![My Daddy and I](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0863162061.jpg?itok=XFy5Sbby)
My Daddy and I
Illustrator:
Jan Spivey Gilchrest Age Level:
0-3 Genre:
Fiction ![Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0679874720.jpg?itok=ZohPeDiS)
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
Illustrator:
James Ransome Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Historical Fiction, Fiction ![The Gold Cadillac](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0803703422.jpg?itok=lQZ6cTZ5)
The Gold Cadillac
Illustrator:
Michael Hays Age Level:
9-12 Genre:
Nonfiction, Biography ![The Quilt](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0140553088.jpg?itok=FJrwjlka)
The Quilt
Age Level:
0-3 Genre:
Fiction ![Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0803724519.jpg?itok=NkJjYW2u)
Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales
Illustrator:
Jerry Pinkney Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Fiction, Fairytales, Folk Tales, and Tall Tales ![Something Beautiful](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0440412102.jpg?itok=ea0c4dqC)
Something Beautiful
Illustrator:
Chris K. Soentpiet Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction ![I Am Rosa Parks](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0803712065.jpg?itok=8vbUK8qT)
I Am Rosa Parks
Illustrator:
Wil Clay Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Biography, Nonfiction ![Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin Cowboy](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152021035.jpg?itok=ri4scK6C)
Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin Cowboy
Illustrator:
Brian Pinkney Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Myths and Legends ![Through My Eyes](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0590189239.jpg?itok=w4KKq580)
Through My Eyes
Age Level:
9-12 Genre:
Biography, Nonfiction ![Drylongso](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152015876.jpg?itok=cCzkdlGz)
Drylongso
Illustrator:
Jerry Pinkney Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction ![The Dream Keeper and Other Poems](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0679883479.jpg?itok=mZP2jXnO)
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
Illustrator:
Brian Pinkney Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Poetry ![Bright Eyes, Brown Skin](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0940975238.jpg?itok=0A-R6nL4)
Bright Eyes, Brown Skin
Illustrator:
George Cephas Ford Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Fiction, Poetry ![Amazing Grace](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0803710402_0.jpg?itok=iIDFREtn)
Amazing Grace
Illustrator:
Caroline Binch Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Fiction ![A Chair for My Mother](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688040748.jpg?itok=ONwx3cZw)
A Chair for My Mother
Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Fiction ![Freedom Summer](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689830165.jpg?itok=7ZtrJTRg)
Freedom Summer
Illustrator:
Jerome Lagarrigue Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction ![Bigmama’s](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688099505_0.jpg?itok=9m1U1E3n)
Bigmama’s
Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Nonfiction, Biography ![Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0786807148.jpg?itok=i5LFPfHf)
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Illustrator:
Bryan Collier Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Biography, Nonfiction ![Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805003118.jpg?itok=AHkzBcd8)
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti
Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Fiction, Fairytales, Folk Tales, and Tall Tales, Myths and Legends ![Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689824572.jpg?itok=3GtF7iXJ)
Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman
Illustrator:
Teresa Flavin Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction, Biography ![Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/014056196X.jpg?itok=7n0g1a3K)
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
Illustrator:
Jerry Pinkney Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Biography, Nonfiction ![Show Way](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399237496_0.jpg?itok=W4aCOyHs)
Show Way
Illustrator:
Hudson Talbott Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Historical Fiction ![Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689847327.jpg?itok=Ax6fn8Hg)
Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals
Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Poetry ![Wind Flyers](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/068984879X.jpg?itok=YtlrYzIg)
Wind Flyers
Illustrator:
Loren Long Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction ![Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0142408948.jpg?itok=WDG14OmW)
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins
Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Historical Fiction, Fiction ![Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0786807679.jpg?itok=a8T4EBmP)
Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride
Illustrator:
Brian Pinkney Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction, Biography ![The Story of Ruby Bridges](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0439472261.jpg?itok=NNHPS-hy)
The Story of Ruby Bridges
Illustrator:
George Ford Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Biography, Nonfiction ![The Great Migration: Journey to the North](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0061259217.jpg?itok=7mGI2Ijg)
The Great Migration: Journey to the North
Illustrator:
Jan Spivey Gilchrest Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction, Biography ![""](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/2023-07/we-march.jpg?itok=trBGkes5)
We March
Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Nonfiction ![Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1416959033.jpg?itok=8MwKqu5V)
Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass
Illustrator:
James Ransome Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Biography, Nonfiction ![We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0786808322.jpg?itok=PIhqmWtJ)
We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball
Age Level:
9-12 Genre:
Nonfiction, Biography ![Harlem Renaissance Party](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060579110.jpg?itok=WbN_ba_k)
Harlem Renaissance Party
Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction ![28 Days: Moments in Black History that Changed the World](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1596438207.jpg?itok=2vvkNGUh)
28 Days: Moments in Black History that Changed the World
Illustrator:
Shane Evans Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction ![How Jelly Roll Morton Invented Jazz](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1596439637.jpg?itok=syd5VXc8)
How Jelly Roll Morton Invented Jazz
Illustrator:
Keith Mallett Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction, Biography ![Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0385390289.jpg?itok=-JmiYNN_)
Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Illustrator:
Shane Evans Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Biography, Historical Fiction, Fiction ![Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763665312.jpg?itok=54nySGGW)
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer
Illustrator:
Ekua Holmes Age Level:
9-12 Genre:
Biography, Poetry, Nonfiction ![How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0451476379.jpg?itok=KNLLTK8D)
How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture
Age Level:
9-12 Genre:
Nonfiction ![Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0064434559.jpg?itok=QAULmlNo)
Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse
Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Poetry ![March: Book One](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1603093001.jpg?itok=Msub0mW5)
March: Book One
Illustrator:
Nate Powell Age Level:
Teen Genre:
Biography, Nonfiction ![This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0425288943_0.jpg?itok=j2UmUp_5)
This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
Illustrator:
James Ransome Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Fiction ![Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1419725467.jpg?itok=f8YFzxfK)
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man
Age Level:
9-12 Genre:
Biography, Nonfiction ![Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0062742469.jpg?itok=vyyoeh-v)
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
Illustrator:
Laura Freeman Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Biography, Nonfiction ![The Undefeated](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1783449292.jpg?itok=a0h6XRVE)
The Undefeated
Illustrator:
Kadir Nelson Age Level:
9-12 Genre:
Nonfiction, Poetry ![All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/068987376X.jpg?itok=MUoND1Hy)
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
Illustrator:
E.B. Lewis Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Poetry, Historical Fiction ![Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/ain-t-gonna-let-nobody-turn-me-around.jpeg?itok=tHu9KrxF)
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round
Illustrator:
Steffi Walthall Age Level:
9-12 Genre:
Biography, Nonfiction ![An American Story](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/an-american-story.jpg?itok=WQXc4ghf)
An American Story
Illustrator:
Dare Coulter Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction ![A Child’s Introduction to African American History](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/childs-intro-african-american-history.jpg?itok=zfpdY5hN)
A Child’s Introduction to African American History
Illustrator:
Lynn Gaines Age Level:
9-12 Genre:
Nonfiction ![Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963)](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/child-of-the-dream.jpeg?itok=lJhYzT25)
Child of the Dream (A Memoir of 1963)
Age Level:
9-12 Genre:
Biography ![Preaching to the Chickens: the Story of Young John Lewis](https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399168567.jpg?itok=v2z2i_Lc)
Preaching to the Chickens: the Story of Young John Lewis
Illustrator:
E.B. Lewis Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction, Biography