- Imperial liquor, Amaud Jamaul Johnson
- Somebody give this heart a pen, Sophia Thakur
- Light for the world to see, Kwame Alexander
- No voice too small, fourteen young Americans making history, edited by Lindsay H. Metcalf, Keila V. Dawson, and Jeanette Bradley ; illustrated by Jeanette Bradley
- Homie, poems, Danez Smith
- Black girl magic, a poem, by Mahogany L. Browne ; art by Jess X. Snow
- Not a lot of reasons to sing, but enough, words by Kyle Tran Myhre ; art by Casper Pham