- Shirley Chisholm dared, the story of the first black woman in congress, written by Alicia D. Williams ; illustrated by April Harrison
- Mae Jemison, written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Janna Morton
- Black profiles in courage, a legacy of African American achievement, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Alan Steinberg ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr
- Who is Shaquille O'Neal?, by Ellen Labrecque ; illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez
- John Lewis, by Denise Lewis Patrick ; illustrated by Steffi Walthall
- Oprah Winfrey, Lois P. Nicholson
- Young Frederick Douglass, the slave who learned to read, written by Linda Walvoord Girard ; illustrated by Collin Bootman
- Grandpa stops a war, a Paul Robeson story, Susan Robeson ; illustrated by Rod Brown
- Important Black Americans in arts and culture, Stuart A. Kallen
- A quantum life, my unlikely journey from the street to the stars, Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz
- Born driven, Wendell Scott, written by Saxton Moore Jr. ; illustrated by Nolwe Azul Tamis
- Those who saw the sun, African American oral histories from the Jim Crow South, Jaha Nailah Avery
- Who was John Lewis?, by Crystal Hubbard ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- Martin Luther King Jr., Randolph Jacoby
- Slave narratives
- Escape North!, the story of Harriet Tubman, by Monica Kulling ; illustrated by Teresa Flavin
- Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist, Joanne Mattern
- Ida B. Wells marches for the vote, written by Dinah Johnson ; illustrated by Jerry Jordan
- Hidden figures, the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- I am brave, a little book about Martin Luther King, Jr., Brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
- Things that make white people uncomfortable, adapted for young adults, Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin
- Notes from a young Black chef, Kwame Onwuachi ; with Joshua David Stein
- Schomburg, the man who built a library, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- The story of Sojourner Truth, a biography book for new readers, written by Anita Crawford Clark ; illustrated by Sawyer Cloud & Simone Douglas
- The slaves' war, the Civil War in the words of former slaves, Andrew Ward
- Chemistry, by Jane Gardner ; foreword by Malinda Gilmore and Mel Poulson, National Organization for the Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
- Let the trumpet sound, a life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Stephen B. Oates
- Bone Black, memories of girlhood, Bell Hooks
- Who is Muhammad Ali?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- Stolen, five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their astonishing odyssey home, Richard Bell
- Baseball's leading lady, Effa Manley and the rise and fall of the Negro Leagues, Andrea Williams
- Who was Duke Ellington?, by M. D. Payne ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Up from the ghetto, by Phillip T. Drotning and Wesley W. South
- Harriet Tubman, conductor on the Underground Railroad, Ann Petry
- Amanda Gorman, written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Queenbe Monyei
- Coretta Scott King, written by Kelly Starling Lyons ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Kamala is speaking, vice president for the people, by Shasta Clinch ; illustrated by Kamala Nair
- The story of Ruby Bridges, by Robert Coles ; illustrated by George Ford
- The ABCs of Black history, words by Rio Cortez ; pictures by Lauren Semmer
- R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- March forward, girl, from young warrior to Little Rock Nine, by Melba Pattillo Beals ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Martin's big words, the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Doreen Rappaport ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
- The freedmen's book., By L. Maria Child
- Assata, an autobiography, by Assata Shakur
- The Civitas anthology of African American slave narratives, edited by William L. Andrews, Henry Louis Gates Jr
- Proud, living my American dream, Ibtihaj Muhammad
- Martin Luther King, Jr., by Adele Q. Brown
- Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader, by M.C. Hall ; illustrated by Marty Martinez
- They had a dream, the civil rights struggle, from Frederick Douglass to Marcus Garvey to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, Jules Archer
- Maya Angelou, en español, escrito por Lisbeth Kaiser ; ilustrado por Leire Salaberria ; traducido por Ana Galán