Coretta Scott King Book Awards
About the Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Designed to commemorate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace, the Coretta Scott King Book Awards annually recognize outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience. Further, the Award encourages the artistic expression of the black experience via literature and the graphic arts in biographical, social, and historical treatments by African American authors and illustrators.
Administered by:
| Name | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Season of Styx Malone | The Season of Styx Malone | 2019 - Honor |
| Morrison, Frank | Let the Children March | 2019 - Honor |
| Holmes, Ekua | The Stuff of Stars | 2019 - Winner |
| Bauer, Marion Dane | The Stuff of Stars | 2019 - Winner |
| Freeman, Laura | Hidden Figures | 2019 - Honor |
| Shetterly, Margot Lee | Hidden Figures | 2019 - Honor |
| Clark-Robinson, Monica | Let the Children March | 2019 - Honor |
| Christie, R. Gregory | Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop | 2019 - Honor |
| A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 | A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 | 2019 - Winner |
| Finding Langston | Finding Langston | 2019 - Honor |
| The Parker Inheritance | The Parker Inheritance | 2019 - Honor |
| Alexander, Kwame | Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets | 2018 - Winner |
| Watson, Renée | Piecing Me Together | 2018 - Winner |
| Barnes, Derrick | Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut | 2018 - Honor |
| James, Gordon C. | Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut | 2018 - Honor |
| Thomas, Angie | The Hate U Give | 2018 - Honor |
| Holmes, Ekua | Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets | 2018 - Winner |
| Reynolds, Jason | Long Way Down | 2018 - Honor |
| Colderley, Chris | Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets | 2018 - Winner |
| James, Gordon C. | Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut | 2018 - Honor |
| Barnes, Derrick | Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut | 2018 - Honor |
| Ransome, James E. | Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman | 2018 - Honor |
| Cline-Ransome, Lesa | Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman | 2018 - Honor |
| Wentworth, Marjory | Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets | 2018 - Winner |
| Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat | Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat | 2017 - Winner |
| March: Book Three | March: Book Three | 2017 - Winner |
| As Brave as You | As Brave as You | 2017 - Honor |
| Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan | Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan | 2017 - Honor |
| Freedom in Congo Square | Freedom in Congo Square | 2017 - Honor |
| Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan | Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan | 2017 - Honor |
| In Plain Sight | In Plain Sight | 2017 - Honor |
| Last Stop on Market Street | Last Stop on Market Street | 2016 - Honor |
| The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore | The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore | 2016 - Honor |
| Trombone Shorty | Trombone Shorty | 2016 - Winner |
| X: A Novel | X: A Novel | 2016 - Honor |
| The Boy in the Black Suit | The Boy in the Black Suit | 2016 - Honor |
| All American Boys | All American Boys | 2016 - Honor |
| Gone Crazy in Alabama | Gone Crazy in Alabama | 2016 - Winner |
| Brown Girl Dreaming | Brown Girl Dreaming | 2015 - Winner |
| How It Went Down | How It Went Down | 2015 - Honor |
| The Crossover | The Crossover | 2015 - Honor |
| How I Discovered Poetry | How I Discovered Poetry | 2015 - Honor |
| JOSEPHINE: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker | JOSEPHINE: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker | 2015 - Honor |
| Firebird | Firebird | 2015 - Winner |
| Little Melba and Her Big Trombone | Little Melba and Her Big Trombone | 2015 - Honor |
| Darius & Twig | Darius & Twig | 2014 - Honor |
| Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me | Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me | 2014 - Winner |
| Nelson Mandela | Nelson Mandela | 2014 - Honor |
| Words with Wings | Words with Wings | 2014 - Honor |
| P.S. Be Eleven | P.S. Be Eleven | 2014 - Winner |
| March: Book One | March: Book One | 2014 - Honor |
| I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr. | I Have a Dream | 2013 - Honor |
| Ellen’s Broom | Ellen’s Broom | 2013 - Honor |
| H. O. R. S. E. | H. O. R. S. E. | 2013 - Honor |
| I, Too, Am America | I, Too, Am America | 2013 - Winner |
| No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller | No Crystal Stair | 2013 - Honor |
| Each Kindness | Each Kindness | 2013 - Honor |
| Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America | Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America | 2013 - Winner |
| Nelson, Kadir | Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans | 2012 - Honor |
| McKissack, Patricia C. | Never Forgotten | 2012 - Honor |
| Dillon, Leo | Never Forgotten | 2012 - Honor |
| Dillon, Diane | Never Forgotten | 2012 - Honor |
| Greenfield, Eloise | The Great Migration: Journey to the North | 2012 - Honor |
| Gilchrist, Jan Spivey | The Great Migration: Journey to the North | 2012 - Honor |
| Nelson, Kadir | Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans | 2012 - Winner |
| Evans, Shane W. | Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom | 2012 - Winner |
| DuBurke, Randy | Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty | 2011 - Honor |
| Williams-Garcia, Rita | One Crazy Summer | 2011 - Winner |
| Myers, Walter Dean | Lockdown | 2011 - Honor |
| Rhodes, Jewell Parker | Ninth Ward | 2011 - Honor |
| Neri, G. | Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty | 2011 - Honor |
| Collier, Bryan | Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave | 2011 - Winner |
| Hill, Laban Carrick | Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave | 2011 - Winner |
| Golio, Gary | Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix | 2011 - Honor |
| Steptoe, Javaka | Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix | 2011 - Honor |
| Davis, Tanita S. | Mare's War | 2010 - Honor |
| Lewis, E.B. | The Negro Speaks of Rivers | 2010 - Honor |
| Hughes, Langston | The Negro Speaks of Rivers | 2010 - Honor |
| Smith, Charles R. | My People | 2010 - Winner |
| Hughes, Langston | My People | 2010 - Winner |
| Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux | Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall | 2010 - Winner |
| Nelson, Kadir | We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball | 2009 - Winner |
| Nelson, Kadir | We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball | 2009 - Winner |
| Smith, Hope Anita | Keeping the Night Watch | 2009 - Honor |
| Qualls, Sean | Before John Was a Jazz Giant | 2009 - Honor |
| Nelson, Kadir | We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball | 2009 - Honor |
| Aston, Dianna Hutts | The Moon Over Star | 2009 - Honor |
| Thomas, Joyce Carol | The Blacker the Berry | 2009 - Honor |
| Weatherford, Carole Boston | Before John Was a Jazz Giant | 2009 - Honor |
| Pinkney, Jerry | The Moon Over Star | 2009 - Honor |
| Thomas, Joyce Carol | The Blacker the Berry | 2009 - Winner |
| Cooper, Floyd | The Blacker the Berry | 2009 - Winner |
| Weatherford, Carole Boston | Becoming Billie Holiday | 2009 - Honor |
| Cooper, Floyd | Becoming Billie Holiday | 2009 - Honor |
| Lewis, E.B. | Keeping the Night Watch | 2009 - Honor |
| Cooper, Floyd | The Blacker the Berry | 2009 - Honor |
| Elijah of Buxton | Elijah of Buxton | 2008 - Winner |
| November Blues | November Blues | 2008 - Honor |
| Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali | Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali | 2008 - Honor |
| Jazz On A Saturday Night | Jazz On A Saturday Night | 2008 - Honor |
| Let it Shine | Let it Shine | 2008 - Winner |
| The Secret Olivia Told Me | The Secret Olivia Told Me | 2008 - Winner |
| Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes | Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes | 2007 - Honor |
| Jazz | Jazz | 2007 - Honor |
| Copper Sun | Copper Sun | 2007 - Winner |
| The Road to Paris | The Road to Paris | 2007 - Honor |
| Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | 2007 - Winner |
| Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl | Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl | 2006 - Honor |
| Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue | Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue | 2006 - Winner |
| Dark Sons | Dark Sons | 2006 - Honor |
| A Wreath for Emmett Till | A Wreath for Emmett Till | 2006 - Honor |
| Rosa | Rosa | 2006 - Winner |
| Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan | Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan | 2006 - Honor |
| The People Could Fly: The Picture Book | The People Could Fly: The Picture Book | 2005 - Honor |
| God Bless the Child | God Bless the Child | 2005 - Honor |
| Ellington Was Not a Street | Ellington Was Not a Street | 2005 - Winner |
| Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem | Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem | 2005 - Honor |
| Who Am I without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives | Who Am I without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives | 2005 - Honor |
| The Legend of Buddy Bush | The Legend of Buddy Bush | 2005 - Honor |
| Remember: The Journey to School Integration | Remember: The Journey to School Integration | 2005 - Winner |
| The First Part Last | The First Part Last | 2004 - Winner |
| Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States | Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States | 2004 - Winner |
| Locomotion | Locomotion | 2004 - Honor |
| The Battle of Jericho | The Battle of Jericho | 2004 - Honor |
| Beautiful Blackbird | Beautiful Blackbird | 2004 - Winner |
| Almost to Freedom | Almost to Freedom | 2004 - Honor |
| Thunder Rose | Thunder Rose | 2004 - Honor |
| Bronx Masquerade | Bronx Masquerade | 2003 - Winner |
| Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman | Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman | 2003 - Winner |
| Rap a Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles—Think of That | Rap a Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles—Think of That | 2003 - Winner |
| Visiting Langston | Visiting Langston | 2003 - Honor |
| Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman | Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman | 2003 - Honor |
| The Red Rose Box | The Red Rose Box | 2003 - Honor |
| Martin’s Big Words | Martin’s Big Words | 2002 - Honor |
| Money-Hungry | Money-Hungry | 2002 - Honor |
| Carver: A Life in Poems | Carver: A Life in Poems | 2002 - Honor |
| The Land | The Land | 2002 - Winner |
| Goin’ Someplace Special | Goin’ Someplace Special | 2002 - Winner |
| Miracle’s Boys | Miracle’s Boys | 2001 - Winner |
| Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters | Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters | 2001 - Honor |
| Uptown | Uptown | 2001 - Winner |
| Freedom River | Freedom River | 2001 - Honor |
| Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth | Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth | 2001 - Honor |
| Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys | Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys | 2001 - Honor |
| Francie | Francie | 2000 - Honor |
| Bud, Not Buddy | Bud, Not Buddy | 2000 - Winner |
| Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers | Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers | 2000 - Honor |
| Monster | Monster | 2000 - Honor |
| In the Time of the Drums | In the Time of the Drums | 2000 - Winner |
| My Rows and Piles of Coins | My Rows and Piles of Coins | 2000 - Honor |
| Black Cat | Black Cat | 2000 - Honor |
| The Bat Boy and His Violin | The Bat Boy and His Violin | 1999 - Honor |
| Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York’s African Burial Ground | Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York’s African Burial Ground | 1999 - Honor |
| Heaven | Heaven | 1999 - Winner |
| Jazmin’s Notebook | Jazmin’s Notebook | 1999 - Winner |
| The Other Side: Shorter Poems | The Other Side: Shorter Poems | 1999 - Honor |
| I See the Rhythm | I See the Rhythm | 1999 - Winner |
| I Have Heard of a Land | I Have Heard of a Land | 1999 - Honor |
| Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra | Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra | 1999 - Honor |
| Harlem | Harlem | 1998 - Honor |
| Forged by Fire | Forged by Fire | 1998 - Winner |
| Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement | Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement | 1998 - Honor |
| I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl | I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl | 1998 - Honor |
| In Daddy’s Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers | In Daddy’s Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers | 1998 - Winner |
| Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry | Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry | 1998 - Honor |
| The Hunterman and the Crocodile | The Hunterman and the Crocodile | 1998 - Honor |
| Running the Road to ABC | Running the Road to ABC | 1997 - Honor |
| Slam | Slam | 1997 - Winner |
| Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts | Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts | 1997 - Honor |
| Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman | Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman | 1997 - Winner |
| The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children | The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children | 1997 - Honor |
| Neeny Coming, Neeny Going | Neeny Coming, Neeny Going | 1997 - Honor |
| The Faithful Friend | The Faithful Friend | 1996 - Honor |
| From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun | From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun | 1996 - Honor |
| Her Stories | Her Stories | 1996 - Honor |
| The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo | The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo | 1996 - Winner |
| Like Sisters on the Homefront | Like Sisters on the Homefront | 1996 - Honor |
| The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 | The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 | 1996 - Honor |
| Her Stories | Her Stories | 1996 - Winner |
| Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters | Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters | 1995 - Winner |
| The Captive | The Captive | 1995 - Honor |
| I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This | I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This | 1995 - Honor |
| Black Diamond: Story of the Negro Baseball League | Black Diamond: Story of the Negro Baseball League | 1995 - Honor |
| The Creation | The Creation | 1995 - Winner |
| The Singing Man | The Singing Man | 1995 - Honor |
| Meet Danitra Brown | 1995 - Honor | |
| Soul Looks Back in Wonder | Soul Looks Back in Wonder | 1994 - Winner |
| Toning the Sweep | Toning the Sweep | 1994 - Winner |
| Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea | Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea | 1994 - Honor |
| Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary | Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary | 1994 - Honor |
| Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea | Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea | 1994 - Honor |
| Uncle Jed’s Barbershop | Uncle Jed’s Barbershop | 1994 - Honor |
| Somewhere in the Darkness | Somewhere in the Darkness | 1993 - Honor |
| Mississippi Challenge | Mississippi Challenge | 1993 - Honor |
| The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural | The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural | 1993 - Winner |
| The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth | The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth | 1993 - Winner |
| Little Eight John | Little Eight John | 1993 - Honor |
| Sukey and the Mermaid | Sukey and the Mermaid | 1993 - Honor |
| Working Cotton | Working Cotton | 1993 - Honor |
| Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman? | Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman? | 1993 - Honor |
| Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom | Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom | 1992 - Winner |
| Night on Neighborhood Street | Night on Neighborhood Street | 1992 - Winner |
| Tar Beach | Tar Beach | 1992 - Winner |
| All Night, All Day: A Child’s First Book of African American Spirituals | All Night, All Day: A Child’s First Book of African American Spirituals | 1992 - Honor |
| Night on Neighborhood Street | Night on Neighborhood Street | 1992 - Honor |
| The Road to Memphis | The Road to Memphis | 1991 - Winner |
| Black Dance in America | Black Dance in America | 1991 - Honor |
| When I Am Old with You | When I Am Old with You | 1991 - Honor |
| Aida | Aida | 1991 - Winner |
| The Bells of Christmas | The Bells of Christmas | 1990 - Honor |
| Nathaniel Talking | Nathaniel Talking | 1990 - Honor |
| A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter | A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter | 1990 - Winner |
| The Talking Eggs | The Talking Eggs | 1990 - Honor |
| Nathaniel Talking | Nathaniel Talking | 1990 - Winner |
| Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement | Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement | 1990 - Honor |
| Storm in the Night | Storm in the Night | 1989 - Honor |
| Fallen Angels | Fallen Angels | 1989 - Winner |
| A Thief in the Village and Other Stories | A Thief in the Village and Other Stories | 1989 - Honor |
| Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave | Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave | 1989 - Honor |
| Mirandy and Brother Wind | Mirandy and Brother Wind | 1989 - Winner |
| Under the Sunday Tree | Under the Sunday Tree | 1989 - Honor |
| Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale | Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale | 1988 - Winner |
| The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit | The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit | 1988 - Honor |
| The Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua | The Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua | 1988 - Honor |
| What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals | What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals | 1988 - Honor |
| The Friendship | The Friendship | 1988 - Winner |
| An Enchanted Hair Tale | An Enchanted Hair Tale | 1988 - Honor |
| Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales | Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales | 1987 - Honor |
| C.L.O.U.D.S. | C.L.O.U.D.S. | 1987 - Honor |
| Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World | Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World | 1987 - Winner |
| Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales | Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales | 1987 - Honor |
| Which Way Freedom | Which Way Freedom | 1987 - Honor |
| Half a Moon and One Whole Star | Half a Moon and One Whole Star | 1987 - Winner |
| The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | 1986 - Winner |
| Trouble’s Child | Trouble’s Child | 1986 - Winner |
| The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | 1986 - Honor |
| The Patchwork Quilt | The Patchwork Quilt | 1986 - Winner |
| Junius Over Far | Junius Over Far | 1986 - Honor |
| A Little Love | A Little Love | 1985 - Honor |
| Circle of Gold | Circle of Gold | 1985 - Honor |
| Motown and Didi | Motown and Didi | 1985 - Winner |
| Lena Horne | Lena Horne | 1984 - Honor |
| Bright Shadow | Bright Shadow | 1984 - Honor |
| Everett Anderson’s Goodbye | Everett Anderson’s Goodbye | 1984 - Winner |
| Because We Are | Because We Are | 1984 - Honor |
| My Mama Needs Me | My Mama Needs Me | 1984 - Winner |
| The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr. | The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1984 - Winner |
| The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl | The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl | 1984 - Honor |
| All the Colors of the Race | All the Colors of the Race | 1983 - Honor |
| I’m Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals | I’m Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals | 1983 - Honor |
| Black Child | Black Child | 1983 - Winner |
| This Strange New Feeling | This Strange New Feeling | 1983 - Honor |
| Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush | Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush | 1983 - Winner |
| Just Us Women | Just Us Women | 1983 - Honor |
| Mary: An Autobiography | Mary: An Autobiography | 1982 - Honor |
| Lou in the Limelight | Lou in the Limelight | 1982 - Honor |
| Rainbow Jordan | Rainbow Jordan | 1982 - Honor |
| Let the Circle Be Unbroken | Let the Circle Be Unbroken | 1982 - Winner |
| Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Sengal | Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Sengal | 1982 - Winner |
| Daydreamers | Daydreamers | 1982 - Honor |
| This Life | This Life | 1981 - Winner |
| Don’t Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday | Don’t Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday | 1981 - Honor |
| Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum | Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum | 1981 - Winner |
| Grandmama’s Joy | Grandmama’s Joy | 1981 - Winner |
| Count on Your Fingers African Style | Count on Your Fingers African Style | 1981 - Honor |
| Movin’ Up | Movin’ Up | 1980 - Honor |
| Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir | Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir | 1980 - Honor |
| Andrew Young: Young Man with a Mission | Andrew Young: Young Man with a Mission | 1980 - Honor |
| James Van Der Zee: The Picture Takin’ Man | James Van Der Zee: The Picture Takin’ Man | 1980 - Honor |
| Let the Lion Eat Straw | Let the Lion Eat Straw | 1980 - Honor |
| Cornrows | Cornrows | 1980 - Winner |
| The Young Landlords | The Young Landlords | 1980 - Winner |
| Something on My Mind | Something on My Mind | 1979 - Winner |
| Skates of Uncle Richard | Skates of Uncle Richard | 1979 - Honor |
| I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf | I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf | 1979 - Honor |
| Benjamin Banneker | Benjamin Banneker | 1979 - Honor |
| Escape to Freedom | Escape to Freedom | 1979 - Winner |
| Justice and Her Brothers | Justice and Her Brothers | 1979 - Honor |
| Africa Dream | Africa Dream | 1978 - Winner |
| Africa Dream | Africa Dream | 1978 - Winner |
| Barbara Jordan | Barbara Jordan | 1978 - Winner |
| The Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be | The Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be | 1978 - Honor |
| Marvin and Tige | Marvin and Tige | 1978 - Honor |
| Mary McCleod Bethune | Mary McCleod Bethune | 1978 - Honor |
| Coretta Scott King | Coretta Scott King | 1978 - Honor |
| Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington | Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington | 1978 - Honor |
| Quick Book on Black America | Quick Book on Black America | 1977 - Honor |
| The Story of Stevie Wonder | The Story of Stevie Wonder | 1977 - Winner |
| Everett Anderson's Friend | Everett Anderson's Friend | 1977 - Honor |
| Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry | Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry | 1977 - Honor |
| Duey’s Tale | Duey’s Tale | 1976 - Winner |
| Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa | Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa | 1976 - Honor |
| Paul Robeson | Paul Robeson | 1976 - Honor |
| Fast Sam, Cool Clyde and Stuff | Fast Sam, Cool Clyde and Stuff | 1976 - Honor |
| Song of the Trees | Song of the Trees | 1976 - Honor |
| The Legend of Africana | The Legend of Africana | 1975 - Winner |
| Ray Charles | Ray Charles | 1974 - Winner |
| Do You Remember? | Do You Remember? | 1974 - Honor |
| Ray Charles | Ray Charles | 1974 - Winner |
| A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich | A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich | 1974 - Honor |
| Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women | Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women | 1974 - Honor |
| Guest in the Promised Land | Guest in the Promised Land | 1974 - Honor |
| Mukasa | Mukasa | 1974 - Honor |
| I Never Had it Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson | I Never Had it Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson | 1973 - Winner |
| 17 Black Artists | 17 Black Artists | 1972 - Winner |
| Mary Jo's Grandmother | Mary Jo's Grandmother | 1971 - Honor |
| Black Troubador: Langston Hughes | Black Troubador: Langston Hughes | 1971 - Winner |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | 1971 - Honor |
| Unbought and Unbossed | Unbought and Unbossed | 1971 - Honor |
| I Am a Black Woman | I Am a Black Woman | 1971 - Honor |
| Every Man Heart Lay Down | Every Man Heart Lay Down | 1971 - Honor |
| The Voice of the Children | The Voice of the Children | 1971 - Honor |
| Ebony Book of Black Achievement | Ebony Book of Black Achievement | 1971 - Honor |
| Black Means | Black Means | 1971 - Honor |
| Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace | Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace | 1970 - Winner |
