- Martin Luther King, Jr., man of peace, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
- Say hey, a song of Willie Mays, Peter Mandel ; illustrated by Don Tate
- Bad boy, a memoir, by Walter Dean Myers
- What are you figuring now?, a story about Benjamin Banneker, by Jeri Ferris ; illustrations by Amy Johnson
- The story of Martin Luther King Jr., by Johnny Ray Moore ; illustrated by Amy Wummer
- Martin's Big words, the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Doreen Rappaport ; illustrations by Brian Collier
- Langston Hughes, S.L. Berry
- Our children can soar, a celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the pioneers of change, by Michelle Cook ; illustrations by Cozbi Cabrera ... [and others] ; foreword by Marian Wright Edelman
- Everywhere beauty is Harlem, the vision of photographer Roy Decarava, Gary Golio ; art by E.B. Lewis
- Martin Luther King, Jr., by Valerie Schloredt
- Martin Luther King Jr., a peaceful leader, by Sarah Albee ; pictures by Chin Ko
- A quantum life, my unlikely journey from the street to the stars, Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz
- Mary McCloud Bethune, voice of Black hope, by Milton Meltzer ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi. --
- Schomburg, the man who built a library, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- Twelve years a slave, Solomon Northup ; introduction by Ira Berlin ; general editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr
- Barry Bonds, baseball's complete player, by Miles Harvey
- Searching for Sarah Rector, the richest Black girl in America, Tonya Bolden
- Malcolm X., a life of reinvention, Manning Marable
- Escape from slavery, the boyhood of Frederick Douglass in his own words, edited and illustrated by Michael McCurdy
- Martin Luther King, Jr.--to the mountaintop, Wm. Roger Witherspoon. --
- Branford Marsalis, jazz musician, Bob Bernotas
- Bob Gibson, Bill Deane ; introduction by Jim Murray
- Lawrence Taylor, Dan Hirshberg ; introduction by Chuck Daly
- Michael Jordan, star guard, Ron Knapp
- Jackie Robinson, young sports trailblazer, by Herb Dunn ; illustrated by Meryl Henderson
- Champion, the story of Muhammad Ali, Jim Haskins ; illustrations by Eric Velasquez
- Proud, living my American dream, Ibtihaj Muhammad
- Jackie Robinson, John Grabowski ; introduction by John Murray
- Barry Sanders, John F. Wukovitz ; introduction by Chuck Noll
- Satchel Paige, Lesa Ransome ; illustrated by James Ransome
- Zora Neale Hurston, Harlem renaissance writer, Katie Marsico
- Through my eyes, the autobiography of Ruby Bridges
- When Marian sang, the true recital of Marian Anderson, written by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; illustrated by Brian Selznick
- Black heroes, 51 inspiring people from ancient Africa to modern-day U.S.A. : a black history book for kids, Arlisha Norwood ; illustrations by Anastasia Magloire Williams
- Young Martin's promise, by Walter Dean Myers ; Alex Haley, general editor ; illustrations by Barbara Higgins Bond
- Walking the road to freedom, a story about Sojourner Truth, by Jeri Ferris ; illustrations by Peter E. Hanson
- 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
- The undiscovered Paul Robeson, an artist's journey, 1898-1939, Paul Robeson, Jr
- Only passing through, the story of Sojourner Truth, by Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by Gregory Christie
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Christy Devillier
- Notes from a young Black chef, Kwame Onwuachi ; with Joshua David Stein
- Who is Muhammad Ali?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi
- On the court with--Shaquille O'Neal, text by Glenn Stout
- Jerry Rice, Corinne J. Naden and Rose Blue
- Condoleeza Rice, national security advisor and musician, Bernard Ryan, Jr
- Shaquille O'Neal, big man, big dreams, by Mark Stewart
- Roy Campanella, major league champion, by Carol Greene
- Malcolm X, by any means necessary : a biography, by Walter Dean Myers
- Marion Jones, sprinting sensation, by Mark Stewart