Christine L. Kelly, a cherished centenarian, reflects on her childhood in the charming town of Bay Shore. Through her vivid recollections, readers are transported to a simpler yet vibrant era, where the echoes of the Great Depression, the cultural shifts of the Jazz Age, and the trials of World War II are felt in the fabric of daily life.

A book about the author’s early life in North Amityville, Long Island during the ’40s and ’50s. This book gives us insight into the lives of a family with Long Island Native American roots. She also discusses why many of the Southern blacks came to Long Island during the Great Migration of domestics. A series of remembrances told in her own words! 

Jupiter Hammon was born October 17, 1711, a slave of Henry Lloyd of Lloyd’s Manor (Queens Village), Long Island, New York. His poem “An Evening’s Thought: Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries,” was the first poem published by an American of African descent. He published a total of nine pieces of verse and prose, all of a pietistic Christian nature.

The Top Chef star traces his culinary coming-of-age in both the Bronx and Nigeria, discussing his eclectic training in acclaimed restaurants while sharing insights into the racial barriers that have challenged his career.

Samuelsson gathers an unforgettable feast of food, culture, and history to highlight the diverse deliciousness of Black cooking today. Driven by a desire to fight against bias, reclaim Black culinary traditions, and energize a new generation of cooks.

In a memoir and progressive political handbook the chief public affairs officer of MoveOn.org describes her childhood in a Haitian community in New York and her blossoming interest in politics that led to her career.

The first black woman to star in her own TV series, Carroll displays all the grace, wit, style, and honesty that carried her to the top as she reveals intimate details about her career, her life, and her loves. An unforgettable self-portrait and revealing Hollywood memoir at its finest.

Here, for the first time, is a complete collection of Langston Hughes’s poetry – 860 poems that sound the heartbeat of black life in America during five turbulent decades, from the 1920s through the 1960s.

When beautiful veterinarian Peyton Blackstone asks one of Virginia’s most eligible bachelors, Nicholas Cole-Thomas, for help, the lines between business and pleasure begin to blur.

The Central Park birder at the center of a racially-charged viral video reflects on his lifetime journey towards self-acceptance while offering insights into the wonderful world of birds and what they can teach us about life.

A struggling law student is working two jobs to make ends meet on the night a charismatic stranger walks into her bar. The attraction between them is instantaneous—and explosive. Until Bailey discovers that her anonymous hunk is none other than Justin Lawson, one of the richest, most hotly pursued bachelors in all of Baton Rouge. 

In a series of personal reminiscences, anecdotes, lyrical meditations, and vignettes, captures the complex inner and outer landscapes of New York, New York in an intimate portrait of life in the city.

Based on specific success stories, this book offers a wide array of individuals who shaped the region’s history. Through photographs, portraits, and posters, the author presents some of the most outstanding people who have bequeathed lasting legacies to the area.

With focus on African Americans who have not only distinguished themselves but also served to make the western half of Long Island a stronger and better place. The book highlights the faces and the accomplishments of those who blazed the trail in various fields.

A true story that offers a new perspective into America’s founding, from the point of view of an enslaved Black woman seeking personal liberty in a country fighting for its own.

Long Island has long been overlooked as a battleground of the Civil Rights Movement. Since early colonization by the English settlers in the 17th century, the shadow of slavery has bequeathed a racial caste system that has directly or indirectly been enforced.

Since the Quakers arrived in the 17th century to the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation, Long Island played an important role in the Underground Railroad’s work to guide slaves to freedom. Visit the safe houses–many of which are still standing today–and explore the journey of runaway slaves on Long Island.

On February 5th, 1946, the Ferguson brothers were concluding a night out celebrating Charles Ferguson’s reenlistment in the Army…Discover how the shooting became a catalyst for civil rights efforts and immortalized in a Woody Guthrie protest song.

Contributed to by the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, this book chronicles the history of slavery in Suffolk County, New York, from 1620-1860.

This publication focuses on the experiences of people of color from the 17th to 19th centuries.  How slavery operated, how African Americans resisted bondage, navigated the era of emancipation, and built communities in the decades after slavery, from Brooklyn to the Hamptons.

An African American man’s search for success and the American dream leads him out of college to Harlem and a growing sense of personal rejection and social invisibility.

Ms. Jemisin became the first Black woman to win the Hugo Award, in 2016. In the first book of the series, the empire Sanze collapses and the vast continent Stillness becomes ravaged by a red rift which darkens the sky, Essun, crosses Stillness in a desperate attempt to save her daughter.

N. K. Jemisin’s award winning trilogy continues in this sequel to The Fifth Season. As she searches for her daughter, Essun gets a request from Alabaster Tenring, but if she does what he asks, it will seal the fate of the Stillness forever, while far away, her daughter, whose power grows, makes choices that will break the world.

A conclusion to the Hugo Award-winning, post-apocalyptic trilogy that began with The Fifth Season reveals how the powers and agendas of two women determine the fate of humankind in the wake of a returning Moon. 

Ms. Ward’s novel is set in a fictional town in Mississippi, but much of it takes place in the very real Mississippi State Penitentiary, modeled after a slavery era plantation, and tells the story of a family impacted by mass incarceration, racism, drugs and poverty. Ms. Ward won the National Book Award for her moving book.

After Cora, a slave in pre-Civil War Georgia, escapes with another slave, Caesar, they seek the help of the Underground Railroad as they flee from state to state and try to evade a slave catcher, Ridgeway, who is determined to return them to the South.

A modern black woman is celebrating her birthday with her husband when she is snatched from her home and transported to the antebellum South. The son of a plantation owner is drowning and she must save him. She is drawn through time to the slave’s quarters, and each time it becomes less clear whether or not her life will end.

Separated by respective ambitions after falling in love in occupied Nigeria, Ifemelu experiences triumph and defeat in America while exploring new concepts of race, while Obinze endures an undocumented status in London until the pair is reunited in their homeland 15 years later, where they face the toughest decisions of their lives.

A magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of Black British women that paints a vivid portrait of the state of contemporary Britain and looks back to the legacy of Britain’s colonial history in Africa and the Caribbean.

Seeking justice for a young black babysitter who was wrongly accused of kidnapping by a racist security guard, a successful blogger finds her efforts complicated by a video that reveals unexpected connections.

As Melody celebrates a coming of age ceremony at her grandparents’ house in 2001 Brooklyn, her family remembers 1985, when Melody’s own mother prepared for a similar party that never took place in this novel about different social classes.

McLarin shares her appreciation of this seminal novel, demonstrating how its themes mirror many of her own life experiences. In this examination, we come to better understand a pioneering novel and writer, as well as the role race, class and gender have played in contemporary American society.

An epic history covering the period from the end of World War I through the 1970s chronicles the decades-long migration of African Americans from the South to the North and West through the stories of three individuals and their families.

Devil in the Grove, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, is a gripping true story of racism, murder, rape, and the law. It brings to light one of the most dramatic court cases in American history, and offers a rare and revealing portrait of Thurgood Marshall that the world has never seen before.

A book that speaks directly to our current moment, contextualizing the systems of race and caste within which we operate today. It reveals glossed-over truths around our nation’s founding and construction—and how the legacy of slavery did not end with emancipation, but continues to shape contemporary American life.

The National Book Award-winning author of Salvage the Bones presents a continuation of James Baldwin’s 1963 The Fire Next Time that examines race issues from the past half century through essays, poems and memoir pieces by some of her generation’s most original thinkers and writers

This intricately woven tapestry of stories of immigrant communities, exploitative opportunists, enslaved peoples, unsung heroes and lived experiences shows the meaning of American is inextricably linked to the South—and understanding its history and culture is the key to understanding our nation as a whole.

The author presents a history of racial discrimination in the United States and a narrative of his own personal experiences of contemporary race relations, offering possible resolutions for the future.

Classic title that alleges the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent “under caste” based largely on race.

Profiles one hundred influential African Americans who helped shape the history of the twentieth century, including revered figures in the fields of music, literature, sports, science, politics, and the civil rights movement.

A National Book Award winner examines the connection of the color blue to Black history, weaving together themes of hope, melancholy and personal experience to examine race in ways that transcend politics and ideology. 

Deeply researched and widely reported, this exploration of the Black Power phenomenon that began to challenge the traditional civil rights movement in 1966 offers portraits of the major characters in the yearlong drama and the fierce battles over voting rights, identity politics, and the teaching of Black history.

A Gates Cambridge Scholar presents a tribute to the mothers of Malcolm X, James Baldwin and Martin Luther King, Jr., to share insights into the prejudices they endured, their commitment to education and their anti-racism advocacy.

January 2021, Amanda Gorman became the youngest poet to deliver a reading at a presidential inauguration. Taking the stage after the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, she captivated the nation and brought hope to viewers around the globe with her call for unity and healing. 

A 400-year chronicle of African-American history is written in five-year segments as documented by 80 multidisciplinary historians, artists and writers.

The final reflections, words and wisdom of esteemed civil rights champion and late Congressman, John Lewis, who continued to offer inspiration and hope to millions even while he battled the cancer that ultimately ended his life. 

A contemporary portrait of America as a slave-owning nation. Beginning in New Orleans, Smith leads the reader through a tour of monuments and landmarks – those that are honest about the past and those that are not – that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation’s collective history, and ourselves.

A revisionary portrait of the iconic civil rights leader draws on hundreds of hours of interviews with surviving family members, intelligence officers and political leaders to offer new insights into Malcolm X’s Depression-era youth, religious conversion and 1965 assassination.

An essayist and novelist explores what the weight of a lifetime of secrets, lies and deception does to a black body, a black family and a nation teetering on the brink of moral collapse.

Traces the life and legacy of the nineteenth-century activist and pioneer, documenting her birth into slavery and upbringing in the Victorian-era South, where she became a journalist and pioneer for civil rights and suffrage, in an account that also describes her determination to counter lynching activities.

Superbly told, with the poet’s gift for language and observation, Angelou’s autobiography of her childhood in Arkansas – a world of which most Americans are ignorant.

A new one-volume edition of an American classic offers the complete memoirs of the eloquent escaped slave, who in the nineteenth century shaped the abolitionist movement and became the most influential African-American of his era.

This authoritative biography of one of the 20th century’s most admired playwrights who penned A Raisin in the Sun examines the parts of her life that have escaped public knowledge, including her struggle with class, sexuality and race.

A deep dive into racial politics, Hollywood, and Black cultural struggles for liberation as reflected in the extraordinary life and times of Sammy Davis Jr.

The discipline of black history has its roots firmly planted in Washington, D.C., at the former office-home of Carter G. Woodson. Known as the headquarters of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH). Woodson dedicated his entire life to sustaining the early black history “mass education movement.”

A stunning coming-of-age memoir about a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears. 

Tommie Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic victory and Olympic podium protest.

Part searing indictment of our healthcare system, part generational family memoir, part call to action, a physician and thought leader on bias and racism in healthcare recounts her journey to finally seizing her own power as a health equity advocate against the backdrop of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement.

The first researcher to explore the full depths of the life, work and enduring impact of the iconic writer shows how her ecological images are not simply metaphors but rather literal guides to how to be of earth on earth, and how to live the ethics that a Black feminist lesbian warrior poetics demands.

Drawing on recently declassified FBI files, this first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon reveals the courageous and often emotionally troubled man who demanded peaceful protest but was rarely at peace with himself, while showing how his demands for racial and economic justice remain just as urgent today. 

 By sharing his troubled upbringing–from a difficult early childhood to the struggles of code-switching between his home and his elite private school–Zach makes a compelling argument for a new way of interacting with others and presents a new outlook on society’s most difficult conversations.

Starting her junior year of high school at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy, Sade decides to investigate when her roommate Elizabeth goes missing and is plunged into a world of dark secrets, ones that rival even her own.

An evocative novel in verse follows the experiences of two grieving sisters who navigate the loss of their father and the impact of his death on their relationship. 

Zâelie, her brother Tzain, and princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.

When his brother represents Upper Kwanta in a wrestling contest, resulting in the unthinkable, 11-year-old Kofi finds himself fighting for his life, which sends him on a dangerous journey across land and sea, and away from everything he loves. 

Clae discovers clues about a mysterious person she calls her fairy god somebody and then becomes determined to unearth her family history during a summer in New York and finds a family trail someone’s tried hard to bury.

Set in an alternate version of Queens, N.Y., fifteen-year-old Violetta must participate in the Trials, a series of tests meant to push her to the edge, to atone for her sister’s death.

While learning to control her gift, the ability to grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms, Briseis must use her powers to save her family from a centuries-old curse as dark forces surround her.

Kidnapped at six and sent to work at the Exotic Lands Touring Company as a Wildblood tour guide, Victoria takes on a dangerous expedition through the monster-filled Jamaican jungle to secure a better future and find where she truly belongs.

Becoming prime suspects in the murder of their principal known for doling out extreme discipline, three Urban Promise Prep School students team up to catch the real killer and clear their names. 

Pretending to be someone they’re not, Delilah, who is unable to open up, and Reggie, a D&D Dungeon Master who is role-playing someone confident, fall for a version of each other that doesn’t really exist when fate keeps throwing them together.

Struggling to define herself for her scholarship essays, high school junior Michie must decide how much of her heart she is willing to share with a boy who helps her realize who she wants to become.

After her sister Elara forms an unbreakable bond with an enemy dragon, Faron, who once wielded the magic of the gods to save her island from those same dragon-riding colonizers, must find a way to save her sister and the fate of their world in the face of impossible odds.

Inspired by Caribbean folklore, eighteen-year-old Selena gets pulled into a string of mysterious murders on her island home.

To discover the truth behind her mother’s mysterious death, a teen girl infiltrates a magical secret society claiming to be the descendants of King Arthur and his knights.

Temple Baker, the daughter of a well-known serial killer, assumes the role of a camp counselor at a camp for true crime enthusiasts while she attempts to unearth the truth surrounding her mother’s murder, but becomes embroiled in a disturbing series of events when a girl is found dead in the woods.

When her best friend, the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High, is murdered, Duchess becomes convinced that beautiful, wealthy and white Tinsley is responsible, and though Duchess is determined to prove Tinsley’s guilt, Tinsley has an agenda of her own.

The story of how a cynic and a hopeless romantic become friends, fall in love, and break up unfolds from their different perspectives.

Infiltrating the elite Uxlay University, where students study to ensure peaceful coexistence between humans and vampires, heiress Kidan must live with the vampire she suspects killed her family and kidnapped her sister, risking her very soul and her heart to save her.

Ekon, the second son of a decorated hero, and Koffil, who holds a power inside her that could cost her life, form a tentative alliance to destroy a vicious monster that has plagued their city for nearly a century. 

A Black teenager whose life is turned upside down when her white best friend becomes the latest “Becky” on the internet, and their town is left reeling from the publicity.

When seventeen-year-old Avery moves to rural Georgia to live with her ailing grandmother, she encounters decade-old family secrets and a mystery surrounding the town’s racist past.

To win the grand prize at the end of their survival course, ex-best friends Claire and Bradley trudge through mud, dirt and their messy past to find the adventure bringing them closer together, sparking a whole new kind of relationship.

When her friend Monday Charles goes missing and Monday’s mother refuses to give her a straight answer, Claudia digs into her disappearance.

After spending two months in a juvenile detention center for a crime he did not commit, seventeen-year-old Andre Jackson returns home and tries to adapt to a Covid-19 world and find his missing best friend.

When the murder of his classmate at an elite boarding school seems to be forgotten overnight, seventeen-year-old Douglas must confront centuries of secrets in the school’s past and a vengeful creature in the forest surrounding the campus.

When sixteen-year-old Sadie, a recluse, develops agoraphobia the summer before her junior year, she relies on her best friend, family, and therapist to overcome her fears.

Attending Briarcliff Prep, a Historically Black Boarding School, with her popular sister Belle, Avi LeBeau finds their sisterhood threatened when she discovers the truth about Belle’s boyfriend, the pride and joy of Briarcliff’s sibling school. 

In a series of moments spanning two years, seventeen-year-old Neon navigates the progression of his relationship with Aria, culminating in a case of the jitters as the two intend to take the next big step in their relationship.

When a gruesome murder rocks Sunny’s private school, with her own brother as the main suspect, she takes it upon herself to discover the real killer and uncovers a slew of dark family secrets in the process.

This multi-genre story collection drawing from contemporary, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, magical and realistic celebrates and re defines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness, both in the real world and those imagined.

A senior at Windward Academy, Shelbi, who has a diagnosed mental illness, keeps to herself until she forms a connection with Andy Criddle, who is battling addiction, but the closer they get, the more the past threatens to pull them apart.

After witnessing her friend’s death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter’s life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.

Seventeen-year-old Devon, her twin sister, and her friends face a demonic force who seemingly follows horror movie tropes, propelling the group to flip the script and use their horror movie knowledge in order to survive.

In Atlanta, just before Christmas, twelve teens band together to help a friend pull off the most epic apology of her life during the storm of the century, which results in a magical moment that changes everything.

Thirteen-year-old Isaiah grapples with the loss of his best friend as he strives to fit into a world that expects him to toughen up, which leads him on a exploration of identity and vulnerability.

A teenager on the run from his past finds the family he never knew existed and the community he never knew he needed at an HBCU for the young, Black, and magical.

While Madame plots her last hurrah, stories that span generations from the big house to out in the fields of routine horrors, secrets buried as deep as the family fortune, and the tangled bonds of descendants and enslaved, come to light to reveal a true portrait of the Guilberts.

Experiencing visions of heartbreak and trying to understand why this is happening, Evie signs up for lessons at a dance studio, where she falls for her dance partner, forcing her to question all she thought she knew about life and love.

Fifteen-year-old Chelsea, daughter of a paranormal specialist, risks her hard-won popularity and more when she is drawn into a paranormal romance after discovering her own ability to communicate with ghosts.

Artie Irvin is thrilled to discover she comes from a line of werewolves, but as she dives into her family history and figures out her new abilities, vampires wait in the shadows.

In 1930s Mississippi, where magic is kept in check by unjust laws and societal expectations, a broom racing team is formed by six women, hoping to dodge government officials and move out west to a state that allows anyone to legally use magic and take part in national races.

Whether you learned about these women in school or not, these Black women changed society and inspired future generations. 

A timely reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s National Book Award-winning Stamped From the Beginning reveals the history of racist ideas in America while explaining their endurance and capacity for being discredited.

Two best friends one poet, one artist, one black, one white share their journey to New York City, where they make their own dreams come true, in this stunning visual autobiography.

Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.

Featuring contributions from such critically acclaimed Black authors as Jason Reynolds, Jerry Craft, and Kwame Mbalia, this celebration of Black boyhood is told through a brilliant collection of stories, comics, and poems.

Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, Caroline falls in love with another girl and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline’s missing mother.

Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, a magic school in the clouds, but when she falls under suspicion for helping a criminal escape prison she must, with the help of her new friends and her own growing powers, find a way to clear her family’s name.

Discovering her ability to see ghosts when a cruel act ends her father’s life and forces her to move in with relatives in 1920s Pittsburgh, young Ophelia forges a helpful bond with a spirit whose own life ended suddenly and unjustly.

A collection of ten short stories that all take place in the same day about kids walking home from school.

Suspended unjustly from elite Middlefield Prep, Donte Ellison studies fencing with a former champion, hoping to put the racist fencing team captain in his place.

Raised by her aunt until she is six, Betty, who will later marry Malcolm X, joins her mother and stepfamily in 1940s Detroit, where she learns about the civil rights movement.

A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.

When her dad, a great Manifestor, is imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, twelve-year-old Nic Blake, along with her hellhound and two friends, hunts for a powerful magical tool that could save him.

Amara visits her father’s family in Harlem for her twelfth birthday, hoping to better understand her family and herself, but New York City is not what she expected.

Thirteen-year-old Genesis tries again and again to lighten her black skin, thinking it is the root of her family’s troubles, before discovering reasons to love herself as is.

After travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, Delphine and her two sisters discover that their mother, a dedicated poet, wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.

Twelve-year-old Lotus Blossom, normally a peace-loving free spirit, must summon the courage to fight against a racist dress code and stand up for herself.

ZJ’s friends Ollie, Darry and Daniel help him cope when his father, a beloved professional football player, suffers severe headaches and memory loss that spell the end of his career.

Enrolled in a prestigious private school where he is one of only a few students of color, talented seventh grade artist Jordan finds himself torn between the worlds of his Washington Heights apartment home and the upscale circles of Riverdale Academy.

When his family is sold during the era of slavery, a determined young boy who dreams of freedom ships himself in a wooden box to a place up north in the hopes of living the life he always wanted.

When Ruth and her parents take a motor trip from Chicago to Alabama to visit her grandma, they rely on a pamphlet called “The Negro Motorist Green Book” to find places that will serve them.

An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family’s tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The making of “Show ways,” or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter.

Shares a story of loving who you are, respecting others and being kind to one another.

An ode to self-confidence and the love between fathers depicts an exuberant little girl whose dad helps her arrange her curly, coiling, wild hair into styles that allow her to be her natural, beautiful self.

A young Misty Copeland discovers her love for dance through the ballet of Coppâelia.

As a young girl leads a cast of characters on a musical journey, they learn that they have the power to make changes big or small in the world, in their communities, and most importantly, in themselves

This emotional exploration of being big in a world that prizes small follows a young child’s journey to self-love, showing the power of words to both hurt and heal.

Young Michael Jordan, who is smaller than the other players, learns that determination and hard work are more important than size when playing the game of basketball.

In a tender letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to 13 historically important Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation

A mother’s account of her experience as the only Black child in school serves as an empowering message to her daughter

Follows a young girl enjoying fun and exciting activities on a perfect summer day.

By heeding their wise grandmother’s advice, a brother and sister discover the ability to lift themselves up and imagine a better world.

A daughter of civil rights activist Andrew Young describes her experiences of growing up in the Deep South at the height of the movement. Sharing her witness to the efforts of her father, family friend Martin Luther King, Jr. and thousands of others who participated in the historic march from Selma to Montgomery.

Presents a collection of  twenty poems written in tribute to well-known poets from around the world.

A collection of poetic mini-stories by the creator of Grandma’s Purse explores the feelings and experiences of everyday girls from diverse perspectives and backgrounds. 

A collection of poems by women that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, and acceptance to speaking out.

Presents an introduction to the life of the passionate performer and civil rights activist that traces her journey from the slums of St. Louis to the world’s most famous stages.

Provides the first-hand factual account of the six-year-old student who made history by having been one of the first black children to attend an all-white, segregated school in the 1960s. 

In vivid poems that reflect the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, an award-winning author shares what it was like to grow up in the 1960s and 1970s in both the North and the South.

March through history and discover twenty-five groundbreaking protest movements that have shaped the way we fight for equality and justice today.

Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA’s African American women mathematicians to America’s space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes.

Focuses on the childhood of jazz musician John Coltrane and how he interpreted sounds before he took up the saxophone.

The first female African American principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre history recounts her road to stardom, from her first ballet class to her rise through the professional ranks while dealing with a challenging home life.

A picture book biography introduces the ideas and accomplishments of a gifted and influential speaker by using some of his own words to tell the story.

A tribute to Harlem Renaissance performer Florence Mills includes coverage of her youth as a child of former slaves, her singing and dancing performances that inspired songs and entire plays, and the struggles with racism that prompted her advocacy of all-black theater and musicals.

Recounts Rosa Parks’ daring effort to stand up for herself and other African Americans by helping to end segregation on public transportation.

A lyrical biography of Harriet Tubman honors the woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her larger than life, discussing her roles as a slave, a conductor on the Underground Railroad, a nurse, a Union spy, and a suffragist.

This picture book adaptation of her critically acclaimed adult memoir paints a vivid portrait of the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a singular 20th-century American civil and human rights activist who fought for justice against all odds, becoming an unforgettable champion of social change.