Coretta Scott King Award

The Coretta Scott King Award honors African American authors and illustrators for outstanding contributions to children's and young adult literature that promote understanding and appreciation of the culture and contribution of all people to the realization of the American Dream.

2005
	Author - Illustrator-	Toni Morrison for Remember: The Journey to School Integration Kadir Nelson for Ellington was not a Street
2004
	Author - Illustrator-	Angela Johnson for The First Part Last Ashley Bryan for Beautiful Blackbird
2003
	Author - Illustrator -	Nikki Grime for Bronx Masquerade E. B. Lewis for Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman

2002
	Author - Illustrator -	Mildred Taylor for The Land Jerry Pinkney for Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack

2001
	Author - Illustrator -	Jacqueline Woodson for Miracle's Boys Bryan Collier for Uptown

2000
	Author - Illustrator -	Christopher Paul Curtis for Bud, Not Buddy Brian Pinkney for In the Time of the Drums by Kim L. Siegelson

1999
	Author - Illustrator -	Angela Johnson for Heaven Michele Wood for i see the rhythm by Toyomi Igus

1998
	Author - Illustrator -	Sharon M. Draper for Forged by Fire Javaka Steptoe for In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall

1997
	Author - Illustrator -	Walter Dean Myers for Slam! Jerry Pinkney Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder

1996
	Author - Illustrator -	Virginia Hamilton for Her Stories Tom Feelings for The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo

1995
	Author - Illustrator -	Patricia and Frederick McKissack for Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters James Ransome for The Creation by James Weldon Johnson

1994
	Author - Illustrator -	Angela Johnson for Toning the Sweep Tom Feelings for Soul Looks Back in Wonder

1993
	Author - Illustrator -	Patrica McKissack for The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural Kathleen Atkins Wilson for The Origin Of Life on Earth by David A. Anderson

1992
	Author - Illustrator -	Walter Dean Myers for Now Is Your Time! The African-Americian Struggle for Freedom Faith Ringgold for Tar Beach

1991
	Author - Illustrator -	Mildred D. Taylor for The Road To Memphis Leo and Diane Dillon for Aida by Leontyne Price

1990
	Author - Illustrator -	Patricia and Frederick McKissack for A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter Jan Spivey Gilchrist for Nathaniel Talking by Eloise Greenfield

1989
	Author - Illustrator -	Walter Dean Myers for Fallen Angels Jerry Pinkney for Mirandy And Brother Wind by Patricia McKissack

1988
	Author - Illustrator -	Mildred D. Taylor for The Friendship John Steptoe for Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale

1987
	Author - Illustrator -	Mildred Pitts Walter for Justin And The Best Biscuits In The World Jerry Pinkney for Half A Moon And One Whole Star by Crecent Dragonwagon

1986
	Author - Illustrator -	Virgina Hamilton for The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales Jerry Pinkney for The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy

1985
	Author - Illustrator -	Walter Dean Myers for Motown and Didi No award given

1984
	Author - Illustrator -	Lucille Clifton for Everett Anderson's Goodbye Pat Cummings for My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter

1983
	Author - Illustrator -	Virgina Hamilton for Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush Peter Magubane for Black Child

1982
	Author - Illustrator -	Mildred D. Taylor for Let the Circle Be Unbroken John Steptoe for Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale From Senegal adapted by Rosa Guy

1981
	Author - Illustrator -	Sidney Poitier for This Life Ashley Bryan for Beat The Story-Drum, Pum-Pum

1980
	Author - Illustrator -	Walter Dean Myers for The Young Landlords Carole Byard for Cornrows by Camille Yarbrough

1979
	Author - Illustrator -	Ossie Davis for Escape To Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick Douglass Tom Feelings for Something On My Mind by Nikki Grimes

1978
	Author - Illustrator -	Eloise Greenfield for Africa Dream Carole Byard for Africa Dream by Eloise Greenfield.

1977
	Author - Illustrator -	James Haskins for The Story Of Stevie Wonder No award given

1976
	Author - Illustrator -	Pearl Bailey for Duey's Tale No award given

1975
	Author - Illustrator -	Dorothy Robinson for The Legend Of Africania No award given

1974
	Author - Illustrator -	Sharon Bell Mathis for Ray Charles George Ford for Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis

1973
	Author -	Jackie Robinson for I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson

1972
	Author -	Elton C. Fax for Seventeen Black Artists

1971
	Author -	Charlemae H. Rollins for Black Troubador: Langston Hughes

1970
	Author -	Lillie Patterson for Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace

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