- Words of promise, a story about James Weldon Johnson, by Jodie Shull ; illustrations by Ken Stetz
- Chasing King's killer, the hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin, by James L. Swanson ; foreword by Congressman John Lewis
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Jonatha A. Brown
- My daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Martin Luther King III, illustrated by AG Ford
- Martin Luther King Jr., by Ryan Nagelhout
- Martin Luther King, Jr., great civil rights leader, by Jennifer Fandel ; illustrated by Brian Bascle
- Coretta Scott King, David and Patricia Armentrout
- A. Philip Randolph, integration in the workplace, by Sarah Wright ; with an introduction by Andrew Young
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Christine Hatt
- I have a dream, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the fight for equal rights, Anita Ganeri
- Martin Luther King, Jr., minister and civil rights activist, Brendan January
- March forward, girl, from young warrior to Little Rock Nine, by Melba Pattillo Beals ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Martin Luther King, Jr., leader for civil rights, Michael A. Schuman
- Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader, by Grace Hansen
- March forward, girl, from young warrior to Little Rock Nine, by Melba Pattillo Beals ; illustrated by Frank Morrison
- Coretta Scott King and the story behind the Coretta Scott King Award, John Bankston
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett, woman of courage, by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk
- Martin Luther King Jr., Josh Gregory
- Alice Walker, Anita Croy
- Free at last, a history of the Civil Rights Movement and those who died in the struggle, Sara Bullard ; introduction by Julian Bond
- Extraordinary people of the civil rights movement, by Sheila Hardy and P. Stephen Hardy
- Fannie Lou Hamer, from sharecropping to politics, by David Rubel ; with an introduction by Andrew Young
- Thurgood Marshall, civil rights champion, D.J. Herda
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Dianne M. MacMillan
- Learning about dignity from the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Jeanne Strazzabosco
- Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights hero, Anna Claybourne
- Happy birthday, Martin Luther King, by Jean Marzollo ; illustrated by J. Brian Pinkney
- Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady and civil rights activist, written by Darlene R. Stille ; illustrated by Reed Sprunger
- Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?, by Bonnie Bader ; illustrated by Elizabeth Wolf
- Jesse Jackson, I am somebody!, by Charnan Simon
- Black & white, the confrontation of Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor, Larry Dane Brimner
- Martin Luther King, Jr., preacher, freedom fighter, peacemaker, written by Pamela Hill Nettleton ; illustrated by Garry Nichols
- Lift as you climb, the story of Ella Baker, Patricia Hruby Powell ; R. Gregory Christie
- Martin Luther King, Jr., man of peace, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
- Coretta Scott King, keeper of the dream, Sondra Henry & Emily Taitz
- M.L.K., journey of a King, by Tonya Bolden ; photo editor, Bob Adelman
- Coretta Scott King, Lisa Renee Rhodes
- Marcus Garvey and the Back to Africa movement, Stuart A. Kallen
- Eleanor Roosevelt, fighter for justice : her impact on the civil rights movement, the White House, and the world, by Ilene Cooper
- Princess of the press, the story of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Angela Shelf Medearis
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Diane Patrick
- Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist, James Haskins
- James Weldon Johnson, "Lift every voice and sing", by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack ; consulting editor, Sondra K. Wilson
- Martin Luther King, Jr., the dream of peaceful revolution, by Della Rowland ; with an introduction by Andrew Young
- Jesse Jackson, a biography, Patricia C. McKissack
- Martin Luther King, Jr., champion of civil rights, Edith Hope Fine
- Let's celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, by Barbara deRubertis ; illustrated by Gershom Griffith
- Ralph David Abernathy, by Catherine Reef
- James Farmer, Jeff Sklansky
- Jesse Jackson, Anna Kosof