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African American83
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Realistic Fiction22
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Literary & Classics18

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Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
Ellen Levine
4.49 average rating, · 16.8k ratings
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Last Stop on Market Street
Matt de la Peña
4.31 average rating, · 19k ratings
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Sulwe
Lupita Nyong'o
4.66 average rating, · 11.3k ratings
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Amazing Grace
Mary Hoffman
4.37 average rating, · 14.3k ratings
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The Story of Ruby Bridges
Robert Coles
4.44 average rating, · 13k ratings
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Hair Love
Matthew A. Cherry
4.57 average rating, · 10.1k ratings
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Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Doreen Rappaport
4.33 average rating, · 12.9k ratings
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The Other Side
Jacqueline Woodson
4.51 average rating, · 8.6k ratings
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Tar Beach
Faith Ringgold
4.15 average rating, · 9.2k ratings
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Rosa
Nikki Giovanni
4.35 average rating, · 6.9k ratings
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Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
Carole Boston Weatherford
4.36 average rating, · 6k ratings
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Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
Derrick Barnes
4.38 average rating, · 5k ratings
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Not a Day Goes By
E. Lynn Harris
4.30 average rating, · 4.6k ratings
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I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr.
4.50 average rating, · 3.8k ratings
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Freedom Summer
Deborah Wiles
4.48 average rating, · 3k ratings
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Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U. S. Marshal
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
4.05 average rating, · 3.5k ratings
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I Love My Hair!
Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
4.46 average rating, · 2.4k ratings
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Ruth and the Green Book
Calvin Alexander Ramsey
4.33 average rating, · 2.5k ratings
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Goin' Someplace Special
Patricia C. McKissack
4.35 average rating, · 2.5k ratings
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Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
Andrea Davis Pinkney
4.32 average rating, · 2.4k ratings
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A Wreath for Emmett Till
Marilyn Nelson
4.23 average rating, · 2.5k ratings
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Coming on Home Soon
Jacqueline Woodson
4.18 average rating, · 2.5k ratings
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Firebird
Misty Copeland
4.07 average rating, · 2.6k ratings
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The Year We Learned to Fly
Jacqueline Woodson
4.39 average rating, · 2.2k ratings
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