- Flying high, the story of gymnastics champion Simone Biles, Michelle Meadows ; illustrated by Ebony Glenn
- Who is Shaquille O'Neal?, by Ellen Labrecque ; illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez
- Sojourner Truth, ain't I a woman?, by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack
- Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State, by Kevin Cunningham
- Martin Luther King Jr., a peaceful leader, by Sarah Albee ; pictures by Chin Ko
- 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
- Chamique Holdsclaw, Kay Cornelius ; introduction by Hannah Storm
- Who is Colin Kaepernick?, by Lakita Wilson ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Notes from a young Black chef, Kwame Onwuachi ; with Joshua David Stein
- A free Black girl before the Civil War, the diary of Charlotte Forten, 1854, edited by Christy Steele with Kerry Graves ; foreword by Suzanne Bunkers ; [illustrator, Linda Clavel]
- Martin Luther King Jr., written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Mai Ly Degnan
- My life with Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King ; introduction by Bernice, Dexter, Martin, and Yolanda King
- Michelle Obama, first lady, going higher, by Shana Corey ; illustrations by James Bernardin
- Harriet Tubman, M.W. Taylor ; senior consulting editor, Nathan Irvin Huggins
- Hidden figures, the true story of four black women and the space race, by Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- Who is Michelle Obama?, by Megan Stine ; illustrated by John O'Brien
- Harriet Tubman, Barbara Kramer
- Bow Wow, by John Bakston
- Josephine Baker, written by Ma Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Agathe Sorlet
- Jimi Hendrix, by Tom Stockdale
- Amanda Gorman, written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Queenbe Monyei
- Dreams from my father, a story of race and inheritance, Barack Obama
- Shaquille O'Neal, by Ross Bernstein
- Missy Elliott, by John Bankston
- Slave and citizen, the life of Frederick Douglass, Nathan Irvin Huggins ; edited by Oscar Handlin
- By my brother's side, Tiki and Ronde Barber with Robert Burleigh ; illustrated by Barry Root
- Rosa Parks, my story, by Rosa Parks, with Jim Haskins
- The life and death of Martin Luther King, Jr., James Haskins
- Through my eyes, the autobiography of Ruby Bridges
- Michael Jordan, basketball skywalker, Thomas R. Raber
- Muhammad Ali, written by Ma Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Brosmind
- The dead are arising, the life of Malcolm X, Les Payne and Tamara Payne
- Who are Venus and Serena Williams?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Andrew Thomson
- The Toni Morrison book club, Juda Bennett, Winnifred Brown-Glaude, Cassandra Jackson, and Piper Kendrix Williams
- Jimi Hendrix, Sean Piccoli
- Eve, Jennifer Torres
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Mir Tamim Ansary
- African-American history makers collection, readers that grow with you : 4 books in one!
- Chris Rock, comedian, Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden
- The voice that challenged a nation, Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights, by Russell Freedman
- Sojourner Truth, a photo-illustrated biography, by Margo McLoone
- Venus & Serena Williams, Virginia Aronson ; introduction by Hannah Storm
- Muhammed Ali, the world's champion, John Tessitore
- Queen Latifah, by Kathleen Tracy
- Leadership, by the editors of Time-Life Books ; with a foreword by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr
- Hank Aaron, Jim Tackach ; introduction by Jim Murray ; senior consultant Earl Weaver
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Kitson Jazynka
- Martin Luther King, by Rosemary L. Bray ; pictures by Malcah Zeldis
- Barack Obama, an American story, by Roberta Edwards ; illustrated by Ken Call and with photographs