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 |
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Victory. Stand! | 2023 - Honor | |
Swim Team | 2023 - Honor | |
Me and the Boss | 2023 - Honor | |
Victory. Stand! | 2023 - Honor | |
The Talk | 2023 - Honor | |
Star child | 2023 - Honor | |
Standing in the need of Prayer | Standing in the need of Prayer | 2023 - Winner |
Freewater | Freewater | 2023 - Winner |
King and the Dragonflies | King and the Dragonflies | 2021 - Honor |
Before The Ever After | Before the Ever After | 2021 - Winner |
“R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul | R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul | 2021 - Winner |
All the Days Past, All the Days to Come | All the Days Past, All the Days to Come | 2021 - Honor |
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box | Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box | 2021 - Honor |
Magnificent Homespun Brown | Magnificent Homespun Brown | 2021 - Honor |
Exquisite: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks | Exquisite: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks | 2021 - Honor |
Me and Mama | Me and Mama | 2021 - Honor |
New Kid | New Kid | 2020 - Winner |
Look Both Ways | Look Both Ways | 2020 - Honor |
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them | The Stars and the Blackness Between Them | 2020 - Honor |
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky | Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky | 2020 - Honor |
The Undefeated | The Undefeated | 2020 - Winner |
The Bell Rang | The Bell Rang | 2020 - Honor |
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace | Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace | 2020 - Honor |
Sulwe | Sulwe | 2020 - 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 |
Finding Langston | Finding Langston | 2019 - Honor |
Clark-Robinson, Monica | Let the Children March | 2019 - Honor |
A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 | A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 | 2019 - Winner |
The Parker Inheritance | The Parker Inheritance | 2019 - Honor |
The Season of Styx Malone | The Season of Styx Malone | 2019 - Honor |
Christie, R. Gregory | Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop | 2019 - Honor |
Colderley, Chris | Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets | 2018 - Winner |
Watson, Renée | Piecing Me Together | 2018 - Winner |
Reynolds, Jason | Long Way Down | 2018 - Honor |
Thomas, Angie | The Hate U Give | 2018 - Honor |
Holmes, Ekua | Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets | 2018 - Winner |
Alexander, Kwame | 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 |
Cline-Ransome, Lesa | Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman | 2018 - Honor |
James, Gordon C. | Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut | 2018 - Honor |
Barnes, Derrick | Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut | 2018 - 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 |
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat | Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat | 2017 - Winner |
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 |
As Brave as You | As Brave as You | 2017 - Honor |
March: Book Three | March: Book Three | 2017 - Winner |
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 |
Firebird | Firebird | 2015 - Winner |
Brown Girl Dreaming | Brown Girl Dreaming | 2015 - Winner |
JOSEPHINE: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker | JOSEPHINE: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker | 2015 - Honor |
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 |
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone | Little Melba and Her Big Trombone | 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 |
Nelson Mandela | Nelson Mandela | 2014 - Honor |
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me | Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me | 2014 - Winner |
I, Too, Am America | I, Too, Am America | 2013 - Winner |
H. O. R. S. E. | H. O. R. S. E. | 2013 - Honor |
Ellen’s Broom | Ellen’s Broom | 2013 - Honor |
I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr. | I Have a Dream | 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 |
Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America | Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America | 2013 - Winner |
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 |
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 |
Neri, G. | Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty | 2011 - Honor |
DuBurke, Randy | Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty | 2011 - Honor |
Williams-Garcia, Rita | One Crazy Summer | 2011 - Winner |
Rhodes, Jewell Parker | Ninth Ward | 2011 - Honor |
Steptoe, Javaka | Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix | 2011 - Honor |
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 |
Myers, Walter Dean | Lockdown | 2011 - Honor |
Davis, Tanita S. | Mare's War | 2010 - 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 |
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 |
Cooper, Floyd | The Blacker the Berry | 2009 - Honor |
Thomas, Joyce Carol | The Blacker the Berry | 2009 - Winner |
Nelson, Kadir | We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball | 2009 - Honor |
Aston, Dianna Hutts | The Moon Over Star | 2009 - Honor |
Pinkney, Jerry | The Moon Over Star | 2009 - Honor |
Qualls, Sean | Before John Was a Jazz Giant | 2009 - Honor |
Weatherford, Carole Boston | Before John Was a Jazz Giant | 2009 - Honor |
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 |
Smith, Hope Anita | Keeping the Night Watch | 2009 - Honor |
Thomas, Joyce Carol | 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 |
The Road to Paris | The Road to Paris | 2007 - Honor |
Copper Sun | Copper Sun | 2007 - Winner |
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | 2007 - Winner |
Jazz | Jazz | 2007 - Honor |
Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes | Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes | 2007 - Honor |
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue | Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue | 2006 - Winner |
Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl | Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl | 2006 - Honor |
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 |
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 |
God Bless the Child | God Bless the Child | 2005 - Honor |
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 |
Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman | Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman | 2003 - Honor |
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 - 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 |
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 |
Martin’s Big Words | Martin’s Big Words | 2002 - Honor |
Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys | Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys | 2001 - Honor |
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 |
My Rows and Piles of Coins | My Rows and Piles of Coins | 2000 - Honor |
Black Cat | Black Cat | 2000 - Honor |
Bud, Not Buddy | Bud, Not Buddy | 2000 - Winner |
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 |
Heaven | Heaven | 1999 - Winner |
Jazmin’s Notebook | Jazmin’s Notebook | 1999 - Winner |
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 |
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 |
The Bat Boy and His Violin | The Bat Boy and His Violin | 1999 - Honor |
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra | Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra | 1999 - 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 |
Harlem | Harlem | 1998 - Honor |
The Hunterman and the Crocodile | The Hunterman and the Crocodile | 1998 - Honor |
Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry | Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry | 1998 - 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 |
Running the Road to ABC | Running the Road to ABC | 1997 - Honor |
Neeny Coming, Neeny Going | Neeny Coming, Neeny Going | 1997 - 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 - Winner |
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 | The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 | 1996 - Honor |
Like Sisters on the Homefront | Like Sisters on the Homefront | 1996 - Honor |
The Faithful Friend | The Faithful Friend | 1996 - Honor |
Her Stories | Her Stories | 1996 - Honor |
Meet Danitra Brown | 1995 - Honor | |
The Singing Man | The Singing Man | 1995 - Honor |
The Creation | The Creation | 1995 - Winner |
Black Diamond: Story of the Negro Baseball League | Black Diamond: Story of the Negro Baseball League | 1995 - Honor |
I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This | I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This | 1995 - Honor |
The Captive | The Captive | 1995 - Honor |
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters | Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters | 1995 - Winner |
Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea | Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea | 1994 - Honor |
Toning the Sweep | Toning the Sweep | 1994 - Winner |
Uncle Jed’s Barbershop | Uncle Jed’s Barbershop | 1994 - Honor |
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 |
Mississippi Challenge | Mississippi Challenge | 1993 - Honor |
Working Cotton | Working Cotton | 1993 - Honor |
Sukey and the Mermaid | Sukey and the Mermaid | 1993 - Honor |
Little Eight John | Little Eight John | 1993 - Honor |
The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth | The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth | 1993 - Winner |
Somewhere in the Darkness | Somewhere in the Darkness | 1993 - Honor |
The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural | The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural | 1993 - Winner |
Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman? | Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman? | 1993 - Honor |
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 - Winner |
Night on Neighborhood Street | Night on Neighborhood Street | 1992 - Honor |
Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom | Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom | 1992 - Winner |
The Road to Memphis | The Road to Memphis | 1991 - Winner |
Black Dance in America | Black Dance in America | 1991 - Honor |
Aida | Aida | 1991 - Winner |
When I Am Old with You | When I Am Old with You | 1991 - Honor |
Nathaniel Talking | Nathaniel Talking | 1990 - Winner |
A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter | A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter | 1990 - Winner |
Nathaniel Talking | Nathaniel Talking | 1990 - Honor |
The Bells of Christmas | The Bells of Christmas | 1990 - Honor |
Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement | Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement | 1990 - Honor |
The Talking Eggs | The Talking Eggs | 1990 - Honor |
A Thief in the Village and Other Stories | A Thief in the Village and Other Stories | 1989 - Honor |
Storm in the Night | Storm in the Night | 1989 - Honor |
Under the Sunday Tree | Under the Sunday Tree | 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 |
Fallen Angels | Fallen Angels | 1989 - Winner |
An Enchanted Hair Tale | An Enchanted Hair Tale | 1988 - Honor |
The Friendship | The Friendship | 1988 - Winner |
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale | Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale | 1988 - Winner |
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 Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit | The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit | 1988 - Honor |
Half a Moon and One Whole Star | Half a Moon and One Whole Star | 1987 - Winner |
Which Way Freedom | Which Way Freedom | 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 |
C.L.O.U.D.S. | C.L.O.U.D.S. | 1987 - Honor |
Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales | Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales | 1987 - Honor |
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | 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 |
Trouble’s Child | Trouble’s Child | 1986 - Winner |
Circle of Gold | Circle of Gold | 1985 - Honor |
A Little Love | A Little Love | 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 |
Everett Anderson’s Goodbye | Everett Anderson’s Goodbye | 1984 - Winner |
The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl | The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl | 1984 - Honor |
Lena Horne | Lena Horne | 1984 - Honor |
Bright Shadow | Bright Shadow | 1984 - Honor |
Because We Are | Because We Are | 1984 - Honor |
My Mama Needs Me | My Mama Needs Me | 1984 - Winner |
Just Us Women | Just Us Women | 1983 - Honor |
Black Child | Black Child | 1983 - 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 |
This Strange New Feeling | This Strange New Feeling | 1983 - Honor |
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush | Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush | 1983 - Winner |
Daydreamers | Daydreamers | 1982 - Honor |
Let the Circle Be Unbroken | Let the Circle Be Unbroken | 1982 - Winner |
Rainbow Jordan | Rainbow Jordan | 1982 - Honor |
Lou in the Limelight | Lou in the Limelight | 1982 - Honor |
Mary: An Autobiography | Mary: An Autobiography | 1982 - Honor |
Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Sengal | Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Sengal | 1982 - 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 |
Grandmama’s Joy | Grandmama’s Joy | 1981 - Winner |
This Life | This Life | 1981 - Winner |
Count on Your Fingers African Style | Count on Your Fingers African Style | 1981 - 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 |
Movin’ Up | Movin’ Up | 1980 - Honor |
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 |
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 |
Justice and Her Brothers | Justice and Her Brothers | 1979 - Honor |
Africa Dream | Africa Dream | 1978 - Winner |
Africa Dream | Africa Dream | 1978 - Winner |
Coretta Scott King | Coretta Scott King | 1978 - Honor |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Quick Book on Black America | Quick Book on Black America | 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 |
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 |
Guest in the Promised Land | Guest in the Promised Land | 1974 - Honor |
Mukasa | Mukasa | 1974 - Honor |
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 |
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 |
Black Means | Black Means | 1971 - Honor |
Mary Jo's Grandmother | Mary Jo's Grandmother | 1971 - Honor |
Ebony Book of Black Achievement | Ebony Book of Black Achievement | 1971 - Honor |
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace | Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace | 1970 - Winner |