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Soul Looks Back in Wonder by Tom FeelingsDaydreamers by Tom FeelingsPlease, Baby, Please by Spike LeeMoja Means One by Muriel FeelingsRoberto Clemente by Jonah Winter
The Culturally Relevant Bookshelf
151 books — 63 voters
Mr. Lincoln's Way by Patricia PolaccoRechenka's Eggs by Patricia PolaccoThe Butterfly by Patricia PolaccoMy Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia PolaccoMrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco
Best of Patricia Polacco
60 books — 63 voters

A Call to Conscience by Clayborne CarsonAt Canaan's Edge by Taylor BranchParting the Waters by Taylor BranchWhy We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr.A Testament of Hope by Martin Luther King Jr.
Essential Reading For A King
62 books — 38 voters
Wangari's Trees of Peace by Jeanette Winter
Peace and Human Rights Books for Young People
82 books — 82 voters

Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonBailey's Café by Gloria NaylorNative Son by Richard WrightThe Farming of Bones by Edwidge DanticatThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Best Books to Read on a Flight From NY to LA
53 books — 30 voters
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. GainesOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Books to Teach in high school
297 books — 336 voters

Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckBreath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
books to read in one-sitting
342 books — 276 voters
The History of White People by Nell Irvin PainterLeaving Gee's Bend by Irene LathamThe Spirit Level by Richard G. WilkinsonRoot and Branch by Rawn James Jr.Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor
Can't Wait to Read That One
43 books — 46 voters

Dark Sons by Nikki GrimesFortune's Bones by Marilyn NelsonMy Sisters' Voices by Iris JacobBum Rush the Page by Tony MedinaA Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson
Best African American Poetry Books for Teens
8 books — 7 voters
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich by Alice ChildressMoney Hungry by Sharon G. FlakeTyrell by Coe BoothMiracle's Boys by Jacqueline WoodsonSpellbound by Janet McDonald
DCPL's Teen Urban Drama Booklist
64 books — 148 voters

I Am the Darker Brother by Arnold AdoffEgo-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People by Nikki GiovanniListen Up! an Anthology of Spoken Word Poetry by Zoë Anglesey
YA Poetry
25 books — 12 voters
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo FreireTeach Like Your Hair's on Fire by Rafe EsquithNothing's Impossible by Lorraine MonroeI Choose To Stay by Salome Thomas-ElLearning While Black by Janice E. Hale
Books for Teachers/Educators
793 books — 679 voters

Shooter by Walter Dean MyersTyrell by Coe BoothMonster by Walter Dean MyersEmako Blue by Brenda WoodsBang! by Sharon G. Flake
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
3,030 books — 12,496 voters
Big Jabe by Jerdine NolenMama Miti by Donna Jo NapoliWe are the Ship by Kadir NelsonPlease, Baby, Please by Spike LeeHe's Got the Whole World in His Hands by Kadir Nelson
Best of Kadir Nelson
40 books — 34 voters

The People Could Fly by Virginia HamiltonHewitt Anderson's Great Big Life by Jerdine NolenThe Village that Vanished by Ann GrifalconiCircle Unbroken by Margot Theis RavenThe Old African by Julius Lester
African and African American Folktales
137 books — 19 voters
Oh, Freedom! by Casey KingBoycott Blues by Andrea Davis PinkneyRemember the Bridge by Carole Boston WeatherfordFreedom Riders by Ann BausumCivil Rights in the USA by Brendan January
Civil Rights Books for Children
95 books — 36 voters

Creating Black Americans by Nell Irvin PainterOh, Freedom! by Casey KingGreat Negroes by Russell L. AdamsAlmanac African American Heritage by Johnnie H. MilesThe Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
African American History The Teacher's Bookshelf (nonfiction)
40 books — 28 voters
Soul on Ice by Eldridge CleaverThe Isis Papers by Frances Cress WelsingWhen and Where I Enter by Paula J. GiddingsThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisThe Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor
African American Books That Changed Our Lives
133 books — 178 voters

Copper Sun by Sharon M. DraperEmako Blue by Brenda Woods47 by Walter MosleyDay of Tears by Julius LesterMiracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson
African American Books for Teens
318 books — 357 voters
I Love My Hair! by Natasha Anastasia TarpleyNappy Hair by Carolivia HerronMufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John SteptoeKeep Climbing, Girls by Beah E. RichardsHappy to Be Nappy by bell hooks
Black Is Beautiful for Girls
24 books — 30 voters

Missouri's Black Heritage by Lorenzo Johnston GreeneDiscovering African American St. Louis by John A. Wright Sr.They Have No Rights by Walter EhrlichPoint from which creation begins by Benjamin LookerAt the Elbows of My Elders by Gail Milissa Grant
African American History in Missouri (nonfiction)
44 books — 8 voters