Book Awards & Distinctions
for Lesa Cline-Ransome

73 Total Book Awards

Before She Was Harriet
Before She Was Harriet is on 11 State Lists

Finding Langston
Finding Langston is on 12 State Lists

My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey

Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams
Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams is on 5 State Lists

Overground Railroad
Overground Railroad is on 5 State Lists

For Lamb
For Lamb is on 5 State Lists

The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne is on 3 State Lists

Being Clem

Leaving Lymon
Leaving Lymon is on 2 State Lists

Light in the Darkness
Light in the Darkness is on 1 State List

Whale Trails: Before and Now

Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-And-White Jazz Band in History

Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician
Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician is on 2 State Lists

Loud and Proud: The Life of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm

Satchel Paige

Claudette Colvin
Claudette Colvin is on 1 State List

Freedom's School
Freedom's School is on 1 State List

Of Walden Pond: Henry David Thoreau, Frederic Tudor, and the Pond Between

One Big Open Sky

The Story of the Saxophone
The Story of the Saxophone is on 1 State List