Elizabeth Alexander

Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series 

Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Michael Bennett

Things That Make White People Uncomfortable (Adapted for Young Adults)

Arna Bontemps

They Seek a City (revised as Anyplace but Here) 

Veronica Chambers

Mama’s Girl 

Michaela DePrince

Ballerina Dreams: From Orphan to Dancer

Christine King Farris

Through It All: Reflections on My Life, My Family, and My Faith

Akilah Hughes

Obviously: Stories from My Timeline

Blair Imani

Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream

George M. Johnson

All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto

June Jordan

Soldier: A Poet’s Childhood

Kamala Harris

The Truths We Hold: An American Journey (Young Readers Edition)

Amyra León

Concrete Kids (Pocket Change Collective)

Ibtihaj Muhammad

Proud: Living My American Dream

Marilyn Nelson

Mama’s Promises: Poems 

Greg Neri

Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty  

Trevor Noah

It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for Young Readers)

Holly Robinson Peete

Same but Different: Teen Life on the Autism Express

Sharon Robinson

Stealing Home: An Intimate Family Portrait by the Daughter of Jackie Robinson

Marcus Samuelsson

Make It Messy: My Perfectly Imperfect Life  

Natasha Tarpley

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

Clifton Taulbert

The Last Train North   

Watching Our Crops Come In   

Once Upon a Time… When We Were Colored