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- Mae Jemison, written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Janna Morton
- Young Frederick Douglass, the slave who learned to read, written by Linda Walvoord Girard ; illustrated by Collin Bootman
- Martin Luther King Jr., a peaceful leader, by Sarah Albee ; pictures by Chin Ko
- Martin Luther King, Jr., [Emma E. Haldy ; illustrated by Jeff Bane]
- Martin's Big words, the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Doreen Rappaport ; illustrations by Brian Collier
- Our children can soar, a celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the pioneers of change, by Michelle Cook ; illustrations by Cozbi Cabrera ... [and others] ; foreword by Marian Wright Edelman
- Dorothy Height, written by Kelly Starling Lyons ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- I am Martin Luther King, Jr., Brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
- Barack Obama, by Joanne Mattern
- Jackie Robinson, strong inside and out, by the editors of Time for Kids and Denise Lewis Patrick
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., David A. Adler ; illustrated by Colin Bootman
- Young, gifted and black, meet 52 black heroes from past and present, words by Jamia Wilson ; illustrated by Andrea Pippins
- Martin Luther King, Jr., preacher, freedom fighter, peacemaker, written by Pamela Hill Nettleton ; illustrated by Garry Nichols
- Martin Luther King Jr., written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Mai Ly Degnan
- Crispus Attucks and the Boston Massacre, Lynne Weiss
- Those who saw the sun, African American oral histories from the Jim Crow South, Jaha Nailah Avery
- Let's meet Martin Luther King, Jr., Colleen A. Sexton
- Booker T. Washington, [Emma E. Haldy ; illustrated by Jeff Bane]
- Malcolm X, Jack Rummel ; senior consulting editor, Nathan Irvin Huggins
- Free at last!, the story of Martin Luther King, Jr., by Angela Bull
- Louis Armstrong, jazz musician, Brendan January, François Roca
- Coretta Scott King, Laura Hamilton Waxman
- A picture book of Harriet Tubman, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Samuel Byrd
- Minty, a story of young Harriet Tubman, by Alan Schroeder ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney
- Escape from slavery, the boyhood of Frederick Douglass in his own words, edited and illustrated by Michael McCurdy
- A picture book of Martin Luther King, Jr., David A. Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- Coretta Scott King, [Sara Spiller ; Jeff Bane: illustrator]
- Fifty cents and a dream, young Booker T. Washington, by Jabari Asim ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
- The highest tribute, Thurgood Marshall's life, leadership, and legacy / written by Kekla Magoon ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Harriet Tubman, a woman of courage, by the editors of Time for kids ; with Renee Skelton
- Martin Luther King, Jr., a man of peace, by Garnet Jackson ; illustrated by George Ford
- Who was Coretta Scott King?, by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Free at last!, written by Angela Bull
- Your legacy, a bold reclaiming of our enslaved history, written by Schele Williams ; illustrated by Tonya Engel
- Mary McLeod Bethune, a life of resourcefulness, by Kristin Sterling
- Robert Smalls sails to freedom, by Susan Taylor Brown ; illustrations by Felicia Marshall
- Harriet Tubman, George Sullivan
- Coretta Scott King, written by Kelly Starling Lyons ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Before she was Harriet, the story of Harriet Tubman, by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Harriet Tubman, leader of the Underground Railroad, Norma Jean Lutz
- Martin Luther King Jr., Jean Darby
- Malcolm X, by any means necessary, a biography by Walter Dean Myers
- Martin Luther King Jr., fighting for civil rights, Michael A. Schuman and Anne E. Schraff
- Muhammad Ali, written by Ma Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Brosmind
- A picture book of Sojourner Truth, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Gershom Griffith
- I've seen the promised land, the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Walter Dean Myers ; illustrated by Leonard Jenkins
- Harriet Tubman, Barbara Kramer
- Harriet Tubman, the life of an African-American abolitionist, by Rob Shone & Anita Ganeri ; illustrated by Rob Shone
- No small potatoes, Junius G. Groves and his kingdom in Kansas, by Tonya Bolden ; illustrated by Don Tate
- Because Claudette, Tracey Baptiste ; illustrated by Tonya Engel