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• Hidden Figures

  the True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  Shetterly, Margot Lee

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• R-E-S-P-E-C-T

  Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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• The Faith of Elijah Cummings

  the North Star of Equal Justice

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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• Young, Gifted and Black

  Meet 52 Black Heroes From Past and Present

  Wilson, Jamia, 1980-

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• In the Shadow of Liberty

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

  Davis, Kenneth C.

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• Not Done Yet

  Shirley Chisholm's Fight for Change

  Brown, Tameka Fryer

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• Tiny Stitches

  the Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas

  Hooks, Gwendolyn

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• Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!

  Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll

  Bolden, Tonya

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• An American Story

  Alexander, Kwame

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• Brave. Black. First

  50+ African American Women Who Changed the World

  Hudson, Cheryl Willis

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• What Color Is My World?

  the Lost History of African-American Inventors

  Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-

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• Champion

  the Story of Muhammad Ali

  Haskins, James, 1941-2005

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• Simone Biles

  Magoon, Kekla

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• When the Beat Was Born

  DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop

  Hill, Laban Carrick

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• Schomburg

  the Man Who Built a Library

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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• Standing in the Need of Prayer

  a Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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• Bad News for Outlaws

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

  Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux

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• The Undefeated

  Alexander, Kwame

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• Because of You, John Lewis

  the True Story of a Remarkable Friendship

  Pinkney, Andrea Davis

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• Sing a Song

  How "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Inspired Generations

  Lyons, Kelly Starling

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