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- Cathy Williams, from slave to Buffalo Soldier, Phillip Thomas Tucker
- Drop the ball, achieving more by doing less, Tiffany Dufu ; foreword by Gloria Steinem
- Hidden figures, the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
- Thyra J. Edwards, black activist in the global freedom struggle, Gregg Andrews
- The confidante, Condoleezza Rice and the creation of the Bush legacy, Glenn Kessler
- Profiles of Negro womanhood, by Sylvia G.L. Dannett. Illus.: Horace Varela. Roll of honor ports.: Tom Feelings
- Black women will save the world, an anthem, April Ryan
- Harriet Tubman, the road to freedom, Catherine Clinton
- There is a season, the riveting autobiography of Lee Jones, L. D. Jones ; foreword by Rev. Dr. John E. Montgomery II
- Prepared for a purpose, the inspiring true story of how one woman saved an Atlanta school under siege, Antoinette Tuff, with Alex Tresniowski
- Inspiration, profiles of Black women who are changing our world, edited by Crystal McCrary and Nathan Hale Williams ; photographs by Lauri Lyons
- Finding my voice, my journey to the West Wing and the path forward, Valerie Jarrett
- Prepared for a purpose, an inspiring true story of faith, courage, and compassion in crisis, Antoinette Tuff with Alex Tresniowski
- Ida B. Wells, a passion for justice, William Greaves Productions, Inc. for the American Experience ; writer, William Greaves ; producers, William Greaves, Louise Archambault
- Brothers (& me), a memoir of loving and giving, Donna Britt
- The love prison made and unmade, my story, Ebony Roberts
- I want somebody to know my name, by Cathy Meeks
- Pressure makes diamonds, becoming the woman I pretended to be, a memoir by Valerie Graves
- Essays, including biographies and miscellaneous pieces, in prose and poetry, Ann Plato ; with an introduction by Kenny J. Williams
- Harriet Tubman, imagining a life, by Beverly Lowry
- Angela Davis, an autobiography, Angela Y. Davis
- The force of a feather, the search for a lost story of slavery and freedom, DeEtta Demaratus
- Harriet Tubman, by Earl Conrad
- Black women's lives, stories of power and pain, Kristal Brent Zook
- Hidden figures, the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
- Beyond respectability, the intellectual thought of race women, Brittney C. Cooper
- When they call you a terrorist, a Black Lives Matter memoir, Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele ; with a foreword by Angela Davis
- Race woman, the lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois, Gerald Horne
- Rooted against the wind, personal essays, Gloria Wade-Gayles
- When chickenheads come home to roost, my life as a hip-hop feminist, Joan Morgan
- Homespun heroines and other women of distinction, [compiled by] Hallie Q. Brown ; with an introduction by Randall K. Burkett
- Ladies first, revelations from a strong woman, Queen Latifah with Karen Hunter ; foreword by Rita Owens
- The sisters are alright, changing the broken narrative of black women in America, Tamara Winfrey Harris
- Finding me, Viola Davis
- Somebody's daughter, a memoir, Ashley C. Ford
- Harriet Tubman, the Moses of her people, by Sarah Bradford
- Rosa Parks, a life in American history, Darryl Mace
- The other side of yet, finding light in the midst of darkness, Michelle D. Hord
- Born bright, a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America, C. Nicole Mason
- Scared silent, the Mildred Muhammad story: a memoir, Mildred Muhammad
- The real lives of strong black women, transcending myths, reclaiming joy, Toby Thompkins
- Black, white and Jewish, autobiography of a shifting self, by Rebecca Walker
- Behind the scenes, Formerly a slave, but more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Lincoln or, Thirty years a slave and four years in the White House, Elizabeth Keckley ; edited by Frances Smith Foster
- The sisters are alright, changing the broken narrative of black women in America, Tamara Winfrey Harris
- Maida Springer, Pan-Africanist and international labor leader, Yevette Richards
- What keeps me standing, a Black grandmother's guide to peace, hope & inspiration, [compiled by] Dennis Kimbro
- Balm in Gilead, journey of a healer, Sara Lawrence Lightfoot
- Preacher woman sings the blues, the autobiographies of nineteenth-century African American evangelists, Richard J. Douglass-Chin
- American daughter, by Era Bell Thompson
- Born bright, a young girl's journey from nothing to something in America, C. Nicole Mason