- Those who saw the sun, African American oral histories from the Jim Crow South, Jaha Nailah Avery
- Who was John Lewis?, by Crystal Hubbard ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- Ketanji, Justice Jackson's journey to the U.S. Supreme Court, written by Kekla Magoon ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- On this day in Black history, a kid's day-by-day guide to significant events, Judy Johnson and Vicki DeFendis
- Malcolm X., a life of reinvention, Manning Marable
- Schomburg, the man who built a library, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- Heavy, an American memoir, by Kiese Laymon
- Paul Robeson, no one can silence me, Martin Duberman ; foreword by Jason Reynolds
- A quantum life, my unlikely journey from the street to the stars, Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz
- Dorothy Height, written by Kelly Starling Lyons ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Who is Muhammad Ali?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- Jimmy's rhythm & blues, the extraordinary life of James Baldwin, written by Michelle Meadows ; illustrated by Jamiel Law
- A song for the unsung, Bayard Rustin, the man behind the 1963 March on Washington, by Carole Boston Wetherford & Rob Sanders ; illustrated by Byron McCray
- Mae Jemison, written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Janna Morton
- Who is Shaquille O'Neal?, by Ellen Labrecque ; illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez
- John Lewis, by Denise Lewis Patrick ; illustrated by Steffi Walthall
- Saving American Beach, the biography of African American environmentalist MaVynee Betsch, written by Heidi Tyline King ; illustrated by Caldecott honoree Ekua Holmes
- Claudette Colvin, twice toward justice, by Phillip Hoose
- Justice Ketanji, the story of US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, written by Denise Lewis Patrick ; illustrated by Kim Holt
- Frederick Douglass, voice for justice, voice for freedom, by Frank Murphy ; illustrations by Nicole Tadgell
- Rooting for plants, the unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black botanist and collector, Janice N. Harrington ; illustrated by Theodore Taylor III
- 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
- Roots, the saga of an American family, Alex Haley ; with a special introduction by Michael Eric Dyson and Alex Haley
- Meet Ja Morant, David Stabler
- Little leaders, bold women in black history, Vashti Harrison
- Who is Colin Kaepernick?, by Lakita Wilson ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Martin Luther King Jr., written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Mai Ly Degnan
- Josephine Baker, written by Ma Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Agathe Sorlet
- Harriet Tubman, Barbara Kramer
- Dreams from my father, Barack Obama
- The autobiography of Malcolm X, with the assistance of Alex Haley ; introduction by M.S. Handler ; epilogue by Alex Haley
- Love is loud, how Diane Nash led the Civil Rights Movement, Sandra Neil Wallace ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
- Extraordinary magic, the storytelling life of Virginia Hamilton, poems and pictures by Nina Crews
- Timelines from Black history, leaders, legends, legacies, [writer and consultant, Mireille Harper]
- Who is Zendaya?, by Kirsten Anderson ; illustrated by Manuel Gutierrez
- Black fortunes, the story of the first six African Americans who escaped slavery and became millionaires, Shomari Wills
- On the line, my story of becoming the first African American Rockette, written by Jennifer Jones and Lissette Norman ; illustrated by Robert Paul Jr.
- Who was Ida B. Wells?, by Sarah Fabiny ; illustrated by Ted Hammond
- Glenn Burke, game changer, the man who invented the high five, Phil Bildner ; illustrated by Daniel J. O'Brien
- Dreams from my father, a story of race and inheritance, Barack Obama
- Escape North!, the story of Harriet Tubman, by Monica Kulling ; illustrated by Teresa Flavin
- 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
- Put your shoes on & get ready!, by Raphael G. Warnock ; illustrated by TeMika Grooms
- The Hemingses of Monticello, an American family, Annette Gordon-Reed
- Go forth and tell, the life of Augusta Baker, librarian and master storyteller, written by Breanna J. McDaniel ; illustrated by April Harrison
- Ella Fitzgerald, written by Ma Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Bárbara Alca ; translated by Raquel Plitt
- Laverne Cox, written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Olivia Daisy Coles
- The beautiful struggle, a memoir, Ta-Nehisi Coates