Coretta Scott King Award

Coretta Scott King Award
Awarded for	(Book Awards) the most distinguished portrayal of African American experience in literature for children or teens
Country	United States
Presented by	Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange (EMIERT), a round table of the American Library Association (ALA)
First awarded	1970
Official website	ala.org/ala/cskbookawards

The Coretta Scott King Award is an annual award presented by the Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table, part of the American Library Association (ALA). Named for Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., this award recognizes outstanding African American authors and illustrators, and is awarded for books about the African-American experience that are written for a youth audience (high school or elementary).

History

Lillie Patterson won the first award in 1970 for Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace. Since 1974, both author and illustrator awards are granted. Starting in 1978 Honor Books have been recognized. Illustrator Honor Books recognitions began in 1981. The Coretta Scott King Award Seal was designed by artist Lev Mills in 1974; bronze for winning books and pewter for honor books. There has since been a revision of the seal; a bronze and black seal for winners, pewter and black for honors.^[1] Dr. Henrietta M. Smith edited four volumes published by the American Library Association that provide a history of the award.^[2]

Recipients

Coretta Scott King Book Awards winners and runners-up^[3]
Year	Work	Recipient	Title	Citation
2016	author	Williams-Garcia, Rita !Rita Williams-Garcia	Gone Crazy in Alabama	Winner
2016	author	Reynolds, Jason !Jason Reynolds and Kiely, Brendan !Brendan Kiely	All American Boys	Honor
2016	author	Reynolds, Jason !Jason Reynolds	The Boy in the Black Suit	Honor
2016	author	Shabazz, Ilyasah !Ilyasah Shabazz and Magoon,Kekla !Kekla Magoon	X: A Novel	Honor
2016	illustrator	Collier, Bryan !Bryan Collier	Trombone Shorty	Winner
2016	illustrator	Christie, R. Gregory !R. Gregory Christie	The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore	Honor
2016	illustrator	Robinson,Christian !Christian Robinson	Last Stop on Market Street	Honor
2015	author	Woodson,Jacqueline !Jacqueline Woodson	Brown Girl Dreaming	Winner
2015	author	Alexander,Kwame !Kwame Alexander	The Crossover	Honor
2015	author	Nelson,Marilyn !Marilyn Nelson	How I Discovered Poetry	Honor
2015	author	Magoon,Kekla !Kekla Magoon	How It Went Down	Honor
2015	illustrator	Myers,Christopher !Christopher Myers	Firebird	Winner
2015	illustrator	Robinson,Christian !Christian Robinson	Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker	Honor
2015	illustrator	Morrison,Frank !Frank Morisson	Little Melba and Her Big Trombone	Honor
2014	author	Williams-Garcia, Rita !Rita Williams-Garcia	P.S. Be Eleven	Winner
2014	author	Lewis,John !John Lewis and Andrew Aydin	March: Book One	Honor
2014	author	Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers	Darius & Twig	Honor
2014	author	Grimes,Nikki !Nikki Grimes	Words with Wings	Honor
2014	illustrator	Collier,Bryan !Bryan Collier	Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me	Winner
2014	illustrator	Nelson,Kadir !Kadir Nelson	Nelson Mandela	Honor
2013	author	Pinkney,Andrea Davis !Andrea Davis Pinkney	Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America	Winner
2013	author	Woodson,Jacqueline !Jacqueline Woodson	The Dear One	Honor
2013	author	Nelson,Vaunda Micheaux !Vaunda Micheaux Nelson	No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Micheaux, Harlem Bookseller	Honor
2013	illustrator	Collier,Bryan !Bryan Collier	I, Too, Am America	Winner
2013	illustrator	Minter,Daniel !Daniel Minter	Ellen's Broom	Honor
2013	illustrator	Myers,Christopher !Christopher Myers	H.O.R.S.E.	Honor
2013	illustrator	Nelson,Kadir !Kadir Nelson	I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr.	Honor
2012	author	Nelson,Kadir !Kadir Nelson	Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans	Winner
2012	author	Greenfield,Eloise !Eloise Greenfield	The Great Migration: Journey to the North	Honor
2012	author	McKissack,Patricia !Patricia C. McKissack	Never Forgotten	Honor
2012	illustrator	Evans,Shane W. !Shane W. Evans	Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom	Winner
2012	illustrator	Nelson,Kadir !Kadir Nelson	Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans	Honor
2011	author	Williams-Garcia,Rita !Rita Williams-Garcia	One Crazy Summer	Winner
2011	author	Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers	Lockdown	Honor
2011	author	Rhodes,Jewell Parker !Jewell Parker Rhodes	Ninth Ward	Honor
2011	author	Neri,G. !G. Neri	Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty	Honor
2011	illustrator	Collier,Bryan !Bryan Collier	Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave	Winner
2011	illustrator	Steptoe,Javaka !Javaka Steptoe	Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix	Honor
2010	author	Nelson,Vaunda Micheaux !Vaunda Micheaux Nelson	Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal	Winner
2010	author	Davis,Tanita S. !Tanita S. Davis	Mare's War	Honor
2010	illustrator	Smith, Charles R. !Charles S. Smith, Jr.	My People	Winner
2010	illustrator	Lewis,E B !E. B. Lewis	The Negro Speaks of Rivers	Honor
2009	author	Nelson,Kadir !Kadir Nelson	We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball	Winner
2009	author	Smith, Hope Anita !Hope Anita Smith	Keeping the Night Watch	Honor
2009	author	Thomas,Joyce Carol !Joyce Carol Thomas	Blacker the Berry,The !The Blacker the Berry	Honor
2009	author	Weatherford,Carole Boston !Carole Boston Weatherford	Becoming Billie Holiday	Honor
2009	illustrator	Cooper, Floyd !Floyd Cooper	Blacker the Berry,The !The Blacker the Berry	Winner
2009	illustrator	Nelson,Kadir !Kadir Nelson	We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball	Honor
2009	illustrator	Pinkney,Jerry !Jerry Pinkney	Moon Over Star,The !The Moon Over Star	Honor
2009	illustrator	Qualls,Sean !Sean Qualls	Before John Was a Jazz Giant	Honor
2008	author	Curtis,Christopher Paul !Christopher Paul Curtis	Elijah of Buxton	Winner
2008	author	Draper,Sharon !Sharon Draper	November Blues	Honor
2008	author	Smith, Charles R. !Charles R. Smith Jr.	Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali	Honor
2008	illustrator	Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan	Let it Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals	Winner
2008	illustrator	Devard, Nancy !Nancy Devard	Secret Olivia Told Me,The !The Secret Olivia Told Me	Honor
2008	illustrator	Dillon,Leo and Diane !Leo and Diane Dillon	Jazz On A Saturday Night	Honor
2007	author	Draper,Sharon !Sharon Draper	Copper Sun	Winner
2007	author	Grimes,Nikki !Nikki Grimes	Road to Paris,The !The Road to Paris	Honor
2007	illustrator	Nelson,Kadir !Kadir Nelson	Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom	Winner
2007	illustrator	Myers,Christopher !Christopher Myers	Jazz	Honor
2007	illustrator	Andrews,Benny !Benny Andrews	Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes	Honor
2006	author	Lester,Julius !Julius Lester	Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue	Winner
2006	author	Bolden, Tonya !Tonya Bolden	Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl	Honor
2006	author	Grimes,Nikki !Nikki Grimes	Dark Sons	Honor
2006	author	Nelson,Marilyn !Marilyn Nelson	Wreath for Emmett Till,A !A Wreath for Emmett Till	Honor
2006	illustrator	Collier,Bryan !Bryan Collier	Rosa	Winner
2006	illustrator	Christie, R. Gregory !R. Gregory Christie	Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan	Honor
2005	author	Morrison,Toni !Toni Morrison	Remember: The Journey to School Integration	Winner
2005	author	Moses,Shelia P. !Shelia P. Moses	Legend of Buddy Bush,The !The Legend of Buddy Bush	Honor
2005	author	Flake,Sharon C. !Sharon G. Flake	Who Am I without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives	Honor
2005	author	Nelson,Marilyn !Marilyn Nelson	Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem	Honor
2005	illustrator	Nelson,Kadir !Kadir Nelson	Ellington Was Not a Street	Winner
2005	illustrator	Pinkney,Jerry !Jerry Pinkney	God Bless the Child	Honor
2005	illustrator	Dillon,Leo and Diane !Leo and Diane Dillon	The People Could Fly: The Picture Book	Honor
2004	author	Johnson,Angela !Angela Johnson	First Part Last,The !The First Part Last	Winner
2004	author	McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick !Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack	Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States	Honor
2004	author	Draper,Sharon !Sharon Draper	Battle of Jericho,The !The Battle of Jericho	Honor
2004	illustrator	Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan	Beautiful Blackbird	Winner
2004	illustrator	Bootman, Colin !Colin Bootman	Almost to Freedom	Honor
2004	illustrator	Nelson,Kadir !Kadir Nelson	Thunder Rose	Honor
2003	illustrator	Dillon,Leo and Diane !Leo and Diane Dillon	Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles	Honor
2003	author	Grimes,Nikki !Nikki Grimes	Bronx Masquerade	Winner
2003	author	Woods, Brenda !Brenda Woods	Red Rose Box,The !The Red Rose Box	Honor
2003	author	Grimes,Nikki !Nikki Grimes	Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman	Honor
2003	illustrator	Lewis,E B !E. B. Lewis	Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman	Winner
2003	illustrator	Collier,Bryan !Bryan Collier	Visiting Langston	Honor
2002	author	Taylor,Mildred !Mildred Taylor	Land,The !The Land	Winner
2002	author	Flake,Sharon !Sharon G. Flake	Money-Hungry	Honor
2002	author	Nelson,Marilyn !Marilyn Nelson	Carver: A Life in Poems	Honor
2002	illustrator	Pinkney,Jerry !Jerry Pinkney	Goin' Someplace Special	Winner
2002	illustrator	Collier,Bryan !Bryan Collier	Martin's Big Words	Honor
2001	author	Woodson,Jacqueline !Jacqueline Woodson	Miracle's Boys	Winner
2001	author	Pinkney,Andrea Davis !Andrea Davis Pinkney	Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters	Honor
2001	illustrator	Collier,Bryan !Bryan Collier	Uptown	Winner
2001	illustrator	Collier,Bryan !Bryan Collier	Freedom River	Honor
2001	illustrator	Christie, R. Gregory !R. Gregory Christie	Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth	Honor
2001	illustrator	Lewis,E B !E. B. Lewis	Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys	Honor
2000	author	Curtis,Christopher Paul !Christopher Paul Curtis	Bud, Not Buddy	Winner
2000	author	English,Karen !Karen English	Francie	Honor
2000	author	McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick !Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack	Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers	Honor
2000	author	Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers	Monster	Honor
2000	illustrator	Pinkney, Brian !Brian Pinkney	In the Time of the Drums	Winner
2000	illustrator	Lewis,E B !E. B. Lewis	My Rows and Piles of Coins	Honor
2000	illustrator	Myers,Christopher !Christopher Myers	Black Cat	Honor
1999	author	Johnson,Angela !Angela Johnson	Heaven	Winner
1999	author	Grimes,Nikki !Nikki Grimes	Jazmin’s Notebook	Honor
1999	author	Hansen, Joyce and McGowan, Gary !Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan	Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York’s African Burial Ground	Honor
1999	author	Johnson,Angela !Angela Johnson	Other Side: Shorter Poems,The !The Other Side: Shorter Poems	Honor
1999	illustrator	Wood, Michele !Michele Wood	I See the Rhythm	Winner
1999	illustrator	Cooper,Floyd !Floyd Cooper	I Have Heard of a Land	Honor
1999	illustrator	Lewis,E B !E. B. Lewis	Bat Boy and His Violin,The !The Bat Boy and His Violin	Honor
1999	illustrator	Pinkney, Brian !Brian Pinkney	Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra	Honor
1998	author	Draper,Sharon !Sharon Draper	Forged By Fire	Winner
1998	author	Haskins,James !James Haskins	Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement	Honor
1998	author	Hansen, Joyce !Joyce Hansen	I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl	Honor
1998	illustrator	Steptoe, Javaka !Javaka Steptoe	In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers	Winner
1998	illustrator	Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan	Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry	Honor
1998	illustrator	Myers,Christopher !Christopher Myers	Harlem	Honor
1998	illustrator	Diakité, Baba Wagué !Baba Wagué Diakité	Hunterman and the Crocodile,The !The Hunterman and the Crocodile	Honor
1997	author	Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers	Slam	Winner
1997	author	McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick !Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack	Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts	Honor
1997	illustrator	Pinkney,Jerry !Jerry Pinkney	Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman	Winner
1997	illustrator	Christie, R. Gregory !R. Gregory Christie	The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children	Honor
1997	illustrator	Ruffins,Reynold !Reynold Ruffins	Running the Road to ABC	Honor
1997	illustrator	James,Synthia Saint !Synthia Saint James	Neeny Coming, Neeny Going	Honor
1996	author	Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton	Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales	Winner
1996	author	Curtis,Christopher Paul !Christopher Paul Curtis	Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963,The !The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963	Honor
1996	author	Williams-Garcia,Rita !Rita Williams-Garcia	Like Sisters on the Homefront	Honor
1996	author	Woodson,Jacqueline !Jacqueline Woodson	From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun	Honor
1996	illustrator	Feelings,Tom !Tom Feelings	Middle Passage,The !The Middle Passage	Winner
1996	illustrator	Dillon,Leo and Diane !Leo and Diane Dillon	Her Stories	Honor
1996	illustrator	Pinkney, Brian !Brian Pinkney	The Faithful Friend	Honor
1995	author	McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick !Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack	Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters	Winner
1995	author	Hansen, Joyce !Joyce Hansen	Captive,The !The Captive	Honor
1995	author	Woodson,Jacqueline !Jacqueline Woodson	I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This	Honor
1995	author	McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick Jr. !Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack, Jr.	Black Diamond: Story of the Negro Baseball League	Honor
1995	illustrator	Ransome, James !James Ransome	Creation,The !The Creation	Winner
1995	illustrator	Shaffer, Teresa !Teresa Shaffer	The Singing Man	Honor
1995	illustrator	Cooper, Floyd !Floyd Cooper	Meet Danitra Brown	Honor
1994	author	Johnson,Angela !Angela Johnson	Toning the Sweep	Winner
1994	author	Thomas,Joyce Carol !Joyce Carol Thomas	Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea	Honor
1994	author	Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers	Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary	Honor
1994	illustrator	Feelings,Tom !Tom Feelings	Soul Looks Back in Wonder	Winner
1994	illustrator	Cooper, Floyd !Floyd Cooper	Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea	Honor
1994	illustrator	Ransome, James !James Ransome	Uncle Jed's Barbershop	Honor
1993	author	McKissack,Patricia !Patricia C. McKissack	The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural	Winner
1993	author	McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick !Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack	Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?	Honor
1993	author	Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers	Somewhere in the Darkness	Honor
1993	author	Walter, Mildred Pitts !Mildred Pitts Walter	Mississippi Challenge	Honor
1993	illustrator	Wilson, Kathleen Atkins !Kathleen Atkins Wilson	The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth	Winner
1993	illustrator	Clay, Wil !Wil Clay	Little Eight John	Honor
1993	illustrator	Pinkney, Brian !Brian Pinkney	Sukey and the Mermaid	Honor
1993	illustrator	Byard, Carole !Carole Byard	Working Cotton	Honor
1992	author	Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers	Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom	Winner
1992	author	Greenfield,Eloise !Eloise Greenfield	Night on Neighborhood Street	Honor
1992	illustrator	Ringgold,Faith !Faith Ringgold	Tar Beach	Winner
1992	illustrator	Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan	All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African American Spirituals	Honor
1992	illustrator	Gilchrist, Jan Spivey !Jan Spivey Gilchrist	Night on Neighborhood Street	Honor
1991	author	Taylor,Mildred !Mildred Taylor	Road to Memphis,The !The Road to Memphis	Winner
1991	author	Haskins,James !James Haskins	Black Dance in America	Honor
1991	author	Johnson,Angela !Angela Johnson	When I Am Old with You	Honor
1991	illustrator	Dillon,Leo and Diane !Leo and Diane Dillon	Aida	Winner
1990	author	McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick !Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack	A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter	Winner
1990	author	Greenfield,Eloise !Eloise Greenfield	Nathaniel Talking	Honor
1990	author	Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton	Bells of Christmas,The !The Bells of Christmas	Honor
1990	author	Patterson, Lillie !Lillie Patterson	Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement	Honor
1990	illustrator	Gilchrist, Jan Spivey !Jan Spivey Gilchrist	Nathaniel Talking	Winner
1990	illustrator	Pinkney,Jerry !Jerry Pinkney	The Talking Eggs	Honor
1989	author	Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers	Fallen Angels	Winner
1989	author	Berry,James !James Berry	A Thief in the Village and Other Stories	Honor
1989	author	Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton	Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave	Honor
1989	illustrator	Pinkney,Jerry !Jerry Pinkney	Mirandy and Brother Wind	Winner
1989	illustrator	Ferguson,Amos !Amos Ferguson	Under the Sunday Tree	Honor
1989	illustrator	Cummings, Pat !Pat Cummings	Storm in the Night	Honor
1988	author	Talyor,Mildred !Mildred Taylor	Friendship,The !The Friendship	Winner
1988	author	Veaux,Alexis De !Alexis De Veaux	Enchanted Hair Tale,A !An Enchanted Hair Tale	Honor
1988	author	Lester,Julius !Julius Lester	The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit	Honor
1988	illustrator	Steptoe,John !John Steptoe	Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale	Winner
1988	illustrator	Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan	What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals	Honor
1988	illustrator	JoeSam !JoeSam	The Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua	Honor
1987	author	Walter, Mildred Pitts !Mildred Pitts Walter	Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World	Winner
1987	author	Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan	Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales	Honor
1987	author	Hansen, Joyce !Joyce Hansen	Which Way Freedom	Honor
1987	illustrator	Pinkney,Jerry !Jerry Pinkney	Half a Moon and One Whole Star	Winner
1987	illustrator	Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan	Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales	Honor
1987	illustrator	Cummings, Pat !Pat Cummings	C.L.O.U.D.S.	Honor
1986	author	Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton	The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales	Winner
1986	author	Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton	Junius Over Far	Honor
1986	author	Walter, Mildred Pitts !Mildred Pitts Walter	Trouble’s Child	Honor
1986	illustrator	Pinkney,Jerry !Jerry Pinkney	Patchwork Quilt,The !The Patchwork Quilt	Winner
1986	illustrator	Dillon,Leo and Diane !Leo and Diane Dillon	The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales	Honor
1985	author	Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers	Motown and Didi	Winner
1985	author	Boyd,Candy Dawdon !Candy Dawson Boyd	Circle of Gold	Honor
1985	author	Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton	Little Love,A !A Little Love	Honor
1985	illustrator			None
1984	author	Clifton,Lucille !Lucille Clifton	Everett Anderson’s Goodbye	Winner
1984	author	Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton	The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl	Honor
1984	author	Haskins,James !James Haskins	Lena Horne	Honor
1984	author	Thomas,Joyce Carol !Joyce Carol Thomas	Bright Shadow	Honor
1984	author	Walter, Mildred Pitts !Mildred Pitts Walter	Because We Are	Honor
1984	author	King,Coretta Scott !Coretta Scott King (editor)	Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.,The !The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr	Special
1984	illustrator	Cummings, Pat !Pat Cummings	My Mama Needs Me	Winner
1983	author	Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton	Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush	Winner
1983	author	Lester,Julius !Julius Lester	This Strange New Feeling	Honor
1983	illustrator	Magubane,Peter !Peter Magubane	Black Child	Winner
1983	illustrator	Steptoe,John !John Steptoe	All the Colors of the Race	Honor
1983	illustrator	Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan	I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals	Honor
1983	illustrator	Cummings, Pat !Pat Cummings	Just Us Women	Honor
1982	author	Taylor,Mildred !Mildred Taylor	Let the Circle Be Unbroken	Winner
1982	author	Childress,Alice !Alice Childress	Rainbow Jordan	Honor
1982	author	Hunter,Kristin !Kristin Hunter	Lou In the Limelight	Honor
1982	author	Mebane, Mary E. !Mary E. Mebane	Mary: An Autobiography	Honor
1982	illustrator	Steptoe,John !John Steptoe	Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Senegal	Winner
1982	illustrator	Feelings,Tom !Tom Feelings	Daydreamers	Honor
1981	author	Poitier,Sidney !Sidney Poitier	This Life	Winner
1981	author	Veaux,Alexis De !Alexis De Veaux	Don’t Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday	Honor
1981	illustrator	Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan	Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum	Winner
1981	illustrator	Byard, Carole !Carole Byard	Grandmama's Joy	Honor
1981	illustrator	Pinkney,Jerry !Jerry Pinkney	Count on Your Fingers African Style	Honor
1980	author	Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers	Young Landlords,The !The Young Landlords	Winner
1980	author	Gordy,Berry !Berry Gordy	Movin’ Up	Honor
1980	author	Eloise Greenfield and Lessie Jones Little	Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir	Honor
1980	author	Haskins,James !James Haskins	Andrew Young: Young Man with a Mission	Honor
1980	author	Haskins,James !James Haskins	James Van Der Zee: The Picture Takin’ Man	Honor
1980	author	Southerland, Ellease !Ellease Southerland	Let the Lion Eat Straw	Honor
1980	illustrator	Byard, Carole !Carole Byard	Cornrows	Winner
1979	author	Davis,Ossie !Ossie Davis	Escape to Freedom	Winner
1979	author	Patterson, Lillie !Lillie Patterson	Benjamin Banneker	Honor
1979	author	Peterson, Jeanne W. !Jeanne W. Peterson	I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf	Honor
1979	author	Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton	Justice and Her Brothers	Honor
1979	author	Fenner,Carol !Carol Fenner	Skates of Uncle Richard	Honor
1979	illustrator	Feelings,Tom !Tom Feelings	Something on My Mind	Winner
1978	author	Greenfield,Eloise !Eloise Greenfield	Africa Dream	Winner
1978	author	Faulkner, William J. !William J. Faulkner	The Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be	Honor
1978	author	Glass, Francina !Francina Glass	Marvin and Tige	Honor
1978	author	Greenfield,Eloise !Eloise Greenfield	Mary McCleod Bethune	Honor
1978	author	Haskins,James !James Haskins	Barbara Jordan	Honor
1978	author	Patterson, Lillie !Lillie Patterson	Coretta Scott King	Honor
1978	author	Stewart, Ruth Ann !Ruth Ann Stewart	Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington	Honor
1978	illustrator	Byard, Carole !Carole Byard	Africa Dream	Winner
1977	author	Haskins,James !James Haskins	Story of Stevie Wonder,The !The Story of Stevie Wonder	Winner
1977	author	Clifton,Lucille !Lucille Clifton	Everett Anderson's Friend	Honor
1977	author	Taylor,Mildred !Mildred Taylor	Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry	Honor
1977	author	Clarence N. Blake and Donald F. Martin	Quiz Book on Black America	Honor
1977	illustrator			None
1976	author	Bailey,Pearl !Pearl Bailey	Duey's Tale	Winner
1976	author	Graham,Shirley !Shirley Graham	Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa	Honor
1976	author	Greenfield,Eloise !Eloise Greenfield	Paul Robeson	Honor
1976	author	Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers	Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff	Honor
1976	author	Taylor,Mildred !Mildred Taylor	Song of the Trees	Honor
1976	illustrator			None
1975	author	Robinson, Dorothy !Dorothy Robinson	Legend of Africania,The !The Legend of Africania	Winner
1975	illustrator			None
1974	author	Mathis, Sharon Bell !Sharon Bell Mathis	Ray Charles	Winner
1974	author	Childress,Alice !Alice Childress	A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich	Honor
1974	author	Clifton,Lucille !Lucille Clifton	Don't You Remember?	Honor
1974	author	Crane,Louise !Louise Crane	Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women	Honor
1974	author	Hunter,Kristin !Kristin Hunter	Guest in the Promise Land	Honor
1974	author	Nagenda,John !John Nagenda	Mukasa	Honor
1974	illustrator	Ford,George !George Ford	Ray Charles	Winner
1973	author	Duckett, Alfred !Alfred Duckett	I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson	Winner
1972	author	Fax,Elton C. !Elton Fax	17 Black Artists	Winner
1971	author	Rollins,Charlemae !Charlemae Rollins	Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes	Winner
1971	author	Angelou,Maya !Maya Angelou	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings	Honor
1971	author	Chisholm,Shirley !Shirley Chisholm	Unbought and Unbossed	Honor
1971	author	Evans,Mari !Mari Evans	I Am a Black Woman	Honor
1971	author	Graham, Lorenz !Lorenz Graham	Every Man Heart Lay Down	Honor
1971	author	Jordan, June and Terri Bush !June Jordan and Terri Bush	The Voice of the Children	Honor
1971	author	Groom, Gladys and Barney Grossman !Gladys Groom and Barney Grossman	Black Means	Honor
1971	author	Peters, Margaret W. !Margaret W. Peters	Ebony Book of Black Achievement	Honor
1971	author	Udry,Janice May !Janice May Udry	Mary Jo's Grandmother	Honor
1970	author	Patterson, Lillie !Lillie Patterson	Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace	Winner

Steptoe Award for New Talent

From 1996 the Coretta Scott King Awards program includes the occasional John Steptoe Award for New Talent. Through 2012, seventeen new talents have been recognized in 18 years.^[3]

1995: Sharon Draper, author of Tears of a Tiger (Simon & Schuster)
1996: none
1997: Martha Southgate, author of Another Way to Dance (Delacorte)
1998: none
1999: Sharon Flake, author of The Skin I'm In (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion)
1999: Eric Velasquez, illustrator of The Piano Man, written by Debbie Chocolate (Walker Books for Young Readers)
2000: none
2001: none
2002: Jerome Lagarrigue, illustrator of Freedom Summer, written by Deborah Wiles (Atheneum)
2003: Janet McDonald, author of Chill Wind (Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
2003: Randy DuBurke, author and illustrator of The Moon Ring (Chronicle Books)
2004: Hope Anita Smith, author of The Way a Door Closes, illustrated by Shane W. Evans (Henry Holt)
2005: Barbara Hathaway, author of Missy Violet and Me (Houghton Mifflin)
2005: Frank Morrison, illustrator of Jazzy Miz Mozetta, written by Brenda C. Roberts (Farrar Straus Giroux)
2006: Jaime Adoff, author of Jimi & Me (Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children)
2007: Traci L. Jones, author of Standing Against the Wind (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
2008: Sundee T. Frazier, author of Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It (Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books)
2009: Shadra Strickland, illustrator of Bird, written by Zetta Elliott (Lee & Low Books)
2010: Kekla Magoon, author of The Rock and the River (Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division)
2011: Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon, authors of Zora and Me (Candlewick Press)
2011: Sonia Lynn Sadler, illustrator of Seeds of Change, written by Jen Cullerton Johnson (Lee & Low Books)
2012: none
2013: none
2014: Theodore Taylor III, illustrator of When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop (Roaring Brook Press)
2015: Jason Reynolds, author of When I Was the Greatest (Atheneum)
2016: Ronald L. Smith, author of Hoodoo (Clarion Books)
2016: Ekua Holmes, illustrator of Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement (Candlewick Press)

Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement

From 2010 the Coretta Scott King Awards include the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, or Virginia Hamilton Award.^[3]^[4] It is presented to creators and practitioners alternately: in even years, to an African American writer or illustrator of books for children or young adults; in odd years, to a practitioner for "active engagement with youth using award winning African American literature for children and/or young adults, via implementation of reading and reading related activities/programs."^[4]

2010: Walter Dean Myers, author
2011: Dr. Henrietta Mays Smith, professor emerita at the University of South Florida, Tampa, School of Library and Information Science
2012: Ashley Bryan, storyteller, artist, author, poet, and musician
2013: Demetria Tucker, family and youth services librarian for the Pearl Bailey Library, a branch of the Newport News (Va.) Public Library System
2014: Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, children's authors
2015: Deborah D. Taylor, young adult librarian
2016: Jerry Pinkney, illustrator

References

↑ "About the Coretta Scott King Book Awards". American Library Association (ALA). Retrieved 2013-05-05.
↑ Smith, Henrietta M. The Coretta Scott King Awards Book: from Vision to Reality. Chicago: American Library Association. 1994. ISBN 978-0-8389-3441-8
——. The Coretta Scott King Awards Book, 1970–1999. ALA. 1999. ISBN 978-0-8389-3496-8
——. The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970–2004. ALA. 2004. ISBN 978-0-8389-3540-8
——. The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970–2009. ALA. 2009. ISBN 978-0-8389-3584-2
1 2 3 "Coretta Scott King Book Award — All Recipients, 1970–Present". ALA. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
1 2 "Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement". ALA. Retrieved 2013-05-05.

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Behind the Scenes of the Coretta Scott King Awards: Interview with 2011 chair judge

Coretta Scott King

April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006

Life	Childhood and education Civil Rights Movement 1967 San Francisco anti-war march King Center for Nonviolent Social Change 2004 Gandhi Peace Prize Death and funeral

Books	My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. (1969 autobiography)

Other	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Reaction	Recognition and tributes

Namesakes	Coretta Scott King Award Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy

Family	Martin Luther King, Jr. (husband) Yolanda King (daughter) Martin Luther King III (son) Dexter Scott King (son) Bernice King (daughter) Edythe Scott Bagley (sister)

Cultural depictions	King (1978 miniseries) Our Friend, Martin (1999 animated) Selma (2014 film) Betty and Coretta (2013 film)

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