Elizabeth Alexander

Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series

Michael Bennett

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

Tonya Bolden

Strong Men Keep Coming: The Book of African American Men

Arna Bontemps

Black Thunder: Gabriel’s Revolt: Virginia 1800  

Father of the Blues: An Autobiography 

Frederick Douglass: Slave, Fighter, Freeman 

George Washington Carver    

Free at Last: the Life of Frederick Douglass

Christopher John Farley

Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley

Elton C. Fax

Garvey: The Story of a Pioneer Black Nationalist  

James Haskins

Mr. Bojangles: The Biography of Bill Robinson 

Spike Lee: By Any Means Necessary 

Richard Pryor, a Man and His Madness: A Biography 

The House That Jack Built: My Life As a Trailblazer in Broadcasting and Entertainment

George M. Johnson

All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto

John Lewis

Run

March: Book Three

March: Book Two  

March: Book One

Marilyn Nelson

Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem  

The Freedom Business: Including a Narrative of the Life & Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa

Leslie Odom. Jr

Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning   

Sidney Poitier

This Life

Glenn (“Doc”) Rivers

Those Who Love the Game: Glenn “Doc” Rivers on Life in the NBA and Elsewhere

Jackie Robinson & Alfred Duckett

I Never Had it Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson 

Sharon Robinson

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

Marcus Samuelsson w/Veronica Chambers

Make It Messy: My Perfectly Imperfect Life 

Clifton Taulbert

The Last Train North   

Watching Our Crops Come In   

Once Upon a Time… When We Were Colored

David F. Walker

The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom