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'{{Infobox award |name = Coretta Scott King Award |image = |imagesize = |caption = |description = (Book Awards) the most distinguished portrayal of African American experience in literature for children or teens |presenter = Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange (EMIERT), a round table of the [[American Library Association]] (ALA) |country = United States |year = 1970 |website = {{URL|www.ala.org/csk}} }} '''The Coretta Scott King Award''' is an annual award presented by the Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table, part of the [[American Library Association]] (ALA). Named for [[Coretta Scott King]], wife of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], this award recognizes outstanding books for young adults and children by [[African Americans]] that reflect the African-American experience. Awards are given both to authors and to illustrators. The first author award was given in 1970. In 1974, the award was expanded to honor illustrators as well as authors. Starting in 1978, runner-up Author Honor Books have been recognized. Recognition of runner-up Illustrator Honor Books began in 1981. In addition, the Coretta Scott King Awards committee has given the Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, starting in 2010, and beginning in 1996 an occasional John Steptoe Award for New Talent. Like the [[Newbery Medal]] and [[Caldecott Medal]], the Coretta Scott King Awards have the potential to be used in classroom teaching and projects.<ref name="Stephens"/> {{quote|The Coretta Scott King titles represent a wide variety of literary genres at varying reading and interest levels. They not only deserve to be considered by teachers for student projects, but should also be incorporated into the curriculum as a teaching tool. &#8211; Claire Gatrell Stephens<ref name="Stephens">{{cite book |last1=Stephens |first1=Claire Gatrell |title=Coretta Scott King award books : using great literature with children and young adults |date=2000 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=1563086859 |pages=xv |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tuk9TPVb3c0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Coretta+Scott+King+Award&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi23_W286LhAhURTt8KHeIIDycQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=Coretta%20Scott%20King%20embarrassing%20introduction&f=false |accessdate= March 27, 2019}}</ref>}} ==History== The idea for the Coretta Scott King Award originated with librarian [[Glyndon Flynt Greer]].<ref name="Greer">{{cite web |title=Glyndon Flynt Greer |url=https://archives.library.illinois.edu/alaarchon/index.php?p=digitallibrary/digitalcontent&id=2675 |website=The American Library Association Archives |accessdate=27 March 2019}}</ref> At a meeting of the American Library Association in Atlantic City in 1969, Greer, librarian Mabel McKissick and publisher John M. Carroll, lamented the lack of recognition for minority writers. No person of color had won either the Newbery or Caldecott Medals at that time. Before the conference ended, a group of African American librarians had formed to promote the creation of a new award. Among them were [[Augusta Braxton Baker]], [[Charlemae Hill Rollins]], and [[Virginia Lacy Jones]].<ref name="SmithBlog">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Henrietta M. |title=Guest Blogger Post, Musings & Ponderings, Publishing 101 The Origins of the Coretta Scott King Award |url=https://blog.leeandlow.com/2013/02/25/the-origins-of-the-coretta-scott-king-award/ |website=The Open Book Blog |accessdate=27 March 2019|date=February 25, 2013}}</ref> The award's name was intentionally chosen to honor recently assassinated [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] and his wife, [[Coretta Scott King]].<ref name="Hutcherson">{{cite web |last1=Hutcherson |first1=Lori Lakin |title=CSK: 50 years strong |url=https://goodblacknews.org/tag/glyndon-flynt-greer/ |website=Good Black News |accessdate=27 March 2019}}</ref> The name also commemorates the life of Dr. King and honors the dedication Coretta Scott King had to making the world a place that welcomes all people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards|title=The Coretta Scott King Book Awards|last=admin|date=2009-01-18|website=Round Tables|language=en|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref> It was particularly fitting that the first Coretta Scott King Award was presented to [[Lillie Patterson]], a school librarian from New Jersey, for her elementary level biography ''Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace''.<ref name="SmithBlog"/> The award's first presentation was held during the 1970 New Jersey Library Association conference in Atlantic City, and its second at the corresponding conference in 1971. Early sponsors of the award included the [[New Jersey Library Association]], and the library councils of the Englewood Middle School and [[Dwight Morrow High School]].<ref name="Thompkins">{{cite book |last1=Thompkins |first1=Joyce Hollmon |title=An annotated bibliography of the Coretta Scott King Award Books from 1970-1990 |date=1993 |publisher=Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University |location=Atlanta, GA |url=http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2836&context=dissertations |accessdate=27 March 2019}}</ref>{{rp|13}} With support from [[Roger McDonough]], the third annual Coretta Scott King Award was presented during the American Library Association's 1972 Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois. However, the award was not yet officially recognized by the ALA. As of 1972, Greer moved to [[Atlanta, Georgia]]. The award was briefly sponsored by the School of Library and Information Studies at [[Atlanta University]]. An awards committee and an advisory board of mostly local librarians were formed, co-chaired by [[Ella Gaines Yates]].<ref name="Thompkins"/>{{rp|14–15}} In 1974, the award was expanded to honor illustrators as well as authors. The first illustrator to receive the award was [[George Ford (illustrator)|George Ford]], for his work in illustrating ''Ray Charles'' by [[Sharon Bell Mathis]].<ref name="LeeLow">{{cite web |title=INTERVIEWS: Ray Charles By Sharon Bell Mathis Illustrations by George Ford |url=https://www.leeandlow.com/books/ray-charles/interviews |website=Lee and Low Books |accessdate=27 March 2019}}</ref> Mathis won the author award for 1974.<ref name="Thompkins"/>{{rp|14}} Starting in 1978, runner-ups to the Author award have been recognized as Honor Books. As of 1981, runner-ups to the Illustrator award have been recognized as Honor Books. In 1979, the awards committee and the advisory board merged, forming the Coretta Scott King Award Task Force. With support from [[E. J. Josey]], the new committee became part of the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) of the American Library Association. Greer served as its first chair until her death on August 24, 1980. Harriet Brown then became acting chair.<ref name="Thompkins"/>{{rp|14–17}} Brown was succeeded by [[Effie Morris|Effie Lee Morris]] in 1981. Under Morris' leadership, the Coretta Scott King Awards were officially recognized by the executive board of the ALA. Morris wrote formal selection criteria for the awards to meet ALA's standards, and the Coretta Scott King Awards were accepted as an ALA unit award in 1982, the twelfth year that they had been given.<ref name="Thompkins"/>{{rp|14–17}}<ref name=smith/> Winning books receive a medal; honor books receive a certificate. Winning and honor books are identified by the presence on their covers of the Coretta Scott King Award Seal. The original seal was designed by artist [[Lev Mills]] in 1974, with a bronze seal on winning books and a pewter seal on honor books. In a later revision of the seal, the colors changed to bronze and black for winners, and pewter and black for honors.<ref name=about/> The award eventually changed its ALA affiliation from the SRRT to the Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT), which had become a closer match for its activities.<ref name="Bertram">{{cite web |last1=Bertram |first1=Cara |title=50 Years of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards |url=https://archives.library.illinois.edu/ala/csk/ |website=ALA Archives |accessdate=27 March 2019|date=February 13, 2019}}</ref> Dr. [[Henrietta M. Smith]] has edited four volumes, published by the American Library Association, that provide a history of the award.<ref name=smith/> ==Recipients== {|class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Coretta Scott King Book Awards winners and runners-up<ref name=winners/> !width="5%"|Year !width="10%"|Work !width="20%"|Recipient !width="30%"|Title !width="10%"|Citation |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2020 |author |[[Jerry Craft]] |''[[New Kid]]'' |Winner |- |2020 |author |[[Junauda Petrus]] |''[[The Stars and the Blackness Between Them]]'' |Honor |- |2020 |author |[[Kwame Mbalia]] |''[[Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky]]'' |Honor |- |2020 |author |[[Jason Reynolds]] |''[[Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks]]'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2020 |illustrator |[[Kadir Nelson]] |''[[The Undefeated (picture book)|The Undefeated]]'' |Winner |- |2020 |illustrator |[[James Ransome (illustrator)|James Ransome]] |''[[The Bell (children's book)|The Bell]]'' |Honor |- |2020 |illustrator |[[Ashley Bryan]] |''[[Infinite Hope|Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace]]'' |Honor |- |2020 |illustrator |[[Vashti Harrison]] |''[[Sulwe (book)|Sulwe]]'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2019 |author |{{sortname|Claire |Hartfield}} |{{sort|few red drops|''[[A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919]]''}} |Winner |- |2019 |author |{{sortname|Lesa |Cline-Ransome}} |''Finding Langston'' |Honor |- |2019 |author |{{sortname|Varian |Johnson}} |{{sort|parker inheritance|''The Parker Inheritance''}} |Honor |- |2019 |author |{{sortname|Kekla |Magoon}} |{{sort|season of styx malone|''The Season of Styx Malone''}} |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2019 |illustrator |{{sortname|Ekua |Holmes}} |{{sort|stuff of stars|''[[The Stuff of Stars]]''}} |Winner |- |2019 |illustrator |{{sortname|Laura |Freeman}} |''[[Hidden Figures (picture book)|Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race]]'' |Honor |- |2019 |illustrator |{{sortname|Frank |Morrison|Frank Morrison (illustrator)}} |''[[Let the Children March]]'' |Honor |- |2019 |illustrator |{{sortname|R. Gregory |Christie}} |[[Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968|''Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop'']] |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2018 | author | {{sort|Watson, Renee|[[Renée Watson]]}} | ''[[Piecing Me Together]]'' | Winner |- | 2018 | author | {{sort|Barnes, Derrick|[[Derrick Barnes]]}} | ''[[Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut]]'' | Honor |- | 2018 | author | {{sort|Reynolds, Jason|[[Jason Reynolds]]}} | ''[[Long Way Down (book)|Long Way Down]]'' | Honor |- | 2018 | author | {{sort|Thomas, Angie|[[Angie Thomas]]}} | {{sort|hate u give|''[[The Hate U Give]]''}} | Honor |-style="background: LightYellow; color:black" | 2018 | illustrator | {{sort|Holmes, Ekua|[[Ekua Holmes]]}} | ''Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets'' | Winner |- | 2018 | illustrator | {{sort|James, Gordon C.|[[Gordon C. James (illustrator)|Gordon C. James]]}} | ''[[Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut]]'' | Honor |- | 2018 | illustrator | {{sort|Ransome, James E.|[[James Ransome (illustrator)|James Ransome]]}} | ''[[Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman]]'' | Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2017 | author | {{sort|Lewis, John|[[John Lewis (civil rights leader)|John Lewis]]}} and {{sort|Aydin, Andrew|[[Andrew Aydin]]}} | ''[[March (comics)|March: Book Three]]'' | Winner |- | 2017 | author | {{sort|Reynolds, Jason|[[Jason Reynolds]]}} | ''[[As Brave as You]]'' | Honor |- | 2017 | author | {{sort|Bryan, Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} | ''[[Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan]]'' | Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" | 2017 | illustrator | {{sort|Steptoe, Javaka|[[Javaka Steptoe]]}} | ''[[Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat]]'' | Winner |- | 2017 | illustrator | {{sort|Christie, R. Gregory|[[R. Gregory Christie]]}} | ''[[Freedom in Congo Square]]'' | Honor |- | 2017 | illustrator | {{sort|Bryan, Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} | ''[[Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan]]'' | Honor |- | 2017 | illustrator | {{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} | ''[[In Plain Sight (book)|In Plain Sight]]'' | Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2016 | author | {{sort|Williams-Garcia, Rita|[[Rita Williams-Garcia]]}} | ''[[Gone Crazy in Alabama]]'' | Winner |- | 2016 | author | {{sort|Reynolds, Jason|[[Jason Reynolds]]}} and {{sort|Kiely, Brendan|Brendan Kiely}} | ''[[All American Boys]]'' | Honor |- | 2016 | author | {{sort|Reynolds, Jason|[[Jason Reynolds]]}} | ''[[The Boy in the Black Suit]]'' | Honor |- | 2016 | author | {{sort|Shabazz, Ilyasah|[[Ilyasah Shabazz]]}} and {{sort|Magoon,Kekla|[[Kekla Magoon]]}} | ''[[X: A Novel]]'' | Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" | 2016 | illustrator | {{sort|Collier, Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} | ''Trombone Shorty'' | Winner |- | 2016 | illustrator | {{sort|Christie, R. Gregory|[[R. Gregory Christie]]}} | {{sort|book itch|''[[The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore]]''}} | Honor |- | 2016 | illustrator | {{sort|Robinson,Christian|[[Christian Robinson]]}} | ''[[Last Stop on Market Street]]'' | Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2015 | author | {{sort|Woodson,Jacqueline|[[Jacqueline Woodson]]}} | ''[[Brown Girl Dreaming]]'' | Winner |- | 2015 | author | {{sort|Alexander,Kwame|[[Kwame Alexander]]}} | {{sort|crossover|''[[The Crossover]]''}} | Honor |- | 2015 | author | {{sort|Nelson,Marilyn|[[Marilyn Nelson]]}} | ''[[How I Discovered Poetry]]'' | Honor |- | 2015 | author | {{sort|Magoon,Kekla|[[Kekla Magoon]]}} | ''[[How It Went Down]]'' | Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" | 2015 | illustrator | {{sort|Myers,Christopher|[[Christopher Myers]]}} | ''Firebird'' | Winner |- | 2015 | illustrator | {{sort|Robinson,Christian|[[Christian Robinson]]}} | ''[[Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker]]'' | Honor |- | 2015 | illustrator | {{sort|Morrison,Frank|[[Frank Morrison (illustrator)|Frank Morrison]]}} | ''[[Little Melba and Her Big Trombone]]'' | Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2014 | author | {{sort|Williams-Garcia, Rita|[[Rita Williams-Garcia]]}} | ''[[P.S. Be Eleven]]'' | Winner |- | 2014 | author | {{sort|Lewis,John|[[John Lewis (Georgia politician)|John Lewis]] and [[Andrew Aydin]]}} | ''[[March (comics)|March: Book One]]'' | Honor |- | 2014 | author | {{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} | ''[[Darius & Twig]]'' | Honor |- | 2014 | author | {{sort|Grimes,Nikki|[[Nikki Grimes]]}} | ''[[Words with Wings]]'' | Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" | 2014 | illustrator | {{sort|Collier,Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} | ''[[Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me]]'' | Winner |- | 2014 | illustrator | {{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} | ''Nelson Mandela'' | Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2013 | author | {{sort|Pinkney,Andrea Davis|[[Andrea Davis Pinkney]]}} | ''[[Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America]]'' | Winner |- | 2013 | author | {{sort|Woodson,Jacqueline|[[Jacqueline Woodson]]}} | {{sort|dear one|''[[The Dear One]]''}} | Honor |- | 2013 | author | {{sort|Nelson,Vaunda Micheaux|[[Vaunda Micheaux Nelson]]}} | ''[[No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Micheaux, Harlem Bookseller]]'' | Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2013 |illustrator |{{sort|Collier,Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} |''[[I, Too, Am America]]'' |Winner |- |2013 |illustrator |{{sort|Minter,Daniel|[[Daniel Minter]]}} |''[[Ellen's Broom]]'' |Honor |- |2013 |illustrator |{{sort|Myers,Christopher|[[Christopher Myers]]}} |''[[H.O.R.S.E.]]'' |Honor |- |2013 |illustrator |{{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} |''[[I Have a Dream]]: [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2012 | author | {{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} | ''[[Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans]]'' | Winner |- | 2012 | author | {{sort|Greenfield,Eloise|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}} | {{sort|great migration|''[[The Great Migration: Journey to the North]]''}} | Honor |- | 2012 | author | {{sort|McKissack,Patricia |[[Patricia C. McKissack]]}} | ''[[Never Forgotten]]'' | Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" | 2012 | illustrator | {{sort|Evans,Shane W.|[[Shane W. Evans]]}} | ''[[Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom]]'' | Winner |- | 2012 | illustrator | {{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} | ''[[Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans]]'' | Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2011 |author |{{sort|Williams-Garcia,Rita|[[Rita Williams-Garcia]]}} |[[One Crazy Summer (novel)|''One Crazy Summer'']] |Winner |- |2011 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''Lockdown'' |Honor |- |2011 |author |{{sort|Rhodes,Jewell Parker|[[Jewell Parker Rhodes]]}} |''[[Ninth Ward]]'' |Honor |- |2011 |author |{{sort|Neri,G.|[[G. Neri]]}} |''[[Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty]]'' |Honor |- |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2011 |illustrator |{{sort|Collier,Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} |''[[Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave]]'' |Winner |- |2011 |illustrator |{{sort|Steptoe, Javaka|[[Javaka Steptoe]]}} |''[[Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix]]'' |Honor |- |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2010 |author |{{sort|Nelson,Vaunda Micheaux|[[Vaunda Micheaux Nelson]]}} |''[[Bad News for Outlaws|Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal]]'' |Winner |- |2010 |author |{{sort|Davis,Tanita S.|[[Tanita S. Davis]]}} |''[[Mare's War]]'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2010 |illustrator |{{sort|Smith, Charles R.|[[Charles R. Smith Jr.]]}} |[[My People (poem)|''My People'']] |Winner |- |2010 |illustrator |{{sort|Lewis,E B|[[E. B. Lewis (illustrator)|E. B. Lewis]]}} |{{sort|negro speaks of rivers|''[[The Negro Speaks of Rivers]]''}} |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2009 |author |{{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} |''[[We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball]]'' |Winner |- |2009 |author |{{sort|Smith, Hope Anita|[[Hope Anita Smith]]}} |''[[Keeping the Night Watch]]'' |Honor |- |2009 |author |{{sort|Thomas,Joyce Carol|[[Joyce Carol Thomas]]}} |{{sort|Blacker the Berry,The|''[[The Blacker the Berry (Thomas book)|The Blacker the Berry]]''}} |Honor |- |2009 |author |{{sort|Weatherford,Carole Boston|[[Carole Boston Weatherford]]}} |''[[Becoming Billie Holiday]]'' |Honor |-style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2009 |illustrator |{{sort|Cooper, Floyd|[[Floyd Cooper]]}} |{{sort|Blacker the Berry,The|''[[The Blacker the Berry (Thomas book)|The Blacker the Berry]]''}} |Winner |- |2009 |illustrator |{{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} |''[[We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball]]'' |Honor |- |2009 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |{{sort|Moon Over Star,The|''[[The Moon Over Star]]''}} |Honor |- |2009 |illustrator |{{sort|Qualls,Sean|[[Sean Qualls]]}} |''[[Before John Was a Jazz Giant]]'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2008 |author |{{sort|Curtis,Christopher Paul|[[Christopher Paul Curtis]]}} |''[[Elijah of Buxton]]'' |Winner |- |2008 |author |{{sort|Draper,Sharon|[[Sharon Draper]]}} |''[[November Blues]]'' |Honor |- |2008 |author |{{sort|Smith, Charles R.|[[Charles R. Smith Jr.]]}} |''[[Twelve Rounds to Glory|Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali]]'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2008 |illustrator |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''[[Let it Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals]]'' |Winner |- |2008 |illustrator |{{sort|Devard, Nancy|[[Nancy Devard]]}} |{{sort|Secret Olivia Told Me,The|''The Secret Olivia Told Me''}} |Honor |- |2008 |illustrator |{{sort|Dillon,Leo and Diane|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}} |''Jazz On A Saturday Night'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2007 |author |{{sort|Draper,Sharon|[[Sharon Draper]]}} |''[[Copper Sun]]'' |Winner |- |2007 |author |{{sort|Grimes,Nikki|[[Nikki Grimes]]}} |''{{sort|Road to Paris,The|[[The Road to Paris]]}}'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2007 |illustrator |{{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} |''[[Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom]]'' |Winner |- |2007 |illustrator |{{sort|Myers,Christopher|[[Christopher Myers]]}} |''[[Jazz (picture book)|Jazz]]'' |Honor |- |2007 |illustrator |{{sort|Andrews,Benny|[[Benny Andrews]]}} |''[[Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes]]'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2006 |author |{{sort|Lester,Julius|[[Julius Lester]]}} |''Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue'' |Winner |- |2006 |author |{{sort|Bolden, Tonya|[[Tonya Bolden]]}} |''Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl'' |Honor |- |2006 |author |{{sort|Grimes,Nikki|[[Nikki Grimes]]}} |''Dark Sons'' |Honor |- |2006 |author |{{sort|Nelson,Marilyn|[[Marilyn Nelson]]}} |{{sort|Wreath for Emmett Till,A|''A Wreath for Emmett Till''}} |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2006 |illustrator |{{sort|Collier,Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} |[[Rosa (children's book)|''Rosa'']] |Winner |- |2006 |illustrator |{{sort|Christie, R. Gregory|[[R. Gregory Christie]]}} |''Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2005 |author |{{sort|Morrison,Toni|[[Toni Morrison]]}} |''Remember: The Journey to School Integration'' |Winner |- |2005 |author |{{sort|Moses,Shelia P.|[[Shelia P. Moses]]}} |{{sort|Legend of Buddy Bush,The|''The Legend of Buddy Bush''}} |Honor |- |2005 |author |{{sort|Flake,Sharon C.|[[Sharon G. Flake]]}} |''Who Am I without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives'' |Honor |- |2005 |author |{{sort|Nelson,Marilyn|[[Marilyn Nelson]]}} |''Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2005 |illustrator |{{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} |''Ellington Was Not a Street'' |Winner |- |2005 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |''[[God Bless the Child (picture book)|God Bless the Child]]'' |Honor |- |2005 |illustrator |{{sort|Dillon,Leo and Diane|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}} |{{sort|People Could Fly: The Picture Book,The|''[[The People Could Fly: The Picture Book]]''}} |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2004 |author |{{sort|Johnson,Angela|[[Angela Johnson (writer)|Angela Johnson]]}} |{{sort|First Part Last,The|''[[The First Part Last]]''}}<!-- blue link --> |Winner |- |2004 |author |{{sort|McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}} |''[[Days Of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States]]'' |Honor |- |2004 |author |{{sort|Draper,Sharon|[[Sharon Draper]]}} |{{sort|Battle of Jericho,The|[[The Battle of Jericho (novel)|''The Battle of Jericho'']]}} |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2004 |illustrator |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''Beautiful Blackbird'' |Winner |- |2004 |illustrator |{{sort|Bootman, Colin|[[Colin Bootman]]}} |''Almost to Freedom'' |Honor |- |2004 |illustrator |{{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} |''Thunder Rose'' |Honor |- |2003 |illustrator |{{sort|Dillon,Leo and Diane|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}} |''Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2003 |author |{{sort|Grimes,Nikki|[[Nikki Grimes]]}} |''Bronx Masquerade'' |Winner |- |2003 |author |{{sort|Woods, Brenda|[[Brenda Woods]]}} |{{sort|Red Rose Box,The|''The Red Rose Box''}} |Honor |- |2003 |author |{{sort|Grimes,Nikki|[[Nikki Grimes]]}} |''Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2003 |illustrator |{{sort|Lewis,E B|[[E. B. Lewis (illustrator)|E. B. Lewis]]}} |''Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman'' |Winner |- |2003 |illustrator |{{sort|Collier,Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} |''Visiting Langston'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2002 |author |{{sort|Taylor,Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}} |{{sort|Land,The|''[[The Land (Mildred D. Taylor)|The Land]]''}}<!-- blue link --> |Winner |- |2002 |author |{{sort|Flake,Sharon|[[Sharon G. Flake]]}} |''Money-Hungry'' |Honor |- |2002 |author |{{sort|Nelson,Marilyn|[[Marilyn Nelson]]}} |''Carver: A Life in Poems'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2002 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |''[[Goin' Someplace Special]]'' |Winner |- |2002 |illustrator |{{sort|Collier,Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} |''[[Martin's Big Words]]'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2001 |author |{{sort|Woodson,Jacqueline|[[Jacqueline Woodson]]}} |''[[Miracle's Boys (novel)|Miracle's Boys]]'' |Winner |- |2001 |author |{{sort|Pinkney,Andrea Davis|[[Andrea Davis Pinkney]]}} |''Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2001 |illustrator |{{sort|Collier,Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} |''Uptown'' |Winner |- |2001 |illustrator |{{sort|Collier,Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} |''Freedom River'' |Honor |- |2001 |illustrator |{{sort|Christie, R. Gregory|[[R. Gregory Christie]]}} |''Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth'' |Honor |- |2001 |illustrator |{{sort|Lewis,E B|[[E. B. Lewis (illustrator)|E. B. Lewis]]}} |''Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2000 |author |{{sort|Curtis,Christopher Paul|[[Christopher Paul Curtis]]}} |''[[Bud, Not Buddy]]''<!-- blue link --> |Winner |- |2000 |author |{{sort|English,Karen|[[Karen English]]}} |''Francie'' |Honor |- |2000 |author |{{sort|McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}} |''[[Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers]]'' |Honor |- |2000 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''[[Monster (Walter Dean Myers novel)|Monster]]'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2000 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney, Brian|[[Brian Pinkney]]}} |''In the Time of the Drums'' |Winner |- |2000 |illustrator |{{sort|Lewis,E B|[[E. B. Lewis (illustrator)|E. B. Lewis]]}} |''My Rows and Piles of Coins'' |Honor |- |2000 |illustrator |{{sort|Myers,Christopher|[[Christopher Myers]]}} |''Black Cat'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1999 |author |{{sort|Johnson,Angela|[[Angela Johnson (writer)|Angela Johnson]]}} |''Heaven'' |Winner |- |1999 |author |{{sort|Grimes,Nikki|[[Nikki Grimes]]}} |''Jazmin's Notebook'' |Honor |- |1999 |author |{{sort|Hansen, Joyce and McGowan, Gary|[[Joyce Hansen]] and [[Gary McGowan]]}} |''Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground'' |Honor |- |1999 |author |{{sort|Johnson,Angela|[[Angela Johnson]]}} |{{sort|Other Side: Shorter Poems,The|''The Other Side: Shorter Poems''}} |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1999 |illustrator |{{sort|Wood, Michele|[[Michele Wood]]}} |''[[I See the Rhythm]]'' |Winner |- |1999 |illustrator |{{sort|Cooper,Floyd|[[Floyd Cooper]]}} |''I Have Heard of a Land'' |Honor |- |1999 |illustrator |{{sort|Lewis,E B|[[E. B. Lewis (illustrator)|E. B. Lewis]]}} |{{sort|Bat Boy and His Violin,The|''The Bat Boy and His Violin''}} |Honor |- |1999 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney, Brian|[[Brian Pinkney]]}} |''[[Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra]]'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1998 |author |{{sort|Draper,Sharon|[[Sharon Draper]]}} |''[[Forged by Fire (novel)|Forged By Fire]]'' |Winner |- |1998 |author |{{sort|Haskins,James|[[James Haskins]]}} |''Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement'' |Honor |- |1998 |author |{{sort|Hansen, Joyce|[[Joyce Hansen]]}} |''I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1998 |illustrator |{{sort|Steptoe, Javaka|[[Javaka Steptoe]]}} |''In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers'' |Winner |- |1998 |illustrator |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry'' |Honor |- |1998 |illustrator |{{sort|Myers,Christopher|[[Christopher Myers]]}} |''Harlem'' |Honor |- |1998 |illustrator |{{sort|Diakite, Baba Wague|[[Baba Wagué Diakité]]}} |{{sort|Hunterman and the Crocodile,The|''The Hunterman and the Crocodile''}} |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1997 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''Slam'' |Winner |- |1997 |author |{{sort|McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}} |''Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1997 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |''[[Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman]]'' |Winner |- |1997 |illustrator |{{sort|Christie, R. Gregory|[[R. Gregory Christie]]}} |{{sort|palm of my heart|''The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children''}} |Honor |- |1997 |illustrator |{{sort|Ruffins,Reynold|[[Reynold Ruffins]]}} |''Running the Road to ABC'' |Honor |- |1997 |illustrator |{{sort|Saint James, Synthia |[[Synthia Saint James]]}} |''Neeny Coming, Neeny Going'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1996 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |''Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales'' |Winner |- |1996 |author |{{sort|Curtis,Christopher Paul|[[Christopher Paul Curtis]]}} |{{sort|Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963,The|''[[The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963]]''}}<!-- blue link --> |Honor |- |1996 |author |{{sort|Williams-Garcia,Rita|[[Rita Williams-Garcia]]}} |''Like Sisters on the Homefront'' |Honor |- |1996 |author |{{sort|Woodson,Jacqueline|[[Jacqueline Woodson]]}} |''From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1996 |illustrator |{{sort|Feelings,Tom|[[Tom Feelings]]}} |{{sort|Middle Passage,The|''The Middle Passage''}} |Winner |- |1996 |illustrator |{{sort|Dillon,Leo and Diane|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}} |''Her Stories'' |Honor |- |1996 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney, Brian|[[Brian Pinkney]]}} |''[[The Faithful Friend]]'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1995 |author |{{sort|McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}} |''[[Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters]]'' |Winner |- |1995 |author |{{sort|Hansen, Joyce|[[Joyce Hansen]]}} |{{sort|Captive,The|''The Captive''}} |Honor |- |1995 |author |{{sort|Woodson,Jacqueline|[[Jacqueline Woodson]]}} |''I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This'' |Honor |- |1995 |author |{{sort|McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick Jr.<!-- whereas "Fredrick" is Fredrick Sr. -->|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and Fredrick L. McKissack, Jr.}} |''[[Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues]]'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1995 |illustrator |{{sort|Ransome, James E.|[[James Ransome (illustrator)|James Ransome]]}} |{{sort|Creation,The|''The Creation''}} |Winner |- |1995 |illustrator |{{sort|Shaffer, Teresa|[[Teresa Shaffer]]}} |{{sort|singing man|''The Singing Man''}} |Honor |- |1995 |illustrator |{{sort|Cooper, Floyd|[[Floyd Cooper]]}} |''Meet Danitra Brown'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1994 |author |{{sort|Johnson,Angela|[[Angela Johnson (writer)|Angela Johnson]]}} |''Toning the Sweep'' |Winner |- |1994 |author |{{sort|Thomas,Joyce Carol|[[Joyce Carol Thomas]]}} |''Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea'' |Honor |- |1994 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1994 |illustrator |{{sort|Feelings,Tom|[[Tom Feelings]]}} |''Soul Looks Back in Wonder'' |Winner |- |1994 |illustrator |{{sort|Cooper, Floyd|[[Floyd Cooper]]}} |''Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea'' |Honor |- |1994 |illustrator |{{sort|Ransome, James E.|[[James Ransome (illustrator)|James Ransome]]}} |''Uncle Jed's Barbershop'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1993 |author |{{sort|McKissack,Patricia |[[Patricia C. McKissack]]}} |{{sort|dark-thirdy|''The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural''}} |Winner |- |1993 |author |{{sort|McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}} |''Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?'' |Honor |- |1993 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''Somewhere in the Darkness'' |Honor |- |1993 |author |{{sort|Walter, Mildred Pitts|[[Mildred Pitts Walter]]}} |''Mississippi Challenge'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1993 |illustrator |{{sort|Wilson, Kathleen Atkins|[[Kathleen Atkins Wilson]]}} |{{sort|Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth,The|''The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth''}} |Winner |- |1993 |illustrator |{{sort|Clay, Wil|[[Wil Clay]]}} |''Little Eight John'' |Honor |- |1993 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney, Brian|[[Brian Pinkney]]}} |''Sukey and the Mermaid'' |Honor |- |1993 |illustrator |{{sort|Byard, Carole|[[Carole Byard]]}} |''Working Cotton'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1992 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom'' |Winner |- |1992 |author |{{sort|Greenfield,Eloise|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}} |''Night on Neighborhood Street'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1992 |illustrator |{{sort|Ringgold,Faith|[[Faith Ringgold]]}} |''[[Tar Beach]]'' |Winner |- |1992 |illustrator |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African American Spirituals'' |Honor |- |1992 |illustrator |{{sort|Gilchrist, Jan Spivey|[[Jan Spivey Gilchrist]]}} |''Night on Neighborhood Street'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1991 |author |{{sort|Taylor,Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}} |{{sort|Road to Memphis,The|''[[The Road to Memphis]]''}} |Winner |- |1991 |author |{{sort|Haskins,James|[[James Haskins]]}} |''Black Dance in America'' |Honor |- |1991 |author |{{sort|Johnson,Angela|[[Angela Johnson]]}} |''When I Am Old with You'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1991 |illustrator |{{sort|Dillon,Leo and Diane|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}} |''Aida'' |Winner |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1990 |author |{{sort|McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}} |{{sort|Long Hard Journey: the Story of the Pullman Porter,The|''A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter''}} |Winner |- |1990 |author |{{sort|Greenfield,Eloise|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}} |''Nathaniel Talking'' |Honor |- |1990 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |{{sort|Bells of Christmas,The|''The Bells of Christmas''}} |Honor |- |1990 |author |{{sort|Patterson, Lillie|[[Lillie Patterson]]}} |''Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1990 |illustrator |{{sort|Gilchrist, Jan Spivey|[[Jan Spivey Gilchrist]]}} |''Nathaniel Talking'' |Winner |- |1990 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |''[[The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South]]'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1989 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''[[Fallen Angels (Myers novel)|Fallen Angels]]''<!-- blue link --> |Winner |- |1989 |author |{{sort|Berry,James|[[James Berry (poet)|James Berry]]}} |{{sort|Thief in the Village and Other Stories,A|''A Thief in the Village and Other Stories''}} |Honor |- |1989 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |''Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1989 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |''[[Mirandy and Brother Wind]]'' |Winner |- |1989 |illustrator |{{sort|Ferguson,Amos|[[Amos Ferguson]]}} |''Under the Sunday Tree'' |Honor |- |1989 |illustrator |{{sort|Cummings, Pat|[[Pat Cummings (illustrator)|Pat Cummings]]}} |''Storm in the Night'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1988 |author |{{sort|Talyor,Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}} |{{sort|Friendship,The|''[[The Friendship]]''}}<!-- blue link --> |Winner |- |1988 |author |{{sort|De Veaux, Alexis |[[Alexis De Veaux]]}} |{{sort|Enchanted Hair Tale,A|''An Enchanted Hair Tale''}} |Honor |- |1988 |author |{{sort|Lester,Julius|[[Julius Lester]]}} |{{sort|Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit,The|''[[The Tales of Uncle Remus: the Adventures of Brer Rabbit (Lester book)|The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit]]''}} |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1988 |illustrator |{{sort|Steptoe,John|[[John Steptoe]]}} |''Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale'' |Winner |- |1988 |illustrator |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals'' |Honor |- |1988 |illustrator |{{sort|JoeSam|[[JoeSam]]}} |{{sort|Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua,The|''The Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua''}} |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1987 |author |{{sort|Walter, Mildred Pitts|[[Mildred Pitts Walter]]}} |''Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World'' |Winner |- |1987 |author |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales'' |Honor |- |1987 |author |{{sort|Hansen, Joyce|[[Joyce Hansen]]}} |''Which Way Freedom'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1987 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |''[[Half a Moon and One Whole Star]]'' |Winner |- |1987 |illustrator |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales'' |Honor |- |1987 |illustrator |{{sort|Cummings, Pat|[[Pat Cummings (illustrator)|Pat Cummings]]}} |''C.L.O.U.D.S.'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1986 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |{{sort|People Could Fly: American Black Folktales,The|''[[The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales]]''}} |Winner |- |1986 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |''Junius Over Far'' |Honor |- |1986 |author |{{sort|Walter, Mildred Pitts|[[Mildred Pitts Walter]]}} |''Trouble's Child'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1986 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |{{sort|Patchwork Quilt,The|''The Patchwork Quilt''}} |Winner |- |1986 |illustrator |{{sort|Dillon,Leo and Diane|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}} |{{sort|People Could Fly: American Black Folktales,The|''The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales''}} |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1985 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''[[Motown and Didi]]'' |Winner |- |1985 |author |{{sort|Boyd,Candy Dawdon|[[Candy Dawson Boyd]]}} |''Circle of Gold'' |Honor |- |1985 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |{{sort|Little Love,A|''A Little Love''}} |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1985 |illustrator |&nbsp; |&nbsp; |None |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1984 |author |{{sort|Clifton,Lucille|[[Lucille Clifton]]}} |''Everett Anderson's Goodbye'' |Winner |- |1984 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |{{sort|Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl,The|''The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl''}} |Honor |- |1984 |author |{{sort|Haskins,James|[[James Haskins]]}} |''Lena Horne'' |Honor |- |1984 |author |{{sort|Thomas,Joyce Carol|[[Joyce Carol Thomas]]}} |''Bright Shadow'' |Honor |- |1984 |author |{{sort|Walter, Mildred Pitts|[[Mildred Pitts Walter]]}} |''Because We Are'' |Honor |- style="background:Lavender; color:black" |1984 |author |{{sort|King,Coretta Scott|[[Coretta Scott King]] (editor)}} |{{sort|Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.,The|''The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr''}} |Special |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1984 |illustrator |{{sort|Cummings, Pat|[[Pat Cummings (illustrator)|Pat Cummings]]}} |''My Mama Needs Me'' |Winner |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1983 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |''[[Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush]]'' |Winner |- |1983 |author |{{sort|Lester,Julius|[[Julius Lester]]}} |''This Strange New Feeling'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1983 |illustrator |{{sort|Magubane,Peter|[[Peter Magubane]]}} |''Black Child'' |Winner |- |1983 |illustrator |{{sort|Steptoe,John|[[John Steptoe]]}} |''All the Colors of the Race'' |Honor |- |1983 |illustrator |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals'' |Honor |- |1983 |illustrator |{{sort|Cummings, Pat|[[Pat Cummings (illustrator)|Pat Cummings]]}} |''Just Us Women'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1982 |author |{{sort|Taylor,Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}} |''[[Let the Circle Be Unbroken]]'' <!-- blue link --> |Winner |- |1982 |author |{{sort|Childress,Alice|[[Alice Childress]]}} |''Rainbow Jordan'' |Honor |- |1982 |author |{{sort|Hunter,Kristin|[[Kristin Hunter]]}} |''Lou In the Limelight'' |Honor |- |1982 |author |{{sort|Mebane, Mary E.|[[Mary E. Mebane]]}} |''Mary: An Autobiography'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1982 |illustrator |{{sort|Steptoe,John|[[John Steptoe]]}} |''Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Senegal'' |Winner |- |1982 |illustrator |{{sort|Feelings,Tom|[[Tom Feelings]]}} |''Daydreamers'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1981 |author |{{sort|Poitier,Sidney|[[Sidney Poitier]]}} |''This Life'' |Winner |- |1981 |author |{{sort|De Veaux, Alexis |[[Alexis De Veaux]]}} |''Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1981 |illustrator |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum'' |Winner |- |1981 |illustrator |{{sort|Byard, Carole|[[Carole Byard]]}} |''Grandmama's Joy'' |Honor |- |1981 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |''Count on Your Fingers African Style'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1980 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |{{sort|Young Landlords,The|''The Young Landlords''}} |Winner |- |1980 |author |{{sort|Gordy,Berry|[[Berry Gordy]]}} |''Movin' Up'' |Honor |- |1980 |author |{{sort|Greenfield, Eloise and Little, Leslie Jones|[[Eloise Greenfield]] and [[Lessie Jones Little]]}} |''[[Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir]]'' |Honor |- |1980 |author |{{sort|Haskins,James|[[James Haskins]]}} |''Andrew Young: Young Man with a Mission'' |Honor |- |1980 |author |{{sort|Haskins,James|[[James Haskins]]}} |''James Van Der Zee: The Picture Takin' Man'' |Honor |- |1980 |author |{{sort|Southerland, Ellease|[[Ellease Southerland]]}} |''Let the Lion Eat Straw'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1980 |illustrator |{{sort|Byard, Carole|[[Carole Byard]]}} |''Cornrows'' |Winner |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1979 |author |{{sort|Davis,Ossie|[[Ossie Davis]]}} |''Escape to Freedom'' |Winner |- |1979 |author |{{sort|Patterson, Lillie|[[Lillie Patterson]]}} |''Benjamin Banneker'' |Honor |- |1979 |author |{{sort|Peterson, Jeanne W.|[[Jeanne W. Peterson]]}} |''I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf'' |Honor |- |1979 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |''Justice and Her Brothers'' |Honor |- |1979 |author |{{sort|Fenner,Carol|[[Carol Fenner]]}} |''Skates of Uncle Richard'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1979 |illustrator |{{sort|Feelings,Tom|[[Tom Feelings]]}} |''Something on My Mind'' |Winner |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1978 |author |{{sort|Greenfield,Eloise|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}} |''Africa Dream'' |Winner |- |1978 |author |{{sort|Faulkner, William J.|[[William J. Faulkner]]}} |{{sort|Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be,The|''The Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be''}} |Honor |- |1978 |author |{{sort|Glass, Francina|[[Francina Glass]]}} |''Marvin and Tige'' |Honor |- |1978 |author |{{sort|Greenfield,Eloise|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}} |''Mary McCleod Bethune'' |Honor |- |1978 |author |{{sort|Haskins,James|[[James Haskins]]}} |''Barbara Jordan'' |Honor |- |1978 |author |{{sort|Patterson, Lillie|[[Lillie Patterson]]}} |''Coretta Scott King'' ||Honor |- |1978 |author |{{sort|Stewart, Ruth Ann|[[Ruth Ann Stewart]]}} |''Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington'' ||Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1978 |illustrator |{{sort|Byard, Carole|[[Carole Byard]]}} |''Africa Dream'' |Winner |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1977 |author |{{sort|Haskins,James|[[James Haskins]]}} |{{sort|Story of Stevie Wonder,The|''The Story of Stevie Wonder''}} |Winner |- |1977 |author |{{sort|Clifton,Lucille|[[Lucille Clifton]]}} |''Everett Anderson's Friend'' |Honor |- |1977 |author |{{sort|Taylor,Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}} |''[[Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry]]'' <!-- blue link --> |Honor |- |1977 |author |{{sort|Blake, Clarence N. and Donald F. Martin|[[Clarence N. Blake]] and [[Donald F. Martin]]}} |''Quiz Book on Black America'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1977 |illustrator |&nbsp; |&nbsp; |None |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1976 |author |{{sort|Bailey,Pearl|[[Pearl Bailey]]}} |''Duey's Tale'' |Winner |- |1976 |author |{{sort|Graham,Shirley|[[Shirley Graham]]}} |''Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa'' |Honor |- |1976 |author |{{sort|Greenfield,Eloise|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}} |''Paul Robeson'' |Honor |- |1976 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''[[Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff]]'' |Honor |- |1976 |author |{{sort|Taylor,Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}} |''[[Song of the Trees]]'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1976 |illustrator |&nbsp; |&nbsp; |None |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1975 |author |{{sort|Robinson, Dorothy|[[Dorothy Robinson]]}} |{{sort|Legend of Africania,The|''The Legend of Africania''}} |Winner |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1975 |illustrator |&nbsp; |&nbsp; |None |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1974 |author |{{sort|Mathis, Sharon Bell|[[Sharon Bell Mathis]]}} |''Ray Charles'' |Winner |- |1974 |author |{{sort|Childress,Alice|[[Alice Childress]]}} |{{sort|hero ain't nothin but a sandwich|''[[A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich]]''}} |Honor |- |1974 |author |{{sort|Clifton,Lucille|[[Lucille Clifton]]}} |''Don't You Remember?'' |Honor |- |1974 |author |{{sort|Crane,Louise|[[Louise Crane]]}} |''Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women'' |Honor |- |1974 |author |{{sort|Hunter,Kristin|[[Kristin Hunter]]}} |''Guest in the Promise Land'' |Honor |- |1974 |author |{{sort|Nagenda,John|[[John Nagenda]]}} |''Mukasa'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1974 |illustrator |{{sort|Ford,George|George Ford}} |''Ray Charles'' |Winner |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1973 |author |{{sort|Duckett, Alfred|[[Alfred Duckett]]}} |''I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson'' |Winner |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1972 |author |{{sort|Fax,Elton C.|[[Elton Fax]]}} |''17 Black Artists'' |Winner |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1971 |author |{{sort|Rollins,Charlemae|[[Charlemae Rollins]]}} |''Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes'' |Winner |- |1971 |author |{{sort|Angelou,Maya|[[Maya Angelou]]}} |''[[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]'' <!-- blue link --> |Honor |- |1971 |author |{{sort|Chisholm,Shirley|[[Shirley Chisholm]]}} |''Unbought and Unbossed'' |Honor |- |1971 |author |{{sort|Evans,Mari|[[Mari Evans]]}} |''I Am a Black Woman'' |Honor |- |1971 |author |{{sort|Graham, Lorenz|[[Lorenz Graham]]}} |''Every Man Heart Lay Down'' |Honor |- |1971 |author |{{sort|Jordan, June and Terri Bush|[[June Jordan]] and [[Terri Bush]]}} |{{sort|voice of the children|''The Voice of the Children''}} |Honor |- |1971 |author |{{sort|Groom, Gladys and Barney Grossman|[[Gladys Groom]] and [[Barney Grossman]]}} |''Black Means'' |Honor |- |1971 |author |{{sort|Peters, Margaret W.|[[Margaret W. Peters]]}} |''Ebony Book of Black Achievement'' |Honor |- |1971 |author |{{sort|Udry,Janice May|[[Janice May Udry]]}} |''Mary Jo's Grandmother'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1970 |author |{{sort|Patterson, Lillie|[[Lillie Patterson]]}} |''Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace'' |Winner |- |} == Steptoe Award for New Talent <span id=John Steptoe Award></span>== From 1996 the Coretta Scott King Awards program includes the occasional John Steptoe Award for New Talent. Through 2012, seventeen new talents have been recognized in 18 years.<ref name=winners/> <!-- prefix "* yyyy:" plus unedited copy-and-paste --> * 1995: [[Sharon Draper]], author of ''[[Tears of a Tiger]]'' (Simon & Schuster) * 1996: none * 1997: [[Martha Southgate]], author of ''Another Way to Dance'' (Delacorte) * 1998: none * 1999: [[Sharon Flake]], author of ''[[The Skin I'm In]]'' (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion) * 1999: Eric Velasquez, illustrator of ''The Piano Man'', written by Debbie Chocolate (Walker Books for Young Readers) * 2000: none * 2001: none * 2002: [[Jerome Lagarrigue]], illustrator of ''[[Freedom Summer (book)|Freedom Summer]]'', written by [[Deborah Wiles]] (Atheneum) * 2003: [[Janet McDonald]], author of ''Chill Wind'' (Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux) * 2003: [[Randy DuBurke]], author and illustrator of ''The Moon Ring'' (Chronicle Books) * 2004: [[Hope Anita Smith]], author of ''The Way a Door Closes'', illustrated by Shane W. Evans (Henry Holt) * 2005: Barbara Hathaway, author of ''Missy Violet and Me'' (Houghton Mifflin) * 2005: Frank Morrison, illustrator of ''Jazzy Miz Mozetta'', written by Brenda C. Roberts (Farrar Straus Giroux) * 2006: Jaime Adoff, author of ''Jimi & Me'' (Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children) * 2007: Traci L. Jones, author of ''Standing Against the Wind'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) * 2008: Sundee T. Frazier, author of ''Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It'' (Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books) * 2009: Shadra Strickland, illustrator of ''Bird'', written by Zetta Elliott (Lee & Low Books) * 2010: Kekla Magoon, author of ''The Rock and the River'' (Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division) * 2011: Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon, authors of ''Zora and Me'' (Candlewick Press) * 2011: Sonia Lynn Sadler, illustrator of ''Seeds of Change'', written by Jen Cullerton Johnson (Lee & Low Books) * 2012: none * 2013: none * 2014: Theodore Taylor III, illustrator of ''When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop ''(Roaring Brook Press) * 2015: [[Jason Reynolds]], author of ''When I Was the Greatest'' (Atheneum) * 2016: [[Ronald L. Smith]], author of ''Hoodoo'' (Clarion Books) * 2016: [[Ekua Holmes]], illustrator of ''Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement'' (Candlewick Press) * 2017: [[Nicola Yoon]], author of ''The Sun Is Also a Star'' (Delacorte Press) * 2018: [[David Barclay Moore]], author of ''The Stars Beneath Our Feet'' (Alfred A. Knopf) * 2018: Charly Palmer, illustrator of ''Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song'' (Farrar Straus Giroux Books) *2019: [[Oge Mora]], illustrator of ''[[Thank You, Omu!|Thank You, Omu]]'' *2019: [[Tiffany D. Jackson]], author of ''Monday's Not Coming'' *2020: Alicia D. Williams, author of ''Gensis Begins Again'' *2020: April Harrison, author of ''What is Given from the Heart'' == Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement <span id=Virginia Hamilton Award></span>== From 2010 the Coretta Scott King Awards include the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, or Virginia Hamilton Award.<ref name=winners/><ref name=hamilton/> It is presented to creators and practitioners alternately: in even years, to an African American writer or illustrator of books for children or young adults; in odd years, to a practitioner for "active engagement with youth using award-winning African American literature for children and/or young adults, via implementation of reading and reading related activities/programs."<ref name=hamilton/> <!-- prefix "* yyyy:" plus unedited copy-and-paste --> * 2010: [[Walter Dean Myers]], author * 2011: [[Henrietta M. Smith|Dr. Henrietta Mays Smith]], professor emerita at the University of South Florida, Tampa, School of Library and Information Science * 2012: [[Ashley Bryan]], storyteller, artist, author, poet, and musician * 2013: Demetria Tucker<strong>,</strong> family and youth services librarian for the Pearl Bailey Library, a branch of the Newport News (Va.) Public Library System * 2014: [[Patricia McKissack|Patricia]] and [[Fredrick McKissack]], children's authors * 2015: Deborah D. Taylor, young adult librarian * 2016: [[Jerry Pinkney]], illustrator * 2017: Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop, Professor Emerita of Education at Ohio State University * 2018: [[Eloise Greenfield]], author *2019: Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy, Professor of Library Science and Director of the Office of University Accreditation at North Carolina Central University *2020: [[Mildred D. Taylor|Mildred Taylor]], author ==See also== {{Portal bar|Children's literature |United States}} <!-- delete the word "bar" only if/when there are enough ordinary See also --> ==References== {{reflist |25em |refs= <ref name=about> {{cite web | title = The History of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards | publisher = [[American Library Association]] (ALA) | url = http://www.ala.org/emiert/cskbookawards/about | accessdate = 27 March 2019 }}</ref> <ref name=winners> {{cite web | title = Coretta Scott King Book Award — All Recipients, 1970–Present | publisher = ALA | url = http://www.ala.org/emiert/coretta-scott-king-book-awards-all-recipients-1970-present | accessdate = 27 March 2019}}</ref> <ref name=hamilton> {{cite web | title = Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement | publisher = ALA | url = http://www.ala.org/emiert/virginia-hamilton-award-lifetime-achievement | accessdate = 27 March 2019}}</ref> <ref name=smith> Smith, Henrietta M. ''The Coretta Scott King Awards Book: from Vision to Reality''. Chicago: American Library Association. 1994. {{ISBN|978-0-8389-3441-8}}<br /> ——. ''The Coretta Scott King Awards Book, 1970–1999''. ALA. 1999. {{ISBN|978-0-8389-3496-8}}<br /> ——. ''The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970–2004''. ALA. 2004. {{ISBN|978-0-8389-3540-8}}<br /> ——. ''The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970–2009''. ALA. 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-8389-3584-2}} </ref> }} ==External links== {{Coretta Scott King}} {{American Library Association}} {{DEFAULTSORT:King Award, Coretta Scott}} <!--CATEGORIES--> [[Category:American children's literary awards]] [[Category:American Library Association awards]] [[Category:Awards established in 1970]] [[Category:Coretta Scott King]] [[Category:American librarianship and human rights]] [[Category:Literary awards honoring minority groups]] [[Category:Awards honoring African Americans]]'