- Flying high, the story of gymnastics champion Simone Biles, Michelle Meadows ; illustrated by Ebony Glenn
- Frederick Douglass, by William S. McFeely
- Frederick Douglass, portrait of a freedom fighter, by Sheila Keenan
- Who is Shaquille O'Neal?, by Ellen Labrecque ; illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez
- With open hands, a story about Biddy Mason, by Jeri Chase Ferris ; illustrated by Ralph L. Ramstad
- Who is Muhammad Ali?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- On the court with-- Michael Jordan, Matt Christopher
- Revolutionary poet, a story about Phillis Wheatley, by Maryann N. Weidt ; illustrations by Mary O'Keefe Young
- Harriet Tubman, by Jill C. Wheeler
- A picture book of Jesse Owens, David Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- One more valley, one more hill, the story of Aunt Clara Brown, Linda Lowery
- The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., R. Conrad Stein
- Nothing but trouble, the story of Althea Gibson, by Sue Stauffacher ; illustrated by Greg Couch
- Mae Jemison, by Sonia W. Black ; photo research by Sylvia P. Bloch
- Jackie Robinson, he was the first, written by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- Oprah Winfrey, a twentieth-century life, by Ilene Cooper
- Benjamin Banneker, astronomer and mathematician, Laura Baskes Litwin
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., David A. Adler ; illustrated by Colin Bootman
- Ida B. Wells marches for the vote, written by Dinah Johnson ; illustrated by Jerry Jordan
- Who is Michelle Obama?, by Megan Stine ; illustrated by John O'Brien
- Only passing through, the story of Sojourner Truth, by Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by Gregory Christie
- Black pioneers of science and invention, Louis Haber
- Jackie Robinson, by Lola M. Schaefer
- Madam C.J. Walker, by Lori Hobkirk
- Young Martin Luther King, Jr., "I have a dream", by Joanne Mattern ; illustrated by Allan Eitzen
- Freedom train, the story of Harriet Tubman, by Dorothy Sterling. --
- Harriet Tubman, by Martha E. H. Rustad
- Martin's Big words, the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Doreen Rappaport ; illustrations by Brian Collier
- Martin Luther King Jr., a peaceful leader, by Sarah Albee ; pictures by Chin Ko
- The value of responsibility, the story of Ralph Bunche, by Ann Donegan Johnson. --
- A picture book of Thurgood Marshall, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla
- Garrett Morgan, inventor of the traffic light and gas mask, Patricia J. Murphy
- Bearing the cross, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, David J. Garrow. --
- Maya Angelou, by L. Patricia Kite
- Jackie Robinson, baseball's first Black major leaguer, by Carol Greene
- Heavy, an American memoir, by Kiese Laymon
- Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black history, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
- A picture book of Harriet Tubman, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Samuel Byrd
- Malcolm X., a life of reinvention, Manning Marable
- An original man, the life and times of Elijah Muhammad, by Claude Andrew Clegg
- Minty, a story of young Harriet Tubman, by Alan Schroeder ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney
- Roy Campanella, major league champion, by Carol Greene
- Black history., a retrospective, Cine-O-Matic, Inc, Fullscreen
- Who was John Lewis?, by Crystal Hubbard ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- How do you spell unfair?, MacNolia Cox and the national spelling bee, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Martin's big words, the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Doreen Rappaport ; illustrated by Brian Collier
- Thurgood Marshall, by Helen Frost
- A voice of her own, the story of Phillis Wheatley, slave poet, Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Paul Lee
- Lorraine Hansberry, award-winning playwright and civil rights activist, Susan Sinnott ; foreword by Thulani Davis
- The value of courage, the story of Jackie Robinson, by Spencer Johnson ; illustrated by Pileggi. --