A selected list of children's picture books about African American history and the African American experience.
The Bell Rang
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Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
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Going Down Home With Daddy
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Grandma's Purse
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Hair Love
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Hands Up!
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I Am Enough
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Last Stop on Market Street
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Layla's Happiness
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Let the Children March
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M is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child
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Mae Among the Stars
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Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans
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The Quickest Kid in Clarksville
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(Gr. K-2) Growing up in the segregated town of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the 1960s, Alta's family cannot afford to buy her new sneakers--but she still plans to attend the parade celebrating her hero Wilma Rudolph's three Olympic gold medals.
Saturday
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The Stuff of Stars
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This is the Rope: A Story From the Great Migration
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Grades K -3
A rope passed down through the generations frames an African American family's story as they journey north during the time of the Great Migration.
Underground
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(Grades K - 3) A family uses the Underground Railroad to escape slavery. Sparsely worded but powerful.
What is Given From the Heart
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Woke Baby
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