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Because of You John Lewis.jfif

Because of You, John Lewis by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Keith Henry Brown

Standing in the Need of Prayer.jpg

Standing in the  Need of Prayer by Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison

The World Belonged to Us.jpg

The World Belonged to Us by Jacqueline Woodson and Leo Espinosa

Blue.jpg

Blue by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond and Daniel Minter

Choosing Brave.jpg

Choosing Brave by Angela Joy and Janelle Washington

The Undefeated.jpg

The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson

Crown.jpg

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James

The Bell Rang.jpg

The Bell Rang by James E. Ransome

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The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer and Ekua Holmes

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Thank You Omu by Oge Mora

Hidden Figures.jpg

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly and Laura Freeman

Let the Children March.jpg

Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson and Frank Morrison

Drawn Together.jpg

Drawn Together by Minh Lê and Dan Santat

Dreamers.jpg

Dreamers by Yuyi Morales

Fry Bread.jpg

Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal

Mommy's Khimar.jpg

Mommy's Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and Ebony Glenn

Your Name is a Song.jpg

Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

I Can Write the World.jpg

I Can Write the World by Joshunda Sanders and Charly Palmer

The Thing About Bees.jpg

The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter by Shabazz Larkin

Schomburg.jpg

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford and Eric Velasquez

When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree.jpg

When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree by Jamie L.B. Deenihan and Lorraine Rocha 

I Want My Hat Back.jpg

I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen

We Are in a Book.jpg

We Are in a Book by Mo Willems

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters.jpg

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe

Henry's Freedom Box.jpg

Henry's Freedom Box by Kadir Nelson and Ellen Levine

Why Mosquitos Buzz in Peoples Ears.jpg

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema, Leo Dillon, & Diane Dillon

Flossie and the Fox.jpg

Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack

The People Could Fly.jpg

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton

The Lion and the Mouse.jpg

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

KIDS

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Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson 

The Door of No Return.jpg

The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander

Swim Team.jpg

Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas

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New Kid by Jerry Craft 

Genesis Begins Again.jpg

Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams

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Look Both Ways: A Tale in 10 Blocks by Jason Reynolds

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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia

Parker Inheritance.jpg

The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson

Season of Stix Malone.jpg

The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon

finding langston.jpg

Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransom

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For Black Girls Like Me by Mariama J. Lockington

Front Desk.jpg

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

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Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth

Where You'll Find Me.jpg

Where You'll Find Me by Natasha Friend

Seen and Unseen.jpg

Seen and Unseen by Elizabeth Partridge and Lauren Tamaki

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3

Betty Before X.jpg

Betty Before X by Illyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

Facing Frederick.jpg

Facing Frederick by Tonya Bolden

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Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender

Harbor Me.jpg

Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson

Piecing Me Together.jpg

Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson

Frindle.jpg

Frindle by Andrew Clements

Matilda.jpg

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Freckle Juice.jpg

Freckle Juice by Judy Blume

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry.jpg

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

middle

GRADE

House of Eve.jpg
The Original Black Elite.jpg
Second House on the Corner by Sadeqa Johnson

Adults

We Speak For Ourselves.jpg
The Beautiful Struggle.jpg
The Light We Carry.jpg
Push.jpg
Will.jpg
Patsy.jpg
Mr. Loverman.jpg
Sisters.jpg
Defining Moments in Black History According to Dick Gregory.jpg
Victory Stand!.jpg

Viictory Stand! by Tommie Smith, Dawud Anyabwile, & Derrick Barnes

Punching the Air.jpg

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

Tyrell.jpg

Tyrell by Coe Booth

Bronxwood.jpg

Bronxwood by Coe Booth

Infinite Hope.jpg

Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace by Ashley Bryant 

Stars and the Blackness Between Them.jpg

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

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March: Book 3 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, & Nate Powell

Sun is Also a Star.jpg

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

A Few Red Drops.jpg

A Few Red Drops by Claire Hartfield

Monday's Not Coming.jpg

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Asking for It_Printz Honor.jpg

Asking For It by Louise O'Neill

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The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry

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The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry

Dig.jpg

Dig by A. S. King

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.3

We Are the Ants.jpg

We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

Hey Kiddo.jpg

Hey Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka

Dancing at the pity Party.jpg

Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder

All Boys Aren't Blue.jpg

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda.jpg

Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Fangirl.jpg

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

When I Was the Greatest.jpg

When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds

Drowned City.jpg

Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown

The Truth of Right Now.jpg

The Truth of Right Now by Kara Lee Corthron

The Boy in the Black Suit.jpg

The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds

Yummy.jpg

Yummy by Greg Neri

Rainbow Jordan.jpg

Rainbow Jordan by Alice Childress

Edith Jackson.jpg

Edith Jackson by Rosa Guy

young

ADULT

When They Call You a Terrorist.jpg
The Geometry of Being Black.jpg
Heavy.jpg
Becoming.jpg
Beloved.jpg
Girls & Boys.jpg
The Perfect Nanny.jpg
Disappearing Acts.jpg
Convenience Store Woman.jpg
The Color Purple.jpg
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.jpg
Wrinkles.jpg
Sula.jpg
Waiting to Exhale.jpg
Surpassing Certainty.jpg
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows.jpg
And Still I Rise.jpg
Punished.jpg
Don't Call Us Dead.jpg
The Bluest Eye.jpg
Gone Girl.jpg
(H)Afrocentric.jpg
Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.jpg
This Could Hurt.jpg
Sing, Unburied Sing.jpg
Dust Tracks on a Road.jpg
We're Going to Need More Wine.jpg
Lower Ed.jpg
The Mother of Black Hollywood.jpg
Stamped.jpg
The Shining.jpg
The Best We Could Do.jpg
The Changeling.jpg
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race.jpg
This is Just My Face.jpg
Black Privilege.jpg
The Handmaid's Tale.jpg
Behold the Dreamers.jpg
Girl with a Pearl Earring.jpg
Kindred.jpg
The Blood of Emmett Till.jpg
Big Little Lies.jpg
Invisible Man.jpg
My Beloved World.jpg
Nine.jpg
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth.jpg
I Think I Am in Friend with You.jpg
I Am Malala.jpg
The New Jim Crow.jpg
The Omnivore's Dilemma.jpg
Hidden Figures.jpg
Between the World and Me.jpg
Year of Yes.jpg
Redefining Realness.jpg
Orange Mint and Honey.jpg
Peace from Broken Pieces.jpg
The Street.jpg
Medical Apartheid.jpg
Invisible Man Ralph Ellison.jpg
Billy.jpg
The Bum Magnet.jpg
Phenomenal Woman.jpg
Fences.jpg
The Autobiography of Malcolm X.jpg
Flowers for Algernon.jpg
A Child Called It.jpg
Joe Turner's Come and Gone.jpg
Selected Poems.jpg
Twelve Years a Slave.jpg
Classic Slave Narrative.jpg
The Rose that Grew from Concrete.jpg
The Mis-Education of the Negro.jpg
Night.jpg
Gem of the Ocean.jpg
The Darkest Child.jpg
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.jpg
Up From Slavery.jpg
A Piece of Cake.jpg
The Interesting Narrative Life of Olaudah Equiano.jpg
The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours.jpg
In Search of Satisfaction.jpg
The Fire Next Time.jpg
The Souls of Black Folk.jpg
The Coldest Winter Ever.jpg
Their Eyes Were Watching God.jpg
Ain't I a Woman.jpg
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.jpg
No Disrespect.jpg
One Flew Over a Cuckoo's Nest.jpg
My Bondage and My Freedom.jpg
Mama.jpg
The Black Rose.jpg
Americanah.jpg
The Glass Castle.jpg
The Awesome Girls Guide to Dating Extraordinary Men.jpg
A Raisin in the Sun.jpg
Room.jpg
The Cooking Gene.jpg
Silver Sparrow.jpg
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