Coretta Scott King Book Award, Author Award Winners
The Coretta Scott King Book Award is presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Committee of the American Library Association’s Ethnic Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT).
The award (or awards) is given to an African American author and an African American illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution. The books promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream. The award is further designed to commemorate the life, works, and dreams of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination to work for peace and world brotherhood.
| Year | Call Number | Author/Illustrator | Title |
| 2008 | j782.25 | Ashley Bryan, illustrator | Let It Shine |
| 2007 | j921 | Carole Boston Weatherford, author | Moses |
| Kadir A. Nelson, illustrator | |||
| 2006 | j921 | Nikki Giovanni, author | Rosa |
| Bryan Collier, illustrator | |||
| 2005 | Ntozake Shange | Ellington Was Not a Street | |
| Kadir A. Nelson, illustrator | |||
| 2004 | Ashley Bryan | Beautiful Blackbird | |
| 2003 | j629.13 | Nikki Grimes, author | Talkin’ About Bessie |
| E. B. Lewis, illustrator | |||
| 2002 | jE | Patricia McKissack, author | Goin’ Someplace Special |
| Jerry Pinkney, illustrator | |||
| 2001 | Bryan Collier | Uptown | |
| 2000 | jFic | Kim L. Siegelson, author | In the Time of the Drums |
| Brian Pinkney, illustrator | |||
| 1999 | Toyomi Igus, author | I see the rhythm | |
| Michele Wood, illustrator | |||
| 1998 | j811 | Alan Schroeder, author | In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall |
| Javaka Steptoe, illustrator | |||
| 1997 | j921 | Alan Schroeder, author | Minty |
| Jerry Pinkney, illustrator | |||
| 1996 | 759.13 | Tom Feelings | The Middle Passage |
| 1995 | James Weldon Johnson, author | The Creation | |
| James Ransome, illustrator | |||
| 1994 | Phyllis Fogelman, text editor | Soul Looks Back in Wonder | |
| Tom Feelings, illustrator | |||
| 1993 | j398.21 | David A. Anderson, author | The Origin of Life on Earth |
| Kathleen Atkins Wilson | |||
| 1992 | jE | Faith Ringgold | Tar Beach |
| 1991 | Leotyne Price, author | Aida | |
| Leo and Diane Dillon, illustrators | |||
| 1990 | j811 | Eloise Greenfield, author | Nathaniel Talking |
| Jan Spivey Gilchrist, illustrator | |||
| 1989 | jE | Patricia McKissack, author | Mirandy and Brother Wind |
| Jerry Pinkney, illustrator | |||
| 1988 | jE | John Steptoe | Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters |
| 1987 | Crescent Dragonwagon, author | Half a Moon and One Whole Star | |
| Jerry Pinkney, illustrator | |||
| 1986 | jE | Valerie Flournoy | The Patchwork Quilt |
| Jerry Pinkney, illustrator | |||
| 1985 | No award given | ||
| 1984 | jE | Mildred Pitts Walter, author | My Mama Needs Me |
| Pat Cummings, illustrator | |||
| 1983 | Peter Mugabane | Black Child | |
| 1982 | Rosa Guy, author | Mother Crocodile | |
| John Steptoe, illustrator | |||
| 1981 | j398.2 | Ashley Bryan | Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum |
| 1980 | jE | Camille Yaborough, author | Cornrows |
| Carole Bayard, illustrator | |||
| 1979 | Nikki Grimes, author | Something on My Mind | |
| Tom Feelings, illustrator | |||
| 1978 | Eloise Greenfield, author | Africa Dream | |
| Carole Bayard, illustrator | |||
| 1977 | No award given | ||
| 1976 | No award given | ||
| 1975 | No award given | ||
| 1974 | Sharon Bell Mathis, author | Ray Charles | |
| George Ford, illustrator |
