonsInvisible Son by Kim JohnsonSugar Plum Ballerinas Sugar Plums to the Rescue! #5 by Whoopi GoldbergPromise Boys by Nick BrooksHappy with My Nappy by Gina JarrellBig by Vashti HarrisonThe Playbook by Kwame AlexanderMy Baba’s Garden by Jordan ScottThe Noisy Classroom Goes to the Museum by Angela ShantéRock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll by Tonya BoldenThe Courage of the Little Hummingbird: A Tale Told Around the World by Leah HendersonBreaking the Chains: African-American Slave Resistance by William Loren KatzCape by Kevin JohnsonStacey’s Remarkable Books by Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery