African American History Resources

Twenty-Four Seconds from Now ... by Jason Reynolds

Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)

Black Star by Kwame Alexander

One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome

My Daddy Is a Cowboy by Stephanie Seales; C. G. Esperanza (Illustrator)

Coretta: the Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King by Coretta Scott King; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)

Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem by Gary Golio; E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)

Go Forth and Tell: the Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller by Breanna J. McDaniel; April Harrison (Illustrator)

Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi

Big by Vashti Harrison

How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)

Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford; Jeffery Boston Weatherford (Illustrator)

An American Story by Dare Coulter (Illustrator); Kwame Alexander

Holding Her Own: the Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes by Traci N. Todd; Shannon Wright (Illustrator)

There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds; Jerome Pumphrey (Illustrator); Jarrett Pumphrey (Illustrator)

Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson

The Talk by Alicia D. Williams; Briana Mukodiri Uchendu (Illustrator)

Victory. Stand! by Tommie Smith; Derrick Barnes

Standing in the Need of Prayer by Carole Boston Weatherford; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)

Me and the Boss by Michelle Edwards; April Harrison (Illustrator)

Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas (Illustrator)

Unspeakable by Carole Boston Weatherford; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)

Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo

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

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

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

Soul Food Sunday by Winsome Bingham; C. G. Esperanza (Illustrator)

We Wait for the Sun by Katie McCabe; Raissa Figueroa (Illustrator)

Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson

All the Days Past, All the Days to Come by Mildred D. Taylor

King of the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender

Lifting As We Climb by Evette Dionne

Respect by Carole Boston Weatherford; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)

Exquisite by Suzanne Slade; Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrator)

Magnificent Homespun Brown by Samara Cole Doyon; Kaylani Juanita (Illustrator)

Me & Mama by Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrator)

New Kid by Jerry Craft (Illustrator)

Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds; Alexander Nabaum (Illustrator)

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia

The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)

Infinite Hope by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)

Sulwe by Vashti Harrison (Illustrator); Lupita Nyong'o

The Bell Rang by James E. Ransome (Illustrator)

A Few Red Drops by Claire Hartfield

Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome

The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson

The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon

The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly; Laura Freeman (Illustrator)

Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)

Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop by Alice Faye Duncan; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)

Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes; Gordon C. James (Illustrator)

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Out of Wonder by Kwame Alexander; Chris Colderley; Marjory Wentworth; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)

Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome; James E. Ransome (Illustrator)

March: Book Three by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell

As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds

Freedom over Me by Ashley Bryan (Illustrator)

Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe

Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)

In Plain Sight by Richard Jackson; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)

Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds; Brendan Kiely

Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds

X by Ilyasah Shabazz; Kekla Magoon

Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De la Peña; Christian Robinson (Illustrator)

The Book Itch by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson; R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)