Books like Jesse Owens

#1

Muhammad Ali A Champion Is Born

Gene Barretta

Themes: Olympics & Paralympics • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

#2

Something to Say

Lisa Moore Ramée

Themes: Track & Field • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

#3

Wings of an Eagle The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills

Billy Mills

Themes: Track & Field • Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics

#4

Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History

Vashti Harrison

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#5

Althea Gibson The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-foot Girl

Megan Reid

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#6

Henry Aaron’s Dream: Candlewick Biographies

Matt Tavares

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#7

Michael Jordan

Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#8

Swish! The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters

Suzanne Slade

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#9

The Hero in the Helmet Colin Kaepernick

Joa Macnalie

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#10

All Star How Larry Doby Smashed the Color Barrier in Baseball

Audrey Vernick

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#11

Who Was Jesse Owens?

James Buckley, Jr.

Themes: Olympics & Paralympics • Track & Field • African American & Black

#12

What Were the Negro Leagues?

Varian Johnson

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#13

Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#14

Slam!

Walter Dean Myers

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#15

Call Me By My Name

John Ed Bradley

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#16

Reaching for the Moon The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#17

Rosa Parks

Wil Mara

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#18

Going Back Home An Artist Returns to the South

Toyomi Igus

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#19

Simeon’s Story An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till

Simeon Wright

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#20

Claudette Colvin Twice Toward Justice

Phillip Hoose

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#21

The Sun Does Shine (Young Readers Edition) An Innocent Man, A Wrongful Conviction, and the Long Path to Justice

Anthony Ray Hinton

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#22

What Is the Civil Rights Movement?

Sherri L. Smith

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#23

A Computer Called Katherine How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon

Suzanne Slade

Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Social Topics • African American & Black

#24

I Got This: New and Expanded Edition To Gold and Beyond

Laurie Hernandez

Themes: Olympics & Paralympics • Track & Field • People & Places