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The Coretta Scott King Award is presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Committee of the American Library Association's Ethnic Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table. Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American Dream."

American Library Association - Coretta Scott King Award Winners and Honor Books
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/emiert/cskbookawards/recipients.cfm
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YEAR		AUTHOR	ILLUSTRATOR	TITLE	CALL #
2012	Author Winner	Nelson, Kadir	Nelson, Kadir	Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans	J973.0496 NELSO
2012	Illustrator Winner	Evans, Shane W.	Evans, Shane W.	Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom	JE EVANS
2011	Author Winner	Williams-Garcia, Rita		One Crazy Summer	J WILLI
2011	Illustrator Winner	Hill, Laban Carrick	Collier, Bryan	Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave	J738.092 HILL
2010	Author Winner	Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux	Christie, R. Gregory	Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal	JB R259JB
2010	Illustrator Winner	Hughes, Langston	Smith, Jr., Charles R.	My People	J811 HUGHE
2009	Author Winner	Nelson, Kadir	Nelson, Kadir	We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball	J796.357 NELSO
2009	Illustrator Winner	Thomas, Joyce Carol	Floyd Cooper	The Blacker the Berry: Poems	J811 THOMA
2008	Author Winner	Curtis, Christopher Paul		Elijah of Buxton	J CURTI
2008	Illustrator Winner		Bryan, Ashley	Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals	J782.42 LET
2007	Author Winner	Draper, Sharon		Copper Sun	YA FICTION DRAPE
2007	Illustrator Winner	Weatherford, Carole Boston	Nelson, Kadir	Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led her People to Freedom	JB T79WE
2006	Author Winner	Lester, Julius		Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue	J LESTE / YA FICTION LESTE
2006	Illustrator Winner	Giovanni, Nikki	Collier, Bryan	Rosa	JB P237G
2005	Author Winner	Morrison, Toni		Remember: The Journey to School Integration	J379.263 MORRI
2005	Illustrator Winner	Shang, Ntozake	Nelson, Kadir A.	Ellington Was Not a Street	J811 SHANG
2004	Author Winner	Johnson, Angela		The First Part Last	YA FICTION JOHNS
2004	Illustrator Winner	Bryan, Ashley		Beautiful Blackbird	J398.2096
2003	Author Winner	Grimes, Nikki		Bronx Masquerade	YA FICTION GRIME
2003	Illustrator Winner	Grimes, Nikki	Lewis, E. B.	Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman	JB C6758G
2002	Author Winner	Taylor, Mildred D.		The Land	J/Fiction
2002	Illustrator Winner	McKissack, Patricia	Pinkney, Jerry	Goin' Someplace Special	JE
2001	Author Winner	Woodson, Jacqueline		Miracle's Boys	j/Fiction
2001	Illustrator Winner	Collier, Bryan	Collier, Bryan	Uptown	JE
2000	Author Winner	Curtis, Christopher Paul		Bud, Not Buddy	j
2000	Illustrator Winner	Siegelson, Kim L.	Pinkney, Brian	In the Time of the Drums	J
1999	Author Winner	Johnson, Angela		Heaven	J/Fiction
1999	Illustrator Winner	Igus, Toyomi	Wood, Michele	i see the rhythm	J780.89
1998	Author Winner	Draper, Sharon M.		Forged by Fire	J/Fiction
1998	Illustrator Winner	Steptoe, Javaka	Steptoe, Javaka	In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall	J811
1997	Author Winner	Myers, Walter Dean		Slam	Fiction
1997	Illustrator Winner	Schroeder, Alan	Pinkney, Jerry	Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman	JB T79SC
1996	Author Winner	Hamilton, Virginia	Dillon, Leo & Diane	Her Stories	J398.2
1996	Illustrator Winner	Feelings, Tom		The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo	759.13 F32M
1995	Author Winner	McKissack, Patricia C. & Frederick L.	Thompson, John	Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters	J975.5
1995	Illustrator Winner	Johnson, James Weldon	Ransome, James E.	The Creation	J811
1994	Author Winner	Johnson, Angela		Toning the Sweep	J
1994	Illustrator Winner	[ed. Fogelman, Phyllis]	Feelings, Tom	Soul Looks Back in Wonder	J811
1993	Author Winner	McKissack, Patricia C.	Pinkney, Brian	Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural	J
1993	Illustrator Winner	Anderson, David A.	Wilson, Kathleen Atkins	The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth	J398.21
1992	Author Winner	Myers, Walter Dean		Now Is Your Time!: The African American Struggle for Freedom	J973.04
1992	Illustrator Winner	Ringgold, Faith	Ringgold, Faith	Tar Beach	JE
1991	Author Winner	Taylor, Mildred D.		The Road to Memphis	J/Fiction
1991	Illustrator Winner	Price, Leotyne	Dillon, Leo & Diane	Aïda	J782.1
1990	Author Winner	McKissack, Patricia C. & Frederick L.		A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter	J331.88
1990	Illustrator Winner	Greenfield, Eloise	Gilchrist, Jan Spivey	Nathaniel Talking	J811
1989	Author Winner	Myers, Walter Dean		Fallen Angels	YA Fiction
1989	Illustrator Winner	McKissack, Patricia C.	Pinkney, Jerry	Mirandy and Brother Wind	JE
1988	Author Winner	Taylor, Mildred D.	Ginsburg, Max	The Friendship	J
1988	Illustrator Winner	Steptoe, John	Steptoe, John	Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale	JE
1987	Author Winner	Walter, Mildred Pitts	Stock, Catherine	Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World	J/Uncat.
1987	Illustrator Winner	Dragonwagon, Crescent	Pinkney, Jerry	Half a Moon and One Whole Star	JE
1986	Author Winner	Hamilton, Virginia	Dillon, Leo & Diane	The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales	J398.2
1986	Illustrator Winner	Flournoy, Valerie	Pinkney, Jerry	The Patchwork Quilt	JE
1985	Author Winner	Myers, Walter Dean		Motown and Didi	J/Fiction
1985	No illustrator award
1984	Author Winner	Clifton, Lucille	Grifalconi, Ann	Everett Anderson's Good-bye	JE
1984	Illustrator Winner	Walter, Mildred Pitts	Cummings, Pat	My Mama Needs Me	JE
1983	Author Winner	Hamilton, Virginia		Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush	J
1983	Illustrator Winner	Magubane, Peter		Black Child	968.06 M27B
1982	Author Winner	Taylor, Mildred D.		Let the Circle Be Unbroken	J/Fiction
1982	Illustrator Winner	Guy, Rosa	Steptoe, John	Mother Crocodile	J398.2
1981	Author Winner	Poitier, Sidney		This Life	B P7558
1981	Illustrator Winner	Bryan, Ashley	Bryan, Ashley	Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum	J398.2
1980	Author Winner	Myers, Walter Dean		The Young Landlords	J
1980	Illustrator Winner	Yarbrough, Camille	Bayard, Carole	Cornrows	J
1979	Author Winner	Davis, Ossie		Escape to Freedom	J812
1979	Illustrator Winner	Grimes, Nikki	Feelings, Tom	Something on My Mind	J811
1978	Author & Illustrator Winner	Greenfield, Eloise	Bayard, Carole	Africa Dream	JE
1977	Author Winner	Haskins, James		The Story of Stevie Wonder	-
1976	Author Winner	Bailey, Pearl		Duey's Tale	J
1975	Author & Illustrator Winner	Robinson, Dorothy	Temple, Herbert	The Legend of Africania	J
1974	Author & Illustrator Winner	Mathis, Sharon Bell	Ford, George	Ray Charles	JB C3802M
1973	Winner	Robinson, Jackie, as told to Alfred Duckett		I Never Had It Made	B R5633
1972	Winner	Fax, Elton C.		17 Black Artists	-
1971	Winner	Rollins, Charlemae		Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes	JB H874R
1970	Winner	Patterson, Lillie	Mays, Victor	Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace	JB K585PA

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