Suffolk County Catalog: The Coretta Scott King Awards

The Coretta Scott King Award

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The Coretta Scott King Award

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This award was established in 1969 by Glyndon Flynt Greer to commemorate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination in continuing to work for peace and world brotherhood. It is given to recognize African-American illustrators for contributions to children's literature that promotes a better understanding and appreciation of the culture and contribution of all peoples to the realization of the American Dream.

2008
	For Narrative Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis		For Illustration Let It Shine by Ashley Bryan
2007
	For Narrative Copper Sun by Sharon Draper		For Illustration Moses: When Harriet Tubman Lead her People to Freedom by Kadir Nelson
2006
	For Narrative Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester		For Illustration Rosa by Bryan Collier
2005
	For Narrative Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison		For Illustration Ellington Was Not a Street written & illustrated by Ntozake Shange & Kadir Nelson
2004
	For Narrative First Part Last by Angela Johnson		For Illustration Beautiful Blackbird written & illustrated by Ashley Bryon

2003
	For Narrative Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes		For Illustration Talkin' About Bessie written & illustrated by E. B. Lewis

2002
	For Narrative The Land by Mildred D. Taylor		For Illustration Goin' Someplace Special written & illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

2001
	For Narrative Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson		For Illustration Uptown written & illustrated by Bryan Collier

2000
	For Narrative Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis		For Illustration In the Time of the Drums illustrated by Brian Pinkney

1999
	For Narrative Heaven by Angela Johnson		For Illustration I See the Rhythm illustrated by Michele Wood

1998
	For Narrative Forged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper		For Illustration In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers by Javaka Steptoe

1997
	For Narrative Slam! by Walter Dean Myers		For Illustration Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

1996
	For Narrative Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton		For Illustration The Middle Passage: White Ships, Black Cargo by Tom Feelings

1995
	For Narrative Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack		For Illustration The Creation illustrated by James E. Ransome

1994
	For Narrative Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson		For Illustration Soul Looks Back in Wonder illustrated by Tom Feelings

1993
	For Narrative The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia McKissack		For Illustration The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth illustrated by Kathleen Atkins Wilson

1992
	For Narrative Now Is Your Time: The African-American Struggle for Freedom by Walter Dean Myers		For Illustration Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold

1991
	For Narrative The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor		For Illustration Aida illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon

1990
	For Narrative A Long Hard Journey: The Story of Pullman Porter by Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack		For Illustration Nathaniel Talking by Jan Spivey Gilchrist

1989
	For Narrative Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers		For Illustration Mirandy and Brother Wind illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

1988
	For Narrative The Friendship by Mildred D. Taylor		For Illustration Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe

1987
	For Narrative Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter		For Illustration Half a Moon and One Whole Star illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

1986
	For Narrative The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton		For Illustration The Patchwork Quilt illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

1985
	For Narrative Motown and Didi by Walter Dean Myers

1984
	For Narrative Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton		For Illustration My Mama Needs Me illustrated by Pat Cummings

1983
	For Narrative Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton		For Illustration Black Child illustrated by Peter Magubane

1982
	For Narrative Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor		For Illustration Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Senegal illustrated by John Steptoe

1981
	For Narrative This Life by Sidney Poitier		For Illustration Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum by Ashley Bryan

1980
	For Narrative The Young Landlords by Walter Dean Myers		For Illustration Cornrows by Carole Byard

1979
	For Narrative Escape to Freedom: A Play About Young Frederick Douglass by Ossie Davis		For Illustration Something on my Mind illustrated by Tom Feelings

1978
	For Narrative Africa Dream by Eloise Greenfield		For Illustration Africa Dream illustrated by Carole Byard

1977
	For Narrative The Story of Stevie Wonder by James Haskins

1976
	For Narrative Duey's Tale by Pearl Bailey

1975
	For Narrative The Legend of Africana by Dorothy Robinson Title Not Available

1974
	For Narrative Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis		For Illustration Ray Charles illustrated by George Ford

1973
	For Narrative I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson by Alfred Duckett

1972
	For Narrative Seventeen Black Artists by Elton C. Fax

1971
	For Narrative Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes by Charlemae Rollins

1970
	For Narrative Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace by Lillie Patterson