Elizabeth Alexander

Miss Crandall’s School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color 

Tracey Baptiste

Madeleine L’Engle (Who Wrote That) 

Stephenie Meyer

Sharon Creech (Who Wrote That)

Melba Pattillo Beals

March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine

Simone Biles

Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance  

Sonia W. Black

Mae Jemison

Tonya Bolden

Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM

Take-Off: American All-Girl Bands During WWII 

And Not Afraid To Dare: The Stories of Ten African-American Women

33 Things Every Girl Should Know About Women’s History: From Suffragettes to Skirt Lengths to the E.R.A. 

The Book of African American Women: 150 Crusaders, Creators, and Uplifters 

Muriel Miller Branch

Pennies to Dollars: The Story of Maggie Lena Walker 

Gwendolyn Brooks

Winnie

A’Lelia Perry Bundles

Madam C.J. Walker: Entrepreneur

Veronica Chambers

Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote

Tami Charles

Serena Williams—G.O.A.T: Making the Case for the Greatest of All Time

Evelyn Coleman

The Riches of Oseola McCarty

Misty Copeland

Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina Young Readers Edition

Edwidge Danticat

Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490 

Alexis De Veaux

Don’t Explain: A Story of Billie Holiday 

Evette Dionne

Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box

Shirley Graham Du Bois

The Story of Pocahontas 

The Story of Phillis Wheatley: Poetess of the Revolution 

Marti Dumas

Women in the Old West

Joel Christian Gill

Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth

Kesha Grant

Women and the Civil Rights Movement

Michelle Y. Green

A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie “Peanut” Johnson 

Eloise Greenfield

Rosa Parks

Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir

Nikki Grimes

Portrait of Mary 

Tai Chi Morning 

Out of the Dark: Nikki Grimes    

Joyce Hansen

Women of Hope: African-Americans Who Made a Difference 

Duchess Harris w/Deirdre R. J. Head

Barbara Jordan: Politician and Civil Rights Leader

Vashti Harrison

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History 

Philip Shaw Hart

Up in the Air: The Story of Bessie Coleman 

James Haskins

Rosa Parks: My Story 

I Am Rosa Parks 

Mabel Mercer: A Life 

Lena Horne 

Corazon Aquino: Leader of the Philippines

Katherine Dunham 

Fighting Shirley Chisholm

Black Stars: African American Women Scientists and Inventors 

Diana Ross; Star Supreme 

Toni Morrison: Magic Of Words

Winnie Mandela

Barbara Jordan 

KaaVonia Hinton

Jacqueline Woodson 

Sharon M. Draper: Embracing Literacy 

Angela Johnson: Poetic Prose 

Nadia L. Hohn

Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter

Cheryl Hudson

Brave. Black. First.: 50 African American Women Who Led the Way

Garnet Nelson Jackson

Selma Burke: Artist 

Maggie Walker: Business Leader 

Rosa Parks: Hero of Our Time

Phillis Wheatley: Poet 

Synthia Saint James

I AM Edmonia Lewis and I AM Wildfire: A Monologue 

Mae Jemison

Find Where The Wind Goes: Moments From My Life 

Hannibal B. Johnson

Mama Used to Say: Wit & Wisdom from the Heart & Soul

Lynda Jones

Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker: The Unlikely Friendship of Elizabeth Keckley and Mary Todd Lincoln 

Denise M. Jordan

Susie King Taylor: Destined to Be Free

Errol Lloyd

Treetops True Stories: This Is Me! Mel B!

Cookie Lommel

Mary Church Terrell: Speaking Out for Civil Rights 

Melina Mangal

Mildred Taylor

Rita Williams-Garcia

Virginia Hamilton

Anne Hutchinson: Religious Reformer

Patricia & Fredrick McKissack

Young, Black, and Determined: A Biography of Lorraine Hansberry 

Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman? 

Joseph D. McNair

Leontyne Price (Journey to Freedom: The African American Library)

Barbara Jordan: African American Politician 

Walter Dean Myers

At Her Majesty’s Request: An African Princess in Victorian England

Marilyn Nelson

Sweethearts of Rhythm

Miss Crandall’s School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color

G.Neri

Grand Theft Horse

Rosa Parks

Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today’s Youth

Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman Who Changed a Nation

Rosa Parks: My Story

Diane Patrick

Coretta Scott King

Denise Lewis Patrick

A Girl Named Rosa: The True Story of Rosa Parks (American Girl: A Girl Named)

Lillie Patterson

Oprah Winfrey: Talk Show Host and Actress

Coretta Scott King 

Ann Petry

Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 

Andrea Davis Pinkney

Let it Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters

Christine Platt 

The Story of Harriet Tubman

A.P. Porter

Jump at de Sun: The Story of Zora Neale Hurston 

Gregory Reed

Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today’s Youth 

Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman Who Changed a Nation

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Porch Stories: A Grandmother’s Guide to Happiness

Dorothy Marie Rice

The Seventeenth Child

Allison Samuels

What Would Michelle Do?: A Modern-Day Guide to Living with Substance and Style 

Ilyasah Shabazz

Growing Up X

Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures Young Readers’ Edition

James Otis Smith

Black Heroes of the Wild West:: A TOON Graphic

Ruth Ann Stewart

Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T.  Washington 

Otha Richard Sullivan

Black Stars: African American Women Scientists and Inventors

Natasha Tarpley

Girl in the Mirror: Three Generations of Black Women in Motion

Christine Taylor-Butler

Rosa Parks

Michelle Obama

Morrie Turner

Super Sistahs: Featuring The Accomplishments of African-American Women Past and Present 

Carole Boston Weatherford

Becoming Billie Holiday 

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

Ebony Joy Wilkins

Trailblazers: Beyoncé: Queen of the Spotlight

Brenda Wilkinson

African American Women Writers