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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cline-Ransome, Lesa | Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman | 2018 - Honor |
| Thomas, Angie | The Hate U Give | 2018 - Honor |
| 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 |
| Reynolds, Jason | Long Way Down | 2018 - Honor |
| Holmes, Ekua | Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets | 2018 - Winner |
| Alexander, Kwame | Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets | 2018 - Winner |
| Colderley, Chris | Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets | 2018 - Winner |
| Wentworth, Marjory | 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 |
| 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 |
| In Plain Sight | In Plain Sight | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Brown Girl Dreaming | Brown Girl Dreaming | 2015 - Winner |
| Firebird | Firebird | 2015 - Winner |
| Little Melba and Her Big Trombone | Little Melba and Her Big Trombone | 2015 - Honor |
| JOSEPHINE: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker | JOSEPHINE: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker | 2015 - Honor |
| P.S. Be Eleven | P.S. Be Eleven | 2014 - Winner |
| Words with Wings | Words with Wings | 2014 - Honor |
| Darius & Twig | Darius & Twig | 2014 - Honor |
| March: Book One | March: Book One | 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 |
| H. O. R. S. E. | H. O. R. S. E. | 2013 - Honor |
| Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America | Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America | 2013 - Winner |
| I, Too, Am America | I, Too, Am America | 2013 - Winner |
| I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr. | I Have a Dream | 2013 - Honor |
| Ellen’s Broom | Ellen’s Broom | 2013 - Honor |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Nelson, Kadir | Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans | 2012 - Honor |
| Evans, Shane W. | Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom | 2012 - Winner |
| Greenfield, Eloise | The Great Migration: Journey to the North | 2012 - Honor |
| Dillon, Diane | Never Forgotten | 2012 - Honor |
| Dillon, Leo | Never Forgotten | 2012 - Honor |
| McKissack, Patricia C. | Never Forgotten | 2012 - Honor |
| Rhodes, Jewell Parker | Ninth Ward | 2011 - Honor |
| Steptoe, Javaka | Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix | 2011 - Honor |
| Neri, G. | Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty | 2011 - Honor |
| Myers, Walter Dean | Lockdown | 2011 - Honor |
| Williams-Garcia, Rita | One Crazy Summer | 2011 - Winner |
| Golio, Gary | Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix | 2011 - Honor |
| Hill, Laban Carrick | Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave | 2011 - Winner |
| Collier, Bryan | Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave | 2011 - Winner |
| DuBurke, Randy | Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty | 2011 - Honor |
| Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux | Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall | 2010 - Winner |
| 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 |
| Davis, Tanita S. | Mare's War | 2010 - Honor |
| 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 |
| Pinkney, Jerry | The Moon Over Star | 2009 - Honor |
| Nelson, Kadir | We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball | 2009 - Honor |
| Smith, Hope Anita | Keeping the Night Watch | 2009 - Honor |
| Lewis, E.B. | Keeping the Night Watch | 2009 - Honor |
| Cooper, Floyd | Becoming Billie Holiday | 2009 - Honor |
| Aston, Dianna Hutts | The Moon Over Star | 2009 - Honor |
| Weatherford, Carole Boston | Becoming Billie Holiday | 2009 - Honor |
| Cooper, Floyd | The Blacker the Berry | 2009 - Winner |
| Thomas, Joyce Carol | The Blacker the Berry | 2009 - Winner |
| Qualls, Sean | Before John Was a Jazz Giant | 2009 - Honor |
| Weatherford, Carole Boston | Before John Was a Jazz Giant | 2009 - Honor |
| Thomas, Joyce Carol | The Blacker the Berry | 2009 - Honor |
| Cooper, Floyd | The Blacker the Berry | 2009 - Honor |
| The Secret Olivia Told Me | The Secret Olivia Told Me | 2008 - Winner |
| November Blues | November Blues | 2008 - Honor |
| Jazz On A Saturday Night | Jazz On A Saturday Night | 2008 - Honor |
| Let it Shine | Let it Shine | 2008 - Winner |
| Elijah of Buxton | Elijah of Buxton | 2008 - Winner |
| Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali | Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali | 2008 - Honor |
| Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes | Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes | 2007 - Honor |
| Jazz | Jazz | 2007 - Honor |
| Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | 2007 - Winner |
| The Road to Paris | The Road to Paris | 2007 - Honor |
| Copper Sun | Copper Sun | 2007 - Winner |
| A Wreath for Emmett Till | A Wreath for Emmett Till | 2006 - Honor |
| Dark Sons | Dark Sons | 2006 - Honor |
| Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl | Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl | 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 |
| Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue | Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue | 2006 - Winner |
| God Bless the Child | God Bless the Child | 2005 - Honor |
| Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem | Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem | 2005 - Honor |
| Ellington Was Not a Street | Ellington Was Not a Street | 2005 - Winner |
| The People Could Fly: The Picture Book | The People Could Fly: The Picture Book | 2005 - Honor |
| Remember: The Journey to School Integration | Remember: The Journey to School Integration | 2005 - Winner |
| The Legend of Buddy Bush | The Legend of Buddy Bush | 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 |
| Thunder Rose | Thunder Rose | 2004 - Honor |
| Almost to Freedom | Almost to Freedom | 2004 - Honor |
| Beautiful Blackbird | Beautiful Blackbird | 2004 - Winner |
| The Battle of Jericho | The Battle of Jericho | 2004 - Honor |
| Locomotion | Locomotion | 2004 - Honor |
| Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States | Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States | 2004 - Winner |
| The First Part Last | The First Part Last | 2004 - Winner |
| Bronx Masquerade | Bronx Masquerade | 2003 - Winner |
| The Red Rose Box | The Red Rose Box | 2003 - Honor |
| Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman | Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman | 2003 - Honor |
| 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 |
| The Land | The Land | 2002 - Winner |
| Martin’s Big Words | Martin’s Big Words | 2002 - Honor |
| Carver: A Life in Poems | Carver: A Life in Poems | 2002 - Honor |
| Money-Hungry | Money-Hungry | 2002 - Honor |
| 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 |
| Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys | Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys | 2001 - Honor |
| Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth | Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth | 2001 - Honor |
| Freedom River | Freedom River | 2001 - Honor |
| Uptown | Uptown | 2001 - Winner |
| Black Cat | Black Cat | 2000 - Honor |
| In the Time of the Drums | In the Time of the Drums | 2000 - Winner |
| Monster | Monster | 2000 - Honor |
| Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers | Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers | 2000 - Honor |
| Francie | Francie | 2000 - Honor |
| Bud, Not Buddy | Bud, Not Buddy | 2000 - Winner |
| My Rows and Piles of Coins | My Rows and Piles of Coins | 2000 - Honor |
| I Have Heard of a Land | I Have Heard of a Land | 1999 - Honor |
| Heaven | Heaven | 1999 - Winner |
| Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra | Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra | 1999 - Honor |
| The Bat Boy and His Violin | The Bat Boy and His Violin | 1999 - Honor |
| I See the Rhythm | I See the Rhythm | 1999 - Winner |
| The Other Side: Shorter Poems | The Other Side: Shorter Poems | 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 |
| Jazmin’s Notebook | Jazmin’s Notebook | 1999 - Winner |
| 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 |
| Forged by Fire | Forged by Fire | 1998 - Winner |
| 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 |
| Harlem | Harlem | 1998 - Honor |
| Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement | Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement | 1998 - Honor |
| Neeny Coming, Neeny Going | Neeny Coming, Neeny Going | 1997 - Honor |
| Running the Road to ABC | Running the Road to ABC | 1997 - Honor |
| The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children | The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children | 1997 - Honor |
| Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman | Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman | 1997 - Winner |
| Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts | Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts | 1997 - Honor |
| Slam | Slam | 1997 - Winner |
| The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 | The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 | 1996 - Honor |
| Her Stories | Her Stories | 1996 - Winner |
| Like Sisters on the Homefront | Like Sisters on the Homefront | 1996 - Honor |
| From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun | From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun | 1996 - Honor |
| The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo | The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo | 1996 - Winner |
| Her Stories | Her Stories | 1996 - Honor |
| The Faithful Friend | The Faithful Friend | 1996 - Honor |
| The Creation | The Creation | 1995 - Winner |
| The Singing Man | The Singing Man | 1995 - Honor |
| Meet Danitra Brown | 1995 - Honor | |
| Black Diamond: Story of the Negro Baseball League | Black Diamond: Story of the Negro Baseball League | 1995 - Honor |
| 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 |
| Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea | Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea | 1994 - Honor |
| 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 |
| Soul Looks Back in Wonder | Soul Looks Back in Wonder | 1994 - Winner |
| Uncle Jed’s Barbershop | Uncle Jed’s Barbershop | 1994 - Honor |
| Little Eight John | Little Eight John | 1993 - Honor |
| Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman? | Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman? | 1993 - Honor |
| Working Cotton | Working Cotton | 1993 - Honor |
| The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth | The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth | 1993 - Winner |
| The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural | The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural | 1993 - Winner |
| Mississippi Challenge | Mississippi Challenge | 1993 - Honor |
| Sukey and the Mermaid | Sukey and the Mermaid | 1993 - Honor |
| Somewhere in the Darkness | Somewhere in the Darkness | 1993 - Honor |
| Night on Neighborhood Street | Night on Neighborhood Street | 1992 - Winner |
| Night on Neighborhood Street | Night on Neighborhood Street | 1992 - Honor |
| 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 |
| Tar Beach | Tar Beach | 1992 - Winner |
| Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom | Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom | 1992 - Winner |
| When I Am Old with You | When I Am Old with You | 1991 - Honor |
| Black Dance in America | Black Dance in America | 1991 - Honor |
| The Road to Memphis | The Road to Memphis | 1991 - Winner |
| Aida | Aida | 1991 - Winner |
| 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 - 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 |
| The Bells of Christmas | The Bells of Christmas | 1990 - Honor |
| Storm in the Night | Storm in the Night | 1989 - Honor |
| Mirandy and Brother Wind | Mirandy and Brother Wind | 1989 - Winner |
| Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave | Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave | 1989 - Honor |
| A Thief in the Village and Other Stories | A Thief in the Village and Other Stories | 1989 - Honor |
| Fallen Angels | Fallen Angels | 1989 - Winner |
| Under the Sunday Tree | Under the Sunday Tree | 1989 - Honor |
| An Enchanted Hair Tale | An Enchanted Hair Tale | 1988 - Honor |
| The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit | The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit | 1988 - Honor |
| The Friendship | The Friendship | 1988 - Winner |
| Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale | Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale | 1988 - Winner |
| What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals | What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals | 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 |
| Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales | Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales | 1987 - Honor |
| Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales | Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales | 1987 - Honor |
| Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World | Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World | 1987 - Winner |
| Half a Moon and One Whole Star | Half a Moon and One Whole Star | 1987 - Winner |
| Which Way Freedom | Which Way Freedom | 1987 - Honor |
| C.L.O.U.D.S. | C.L.O.U.D.S. | 1987 - Honor |
| The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | 1986 - Honor |
| The Patchwork Quilt | The Patchwork Quilt | 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 - 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 |
| The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr. | The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1984 - Winner |
| My Mama Needs Me | My Mama Needs Me | 1984 - Winner |
| Because We Are | Because We Are | 1984 - Honor |
| Bright Shadow | Bright Shadow | 1984 - Honor |
| Lena Horne | Lena Horne | 1984 - Honor |
| The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl | The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl | 1984 - Honor |
| Everett Anderson’s Goodbye | Everett Anderson’s Goodbye | 1984 - Winner |
| I’m Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals | I’m Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals | 1983 - Honor |
| All the Colors of the Race | All the Colors of the Race | 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 |
| 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 |
| Mary: An Autobiography | Mary: An Autobiography | 1982 - Honor |
| Lou in the Limelight | Lou in the Limelight | 1982 - Honor |
| Count on Your Fingers African Style | Count on Your Fingers African Style | 1981 - Honor |
| Grandmama’s Joy | Grandmama’s Joy | 1981 - Winner |
| Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum | Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum | 1981 - Winner |
| Don’t Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday | Don’t Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday | 1981 - Honor |
| This Life | This Life | 1981 - Winner |
| Andrew Young: Young Man with a Mission | Andrew Young: Young Man with a Mission | 1980 - Honor |
| Let the Lion Eat Straw | Let the Lion Eat Straw | 1980 - Honor |
| Cornrows | Cornrows | 1980 - Winner |
| Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir | Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir | 1980 - Honor |
| Movin’ Up | Movin’ Up | 1980 - Honor |
| The Young Landlords | The Young Landlords | 1980 - Winner |
| James Van Der Zee: The Picture Takin’ Man | James Van Der Zee: The Picture Takin’ Man | 1980 - Honor |
| Justice and Her Brothers | Justice and Her Brothers | 1979 - Honor |
| Skates of Uncle Richard | Skates of Uncle Richard | 1979 - Honor |
| Escape to Freedom | Escape to Freedom | 1979 - Winner |
| Benjamin Banneker | Benjamin Banneker | 1979 - Honor |
| I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf | I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf | 1979 - Honor |
| Something on My Mind | Something on My Mind | 1979 - Winner |
| Barbara Jordan | Barbara Jordan | 1978 - Winner |
| Coretta Scott King | Coretta Scott King | 1978 - Honor |
| Mary McCleod Bethune | Mary McCleod Bethune | 1978 - Honor |
| Marvin and Tige | Marvin and Tige | 1978 - Honor |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Africa Dream | Africa Dream | 1978 - Winner |
| Africa Dream | Africa Dream | 1978 - Winner |
| Everett Anderson's Friend | Everett Anderson's Friend | 1977 - Honor |
| Quick Book on Black America | Quick Book on Black America | 1977 - Honor |
| Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry | Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry | 1977 - Honor |
| The Story of Stevie Wonder | The Story of Stevie Wonder | 1977 - Winner |
| Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa | Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa | 1976 - Honor |
| Duey’s Tale | Duey’s Tale | 1976 - Winner |
| 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 |
| Mukasa | Mukasa | 1974 - Honor |
| Guest in the Promised Land | Guest in the Promised Land | 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 |
| Do You Remember? | Do You Remember? | 1974 - Honor |
| Ray Charles | Ray Charles | 1974 - Winner |
| Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women | Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women | 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 |
| Black Troubador: Langston Hughes | Black Troubador: Langston Hughes | 1971 - Winner |
| Ebony Book of Black Achievement | Ebony Book of Black Achievement | 1971 - Honor |
| Mary Jo's Grandmother | Mary Jo's Grandmother | 1971 - Honor |
| Black Means | Black Means | 1971 - Honor |
| The Voice of the Children | The Voice of the Children | 1971 - Honor |
| Every Man Heart Lay Down | Every Man Heart Lay Down | 1971 - Honor |
| I Am a Black Woman | I Am a Black Woman | 1971 - Honor |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | 1971 - Honor |
| Unbought and Unbossed | Unbought and Unbossed | 1971 - Honor |
| Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace | Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace | 1970 - Winner |
