Coretta Scott King Award –Winning Authors, 1970–2009

Adoff, Jaime. Jimi & Me. New Talent, 2006. Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Honor, 1971. Bailey, Pearl. Duey’s Tale. Winner, 1976. Berry, James. A Thief in the Village and Other Stories. Honor, 1989. Blake, Clarence N. Quiz Book on Black America. Honor, 1977. Bolden, Tonya. Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl. Honor, 2006. Boyd, Candy Dawson. Circle of Gold. Honor, 1985. Bryan, Ashley. Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales. Honor, 1987. Bush, Terri. The Voice of the Children. Honor, 1971. Childress, Alice. Rainbow Jordan. Honor, 1982. ———. A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ but a Sandwich. Honor, 1974. Chisholm, Shirley. Unbought and Unbossed. Honor, 1971. Clifton, Lucille. Everett Anderson’s Goodbye. Winner, 1984. ———. Everett Anderson’s Friend. Honor, 1977. ———. Don’t You Remember? Honor, 1974. Crane, Louise. Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women.Honor, 1974. Curtis, Christopher Paul. Elijah of Buxton. Winner, 2008. ———. Bud, Not Buddy. Winner, 2000. ———. The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963. Honor, 1996. Davis, Ossie. Escape to Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick Douglass. Winner, 1979. De Veaux, Alexis. An Enchanted Hair Tale. Honor, 1988. ———. Don’t Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday. Honor, 1981. Draper, Sharon M. November Blues. Honor, 2008. ———. Copper Sun. Winner, 2007. ———. The Battle of Jericho. Honor, 2004. ———. Forged by Fire. Winner, 1998. ———. Tears of a Tiger. New Talent, 1995. Duckett, Alfred. I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson. Winner, 1973. English, Karen. Francie. Honor, 2000. Evans, Mari. I Am a Black Woman. Honor, 1971. Faulkner, William J. The Days When the Animals Talked: Black American Folktales and How They Came to Be. Honor, 1978. Fax, Elton. 17 Black Artists. Winner, 1972. Fenner, Carol. The Skates of Uncle Richard. Honor, 1979. Flake, Sharon G. Who Am I without Him? Honor, 2005. ———. Money Hungry. Honor, 2002. ———. The Skin I’m In. New Talent, 1999. Frazier, Sundee T. Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything in It. New Talent, 2008. Glass, Frankcina. Marvin and Tige. Honor, 1978. Gordy, Berry, Sr. Movin’ on Up: Pop Gordy Tells His Story. Honor, 1980. Graham, Lorenz. Every Man Heart Lay Down. Honor, 1971.

From The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970–2009, 4th ed., edited by Henrietta M. Smith (Chicago: American Library Association, 2009).

1 Graham, Shirley. Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa. Honor, Little, Lessie Jones. Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir. 1976. Honor, 1980. Greenfield, Eloise.Night on Neighborhood Street. Honor, 1992. Martin, Donald F. Quiz Book on Black America. Honor, 1977. ———. Nathaniel Talking. Honor, 1990. Mathis, Sharon Bell. Ray Charles. Winner, 1974. ———. Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir. Honor, 1980. McDonald, Janet. Chill Wind. New Talent, 2003. ———. Africa Dream. Winner, 1978. McGowan, Gary. Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story ———. Mary McLeod Bethune. Honor, 1978. of New York’s African Burial Ground. Honor, 1999. ———. Paul Robeson. Honor, 1976. McKissack, Patricia C. The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Grimes, Nikki. The Road to Paris. Honor, 2007. Supernatural. Winner, 1993. ———. Dark Sons. Honor, 2006. McKissack, Patricia C., and Fredrick L. McKissack. Days of ———. Bronx Masquerade. Winner, 2003. Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States. Honor, 2004. ———. Talkin’ about Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth ———. Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Coleman. Honor, 2003. Whalers. Honor, 2000. ———. Jazmin’s Notebook. Honor, 1999. ———. Rebels against Slavery: American Slave Revolts. Honor, Groom, Gladys. Black Means . . . Honor, 1971. 1997. Grossman, Barney. Black Means . . . Honor, 1971. ———. Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters. Hamilton, Virginia. Her Stories: African American Folktales, Winner, 1995. Fairy Tales and True Tales. Winner, 1996. ———. Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman. Honor, 1993. ———. The Bells of Christmas. Honor, 1990. ———. A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter. ———. Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Winner, 1990. Slave. Honor, 1989. McKissack, Patricia, and Fredrick McKissack Jr. Black ———. The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales. Winner, Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues. Honor, 1986. 1995. ———. Junius over Far. Honor, 1986. Mebane, Mary E. Mary: An Autobiography. Honor, 1982. ———. A Little Love. Honor, 1985. Morrison, Toni. Remember: The Journey to School Integration. ———. The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl. Honor, 1984. Winner, 2005. ———. Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush. Winner, 1983. Moses, Shelia P. The Legend of Buddy Bush. Honor, 2005. ———. Justice and Her Brothers. Honor, 1979. Myers, Walter Dean. Monster. Honor, 2000. Hansen, Joyce. Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of ———. Slam! Winner, 1997. New York’s African Burial Ground. Honor, 1999. ———. Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary. Honor, 1994. ———. I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of ———. Somewhere in the Darkness. Honor, 1993. Patsy, a Freed Girl. Honor, 1998. ———. Now Is Your Time! The African American Struggle for ———. The Captive. Honor, 1995. Freedom. Winner, 1992. ———. Which Way Freedom? Honor, 1987. ———. Fallen Angels. Winner, 1989. Haskins, James. Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil ———. Motown and Didi: A Love Story. Winner, 1985. Rights Movement. Honor, 1998. ———. The Young Landlords. Winner, 1980. ———. Black Dance in America: A History through Its People. ———. Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff. Honor, 1976. Honor, 1991. Nagenda, John. Mukasa. Honor, 1974. ———. Lena Horne. Honor, 1984. Nelson, Kadir. We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League ———. Andrew Young: Young Man with a Mission. Honor, 1980. Baseball. Winner, 2009. ———. James Van DerZee: The Picture Takin’ Man. Honor, 1980. Nelson, Marilyn. A Wreath for Emmett Till. Honor, 2006. ———. Barbara Jordan. Honor, 1978. ———. Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem. Honor, ———. The Story of Stevie Wonder. Winner, 1977. 2005. Hathaway, Barbara. Missy Violet and Me. New Talent, 2005. ———. Carver: A Life in Poems. Honor, 2002. Hunter, Kristin. Lou in the Limelight. Honor, 1982. Patterson, Lillie. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom ———. Guests in the Promised Land. Honor, 1974. Movement. Honor, 1990. Johnson, Angela. The First Part Last. Winner, 2004. ———. Benjamin Banneker: Genius of Early America. Honor, ———. Heaven. Winner, 1999. 1979. ———. The Other Side: Shorter Poems. Honor, 1999. ———. Coretta Scott King. Honor, 1978. ———. Toning the Sweep. Winner, 1994. ———. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace. Winner, ———. When I Am Old with You. Honor, 1991. 1970. Jones, Traci L. Standing against the Wind. New Talent, 2007. Peters, Margaret. The Ebony Book of Black Achievement. Honor, Jordan, June. The Voice of the Children. Honor, 1971. 1971. Lester, Julius. Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue. Winner, 2006. Peterson, Jeanne Whitehouse. I Have a Sister, My Sister Is Deaf. ———. The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit. Honor, 1979. Honor, 1988. Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women ———. This Strange New Feeling. Honor, 1983. Freedom Fighters. Honor, 2001.

From The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970–2009, 4th ed., edited by Henrietta M. Smith (Chicago: American Library Association, 2009).

2 3 Poitier, Sidney. This Life. Winner, 1981. Thomas, Joyce Carol. The Blacker the Berry: Poems. Honor, Robinson, Dorothy. The Legend of Africania. Winner, 1975. 2009. Rollins, Charlemae. Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes. ———. Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea. Honor, 1994. Winner, 1971. ———. Bright Shadow. Honor, 1984. Smith, Charles R., Jr. Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Udry, Janice May. Mary Jo’s Grandmother. Honor, 1971. Muhammad Ali. Honor, 2008. Walter, Mildred Pitts. Mississippi Challenge. Honor, 1993. Smith, Hope Anita. Keeping the Night Watch. Honor, 2009. ———. Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World. Winner, 1987. ———. The Way a Door Closes. New Talent, 2004. ———. Trouble’s Child. Honor, 1986. Southerland, Ellease. Let the Lion Eat Straw. Honor, 1980. ———. Because We Are. Honor, 1984. Southgate, Martha. Another Way to Dance. New Talent, 1997. Weatherford, Carole Boston. Becoming Billie Holiday. Honor, Stewart, Ruth Ann. Portia: The Life of Portia Washington 2009. Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington. Honor, Williams-Garcia, Rita. Like Sisters on the Home Front. Honor, 1978. 1996. Taylor, Mildred D. The Land. Winner, 2002. Woods, Brenda. The Red Rose Box. Honor, 2003. ———. The Road to Memphis. Winner, 1991. Woodson, Jacqueline. Locomotion. Honor, 2004. ———. The Friendship. Winner, 1988. ———. Miracle’s Boys. Winner, 2001. ———. Let the Circle Be Unbroken. Winner, 1982. ———. From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun. Honor, 1996. ———. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Honor, 1977. ———. I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This. Honor, 1995. ———. Song of the Trees. Honor, 1977.

From The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970–2009, 4th ed., edited by Henrietta M. Smith (Chicago: American Library Association, 2009).

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