Nonfiction > Teen/Young Adult > Self Love/Identity/Awareness

Kwame Alexander
Light for the World to See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope
Crush: Love Poem for Teenagers  
Maya Angelou
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Now Sheba Sings the Song 
And Still I Rise   
Tamara Branch
ITGIRL4LIFE 
Kirstie Bronner & Kristie Bronner
Double Vals: The Keys to Success in College and Life Beyond
Mahogany L. Browne
Black Girl Magic: A Poem
Rebecca Carroll
Sugar in the Raw: Voices of Young Black Girls in America
Shirley Chisholm
Unbought and Unbossed 
Ger Duany w/Garen Thomas
Walk Toward the Rising Sun: From Child Soldier to Peace Activist Brown
Elton C. Fax
Garvey: The Story of a Pioneer Black Nationalist
M.J. Fievre
Badass Black Girl: Quotes, Questions, and Affirmations for Teens
Akilah Hughes
Obviously: Stories from My Timeline
Dr. Curtis L. Ivery
Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In 
George M. Johnson
All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto
Mikki Kendall
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight for Their Rights
Patrisse Khan-Cullors & asha badele
When They Call You a Terrorist (YA Ed.): A Story of Black Lives Matter and the Power to Change the World
Amyra León
Concrete Kids (Pocket Change Collective)
Marilyn Nelson
How I Discovered Poetry 
Leslie Odom Jr
Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
Kwame Onwuachi
Notes from a Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults)
Andrea Pippins
I Love My Hair: A Coloring Book of Braids, Coils, and Doodle Dos   
David Walker
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic History
The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom
Rebecca Walker
Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self