Black History Biographies
Resources for award-winning and reviewer-recommended biographies of Black leaders & innovators throughout history.
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- 2,405 Resources including
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- 162 Book Readings
- 262 Lesson Plans
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Brown Girl Dreaming
65+ Resources19 Awards



Becoming Muhammad Ali
by James Patterson, Kwame Alexander, and Dawud Anyabwile
45+ Resources5 Awards


Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
by Suzanne Slade and Cozbi A. Cabrera
40+ Resources9 Awards


Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
40+ Resources13 Awards


The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and Oge Mora
40+ Resources9 Awards

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
40+ Resources11 Awards

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Eric Velasquez
40+ Resources12 Awards



Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
by Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson
35+ Resources11 Awards

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
by Chris Barton and Don Tate
35+ Resources11 Awards

Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Michele Wood
35+ Resources7 Awards




Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
by Nikki Grimes and E.B. Lewis
35+ Resources7 Awards

Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
by Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk
35+ Resources9 Awards

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
30+ Resources4 Awards

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier
30+ Resources6 Awards

Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
30+ Resources5 Awards




R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison
30+ Resources5 Awards


A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
30+ Resources9 Awards


Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace
by Ashley Bryan
30+ Resources12 Awards

Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
by Katheryn Russell-Brown and Frank Morrison
30+ Resources7 Awards


Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Kadir Nelson
25+ Resources5 Awards


Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life
25+ Resources6 Awards

Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
by Ibi Zoboi
25+ Resources10 Awards