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Biographies

  • Miles of Style: Eunice W. Johnson and the Ebony Fashion Fair

  • I Shook Up The World, 20th Anniversary Edition

  • Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis

  • Oprah Winfrey: A Little Golden Book Biography

  • She Persisted: Opal Lee

  • Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller

  • Extraordinary Magic: The Storytelling Life of Virginia Hamilton

  • Let Us March On!: James Weldon Johnson and the Silent Protest Parade

  • Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader

  • Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote

  • Bridges Instead of Walls: The Story of Mavis Staples

  • The Heart Never Forgets

  • Freedom on the Sea: The True Story of the Civil War Hero Robert Smalls and His Daring Escape to Freedom

  • I See Color

  • They Built Me for Freedom: The Story of Juneteenth and Houston’s Emancipation Park

  • Outspoken: Paul Robeson, Ahead of His Time: A One-Man Show

  • Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan’s Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal (A Sweet Blackberry Book)

  • My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle’s Journey to Alvin Ailey

  • Molly Morningstar Carnival Girl: A Colorful Story of Culture and Friendship (Molly Morningstar Series)

  • A Diver Like Me

  • The ABCs of Black History (The ABCs of History)

  • Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin

  • Paul Robeson

  • Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

  • I’m Going to Be a Princess

  • Let’s Celebrate Kwanzaa!: An Introduction To The Pan-Afrikan Holiday, Kwanzaa, For The Whole Family

  • Rasta Santa

  • Ordinary Days: The Seeds, Sound, and City That Grew Prince Rogers Nelson

  • On the Line: My Story of Becoming the First African American Rockette

  • There Was a Party for Langston: (Caldecott Honor & Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor)

  • Legends of Hip-Hop: 2Pac: A 1-2-3 Biography

  • Legends of Hip-Hop: Queen Latifah: An A-B-C Biography

  • Loud and Proud: The Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm

  • Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion

  • Invincible: Fathers and Mothers of Black America

  • Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles (Who Did It First?)

  • Simone Biles: A Little Golden Book Biography

  • Justice Ketanji: The Story of US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

  • A Child’s Introduction to Hip-Hop: The Beats, Rhymes, and Roots of a Musical Revolution (A Child’s Introduction Series)

  • Rooting for Plants: The Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector