- Who was Harriet Tubman?, by Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Nancy Harrison
- Reclamation, Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a descendant's search for her family's lasting legacy, Gayle Jessup White
- Timelines from Black history, leaders, legends, legacies, [writer and consultant, Mireille Harper]
- M.L.K., journey of a King, by Tonya Bolden ; photo editor, Bob Adelman
- Everywhere beauty is Harlem, the vision of photographer Roy DeCarava, Gary Golio ; art by E.B. Lewis
- Bessie Stringfield, tales of the talented tenth, words and pictures by Joel Christian Gill
- Simone Biles, written by Kekla Magoon ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Colorblind, a story of racism, written by Johnathan Harris ; art by Donald Hudson and Garry Leach ; colors by Fahriza Kamaputra ; lettering by Tyler Smith for Comicraft
- Talkin' about Bessie, the story of aviator Elizabeth Coleman, by Nikki Grimes ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis
- Feed your mind, a story of August Wilson, by Jen Bryant ; illustrated by Cannaday Chapman
- Michael Jordan, a life above the rim, Robert Lipsyte
- Nina, a story of Nina Simone, words by Traci N. Todd ; pictures by Christian Robinson
- Jackie Robinson, by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
- Jimmy's rhythm & blues, the extraordinary life of James Baldwin, written by Michelle Meadows ; illustrated by Jamiel Law
- Answering the cry for freedom, stories of African Americans and the American Revolution, Gretchen Woelfle ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie
- York's adventures with Lewis and Clark, an African-American's part in the great expedition, by Rhoda Blumberg
- Martin Luther King Jr., written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Mai Ly Degnan
- Coretta, the autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King, by Coretta Scott King, with the Reverend Dr. Barbara Reynolds ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes
- Booker T. Washington, innovative educator, by Kristin Thoennes Keller
- The blues singers, ten who rocked the world, Julius Lester ; illustrated by Lisa Cohen
- Hand in hand, ten Black men who changed America, by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; paintings by Brian Pinkney
- Voice of freedom, Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the civil rights movement, written by Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Ekua Holmes ; produced by Ryan Swenar
- Josephine, the dazzling life of Josephine Baker, words by Patricia Hruby Powell ; pictures by Christian Robinson
- Heavy, an American memoir, Kiese Laymon
- My name is Truth, the life of Sojourner Truth, by Ann Turner ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Ballerina dreams, from orphan to dancer, by Michaela DePrince and Elaine DePrince ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Your legacy, a bold reclaiming of our enslaved history, written by Schele Williams ; illustrated by Tonya Engel
- Jesse Owens, written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara ; illustrated by Anna Katharina Jansen
- Schomburg, the man who built a library, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Racing against the odds, the Story of Wendell Scott, stock car racing's African-American champion, by Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric A. Velasquez
- Not done yet, Shirley Chisholm's fight for change, Tameka Fryer Brown ; illustrated by Nina Crews
- Harriet Tubman, written by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Satchel Paige, Lesa Cline-Ransome ; paintings by James E. Ransome
- Katherine Johnson, by Ebony Joy Wilkins ; illustrated by Charlotte Ager
- The highest tribute, Thurgood Marshall's life, leadership, and legacy, written by Kekla Magoon ; illustrated by Laura Freeman
- The United States v. Jackie Robinson, written by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
- A nation's hope, the story of boxing legend Joe Louis, Matt De La Pẽna ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- Go forth and tell, the life of Augusta Baker, librarian and master storyteller, written by Breanna J. McDaniel ; illustrated by April Harrison
- How do you spell unfair?, MacNolia Cox and the national spelling bee, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- When Marian sang, the true recital of Marian Anderson : the voice of a century, libretto by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; staging by Brian Selznick
- Ablaze with color, a story of painter Alma Thomas, written by Jeanne Walker Harvey ; illustrated by Loveis Wise
- Phillis Wheatley, slave and poet, by Robin S. Doak
- Bee fearless, dream like a kid, Mikaila Ulmer, with Brin Stevens
- Take a picture of me, James Van Der Zee!, by Andrea J. Loney ; illustrated by Keith Mallett
- Harriet Tubman in her own words, Julia McDonnell
- Tiny stitches, the life of medical pioneer Vivien Thomas, by Gwendolyn Hooks ; illustrated by Colin Bootman
- Who was Jesse Owens?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Holding her own, the exceptional life of Jackie Ormes, words by Traci N. Todd ; pictures by Shannon Wright
- She persisted: Oprah Winfrey, written by Renée Watson ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint