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Freedom in Congo Square
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Freedom in Congo Square

By Carole Boston Weatherford , R. Gregory Christie (illustrator) ,

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The Undefeated
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The Undefeated

By Kwame Alexander , Kadir Nelson (illustrator) ,

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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
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Unspeakable

By Carole Boston Weatherford , Floyd Cooper (illustrator) ,

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When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
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When Marian Sang

By Pam Muñoz Ryan , Brian Selznick (illustrator) ,

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It Jes' Happened
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It Jes' Happened

By Don Tate , R. Gregory Christie (illustrator) ,

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The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
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The Youngest Marcher

By Cynthia Levinson , Vanessa Brantley-Newton (illustrator) ,

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Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States
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Sprouting Wings

By Louisa Jaggar , Shari Becker , Floyd Cooper (illustrator)

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Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
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Counting on Katherine

By Helaine Becker , Dow Phumiruk (illustrator) ,

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Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
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Poet

By Don Tate ,

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William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad
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William Still and His Freedom Stories

By Don Tate ,

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Before She Was Harriet
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Before She Was Harriet

By Lesa Cline-Ransome , James E. Ransome (illustrator) ,

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Child of the Civil Rights Movement
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Child of the Civil Rights Movement

By Paula Young Shelton , Raul Colón (illustrator) ,

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Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices
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Here in Harlem

By Walter Dean Myers ,

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Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away
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Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge

By Erica Armstrong Dunbar , Kathleen Van Cleve ,

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A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon
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A Computer Called Katherine

By Suzanne Slade , Veronica Miller Jamison (illustrator) ,

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The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
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The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

By Nikole Hannah-Jones , Renée Watson , Nikkolas Smith (illustrator)

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The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall's Life, Leadership, and Legacy
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The Highest Tribute

By Kekla Magoon , Laura Freeman (illustrator) ,

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We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March
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We've Got a Job

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The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States
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The Juneteenth Story

By Alliah L. Agostini ,

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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
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The Port Chicago 50

By Steve Sheinkin ,

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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
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Hidden Figures

By Margot Lee Shetterly , Laura Freeman (illustrator) ,

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The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
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The Oldest Student

By Rita Lorraine Hubbard , Oge Mora ,

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I Am Ruby Bridges
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I Am Ruby Bridges

By Ruby Bridges , Nikkolas Smith (illustrator) ,

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Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll
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Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!

By Tonya Bolden , R. Gregory Christie (illustrator) ,

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Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote
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Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote

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