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Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o,

illustrated by Vashti Harrison

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All Because You Matter

by Tami Charles, illustrated by Bryan Collier

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The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family

by Ibtihaj Muhammad and S.K. Ali, illustrated by Hatem Aly

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I Too, Am America

by Langston Hughes, illustrated by Bryan Collier

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Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X

by Ilyasah Shabazz, illustrated by AG Ford

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Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation

by Duncan Tonatiuh

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It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear 

illustrated by Julie Morstad

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Where Are You From?

by Yamile Saied Méndez, illustrated by Jaime Kim

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The Day You Begin

by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael López

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Dreamers

by Yuyi Morales

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Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged!

by Jody Nyasha Warner and Richard Rudnicki

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My Hair is a Garden

by Cozbi A. Cabrera

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Kindergarten Student

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

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I Am Not A Number

by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer, illustrated by Gillian Newland

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Mae Among the Stars

by Roda Ahmed, illustrated by Stasia Burrington

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Sing a Song: How "Lift Every Voice and Sing"

Inspired Generations by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Keith Mallett

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Just in time for the 120th anniversary of the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing

by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin

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

by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Ekua Holmes

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Ruth and the Green Book

by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, illustrated by Floyd Cooper

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Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America

by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Jamey Christoph

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Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

by Vashti Harrison

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Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History

by Vashti Harrison

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The Whispering Town

by Jennifer Elvgren, illustrated by Fabio Santomauro

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Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon

by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Laura Freeman

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When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

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That’s Not Fair! Emma Tenayuca’s Struggle for Justice

by Carmen Tafolla and Sharyll Tenayuca, illustrated by Terry Ybáñez

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We Are Grateful, Otsaliheliga

by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frané Lessac

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Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop

by Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

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Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal

 

Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas

by Gwendolyn Hooks, illustrated Colin Bootman

 

A Different Pond

by Bao Phi, illustrated by Thi Bui

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The State of Black Girls

by Marline Francois-Madden

 

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