Coretta Scott King Award
Encyclopedia
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 African American
authors and illustrators, and is awarded for books about the African American experience, that are written for a youth audience (high school or below).
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
(ALA). Named for Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader. The widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King helped lead the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.Mrs...
, wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the...
, this award recognizes outstanding African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
authors and illustrators, and is awarded for books about the African American experience, that are written for a youth audience (high school or below).
History
Lillie Patterson won the first award in 1970 for Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace. Since 1974, both author and illustrator awards are granted. Starting in 1978 Honor Books have been recognized. Illustrator Honor Books recognitions began in 1981. The Coretta Scott King Award Seal was designed by artist Lev Mills in 1974; bronze for winning books and pewter for honor books. There has since been a revision of the seal; a bronze and black seal for winners, pewter and black for honors.Recipients
| Year | Work | Recipient | Title | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | author | One Crazy Summer | Winner | |
| 2011 | author | Lockdown | Honor | |
| 2011 | author | Ninth Ward | Honor | |
| 2011 | author | Yummy | Honor | |
| 2011 | illustrator | Dave the Potter | Winner | |
| 2011 | illustrator | Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix | Honor | |
| 2010 | author | Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal | Winner | |
| 2010 | author | Mare's War | Honor | |
| 2010 | illustrator | My People | Winner | |
| 2010 | illustrator | The Negro Speaks of Rivers The Negro Speaks of Rivers "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" is a poem by American writer Langston Hughes.-Composition and publication history:Langston Hughes wrote the poem on an envelope while traveling by train to Mexico as he crossed the Mississippi River to St. Louis. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" was first published in The... |
Honor | |
| 2009 | author | We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball | Winner | |
| 2009 | author | Keeping the Night Watch | Honor | |
| 2009 | author | Honor | ||
| 2009 | author | Becoming Billie Holiday | Honor | |
| 2009 | illustrator | Winner | ||
| 2009 | illustrator | We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro Baseball League | Honor | |
| 2009 | illustrator | Honor | ||
| 2009 | illustrator | Before John Was a Jazz Giant | Honor | |
| 2008 | author | Elijah of Buxton Elijah of Buxton Elijah of Buxton is a 2007 novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. It is his fourth book. It won the 00001Coretta Scott King Award, the 2008 Newbery Honor, the 2008 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and the 2008 Book of the Year for Children Award of the Canadian Library Association-Jacket... |
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| 2008 | author | November Blues | Honor | |
| 2008 | author | Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali | Honor | |
| 2008 | illustrator | Let it Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals | Winner | |
| 2008 | illustrator | Honor | ||
| 2008 | illustrator | Jazz On A Saturday Night | Honor | |
| 2007 | author | Copper Sun | Winner | |
| 2007 | author | Honor | ||
| 2007 | illustrator | Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | Winner | |
| 2007 | illustrator | Jazz | Honor | |
| 2007 | illustrator | Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes | Honor | |
| 2006 | author | Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue | Winner | |
| 2006 | author | Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl | Honor | |
| 2006 | author | Dark Sons | Honor | |
| 2006 | author | Honor | ||
| 2006 | illustrator | Rosa | Winner | |
| 2006 | illustrator | Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan | Honor | |
| 2005 | author | Remember: The Journey to School Integration | Winner | |
| 2005 | author | Honor | ||
| 2005 | author | Who Am I without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives | Honor | |
| 2005 | author | Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem | Honor | |
| 2005 | illustrator | Ellington Was Not a Street | Winner | |
| 2005 | illustrator | God Bless the Child | Honor | |
| 2005 | illustrator | Honor | ||
| 2004 | author | Winner | ||
| 2004 | author | Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States | Honor | |
| 2004 | author | Honor | ||
| 2004 | illustrator | Beautiful Blackbird | Winner | |
| 2004 | illustrator | Almost to Freedom | Honor | |
| 2004 | illustrator | Thunder Rose | Honor | |
| 2003 | illustrator | Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles | Honor | |
| 2003 | author | Bronx Masquerade | Winner | |
| 2003 | author | Honor | ||
| 2003 | author | Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman | Honor | |
| 2003 | illustrator | Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman | Winner | |
| 2003 | illustrator | Visiting Langston | Honor | |
| 2002 | author | Winner | ||
| 2002 | author | Money-Hungry | Honor | |
| 2002 | author | Carver: A Life in Poems | Honor | |
| 2002 | illustrator | Goin' Someplace Special | Winner | |
| 2002 | illustrator | Martin's Big Words | Honor | |
| 2001 | author | Miracle's Boys | Winner | |
| 2001 | author | Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters | Honor | |
| 2001 | illustrator | Uptown | Winner | |
| 2001 | illustrator | Freedom River | Honor | |
| 2001 | illustrator | Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth | Honor | |
| 2001 | illustrator | Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys | Honor | |
| 2000 | author | Bud, Not Buddy Bud, Not Buddy Bud, Not Buddy is a 1999 children's novel by Christopher Paul Curtis. The book is the winner of the 2000 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature, as well as the Coretta Scott King Award that is given in recognition of outstanding African-American authors.-Plot summary:Bud,... |
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| 2000 | author | Francie | Honor | |
| 2000 | author | Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers | Honor | |
| 2000 | author | Monster | Honor | |
| 2000 | illustrator | In the Time of the Drums | Winner | |
| 2000 | illustrator | My Rows and Piles of Coins | Honor | |
| 2000 | illustrator | Black Cat | Honor | |
| 1999 | author | Heaven | Winner | |
| 1999 | author | Jazmin’s Notebook | Honor | |
| 1999 | author | Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York’s African Burial Ground | Honor | |
| 1999 | author | Honor | ||
| 1999 | illustrator | i see the rhythm | Winner | |
| 1999 | illustrator | I Have Heard of a Land | Honor | |
| 1999 | illustrator | Honor | ||
| 1999 | illustrator | Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra | Honor | |
| 1998 | author | Forged By Fire | Winner | |
| 1998 | author | Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement | Honor | |
| 1998 | author | I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl | Honor | |
| 1998 | illustrator | In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers | Winner | |
| 1998 | illustrator | Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry | Honor | |
| 1998 | illustrator | Harlem | Honor | |
| 1998 | illustrator | Honor | ||
| 1997 | author | Slam | Winner | |
| 1997 | author | Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts | Honor | |
| 1997 | illustrator | Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman | Winner | |
| 1997 | illustrator | The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children | Honor | |
| 1997 | illustrator | Running the Road to ABC | Honor | |
| 1997 | illustrator | Neeny Coming, Neeny Going | Honor | |
| 1996 | author | Her Stories: African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales | Winner | |
| 1996 | author | Honor | ||
| 1996 | author | Like Sisters on the Homefront | Honor | |
| 1996 | author | From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun | Honor | |
| 1996 | illustrator | Winner | ||
| 1996 | illustrator | Her Stories | Honor | |
| 1996 | illustrator | The Faithful Friend | Honor | |
| 1995 | author | Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters | Winner | |
| 1995 | author | Honor | ||
| 1995 | author | I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This | Honor | |
| 1995 | author | Black Diamond: Story of the Negro Baseball League | Honor | |
| 1995 | illustrator | Winner | ||
| 1995 | illustrator | The Singing Man | Honor | |
| 1995 | illustrator | Meet Danitra Brown | Honor | |
| 1994 | author | Toning the Sweep | Winner | |
| 1994 | author | Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea | Honor | |
| 1994 | author | Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary | Honor | |
| 1994 | illustrator | Soul Looks Back in Wonder | Winner | |
| 1994 | illustrator | Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea | Honor | |
| 1994 | illustrator | Uncle Jed's Barbershop | Honor | |
| 1993 | author | Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural | Winner | |
| 1993 | author | Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman? | Honor | |
| 1993 | author | Somewhere in the Darkness | Honor | |
| 1993 | author | Mississippi Challenge | Honor | |
| 1993 | illustrator | Winner | ||
| 1993 | illustrator | Little Eight John | Honor | |
| 1993 | illustrator | Sukey and the Mermaid | Honor | |
| 1993 | illustrator | Working Cotton | Honor | |
| 1992 | author | Now is Your Time: the African American Struggle for Freedom | Winner | |
| 1992 | author | Night on Neighborhood Street | Honor | |
| 1992 | illustrator | Tar Beach | Winner | |
| 1992 | illustrator | All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African American Spirituals | Honor | |
| 1992 | illustrator | Night on Neighborhood Street | Honor | |
| 1991 | author | Winner | ||
| 1991 | author | Black Dance in America | Honor | |
| 1991 | author | When I Am Old with You | Honor | |
| 1991 | illustrator | Aida | Winner | |
| 1990 | author | Winner | ||
| 1990 | author | Nathaniel Talking | Honor | |
| 1990 | author | Honor | ||
| 1990 | author | Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement | Honor | |
| 1990 | illustrator | Nathaniel Talking | Winner | |
| 1990 | illustrator | The Talking Eggs | Honor | |
| 1989 | author | Fallen Angels Fallen Angels (Myers novel) Fallen Angels is a 1988 young adult novel written by Walter Dean Myers, about the Vietnam war. It won the 1989 Coretta Scott King Award. Fallen Angels is listed as number 24 in the American Library Association's list of 100 most frequently challenged books of 1990–2000 due to its use of profanity... |
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| 1989 | author | Honor | ||
| 1989 | author | Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave | Honor | |
| 1989 | illustrator | Mirandy and Brother Wind | Winner | |
| 1989 | illustrator | Under the Sunday Tree | Honor | |
| 1989 | illustrator | Storm in the Night | Honor | |
| 1988 | author | Winner | ||
| 1988 | author | Honor | ||
| 1988 | author | Honor | ||
| 1988 | illustrator | Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale | Winner | |
| 1988 | illustrator | What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals | Honor | |
| 1988 | illustrator | Honor | ||
| 1987 | author | Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World | Winner | |
| 1987 | author | Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales | Honor | |
| 1987 | author | Which Way Freedom | Honor | |
| 1987 | illustrator | Half a Moon and One Whole Star | Winner | |
| 1987 | illustrator | Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales | Honor | |
| 1987 | illustrator | C.L.O.U.D.S. | Honor | |
| 1986 | author | Winner | ||
| 1986 | author | Junius Over Far | Honor | |
| 1986 | author | Trouble’s Child | Honor | |
| 1986 | illustrator | Winner | ||
| 1986 | illustrator | Honor | ||
| 1985 | author | Motown and Didi: a love story | Winner | |
| 1985 | author | Circle of Gold | Honor | |
| 1985 | author | Honor | ||
| 1985 | illustrator | None | ||
| 1984 | author | Everett Anderson’s Good-bye | Winner | |
| 1984 | author | Honor | ||
| 1984 | author | Lena Horne | Honor | |
| 1984 | author | Bright Shadow | Honor | |
| 1984 | author | Because We Are | Honor | |
| 1984 | author | Special | ||
| 1984 | illustrator | My Mama Needs Me | Winner | |
| 1983 | author | Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush | Winner | |
| 1983 | author | This Strange New Feeling | Honor | |
| 1983 | illustrator | Black Child | Winner | |
| 1983 | illustrator | All the Colors of the Race | Honor | |
| 1983 | illustrator | I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals | Honor | |
| 1983 | illustrator | Just Us Women >Honor |
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| 1982 | author | Let the Circle Be Unbroken Let the Circle Be Unbroken Let The Circle Be Unbroken is the 1981 sequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, written by Mildred D. Taylor. T.J.'s punishment is approaching, Stacey runs away to find work, and the Logan children's cousin, Suzella Rankin, tries to pass herself off as a white person, but fails which leads to... |
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| 1982 | author | Rainbow Jordan | Honor | |
| 1982 | author | Lou In the Limelight | Honor | |
| 1982 | author | Mary: An Autobiography | Honor | |
| 1982 | illustrator | Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Sengal | Winner | |
| 1982 | illustrator | Daydreamers | Honor | |
| 1981 | author | This Life | Winner | |
| 1981 | author | Don’t Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday | Honor | |
| 1981 | illustrator | Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum | Winner | |
| 1981 | illustrator | Grandmama's Joy | Honor | |
| 1981 | illustrator | Count on Your Fingers African Style | Honor | |
| 1980 | author | Winner | ||
| 1980 | author | Movin’ Up | Honor | |
| 1980 | author | Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir | Honor | |
| 1980 | author | Andrew Young: Young Man with a Mission | Honor | |
| 1980 | author | James Van Der Zee: The Picture Takin’ Man | Honor | |
| 1980 | author | Let the Lion Eat Straw | Honor | |
| 1980 | illustrator | Cornrows | Winner | |
| 1979 | author | Escape to Freedom | Winner | |
| 1979 | author | Benjamin Banneker | Honor | |
| 1979 | author | I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf | Honor | |
| 1979 | author | Justice and Her Brothers | Honor | |
| 1979 | author | Skates of Uncle Richard | Honor | |
| 1979 | illustrator | Something on My Mind | Winner | |
| 1978 | author | Africa Dream | Winner | |
| 1978 | author | Honor | ||
| 1978 | author | Marvin and Tige | Honor | |
| 1978 | author | Mary McCleod Bethune | Honor | |
| 1978 | author | Barbara Jordan | Honor | |
| 1978 | author | Coretta Scott King | Honor | |
| 1978 | author | Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington | Honor | |
| 1978 | illustrator | Africa Dream | Winner | |
| 1977 | author | Winner | ||
| 1977 | author | Everett Anderson's Friend | Honor | |
| 1977 | author | Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a 1976 children's novel by Mildred D. Taylor. The novel won the 1977 Newbery Medal. Its sequel, Let the Circle Be Unbroken, was released in 1981. It also has a prequel in 1975, Song of the Trees... |
Honor | |
| 1977 | author | Quick Book on Black America | Honor | |
| 1977 | illustrator | None | ||
| 1976 | author | Duey's Tale | Winner | |
| 1976 | author | Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa | Honor | |
| 1976 | author | Paul Robeson | Honor | |
| 1976 | author | Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff | Honor | |
| 1976 | author | Song of the Trees | Honor | |
| 1976 | illustrator | None | ||
| 1975 | author | Winner | ||
| 1975 | illustrator | None | ||
| 1974 | author | Ray Charles | Winner | |
| 1974 | author | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | Honor | |
| 1974 | author | Do You Remember? | Honor | |
| 1974 | author | Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women | Honor | |
| 1974 | author | Guest in the Promise Land | Honor | |
| 1974 | author | Mukasa | Honor | |
| 1974 | illustrator | Ray Charles | Winner | |
| 1973 | author | I Never Had It Made: the Autobiography of Jackie Robinson, as told to Alfred Duckett | Winner | |
| 1972 | author | 17 Black Artists | Winner | |
| 1971 | author | Black Troubador: Langston Hughes | Winner | |
| 1971 | author | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the 1969 autobiography about the early years of African-American writer and poet Maya Angelou. The first in a six-volume series, it is a coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of character and a love of literature can help overcome racism and trauma... |
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| 1971 | author | Unbought and Unbossed | Honor | |
| 1971 | author | I Am a Black Woman | Honor | |
| 1971 | author | Every Man Heart Lay Down | Honor | |
| 1971 | author | The Voice of the Children | Honor | |
| 1971 | author | Black Means | Honor | |
| 1971 | author | Ebony Book of Black Achievement | Honor | |
| 1971 | author | Mary Jo's Grandmother | Honor | |
| 1970 | author | Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace | Winner | |