Coretta Scott King Award Winners

Given to African American authors and illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions, the Coretta Scott King Book Award titles promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream.

The award is 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 and world brotherhood.

Congratulations to 2010 winner Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
for Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U. S. Marshal

Bad News for Outlaws
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Year Winner (Title) Winner (Author) Available Books
2013 Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America    Andrea Davis Pinkney Illus. Brian Pinkney   click here 
2012 Heart and Soul    Kadir Nelson   click here 
2011 One Crazy Summer    Rita Williams-Garcia   click here 
2011 One Crazy Summer    Rita Williams-Garcia   click here 
2010 Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal    Vaunda Micheaux Nelson   n/a 
2009 We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball    Kadir Nelson   n/a 
2008 Elijah of Buxton    Christopher Paul Curtis   click here 
2008 Let it Shine    Illus. Ashley Bryan   n/a 
2007 Copper Sun    Sharon Draper   click here 
2007 Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom    Illus. Kadir Nelson   n/a 
2006 Day of Tears: A Novel of Dialogue    Julius Lester   click here 
2006 Rosa    Illus. Bryan Collier   n/a 
2005 Remember: The Journey to School Integration    Toni Morrison   n/a 
2005 Ellington Was Not a Street    Illus. Kadir Nelson   n/a 
2004 The First Part Last    Angela Johnson   click here 
2004 Beautiful Blackbird    Illus. Ashley Bryan   n/a 
2003 Bronx Masquerade    Nikki Grimes   click here 
2003 Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman    Illus. E.B. Lewis   n/a 
2002 The Land    Mildred D. Taylor   click here 
2002 Goin' Someplace Special    Illus. Jerry Pinkney   n/a 
2001 Miracle's Boys    Jacqueline Woodson   click here 
2001 Uptown    Illus. Bryan Collier   n/a 
2000 Bud, Not Buddy    Christopher Paul Curtis   click here 
2000 In the Times of the Drums    Illus. Brian Pinkney   n/a 
1999 Heaven    Angela Johnson   click here 
1999 i see the rhythm    Illus. Michele Wood   n/a 
1998 Forged by Fire    Sharon M. Draper   click here 
1998 In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers    Illus. Javaka Steptoe   n/a 
1997 Slam!    Walter Dean Myers   click here 
1997 Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman    Illus. Jerry Pinkney   n/a 
1996 Her Stories    Virginia Hamilton   n/a 
1996 The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo    Illus. Tom Feelings   n/a 
1995 Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters    Patricia and Frederick McKissack   click here 
1995 The Creation    Illus. James Ransome   n/a 
1994 Toning the Sweep    Angela Johnson   n/a 
1994 Soul Looks Back in Wonder    Illus. Bryan Collier   n/a 
1993 The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural    Patricia McKissack   n/a 
1993 The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth    Illus. Kathleen Atkins Wilson   n/a 
1992 Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom    Walter Dean Myers   n/a 
1992 Tar Beach    Illus. Faith Ringgold   n/a 
1991 The Road to Memphis    Mildred D. Taylor   n/a 
1991 Aida    Illus. Leo and Diane Dillon   n/a 
1990 A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter    Patricia and Frederick McKissack   n/a 
1990 Nathaniel Talking    Illus. Jan Spivey Gilchrist   n/a 
1989 Fallen Angels    Walter Dean Myers   n/a 
1989 Mirandy and Brother Wind    Illus. Jerry Pinkney   n/a 
1988 The Friendship    Mildred D. Taylor   n/a 
1988 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale    Illus. John Steptoe   n/a 
1987 Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World    Mildred Pitts Walter   n/a 
1987 Half a Moon and One Whole Star    Illus. Jerry Pinkney   n/a 
1986 The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales    Virginia Hamilton   n/a 
1986 The Patchwork Quilt    Illus. Jerry Pinkney   n/a 
1985 Motown and Didi    Walter Dean Myers   n/a 
1985 No award given      n/a 
1984 Everett Anderson's Goodbye    Lucille Clifton   n/a 
1984 My Mama Needs Me    Illus. Pat Cummings   n/a 
1983 Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush    Virginia Hamilton   n/a 
1983 Black Child    Illus. Peter Magubane   n/a 
1982 Let the Circle Be Unbroken    Mildred D. Taylor   n/a 
1982 Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from senegal    Illus. John Steptoe   n/a 
1981 This Life    Sidney Poitier   n/a 
1981 Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum    Illus. Ashley Bryan   n/a 
1980 The Young Landlords    Walter Dean Myers   n/a 
1980 Cornrows    Illus. Carole Byard   n/a 
1979 Escape to Freedom: A Play About Young Frederick Douglass    Ossie Davis   n/a 
1979 Something on My Mind    Illus. Tom Feelings   n/a 
1978 Africa Dream    Eloise Greenfield   n/a 
1978 Africa Dream    Illus. Carole Byard   n/a 
1977 The Story of Stevie Wonder    James Haskins   n/a 
1977 No award given      n/a 
1976 Duey's Tale    Pearl Bailey   n/a 
1976 No award given      n/a 
1975 The Legend of Africania    Dorothy Robinson   n/a 
1975 No award given      n/a 
1974 Ray Charles    Sharon Bell Mathis   n/a 
1974 Ray Charles    Illus. George Ford   n/a 
1973 I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson    Jackie Robinson   n/a 
1973 Prior to 1974, the CSK Award was given to authors only      n/a 
1972 Seventeen Black Artists    Elton C. Fax   n/a 
1972 Prior to 1974, the CSK Award was given to authors only.      n/a 
1971 Black Troubador: Langston Hughes    Charlemae H. Rollins   n/a 
1971 Prior to 1974, the CSK Award was given to authors only.      n/a 
1970 Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace    Lillie Patterson   n/a 
1970 Prior to 1974, the CSK Award was given to authors only.      n/a