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"A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919,” written by Claire Hartfield, and published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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"The Stuff of Stars,” illustrated by Ekua Holmes, written by Marion Dane Bauer, and published by Candlewick Press.

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“Finding Langston” written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and published by Holiday House.

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“The Parker Inheritance,” written by Varian Johnson, and published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

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“The Season of Styx Malone,” written by Kekla Magoon and published by Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.

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“Hidden Figures,” illustrated by Laura Freeman, written by Margot Lee Shetterly, and published by HarperCollins Children's Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers.

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“Let the Children March,” illustrated by Frank Morrison, written by Monica Clark-Robinson, and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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“Memphis, Martin, and the Mountainhop,” illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Alice Faye Duncan, and published by Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights.

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“Monday's Not Coming,” written by Tiffany D. Jackson and published by Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

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“Thank You, Omu,” illustrated by Oge Mora and published by Little, Brown Young Readers.

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Dr. Pauletta Bracy (Practitioner)

Dr. Pauletta Bracy is Professor of Library Science and Director of the Office of University Accreditation at North Carolina Central University (NCCU). She has successfully merged scholarship and service with publications such as “Libraries, Literacy and African American Youth ”(co-edited with Sandra Hughes Hassell and Casey H. Rawson) as well as her work with the Coretta Scott King Book Awards and with workshops and conferences dedicated to promoting African American books for children and teens. She recently served as co-organizer for Celebrating Our Voices: Black Children's Literature Symposium and Book Festival held at NCCU.