 | Title: Dancing in the wings Author: Debbie Allen Summary: Sassy tries out for a summer dance festival in Washington, D.C., despite the other girls' taunts that she is much too tall. |
 | Title: Grandfather and I Author: Helen E. Buckley Summary: A child considers how Grandfather is the perfect person to spend time with because he is never in a hurry. |
 | Title: Hooray for the Dandelion Warriors! Author: Bill Cosby Summary: Little Bill and his teammates are excited to begin baseball practice, but they cannot agree on the team name. |
 | Title: Bud, not Buddy Author: Christopher Paul Curtis Summary: Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids. |
 | Title: Yolonda's genius Author: Carol Fenner Summary: After moving from Chicago to Grand River, Michigan, fifth grader Yolonda, big and strong for her age, determines to prove that her younger brother is not a slow learner but a true musical genius. |
 | Title: Virgie goes to school with us boys Author: Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard Summary: In the post-Civil War South, a young African American girl is determined to prove that she can go to school just like her older brothers. |
 | Title: Goin' someplace special Author: Patricia C. McKissack Summary: In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library. |
 | Title: Junebug Author: Alice Mead Summary: An inquisitive young boy who lives with his mother and younger sister in a rough housing project in New Haven, Connecticut, approaches his tenth birthday with a mixture of anticipation and worry. |
 | Title: Patrol : an American soldier in Vietnam Author: Walter Dean Myers Summary: A frightened American soldier faces combat in the lush forests of Vietnam. |
 | Title: Jackson Jones and the puddle of thorns Author: Mary Quattlebaum Summary: When his mother gives him a garden plot for his tenth birthday, Jackson Jones hopes to earn enough money to buy a basketball, but all he seems to get is trouble. |
 | Title: Walking to the bus-rider blues Author: Harriette Gillem Robinet Summary: Twelve-year-old Alfa Merryfield, his older sister, and their grandmother struggle for rent money, food, and their dignity as they participate in the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott in the summer of 1956. |
 | Title: Ellington was not a street Author: Ntozake Shange Summary: |
 | Title: Joe-Joe's first flight Author: Natasha Anastasia Tarpley Summary: Forbidden to fly because of their color, Joe-Joe and the men who clean and repair airplanes in the 1920s are so discouraged that the moon cannot even shine, until Joe-Joe's determination lures the moon back. Includes a history of African American pilots. |
 | Title: Powerful words : more than 200 years of extraordinary writing by African Americans Author: Wade Hudson Summary: A collection of speeches and writings by African Americans, with commentary about the time period in which each person lived, information about the speaker/writer, and public response to the words. |
 | Title: A dream of freedom : the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1968 Author: Diane McWhorter Summary: |
 | Title: The tales of Uncle Remus. The adventures of Brer Rabbit Author: Julius Lester ; Summary: |
 | Title: Locomotion Author: Jacqueline Woodson Summary: In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school. |
 | Title: A strong right arm : the story of Mamie Peanut Johnson Author: Michelle Y. Green Summary: |
 | Title: My brother Martin : a sister remembers growing up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King JR. Author: Christine King Farris Summary: Looks at the early life of Martin Luther King, Jr., as seen through the eyes of his older sister. |
 | Title: Promises to keep : how Jackie Robinson changed America Author: Sharon Robinson Summary: A biography of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in the major leagues, as told by his daughter. |
 | Title: Free at last! : stories and songs of emancipation Author: Doreen Rappaport Summary: Describes the experiences of African Americans in the South, from the Emancipation in 1863 to the 1954 Supreme Court decision that declared school segregation illegal. |