 | Coretta Scott King Award Winners |
| The Coretta Scott King Award is presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table. Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American Dream." | |
Award for Narration
| 2012 | Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans. Written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson. | Y973 NE |
| 2011 | One Crazy Summer. By Rita Williams-Garcia. | Y Williams-Garcia |
| 2010 | Bad News for Outlaws. Written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. | J921 Reeves |
| 2009 | We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball . Written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson. | Y796.357 NE |
| 2008 | Elijah of Buxton. By Christopher Paul Curtis. | Y Curtis |
| 2007 | Copper Son. | WPL does not own. |
| 2006 | Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue. By Julius Lester. | Y Lester |
| 2005 | Remember: The Journey to School Integration. By Toni Morrison. | J323.1 MO |
| 2004 | The First Part Last. By Angela Johnson. | Y Johnson |
| 2003 | Bronx Masquerade. By Nikki Grimes. | Loft |
| 2002 | The Land. By Mildred D. Taylor. | Y Taylor |
| 2001 | Miracle's Boys. By Jacqueline Woodson. | Y Woodson |
| 2000 | Bud, Not Buddy. By Christopher Paul Curtis. | J or Y Curtis |
| 1999 | Heaven. By Angela Johnson. | Y Johnson |
| 1998 | Forged by Fire. By Sharon M. Draper | Y Draper |
| 1997 | Slam!. By Walter Dean Myers. | Y Myers |
| 1996 | Her Stroies: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales. By Virginia Hamilton. | J398.2 HA |
| 1995 | Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters. By Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack. | J975 McK |
| 1994 | Toning the Sweep. By Angela Johnson. | Y Johnson |
| 1993 | Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural. By Patricia C. McKissack. | J McKissack |
| 1992 | Now Is Your Time!: The African American Struggle for Freedom. By Walter Dean Myers. | Y973 MY |
| 1991 | The Road to Memphis. By Mildred D. Taylor. | Y Taylor |
| 1990 | A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter. By Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack. | Y331.88 McK |
| 1989 | Fallen Angels. By Walter Dean Myers. | F Myers |
| 1988 | The Friendship. By Mildred D. Taylor. | J Taylor |
| 1987 | Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World. By Mildred Pitts Walter. | J Walter |
| 1986 | The People Could Help: American Black Folktales. By Virginia Hamilton. | J398.2 Hamilton |
| 1985 | Motown and Didi: A Love Story. By Walter Dean Myers. | WPL does not own. |
| 1984 | Everett Anderson's Goodbye. By Lucille Clifton. | PT JE CL |
| 1983 | Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush. By Virginia Hamilton. | Y Hamilton |
| 1982 | Let the Circle Be Unbroken. By Mildred D. Taylor | Y Taylor |
| 1981 | This Life. By Sidney Poitier. | 921 P756p |
| 1980 | The Young Landlords. By Walter Dean Myers. | Y Myers |
| 1979 | Escape to Freedom: A Play About Young Frederick Douglass. By Ossie Davis. | Y812 DA |
| 1978 | Africa Dream. By Eloise Greenfield. | WPL does not own. |
| 1977 | The Story of Stevie Wonder. By James Haskins. | 1977 |
| 1976 | Duey's Tale. By Pearl Bailey. | WPL does not own. |
| 1975 | The Legend of Africana. By Dorothy Robinson. | Not in system. |
| 1974 | Ray Charles. By Sharon Bell Mathis. | J921 Charles |
| 1973 | I Never Had It Made. By Jackie Robinson, as told to Alfred Duckett. | 921 R562r |
| 1972 | Seventeen Black Artists. By Elton C. Fax. | WPL does not own. |
| 1971 | Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes. By Charlemae Rollins. | WPL does not own. |
| 1970 | Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace. By Lillie Patterson. | WPL does not own. |
Award for Illustration
| 2012 | Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom. Written and illustrated by Shane W. Evans. | JE Evans |
| 2011 | Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave. Illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill. | JE921 Dave |
| 2010 | My People. Illustrated by Charles R. Smith, Jr., text by Langston Hughes. | JE Hughes |
| 2009 | The Blacker the Berry: Poems. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper; written by Joyce Carol Thomas. | J811 TH |
| 2008 | Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals. Illustrated by Ashley Bryan. | J782.25 LE |
| 2007 | Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom . Illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford. | JE Weatherford |
| 2006 | Rosa. Illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Nikki Giovanni. | J323.1 GI |
| 2005 | Ellington Was Not a Street. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ntozake Shange. | JE Shange |
| 2004 | Beautiful Blackbird. Written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan. | J398.2 BR |
| 2003 | Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Nikki Grimes. | J921 Coleman |
| 2002 | Goin' Someplace Special. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, written by Patricia C. McKissack. | JE McKissack |
| 2001 | Uptown. Written and illustrated by Bryan Collier. | JE Collier |
| 2000 | In the Time of the Drums. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney, written by Kim L. Siegelson. | J Siegelson |
| 1999 | I See the Rhythm. Illustrated by Michele Wood, written by Toyomi Igus. | Y780 IG |
| 1998 | In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers. Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe, written by various authors. | J811 IN |
| 1997 | Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, written by Alan Schroeder. | JE Schroeder |
| 1996 | The Middle Passage: White Ships / Black Cargo. Written and illustrated by Tom Feelings. | Y759.13 FE |
| 1995 | The Creation. Illustrated by James Ransome, written by James Weldon Johnson. | JE Creation |
| 1994 | Soul Looks Back in Wonder. Written and illustrated by Tom Feelings. | J811 SO |
| 1993 | The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth. Illustrated by Kathleen Atkins Wilson, written by David A. Anderson. | WPL does not own. |
| 1992 | Tar Beach. Written and illustrated by Faith Ringgold. | JE Ringgold |
| 1991 | Aïda. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, as told by Leontyne Price. | J782.1 PR |
| 1990 | Nathaniel Talking. Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist, written by Eloise Greenfield. | J811 GR |
| 1989 | Mirandy and Brother Wind. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, written by Patricia C. McKissack. | JE McKissack |
| 1988 | Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale. Illustrated by John Steptoe. | JE Steptoe |
| 1987 | Half a Moon and One Whole Star. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, written by Crescent Dragonwagon. | JE Dragonwagon |
| 1986 | The Patchwork Quilt. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, written by Valerie Flournoy. | JE Flournoy |
| 1984 | My Mama Needs Me. Illustrated by Pat Cummings, written by Mildred Pitts Walter. | JE Walter |
| 1983 | Black Child. Written and illustrated by Peter Mugabane. | WPL does not own. |
| 1982 | Mother Crocodile = Maman-Caïman. Illustrated by John Steptoe, written by Birago Diop. | WPL does not own. |
| 1981 | Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum. Written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan. | J398.2 Bryan |
| 1980 | Cornrows. Illustrated by Carol Byard, written by Camille Yarbrough. | WPL does not own. |
| 1979 | Something on My Mind. Written and illustrated by Tom Feelings. | WPL does not own. |
| 1978 | Africa Dream. Illustrated by Carole Bayard, written by Eloise Greenfield. | WPL does not own. |
| 1974 | Ray Charles. Illustrated by George Ford, written by Sharon Bell Mathis. | J921 Charles |
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