African American History Resources

Because of You, John Lewis by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Breaking Barriers: The Story of Jackie Robinson by Michael Burgan

Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy; Janelle Washington (Illustrator)

Colin Kaepernick by Blake Hoena; Sam LeDoyen (Illustrator)

Fancy Party Gowns: The Story of Fashion Designer Ann Cole Lowe by Deborah Blumenthal; Laura Freeman (Illustrator)

Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History by Gloria Respress-Churchwell; Laura Freeman (Illustrator)

Frederick Douglass by Isabel Martin; Kathryn N. Clapper (General Editor)

Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader by Michelle Duster; Laura Freeman (Illustrator)

Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)

In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives by Kenneth C. Davis

The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States by Alliah L. Agostini; Sawyer Cloud (Illustrator)

King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin by Stephen Costanza (Illustrator)

Lifting As We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison

Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History by Vashti Harrison; Kwesi Johnson (As told to)

Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights by Beth Anderson; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)

More Than Just a Game: The Black Origins of Basketball by Madison Moore; Lonnie Ollivierre (Illustrator)

Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd; Christian Robinson (Illustrator)

The People Remember by Ibi Zoboi; Loveis Wise (Illustrator)

A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech that Inspired a Nation by Barry Wittenstein; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin

The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne by Lesa Cline-Ransome; John Parra (Illustrator)

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon

Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser; Marta Antelo (Illustrator)

Seeking Freedom: The Untold Story of Fortress Monroe and the Ending of Slavery in America by Selene Castrovilla

A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent by Anne Rockwell; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)

The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History by Sandra Neil Wallace; Rich Wallace; Charly Palmer (Illustrator)

This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality by Jo Ann Allen Boyce; Debbie Levy

Timelines from Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies by Mireille Harper

The Tuskegee Airmen's Mission to Berlin by Jomike Tejido (Illustrator); Thomas Kingsley Troupe

Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 by Larry Dane Brimner

The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)

Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History by Schele Williams; Tonya Engel (Illustrator)