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.
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| Name | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Me and Mama | Me and Mama | 2021 - Honor |
| Exquisite: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks | Exquisite: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks | 2021 - Honor |
| Magnificent Homespun Brown | Magnificent Homespun Brown | 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 |
| King and the Dragonflies | King and the Dragonflies | 2021 - Honor |
| All the Days Past, All the Days to Come | All the Days Past, All the Days to Come | 2021 - Honor |
| “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 |
| Before The Ever After | Before the Ever After | 2021 - Winner |
| Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky | Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky | 2020 - 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 |
| 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 |
| The Undefeated | The Undefeated | 2020 - Winner |
| The Bell Rang | The Bell Rang | 2020 - Honor |
| Sulwe | Sulwe | 2020 - Honor |
| Clark-Robinson, Monica | Let the Children March | 2019 - Honor |
| Holmes, Ekua | The Stuff of Stars | 2019 - Winner |
| Freeman, Laura | Hidden Figures | 2019 - Honor |
| Shetterly, Margot Lee | Hidden Figures | 2019 - Honor |
| Morrison, Frank | Let the Children March | 2019 - Honor |
| Bauer, Marion Dane | The Stuff of Stars | 2019 - Winner |
| Christie, R. Gregory | Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop | 2019 - Honor |
| Finding Langston | Finding Langston | 2019 - Honor |
| The Parker Inheritance | The Parker Inheritance | 2019 - Honor |
| The Season of Styx Malone | The Season of Styx Malone | 2019 - Honor |
| A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 | A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 | 2019 - Winner |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| March: Book Three | March: Book Three | 2017 - Winner |
| Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat | Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat | 2017 - Winner |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| As Brave as You | As Brave as You | 2017 - 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 |
| The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore | The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore | 2016 - Honor |
| Last Stop on Market Street | Last Stop on Market Street | 2016 - Honor |
| Brown Girl Dreaming | Brown Girl Dreaming | 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 |
| Firebird | Firebird | 2015 - Winner |
| How It Went Down | How It Went Down | 2015 - Honor |
| How I Discovered Poetry | How I Discovered Poetry | 2015 - Honor |
| The Crossover | The Crossover | 2015 - Honor |
| Nelson Mandela | Nelson Mandela | 2014 - Honor |
| 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 |
| P.S. Be Eleven | P.S. Be Eleven | 2014 - Winner |
| 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 |
| Each Kindness | Each Kindness | 2013 - Honor |
| No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller | No Crystal Stair | 2013 - Honor |
| I, Too, Am America | I, Too, Am America | 2013 - Winner |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Gilchrist, Jan Spivey | The Great Migration: Journey to the North | 2012 - Honor |
| Myers, Walter Dean | Lockdown | 2011 - Honor |
| Rhodes, Jewell Parker | Ninth Ward | 2011 - Honor |
| Williams-Garcia, Rita | One Crazy Summer | 2011 - Winner |
| 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 |
| DuBurke, Randy | Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty | 2011 - Honor |
| Neri, G. | 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 |
| Davis, Tanita S. | Mare's War | 2010 - Honor |
| Hughes, Langston | The Negro Speaks of Rivers | 2010 - Honor |
| Smith, Charles R. | My People | 2010 - Winner |
| Hughes, Langston | My People | 2010 - Winner |
| Lewis, E.B. | The Negro Speaks of Rivers | 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 |
| Smith, Hope Anita | Keeping the Night Watch | 2009 - Honor |
| Qualls, Sean | Before John Was a Jazz Giant | 2009 - Honor |
| Thomas, Joyce Carol | The Blacker the Berry | 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 |
| 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 |
| Jazz | Jazz | 2007 - Honor |
| Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes | Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes | 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 |
| The Road to Paris | The Road to Paris | 2007 - 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 |
| Dark Sons | Dark Sons | 2006 - Honor |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| God Bless the Child | God Bless the Child | 2005 - Honor |
| The People Could Fly: The Picture Book | The People Could Fly: The Picture Book | 2005 - 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 |
| Locomotion | Locomotion | 2004 - Honor |
| The First Part Last | The First Part Last | 2004 - Winner |
| 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 |
| Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman | Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman | 2003 - 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 |
| 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 |
| Money-Hungry | Money-Hungry | 2002 - Honor |
| Martin’s Big Words | Martin’s Big Words | 2002 - Honor |
| Goin’ Someplace Special | Goin’ Someplace Special | 2002 - Winner |
| The Land | The Land | 2002 - Winner |
| Carver: A Life in Poems | Carver: A Life in Poems | 2002 - Honor |
| Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys | Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys | 2001 - Honor |
| Freedom River | Freedom River | 2001 - Honor |
| Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth | Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth | 2001 - Honor |
| Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters | Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters | 2001 - Honor |
| Uptown | Uptown | 2001 - Winner |
| Miracle’s Boys | Miracle’s Boys | 2001 - Winner |
| Black Cat | Black Cat | 2000 - Honor |
| 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 |
| My Rows and Piles of Coins | My Rows and Piles of Coins | 2000 - Honor |
| Bud, Not Buddy | Bud, Not Buddy | 2000 - Winner |
| Francie | Francie | 2000 - Honor |
| In the Time of the Drums | In the Time of the Drums | 2000 - 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 Have Heard of a Land | I Have Heard of a Land | 1999 - Honor |
| I See the Rhythm | I See the Rhythm | 1999 - Winner |
| The Other Side: Shorter Poems | The Other Side: Shorter Poems | 1999 - Honor |
| Jazmin’s Notebook | Jazmin’s Notebook | 1999 - Winner |
| Heaven | Heaven | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Harlem | Harlem | 1998 - Honor |
| The Hunterman and the Crocodile | The Hunterman and the Crocodile | 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 |
| Like Sisters on the Homefront | Like Sisters on the Homefront | 1996 - Honor |
| Her Stories | Her Stories | 1996 - Winner |
| 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 Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 | The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 | 1996 - Honor |
| Meet Danitra Brown | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth | The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth | 1993 - Winner |
| Working Cotton | Working Cotton | 1993 - Honor |
| Sukey and the Mermaid | Sukey and the Mermaid | 1993 - 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 |
| Mississippi Challenge | Mississippi Challenge | 1993 - Honor |
| The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural | The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural | 1993 - Winner |
| 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 |
| Aida | Aida | 1991 - Winner |
| 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 |
| A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter | A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter | 1990 - Winner |
| 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 |
| Nathaniel Talking | Nathaniel Talking | 1990 - Winner |
| The Talking Eggs | The Talking Eggs | 1990 - Honor |
| Nathaniel Talking | Nathaniel Talking | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The Patchwork Quilt | The Patchwork Quilt | 1986 - 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 |
| Junius Over Far | Junius Over Far | 1986 - Honor |
| The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | 1986 - Honor |
| Motown and Didi | Motown and Didi | 1985 - Winner |
| Circle of Gold | Circle of Gold | 1985 - Honor |
| A Little Love | A Little Love | 1985 - Honor |
| 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 |
| The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr. | The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1984 - Winner |
| 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 |
| Just Us Women | Just Us Women | 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 |
| 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 |
| Daydreamers | Daydreamers | 1982 - Honor |
| Count on Your Fingers African Style | Count on Your Fingers African Style | 1981 - Honor |
| Grandmama’s Joy | Grandmama’s Joy | 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 |
| This Life | This Life | 1981 - Winner |
| The Young Landlords | The Young Landlords | 1980 - Winner |
| 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 |
| Benjamin Banneker | Benjamin Banneker | 1979 - Honor |
| Escape to Freedom | Escape to Freedom | 1979 - Winner |
| 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 |
| Skates of Uncle Richard | Skates of Uncle Richard | 1979 - Honor |
| Something on My Mind | Something on My Mind | 1979 - Winner |
| Mary McCleod Bethune | Mary McCleod Bethune | 1978 - Honor |
| Africa Dream | Africa Dream | 1978 - Winner |
| 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 |
| Coretta Scott King | Coretta Scott King | 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 |
| Barbara Jordan | Barbara Jordan | 1978 - Winner |
| Africa Dream | Africa Dream | 1978 - Winner |
| 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 |
| Fast Sam, Cool Clyde and Stuff | Fast Sam, Cool Clyde and Stuff | 1976 - 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Ray Charles | Ray Charles | 1974 - Winner |
| 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 |
| Every Man Heart Lay Down | Every Man Heart Lay Down | 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 |
| Ebony Book of Black Achievement | Ebony Book of Black Achievement | 1971 - Honor |
| I Am a Black Woman | I Am a Black Woman | 1971 - Honor |
| Unbought and Unbossed | Unbought and Unbossed | 1971 - Honor |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | 1971 - Honor |
| Black Troubador: Langston Hughes | Black Troubador: Langston Hughes | 1971 - Winner |
| Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace | Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace | 1970 - Winner |
