Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong
by Lesa Cline-Ransome, James E. Ransome (Illust.)
Beyoncé
by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl, Tammy Taylor (Illust.)
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
by Javaka Steptoe (Illust.)
Black Swans
by Laurel van der Linde, Sawyer Cloud (Illust.)
Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas
by Jeanne Walker Harvey, Loveis Wise (Illust.)
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America
by Carole Boston Weatherford, Jamey Christoph (Illust.)
Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale
by Alicia D. Williams, Jacqueline Alcántara (Illust.)
You Should Meet: Misty Copeland
by Laurie Calkhoven, Monique Dong (Illust.)
Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt
by Patricia C. McKissack, Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illust.)
Ticktock Banneker's Clock
by Shana Keller, David C. Gardner (Illust.)
Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll
by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow