Acho, Emmanuel. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy.New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2021.
Adapted from Emmanuel Acho's New York Times bestseller Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, this young readers edition aims at opening a dialogue about systemic racism with our youngest generation. Approaching every awkward, taboo, and uncomfortable question with openness and patience, Emmanuel Acho connects his own experience with race and racism—from attending majority-white prep schools to his time in the NFL playing on majority-black football teams—to insightful lessons in black history and black culture.

Otfinoski, Steven. The Civil War (Step into history series.) New York, NY: Scholastic, 2017.
This book details major events of the U.S. Civil War, as well as the war's cultural impact.

Cohen-Janca, Irène. Ruby, Head High.Mankato, MN:Creative Editions, 2019.
Inspired by an iconic Norman Rockwell painting and translated from an original French text, this is a story about the day a little girl in New Orleans held her head high and changed the world.

Stanchak, John E. Civil War.New York, NY: DK Publishing, 2015.
Examines aspects of the Civil War, including the issue of slavery, secession, the raising of armies, individual battles, the commanders, Northern life, Confederate culture, the surrender of the South, and the aftermath.

Tate, Don. William Still and His Freedom Stories.Atlanta, Georgia: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc., 2020.
This is the biographical story of William Still, known as the Father of the Underground Railroad from award-winning author-illustrator Don Tate. William Still's parents escaped slavery but had to leave two of their children behind, a tragedy that haunted the family. As a young man, William went to work for the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, where he raised money, planned rescues, and helped freedom seekers who had traveled north. And then one day, a strangely familiar man came into William's office, searching for information about his long-lost family. Could it be? Motivated by his own family's experience, William began collecting the stories of thousands of other freedom seekers. As a result, he was able to reunite other families and build a remarkable source of information, including encounters with Harriet Tubman, Henry "Box" Brown, and William and Ellen Craft.

Weatherford, Carole Boston. Box.Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2020.
Henry Brown mails himself to freedom. With illustrations in rich hues and patterns by artist Michele Wood, “Box” is augmented with historical records and an introductory excerpt from Henry's own writing as well as a timeline, notes from the author and illustrator, and a bibliography.