Coretta Scott King Award

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Coretta Scott King Award
Awarded for(Book Awards) the most distinguished portrayal of African American experience in literature for children or teens
CountryUnited States
Presented byEthnic & Multicultural Information Exchange (EMIERT), a round table of the American Library Association (ALA)
First awarded1970
Websitewww.ala.org/csk

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 books for young adults and children by African Americans that reflect the African-American experience. Awards are given both to authors and to illustrators.

The first author award was given in 1970. In 1974, the award was expanded to honor illustrators as well as authors. Starting in 1978, runner-up Author Honor Books have been recognized. Recognition of runner-up Illustrator Honor Books began in 1981. In addition, the Coretta Scott King Awards committee has given the Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, starting in 2010, and beginning in 1996 an occasional John Steptoe Award for New Talent.

Like the Newbery Medal and Caldecott Medal, the Coretta Scott King Awards have the potential to be used in classroom teaching and projects.[1]

The Coretta Scott King titles represent a wide variety of literary genres at varying reading and interest levels. They not only deserve to be considered by teachers for student projects, but should also be incorporated into the curriculum as a teaching tool. – Claire Gatrell Stephens[1]

History[]

The idea for the Coretta Scott King Award came from Glyndon Flynt Greer, a school librarian in Englewood, New Jersey.[2] At a meeting of the American Library Association in Atlantic City in 1969, Greer, librarian Mabel McKissick, and publisher John M. Carroll, lamented the lack of recognition for minority writers. No person of color had won either the Newbery or Caldecott Medals at that time. Before the conference ended, a group of African American librarians had formed to promote the creation of a new award. Among them were Augusta Braxton Baker, Charlemae Hill Rollins, and Virginia Lacy Jones.[3] The award's name was intentionally chosen to honor recently assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King.[4] The name also commemorates the life of Dr. King and honors the dedication Coretta Scott King had to making the world a place that welcomes all people.[5]

It was particularly fitting that the first Coretta Scott King Award was presented to Lillie Patterson, a librarian in Baltimore, for her elementary level biography Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace.[3] The award's first presentation was held during the 1970 New Jersey Library Association conference in Atlantic City, and its second at the corresponding conference in 1971. Early sponsors of the award included the New Jersey Library Association, and the library councils of the Englewood Middle School and Dwight Morrow High School.[6]: 13 

With support from Roger McDonough, the third annual Coretta Scott King Award was presented during the American Library Association's 1972 Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois. However, the award was not yet officially recognized by the ALA. As of 1972, Greer moved to Atlanta, Georgia. The award was briefly sponsored by the School of Library and Information Studies at Atlanta University. An awards committee and an advisory board of mostly local librarians were formed, co-chaired by Ella Gaines Yates.[6]: 14–15 

In 1974, the award was expanded to honor illustrators as well as authors. The first illustrator to receive the award was George Ford, for his work in illustrating Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis.[7] Mathis won the author award for 1974.[6]: 14  Starting in 1978, runner-ups to the Author award have been recognized as Honor Books. As of 1981, runner-ups to the Illustrator award have been recognized as Honor Books.

In 1979, the awards committee and the advisory board merged, forming the Coretta Scott King Award Task Force. With support from E. J. Josey, the new committee became part of the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) of the American Library Association. Greer served as its first chair until her death on August 24, 1980. Harriet Brown then became acting chair.[6]: 14–17 

Brown was succeeded by Effie Lee Morris in 1981. Under Morris' leadership, the Coretta Scott King Awards were officially recognized by the executive board of the ALA. Morris wrote formal selection criteria for the awards to meet ALA's standards, and the Coretta Scott King Awards were accepted as an ALA unit award in 1982, the twelfth year that they had been given.[6]: 14–17 [8]

Winning books receive a medal; honor books receive a certificate. Winning and honor books are identified by the presence on their covers of the Coretta Scott King Award Seal. The original seal was designed by artist in 1974, with a bronze seal on winning books and a pewter seal on honor books. In a later revision of the seal, the colors changed to bronze and black for winners, and pewter and black for honors.[9]

The award eventually changed its ALA affiliation from the SRRT to the Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT), which had become a closer match for its activities.[10] Dr. Henrietta M. Smith has edited four volumes, published by the American Library Association, that provide a history of the award.[8]

Recipients[]

Coretta Scott King Book Awards winners and runners-up[11]
Year Work Recipient Title Citation
1970 author Lillie Patterson Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace Winner
1971 author Charlemae Rollins Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes Winner
author Maya Angelou I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Honor
author Shirley Chisholm Unbought and Unbossed Honor
author Mari Evans I Am a Black Woman Honor
author Every Man Heart Lay Down Honor
author June Jordan and The Voice of the Children Honor
author and Black Means Honor
author Ebony Book of Black Achievement Honor
author Janice May Udry Mary Jo's Grandmother Honor
1972 author Elton Fax 17 Black Artists Winner
1973 author I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson Winner
1974 author Sharon Bell Mathis Ray Charles Winner
author Alice Childress A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich Honor
author Lucille Clifton Don't You Remember? Honor
author Louise Crane Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women Honor
author Kristin Hunter Guest in the Promise Land Honor
author John Nagenda Mukasa Honor
illustrator George Ford Ray Charles Winner
1975 author The Legend of Africania Winner
illustrator     None
1976 author Pearl Bailey Duey's Tale Winner
author Shirley Graham Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa Honor
author Eloise Greenfield Paul Robeson Honor
author Walter Dean Myers Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff Honor
author Mildred Taylor Song of the Trees Honor
illustrator     None
1977 author James Haskins The Story of Stevie Wonder Winner
author Lucille Clifton Everett Anderson's Friend Honor
author Mildred Taylor Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry Honor
author and Quiz Book on Black America Honor
illustrator     None
1978 author Eloise Greenfield Africa Dream Winner
author The Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be Honor
author Marvin and Tige Honor
author Eloise Greenfield Mary McCleod Bethune Honor
author James Haskins Barbara Jordan Honor
author Lillie Patterson Coretta Scott King Honor
author Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington Honor
illustrator Carole Byard Africa Dream Winner
1979 author Ossie Davis Escape to Freedom Winner
author Lillie Patterson Benjamin Banneker Honor
author I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf Honor
author Virginia Hamilton Justice and Her Brothers Honor
author Carol Fenner Skates of Uncle Richard Honor
illustrator Tom Feelings Something on My Mind Winner
1980 author Walter Dean Myers The Young Landlords Winner
author Berry Gordy Movin' Up Honor
author Eloise Greenfield and Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir Honor
author James Haskins Andrew Young: Young Man with a Mission Honor
author James Haskins James Van Der Zee: The Picture Takin' Man Honor
author Ellease Southerland Let the Lion Eat Straw Honor
illustrator Carole Byard Cornrows Winner
1981 author Sidney Poitier This Life Winner
author Alexis De Veaux Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday Honor
illustrator Ashley Bryan Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum Winner
illustrator Carole Byard Grandmama's Joy Honor
illustrator Jerry Pinkney Count on Your Fingers African Style Honor
1982 author Mildred Taylor Let the Circle Be Unbroken Winner
author Alice Childress Rainbow Jordan Honor
author Kristin Hunter Lou In the Limelight Honor
author Mary: An Autobiography Honor
illustrator John Steptoe Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Senegal Winner
illustrator Tom Feelings Daydreamers Honor
1983 author Virginia Hamilton Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush Winner
author Julius Lester This Strange New Feeling Honor
illustrator Peter Magubane Black Child Winner
illustrator John Steptoe All the Colors of the Race Honor
illustrator Ashley Bryan I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals Honor
illustrator Pat Cummings Just Us Women Honor
1984 author Lucille Clifton Everett Anderson's Goodbye Winner
author Virginia Hamilton The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl Honor
author James Haskins Lena Horne Honor
author Joyce Carol Thomas Bright Shadow Honor
author Mildred Pitts Walter Because We Are Honor
author Coretta Scott King (editor) The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr Special
illustrator Pat Cummings My Mama Needs Me Winner
1985 author Walter Dean Myers Motown and Didi Winner
author Candy Dawson Boyd Circle of Gold Honor
author Virginia Hamilton A Little Love Honor
illustrator     None
1986 author Virginia Hamilton The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales Winner
author Virginia Hamilton Junius Over Far Honor
author Mildred Pitts Walter Trouble's Child Honor
illustrator Jerry Pinkney The Patchwork Quilt Winner
illustrator Leo and Diane Dillon The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales Honor
1987 author Mildred Pitts Walter Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World Winner
author Ashley Bryan Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales Honor
author Joyce Hansen Which Way Freedom Honor
illustrator Jerry Pinkney Half a Moon and One Whole Star Winner
illustrator Ashley Bryan Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales Honor
illustrator Pat Cummings C.L.O.U.D.S. Honor
1988 author Mildred Taylor The Friendship Winner
author Alexis De Veaux An Enchanted Hair Tale Honor
author Julius Lester The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit Honor
illustrator John Steptoe Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale Winner
illustrator Ashley Bryan What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals Honor
illustrator The Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua Honor
1989 author Walter Dean Myers Fallen Angels Winner
author James Berry A Thief in the Village and Other Stories Honor
author Virginia Hamilton Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave Honor
illustrator Jerry Pinkney Mirandy and Brother Wind Winner
illustrator Amos Ferguson Under the Sunday Tree Honor
illustrator Pat Cummings Storm in the Night Honor
1990 author Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter Winner
author Eloise Greenfield Nathaniel Talking Honor
author Virginia Hamilton The Bells of Christmas Honor
author Lillie Patterson Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement Honor
illustrator Jan Spivey Gilchrist Nathaniel Talking Winner
illustrator Jerry Pinkney The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South Honor
1991 author Mildred Taylor The Road to Memphis Winner
author James Haskins Black Dance in America Honor
author Angela Johnson When I Am Old with You Honor
illustrator Leo and Diane Dillon Aida Winner
1992 author Walter Dean Myers Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom Winner
author Eloise Greenfield Night on Neighborhood Street Honor
illustrator Faith Ringgold Tar Beach Winner
illustrator Ashley Bryan All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African American Spirituals Honor
illustrator Jan Spivey Gilchrist Night on Neighborhood Street Honor
1993 author Patricia C. McKissack The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural Winner
author Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? Honor
author Walter Dean Myers Somewhere in the Darkness Honor
author Mildred Pitts Walter Mississippi Challenge Honor
illustrator The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth Winner
illustrator Little Eight John Honor
illustrator Brian Pinkney Sukey and the Mermaid Honor
illustrator Carole Byard Working Cotton Honor
1994 author Angela Johnson Toning the Sweep Winner
author Joyce Carol Thomas Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea Honor
author Walter Dean Myers Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary Honor
illustrator Tom Feelings Soul Looks Back in Wonder Winner
illustrator Floyd Cooper Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea Honor
illustrator James Ransome Uncle Jed's Barbershop Honor
1995 author Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters Winner
author Joyce Hansen The Captive Honor
author Jacqueline Woodson I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This Honor
author Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack, Jr. Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues Honor
illustrator James Ransome The Creation Winner
illustrator The Singing Man Honor
illustrator Floyd Cooper Meet Danitra Brown Honor
1996 author Virginia Hamilton Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales Winner
author Christopher Paul Curtis The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 Honor
author Rita Williams-Garcia Like Sisters on the Homefront Honor
author Jacqueline Woodson From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun Honor
illustrator Tom Feelings The Middle Passage Winner
illustrator Leo and Diane Dillon Her Stories Honor
illustrator Brian Pinkney The Faithful Friend Honor
1997 author Walter Dean Myers Slam Winner
author Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts Honor
illustrator Jerry Pinkney Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman Winner
illustrator R. Gregory Christie The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children Honor
illustrator Reynold Ruffins Running the Road to ABC Honor
illustrator Synthia Saint James Neeny Coming, Neeny Going Honor
1998 author Sharon Draper Forged By Fire Winner
author James Haskins Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement Honor
author Joyce Hansen I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl Honor
illustrator Javaka Steptoe In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers Winner
illustrator Ashley Bryan Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry Honor
illustrator Christopher Myers Harlem Honor
illustrator The Hunterman and the Crocodile Honor
1999 author Angela Johnson Heaven Winner
author Nikki Grimes Jazmin's Notebook Honor
author Joyce Hansen and Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground Honor
author Angela Johnson The Other Side: Shorter Poems Honor
illustrator I See the Rhythm Winner
illustrator Floyd Cooper I Have Heard of a Land Honor
illustrator E. B. Lewis The Bat Boy and His Violin Honor
illustrator Brian Pinkney Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra Honor
2000 author Christopher Paul Curtis Bud, Not Buddy Winner
author Karen English Francie Honor
author Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers Honor
author Walter Dean Myers Monster Honor
illustrator Brian Pinkney In the Time of the Drums Winner
illustrator E. B. Lewis My Rows and Piles of Coins Honor
illustrator Christopher Myers Black Cat Honor
2001 author Jacqueline Woodson Miracle's Boys Winner
author Andrea Davis Pinkney Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters Honor
illustrator Bryan Collier Uptown Winner
illustrator Bryan Collier Freedom River Honor
illustrator R. Gregory Christie Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth Honor
illustrator E. B. Lewis Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys Honor
2002 author Mildred Taylor The Land Winner
author Sharon G. Flake Money-Hungry Honor
author Marilyn Nelson Carver: A Life in Poems Honor
illustrator Jerry Pinkney Goin' Someplace Special Winner
illustrator Bryan Collier Martin's Big Words Honor
2003 author Nikki Grimes Bronx Masquerade Winner
author The Red Rose Box Honor
author Nikki Grimes Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman Honor
illustrator E. B. Lewis Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman Winner
illustrator Bryan Collier Visiting Langston Honor
2004 author Angela Johnson The First Part Last Winner
author Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack Days Of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States Honor
author Sharon Draper The Battle of Jericho Honor
illustrator Ashley Bryan Beautiful Blackbird Winner
illustrator Almost to Freedom Honor
illustrator Kadir Nelson Thunder Rose Honor
illustrator Leo and Diane Dillon Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles Honor
2005 author Toni Morrison Remember: The Journey to School Integration Winner
author Shelia P. Moses The Legend of Buddy Bush Honor
author Sharon G. Flake Who Am I without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives Honor
author Marilyn Nelson Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem Honor
illustrator Kadir Nelson Ellington Was Not a Street Winner
illustrator Jerry Pinkney God Bless the Child Honor
illustrator Leo and Diane Dillon The People Could Fly: The Picture Book Honor
2006 author Julius Lester Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue Winner
author Tonya Bolden Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl Honor
author Nikki Grimes Dark Sons Honor
author Marilyn Nelson A Wreath for Emmett Till Honor
illustrator Bryan Collier Rosa Winner
illustrator R. Gregory Christie Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan Honor
2007 author Sharon Draper Copper Sun Winner
author Nikki Grimes The Road to Paris Honor
illustrator Kadir Nelson Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom Winner
illustrator Christopher Myers Jazz Honor
illustrator Benny Andrews Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes Honor
2008 author Christopher Paul Curtis Elijah of Buxton Winner
author Sharon Draper November Blues Honor
author Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali Honor
illustrator Ashley Bryan Let it Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals Winner
illustrator The Secret Olivia Told Me Honor
illustrator Leo and Diane Dillon Jazz on a Saturday Night Honor
2009 author Kadir Nelson We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball Winner
author Hope Anita Smith Keeping the Night Watch Honor
author Joyce Carol Thomas The Blacker the Berry Honor
author Carole Boston Weatherford Becoming Billie Holiday Honor
illustrator Floyd Cooper The Blacker the Berry Winner
illustrator Kadir Nelson We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball Honor
illustrator Jerry Pinkney The Moon Over Star Honor
illustrator Before John Was a Jazz Giant Honor
2010 author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal Winner
author Tanita S. Davis Mare's War Honor
illustrator My People Winner
illustrator E. B. Lewis The Negro Speaks of Rivers Honor
2011 author Rita Williams-Garcia One Crazy Summer Winner
author Walter Dean Myers Lockdown Honor
author Jewell Parker Rhodes Ninth Ward Honor
author G. Neri Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty Honor
illustrator Bryan Collier Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave Winner
illustrator Javaka Steptoe Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix Honor
2012 author Kadir Nelson Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans Winner
author Eloise Greenfield The Great Migration: Journey to the North Honor
author Patricia C. McKissack Never Forgotten Honor
illustrator Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom Winner
illustrator Kadir Nelson Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans Honor
2013 author Andrea Davis Pinkney Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America Winner
author Jacqueline Woodson Each Kindness Honor
author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Micheaux, Harlem Bookseller Honor
illustrator Bryan Collier I, Too, Am America Winner
illustrator Daniel Minter Ellen's Broom Honor
illustrator Christopher Myers H.O.R.S.E. Honor
illustrator Kadir Nelson I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King Jr. Honor
2014 author Rita Williams-Garcia P.S. Be Eleven Winner
author John Lewis and Andrew Aydin March: Book One Honor
author Walter Dean Myers Darius & Twig Honor
author Nikki Grimes Words with Wings Honor
illustrator Bryan Collier Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me Winner
illustrator Kadir Nelson Nelson Mandela Honor
2015 author Jacqueline Woodson Brown Girl Dreaming Winner
author Kwame Alexander The Crossover Honor
author Marilyn Nelson How I Discovered Poetry Honor
author Kekla Magoon How It Went Down Honor
illustrator Christopher Myers Firebird Winner
illustrator Christian Robinson Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker Honor
illustrator Little Melba and Her Big Trombone Honor
2016 author Rita Williams-Garcia Gone Crazy in Alabama Winner
author Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely All American Boys Honor
author Jason Reynolds The Boy in the Black Suit Honor
author Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon X: A Novel Honor
illustrator Bryan Collier Trombone Shorty Winner
illustrator R. Gregory Christie The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore Honor
illustrator Christian Robinson Last Stop on Market Street Honor
2017 author John Lewis and Andrew Aydin March: Book Three Winner
author Jason Reynolds As Brave as You Honor
author Ashley Bryan Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan Honor
illustrator Javaka Steptoe Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat Winner
illustrator R. Gregory Christie Freedom in Congo Square Honor
illustrator Ashley Bryan Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan Honor
illustrator Jerry Pinkney In Plain Sight Honor
2018 author Renée Watson Piecing Me Together Winner
author Derrick Barnes Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut Honor
author Jason Reynolds Long Way Down Honor
author Angie Thomas The Hate U Give Honor
illustrator Ekua Holmes Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets Winner
illustrator Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut Honor
illustrator James Ransome Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman Honor
2019 author Claire Hartfield A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Winner
author Lesa Cline-Ransome Finding Langston Honor
author Varian Johnson The Parker Inheritance Honor
author Kekla Magoon The Season of Styx Malone Honor
illustrator Ekua Holmes The Stuff of Stars Winner
illustrator Laura Freeman Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race Honor
illustrator Let the Children March Honor
illustrator R. Gregory Christie Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop Honor
2020 author Jerry Craft New Kid Winner
author Junauda Petrus The Stars and the Blackness Between Them Honor
author Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky Honor
author Jason Reynolds Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks Honor
illustrator Kadir Nelson The Undefeated Winner
illustrator James Ransome The Bell Rang Honor
illustrator Ashley Bryan Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace Honor
illustrator Vashti Harrison Sulwe Honor
2021 author Jacqueline Woodson Before the Ever After Winner
author Mildred Taylor All the Days Past, All the Days to Come Honor
author Kacen Callender King and the Dragonflies Honor
author Evette Dionne Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box Honor
illustrator R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul Winner
illustrator Kaylani Juanita Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration Honor
illustrator Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks Honor
illustrator Me & Mama Honor
2022 author Carole Boston Weatherford Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre Winner
author Safia Elhillo Home Is Not a Country Honor
author Kekla Magoon Revolution in Our Time Honor
author Ibi Zoboi The People Remember Honor
illustrator Floyd Cooper Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre Winner
illustrator Christian Robinson Nina: A Story of Nina Simone Honor
illustrator We Wait for the Sun Honor
illustrator Soul Food Sunday Honor

Steptoe Award for New Talent []

From 1996 on, the Coretta Scott King Awards program includes the John Steptoe Award for New Talent, optionally awarded to an author, an illustrator, or both.

Coretta Scott King Awards - Steptoe Award for New Talent winners[11]
Year Work Recipient Title
1995 author Sharon Draper Tears of a Tiger
1996 (no award)
1997 author Martha Southgate Another Way to Dance
1998 (no award)
1999 author Sharon Flake The Skin I'm In
illustrator Eric Velasquez The Piano Man (written by Debbie Chocolate)
2000 (no award)
2001 (no award)
2002 illustrator Jerome Lagarrigue Freedom Summer (written by Deborah Wiles)
2003 author Janet McDonald, Chill Wind
author / illustrator Randy DuBurke The Moon Ring
2004 author Hope Anita Smith The Way a Door Closes (illustrated by Shane W. Evans)
2005 author Barbara Hathaway Missy Violet and Me
illustrator Frank Morrison Jazzy Miz Mozetta (written by Brenda C. Roberts)
2006 author Jaime Adoff Jimi & Me
2007 author Traci L. Jones Standing Against the Wind
2008 author Sundee T. Frazier Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It
2009 illustrator Shadra Strickland Bird (written by Zetta Elliott)
2010 author Kekla Magoon The Rock and the River
2011 author Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon Zora and Me
illustrator Sonia Lynn Sadler Seeds of Change (written by Jen Cullerton Johnson)
2012 (no award)
2013 (no award)
2014 illustrator Theodore Taylor III When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
2015 author Jason Reynolds When I Was the Greatest
2016 author Ronald L. Smith Hoodoo
illustrator Ekua Holmes Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
2017 author Nicola Yoon The Sun Is Also a Star
2018 author David Barclay Moore The Stars Beneath Our Feet
illustrator Charly Palmer Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song
2019 author Tiffany D. Jackson Monday's Not Coming
illustrator Oge Mora Thank You, Omu!
2020 author Alicia D. Williams Genesis Begins Again
illustrator April Harrison What is Given from the Heart
2021 author Tracy Deonn Legendborn
2022 author Me (Moth)

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.[11][12] 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."[12]

  • 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
  • 2017: Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop, Professor Emerita of Education at Ohio State University
  • 2018: Eloise Greenfield, author
  • 2019: Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy, Professor of Library Science and Director of the Office of University Accreditation at North Carolina Central University
  • 2020: Mildred Taylor, author
  • 2021: Dorothy L. Guthrie, retired librarian, district administrator, author and school board member
  • 2022: Nikki Grimes, author

See also[]

References[]

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  7. ^ "INTERVIEWS: Ray Charles By Sharon Bell Mathis Illustrations by George Ford". Lee and Low Books. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
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    ——. 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
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  12. ^ a b "Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement". ALA. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

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