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African American nonfiction for children

Biographies and other nonfiction about African Americans. Selected by Pang Y.

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25 items

  • Hidden Figures

    the True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

    Shetterly, Margot Lee
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — Easy Nonfiction Book
  • R-E-S-P-E-C-T

    Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul

    Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
    Book, 2020New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2020] — Easy Nonfiction Book
  • Young, Gifted and Black

    Meet 52 Black Heroes From Past and Present

    Wilson, Jamia, 1980-
    Book, 2018Minneapolis, MN : Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of The Quarto Group, [2018] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • In the Shadow of Liberty

    the Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives

    Davis, Kenneth C.
    Book, 2016New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2016. — Children's Nonfiction Book
  • Not Done Yet

    Shirley Chisholm's Fight for Change

    Brown, Tameka Fryer
    Book, 2022Minneapolis, MN : Millbrook Press, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., [2022] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Tiny Stitches

    the Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas

    Hooks, Gwendolyn
    Book, 2016New York : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2016] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!

    Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll

    Bolden, Tonya
    Book, 2023New York, N.Y. : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Book, 2023New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023. — Easy Nonfiction Book
  • Brave. Black. First

    50+ African American Women Who Changed the World

    Hudson, Cheryl Willis
    Book, 2020New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2020] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • What Color Is My World?

    the Lost History of African-American Inventors

    Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-
    Book, 2012Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2012. — Children's Nonfiction Book
  • Champion

    the Story of Muhammad Ali

    Haskins, James, 1941-2005
    Book, 2018New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2018. — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Book, 2023New York : Philomel, 2023. — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • When the Beat Was Born

    DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop

    Hill, Laban Carrick
    Book, 2013New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2013. — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Book, 2017Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017. — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Bad News for Outlaws

    the Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal

    Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux
    Book, 2009Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, c2009. — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Book, 2019Boston : Versify, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019] — Children's Nonfiction Book
  • Because of You, John Lewis

    the True Story of a Remarkable Friendship

    Pinkney, Andrea Davis
    Book, 2022New York : Scholastic Press, [2022] — Children's Nonfiction Book (Biography)
  • Sing a Song

    How "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Inspired Generations

    Lyons, Kelly Starling
    Book, 2019New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2019] — Easy Nonfiction Book