Picture Books
Each Kindness by Jaqueline Woodson, E.B. Lewis
Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine and Kadir Nelson
IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, Carolyn Choi, Ashley Seil Smith
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higgenbotham
The Other Side by Jacquline Woodson, E.B Lewis
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson
Something Happened in our Town
Juvenile/Middle Grade
Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
brothers, coming-of-age, white presenting, fencing
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
road trip, green book, American South
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome
the Great Migration, poetry, Chicago, historical fiction
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Baking, letter writing, investigation, prison
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
internalized racism, eviction, new middle school
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
historical racism, Emmett Till, unjust killing
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Sisters, Black Panthers, summer camp, historical fiction
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
mystery, South Carolina, secrets, fortune
The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
brother’s death, Harlem, Legos, grief, escape
Young Adult
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiley
Alternating viewpoints, police violence, racism
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America edited by Ibi Zoboi
short stories, black teens, personal identity and experience
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Social justice, MLK, media fallout
How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
violence, privilege, community, multiple perspectives
I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina
Police shooting, BLM, New York, Graphic Novel
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
community, justice, code switching, police killing
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Revenge, gun violence, brothers, in verse
March: Book One by John Lewis
Biography, civil rights movement, graphic novel
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
disappearance, neglect, systematic racism, thriller
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
race, identity, privilege, art, Portland
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
racism, anti-racist future, narrative non-fiction
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater
Oakland, race, gender, criminal justice system, non-fiction