Coretta Scott King Award Winners
For authors and illustrators whose books promote contributions to the American dream; given by the American Library Association. A separate award for illustrator was added in 1979.
Coretta Scott King is an African American noted for her tireless work for world brotherhood.
| 1970 | Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace, by Lillie Patterson |
| 1971 | Author: Black Troubador, by Langston Hughes |
| 1972 | Author: Seventeen Black Artists, by Elton C. Fax |
| 1973 | Author: I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson, by Jackie Robinson, as told to Alfred Duckett |
| 1974 | Author: Ray Charles, by Sharon Bell Mathis |
| 1975 | Author: The Legend of Africania, by Dorothy Robinson |
| 1976 | Author: Duey's Tale, by Pearl Bailey |
| 1977 | Author: The Story of Stevie Wonder, by James Haskins |
| 1978 | Author: Africa Dream, by Eloise Greenfield |
| 1979 | Author: Escape to Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick Douglass, by Ossie Davis |
| Illustrator: Something on My Mind, by Tom Feelings (Text: Nikki Grimes) | |
| 1980 | Author: The Young Landlords, by Walter Dean Myers |
| Illustrator: Cornrows, by Ashley Bryan (Text: Camille Yarbrough) | |
| 1981 | Author: This Life, by Sidney Poitier |
| Illustrator: Beat The Story-Drum, Pum-Pum, by Ashley Bryan | |
| 1982 | Author: Let the Circle Be Unbroken, by Mildred D. Taylor |
| Illustrator: Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale From Senegal, by John Steptoe (Text adapted by Rosa Guy) | |
| 1983 | Author: Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush, by Virginia Hamilton |
| Illustrator: Black Child, by Peter Magubane | |
| 1984 | Author: Everett Anderson's Goodbye, by Lucille Clifton |
| Illustrator: My Mama Needs Me, by Pat Cummings (Text: Mildred Pitts Walter) | |
| 1985 | Author: Motown Didi, by Walter Dean Myers |
| Illustrator: No award given | |
| 1986 | Author: The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales, by Virginia Hamilton |
| Illustrator: The Patchwork Quilt, by Jerry Pinkney (Text: Valerie Flournoy) | |
| 1987 | Author: Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, by Mildred Pitts Walter |
| Illustrator: Half a Moon and One Whole Star, by Jerry Pinkey (Text: Crecent Dragonwagon) | |
| 1988 | Author: The Friendship, by Mildred D. Taylor |
| Illustrator: Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale, by John Steptoe | |
| 1989 | Author: Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers |
| Illustrator: Mirandy and Brother Wind, by Jerry Pinkney (Text: Patricia McKissack) | |
| 1990 | Author: A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter, by Patricia and Frederick McKissack |
| Illustrator: Nathaniel Talking, by Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Text: Eloise Greenfield) | |
| 1991 | Author: The Road to Memphis, by Mildred D. Taylor |
| Illustrator: Aida, by Leo and Diane Dillon (Text: Leontyne Price) | |
| 1992 | Author: Now Is Your Time! The African-American Struggle for Freedom, by Walter Dean Myers |
| Illustrator: Tar Beach, by Faith Ringgold | |
| 1993 | Author: The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural, by Patricia McKissack |
| Illustrator: The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth, by Kathleen Atkins Wilson (Text: David A. Anderson) | |
| 1994 | Author: Toning the Sweep, by Angela Johnson |
| Illustrator: Soul Looks Back in Wonder, by Tom Feelings | |
| 1995 | Author: Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters, by Patricia and Frederick McKissack |
| Illustrator: The Creation, by James Ransome (Text: James Weldon Johnson) | |
| 1996 | Author: Her Stories, by Virginia Hamilton |
| Illustrator: The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo, by Tom Feelings | |
| 1997 | Author: Slam!, by Walter Dean Myers |
| Illustrator: Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman, by Jerry Pinkney (Text Alan Schroeder) | |
| 1998 | Author: Forged by Fire, by Sharon M. Draper |
| Illustrator: In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers, by Javaka Steptoe | |
| 1999 | Author: Heaven, by Angela Johnson |
| Illustrator:I See the Rhythm, by Michelle Wood | |
| 2000 | Author: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis |
| Illustrator: In the Time of the Drums illustrated by Brian Pinkney | |
| 2001 | Author: Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson |
| Illustrator: Uptown illustrated and written by Bryan Collier | |
| 2002 | Author: The Land by Mildred D. Taylor |
| Illustrator: Goin' Someplace Special illustrated by Jerry Pinkney | |
| 2003 | Author: Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes |
| Illustrator: Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by E.B. Lewis | |
| 2004 | Author: The First Part Last by Angela Johnson |
| Illustrator: Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan | |
| 2005 | Author: Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison |
| Illustrator: Ellington Was Not a Street Illustration by Kadir A. Nelson | |
| 2006 | Author: Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester |
| Illustrator: Rosa by Bryan Collier | |
| 2007 | Author: Copper Sun, by Sharon Draper |
| Illustrator: Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, by Kadir Nelson (text: Carole Boston Weatherford) |
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