As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Albama, Lynda Blackmon Lowery proved that young adults can be heroes. Jailed eleven times before her fifteenth birthday, Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. for the rights of African-Americans.

The Port Chicago 50 is a fascinating story of the prejudice and injustice that faced black men and women in America's armed forces during World War II, and a nuanced look at those who gave their lives in service of a country where they lacked the most basic rights.

This compelling biography chronicles the extraordinary courage and dignity of Jackie Robinson, who not only broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball but also changed white Americans’ perceptions of black Americans. His impact reached beyond the world of sports: he won over the hearts of all Americans and became an American hero.

Many of us are familiar with the story of Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old boy who was murdered while visiting the south in 1955. What is less known is how his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, took her grief and poured it into activism. She fought to make sure her son’s story was known and, in doing so, became a key figure in the Civil Rights movement. This picture book biography is powerful and enlightening.

Zora Neal Hurston’s best friend, Carrie, narrates this coming-of-age story set in the Eden-like town of Eatonville, Florida, where justice isn’t merely an exercise in retribution, but a testimony to the power of community, love, and pride. A fictionalization of the early years of literary giant, Zora Neal Hurston.

Growing up on a plantation during Reconstruction with her grandparents, 10-year-old Sugar is inquisitive and adventurous. So when Chinese workers are brought in chains for the harvest, Sugar is determined to figure out where they came from and to befriend them.

Three sisters who live in New York with their father, go for the summer to stay with their mother, a poet and artist who lives in California. While they are there, they learn about ways that the Black community, led by the Black Panthers, care for one another through education, art and meal programs. This book is filled with music, and honors the many ways that family and community can come together for change.