Coretta Scott King Book Awards
From the Coretta Scott King Book Awards home page:
“The CSK Award has grown since its inception in the late 1960s. At its humble inception at the May 1970 dinner gala of the New Jersey Library Association, Lillie Patterson was honored for her biography, Martin Luther King, Jr. Man of Peace. In 1972, CSK held its first breakfast at an ALA conference site (but without ALA recognition). Official affiliation with SRRT came in 1980 and in 1982 the American Library Association recognized the Coretta Scott King Award as an association award.”
Coretta Scott King award books [electronic resource] : using great literature with children and young adults by Why are there no illustrator awards for the early 1970's?
Prior to 1974 the Coretta Scott King Awards were given to authors only. The first illustrator award was presented in 1974 and in 1978 was presented with more regularity (no award in 1985).
| Year | Author | Illustrator |
| 2019 | A few red drops | The stuff of stars |
| 2018 | Piecing me together | Out of wonder |
| 2017 | March: Book three | Radiant child: the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat |
| 2016 | Gone Crazy in Alabama | Trombone Shorty |
| 2015 | Brown Girl Dreaming | Firebird: ballerina Misty Copeland shows a young girl how to dance |
| 2014 | Knock, Knock: My Dad's Dream For Me |
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| 2013 | Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America |
I, Too, Am America |
| 2012 | Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans |
Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom |
| 2011 | One Crazy Summer |
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave |
| 2010 | Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall |
My People |
| Year | Author | Illustrator |
| 2009 | We Are the Ships: The Story of Negro League Baseball |
The Blacker the Berry |
| 2008 | Elijah of Buxton |
Let it Shine |
| 2007 | Copper Sun |
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom |
| 2006 | Day of Tears |
Rosa |
| 2005 | Remember: The Journey to School Integration |
Ellington Was Not a Street |
| 2004 | The First Part |
Beautiful Blackbird |
| 2003 | Bronx Masquerade |
Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman |
| 2002 | The Land |
Goin' Someplace Special |
| 2001 | Miracle's Boys |
Uptown |
| 2000 | Bud, Not Buddy |
In the Time of the Drums |
| Year | Author | Illustrator |
| 1999 | Heaven |
I See the Rhythm |
| 1998 | Forged By Fire |
In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers |
| 1997 | Slam |
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman |
| 1996 | Her Stories |
The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo |
| 1995 | Christmas in thte Big House, Christmas in th Quarters |
The Creation |
| 1994 | Toning the Sweep |
Soul Looks Back in Wonder |
| 1993 | Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural |
The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth |
| 1992 | Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom |
All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African American Spirituals |
| 1991 | The Road to Memphis |
Aida |
| 1990 | A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter |
Nathaniel Talking |
| Year | Author | Illustrator |
| 1989 | Fallen Angels |
Mirandy and Brother Wind |
| 1988 | The Friendship | Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale |
| 1987 | Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World |
Half a Moon and One Whole Star |
| 1986 | The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales |
The Patchwork Quilt |
| 1985 | Motown and Didi |
No Award Given |
| 1984 | Everett Anderson's Good-Bye |
My Mama Needs Me |
| 1983 | Sweet Whispers |
Black Child |
| 1982 | Let the Circle Be Unbroken |
Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Sengal |
| 1981 | This is Life | Grandmama's Joy |
| 1980 | The Young Landlords | Cornrows |
| Year | Author | Illustrator |
| 1979 | Escape to Freedom | Something on My Mind |
| 1978 | African Dreamer | African Dream |
| 1977 | The Story of Stevie Wonder | No Award Given |
| 1976 | Duey's Tale | No Award Given |
| 1975 | The Legend of Africana | No Award Given |
| 1974 | Ray Charles | Ray Charles |
| 1973 | I Never Had it Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson | |
| 1972 | 17 Black Artists | |
| 1971 | Black Troubador: Langston Hughes | |
| 1970 | Martin Luther King Jr: Man of Peace |