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Invincible: Fathers and Mothers of Black America by Wade HudsonA Flag for Juneteenth by Kim TaylorCape by Kevin JohnsonI Want to Be Big! by Tiffany GoldenThe Artivist by Nikkolas SmithThe (Young) Antiracist’s Workbook: Questions for Changemakers by Ibram X. Kendi and Nic StoneThe Everlasting Rose (the Belles Series, Book 2) by Dhonielle ClaytonHow Do You Spell Unfair?: Macnolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston WeatherfordMermaid and Pirate by Tracey BaptisteMy Red, White, and Blue by Alana TysonYoung, Gifted and Black Too: 52 Black Heroes to Celebrate and Discover by Jamia WilsonRepeat After Me: Big Things to Say Every Day by Jazmyn Simon and Dulé HillJump In! by Shadra StricklandThe Playbook by Kwame AlexanderA Dream So Dark by L.L. McKinneyYou So Black by Theresa tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.A Family Prayer by Shay YoungbloodGordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America by Carole Boston WeatherfordWash Day by Tiffany GoldenThe Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music by Roberta Flack and Tonya BoldenA Child’s Introduction to Jazz: The Musicians, Culture, and Roots of the World’s Coolest Music by Jabari AsimWe Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBrideThe Smallest Spot of a Dot: The Little Ways We’re Different, the Big Ways We’re the Same by Linsey DavisSimon B. Rhymin’ Gets in the Game by Dwayne ReedForgive Me Not by Jennifer BakerHow to Be a (Young) Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi and Nic StoneCoretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King by Alice Faye DuncanThe Making of Butterflies by Zora Neale Hurston and Adapted by Ibram X. KendiThere Was a Party for Langston by Jason ReynoldsCornrows (2023) by Camille YarbroughCurlfriends New in Town (a Graphic Novel) by Sharee MillerHurry, Kate, or You’ll Be Late! by Janice N. HarringtonAn Earth Song (Petite Poems) by Langston HughesThe Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship by Ibtihaj MuhammadNigeria Jones by Ibi ZoboiStacey’s Remarkable Books by Stacey Abrams aka Selena MontgomerySchool Trip by Jerry CraftSun Keep Rising by Kristen R. LeeLittle Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll by Charnelle Pinkney BarlowA Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinneyYou Are My Pride: A Love Letter from Your Motherland by Carole Boston WeatherfordHonest June: Secrets and Spies by Tina WellsI Am Big by Itah SaduFresh Juice by Robert Liu-TrujilloYou Gotta Meet Mr. Pierce!: The Storied Life of Folk Artist Elijah Pierce by Carmella Van Vleet and Chiquita Mullins LeeHow to Write a Poem by Kwame AlexanderBirmingham, 1963 by Carole Boston WeatherfordShe Persisted: Dorothy Height by Kelly Starling LyonsWhat Does Brown Mean To You? by Ron GradyBig by Vashti HarrisonThe Noisy Classroom Goes to the Museum by Angela ShantéRemember Us by Jacqueline WoodsonA Boy and His Mirror by Marchánt DavisLooking for Happy by Ty ChapmanRock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll by Tonya BoldenPut Your Shoes On & Get Ready! by Raphael G. WarnockTrack Star #4 by Kelly Starling LyonsJuneteenth by Van G. GarrettFlipflopi: How a Boat Made from Flip-Flops Is Helping to Save the Ocean by Linda Ravin Lodding and Dipesh PabariFadya and the Song of the River by Laura NsafouI’m Going to Have a Good Day!: Daily Affirmations with Scarlett by Tiania Haneline and Scarlett Gray SmithThe Bronx Is My Home by Alyssa Reynoso-MorrisCome Home Safe by Brian BuckmireAll Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration by Glenda ArmandNow Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard by Brahm RevelJustice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement by Katheryn Russell-BrownPromise Boys by Nick BrooksBig Tune: Rise of the Dancehall Prince by Alliah L. AgostiniJelani’s Key by D. Amari JacksonBreaking to the Beat! by Linda J. AcevedoAn American Story by Kwame AlexanderTo Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights by Angela DaltonCan We Please Give the Police Department to the Grandmothers? by Junauda PetrusThe Enchanted Bridge by Zetta ElliottIce Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better by Glenda ArmandWe Are Here by Tami CharlesDreamer by Akim Aliu and Greg Anderson ElyseeBaby, Sleepy Baby by AtinukeOnce in a Blue Moon by Sharon G. FlakeHappy with My Nappy by Gina JarrellA Hero Like Me by Angela Joy and Jen ReidA Walk in the Woods by Nikki GrimesNic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie ThomasFigure It Out, Henri Weldon by Tanita S. DavisPlátanos Are Love by Alyssa Reynoso-MorrisJust Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life by Jerry PinkneyBreaking the Chains: African-American Slave Resistance by William Loren KatzThe Mermaid Princesses: A Sister Tale by Maya Cameron-GordonHistory Comics: Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin: Civil Rights Heroes by Tracey BaptisteSee You on the Other Side by Rachel Montez MinorColin Kaepernick: Change the Game by Colin Kaepernick and Eve L. EwingSugar Plum Ballerinas Sugar Plums to the Rescue! #5 by Whoopi GoldbergKetanji: Justice Jackson’s Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court by Kekla MagoonSalat in Secret by Jamilah Thompkins-BigelowTy’s Travels: Camp-Out by Kelly Starling LyonsMary Can! by Mary J. BligeHarlem at Four by Michael DatcherInvisible Son by Kim JohnsonThe Night Before Freedom: A Juneteenth Story by Glenda ArmandMy Baba’s Garden by Jordan ScottThe Belles by Dhonielle ClaytonEllie Engle Saves Herself by Leah JohnsonNot an Easy Win by Chrystal D. GilesMatchmaker #3 by Kelly Starling LyonsGarvey’s Choice: The Graphic Novel by Nikki GrimesChaos Theory by Nic StoneMadam C. J. Walker Builds a Business by Denene MillnerThe Rhythm of Time by Questlove and S. A. CosbyThe Courage of the Little Hummingbird: A Tale Told Around the World by Leah HendersonLittle Troublemaker Makes a Mess by Luvvie Ajayi JonesLittle Daymond Learns to Earn by Daymond JohnJackie Ormes Draws the Future: The Remarkable Life of a Pioneering Cartoonist by Liz MontagueDear Star Baby by Malcolm NewsomeRooting for Plants: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector by Janice N. HarringtonSandy Toes: A Summer Adventure by Shauntay GrantHey Otter! Hey Beaver! by Brian Pinkney