Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 1970 -- demonstrating an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values
See also resources for the authors/illustrators recognized by the Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement Award, since its inception in 2010.
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![Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024](/images/CSKlogoWatermark.jpg.pagespeed.ce.bq9TNNYPQn.jpg)
- 6,749 Resources including
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![All American Boys](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1481463330.jpg)
![Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/73500_hi.jpg)
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Author Winner, 2022)
(Illustrator Winner, 2022)
68 Resources22 Awards
![Long Way Down](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1481438255.jpg)
![Last Stop on Market Street](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0399257748.jpg)
Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson
(Illustrator Honor, 2016)
64 Resources16 Awards
![Brown Girl Dreaming](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0399252517.jpg)
![Hate U Give, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0062498533.jpg)
![New Kid](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0062691198.jpg)
![Crossover, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0544107713.jpg)
![Undefeated, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/62315_hi.jpg)
![March Book One](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1603093001.jpg)
March Book One
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
(Author Honor, 2014)
52 Resources8 Awards
![Each Kindness](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0399246525.jpg)
![Genesis Begins Again](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/62864_hi.jpg)
![Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1536214183.jpg)
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People
by Kekla Magoon
(Author Honor, 2022)
49 Resources14 Awards
![Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1572842245.jpg)
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James
(Author Honor, 2018)
(Illustrator Honor, 2018)
47 Resources13 Awards
![Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0763665312.jpg)
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
(New Talent Winner, 2016)
46 Resources16 Awards
![Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/66141_hi.jpg)
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
by Jason Reynolds and Alexander Nabaum
(Author Honor, 2020)
46 Resources12 Awards
![March Book Three](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1603094024.jpg)
March Book Three
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
(Author Winner, 2017)
45 Resources14 Awards
![X: A Novel](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0763690929.jpg)
![Sun Is Also a Star, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0553496689.jpg)
![There Was a Party for Langston](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1534439447.jpg)
There Was a Party for Langston
by Jason Reynolds, Jerome Pumphrey, and Jarrett Pumphrey
(Illustrator Honor, 2024)
44 Resources10 Awards
![Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0385321759.jpg)
![Bud, Not Buddy](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0385323069.jpg)
![One Crazy Summer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0060760885.jpg)
![Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0316213888.jpg)
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
(Illustrator Winner, 2017)
40 Resources13 Awards
![Before She Was Harriet](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0823420477.jpg)
Before She Was Harriet
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
(Illustrator Honor, 2018)
40 Resources13 Awards
![Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/67464_hi.jpg)
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
by Suzanne Slade and Cozbi A. Cabrera
(Illustrator Honor, 2021)
40 Resources9 Awards
![Elijah of Buxton](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0439023440.jpg)
![No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0761361693.jpg)
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and R. Gregory Christie
(Author Honor, 2013)
38 Resources11 Awards
![Freedom in Congo Square](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1499801033.jpg)
Freedom in Congo Square
by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie
(Illustrator Honor, 2017)
38 Resources13 Awards
![Piecing Me Together](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1681191059.jpg)
![King and the Dragonflies](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1338129333.jpg)
![Nina: A Story of Nina Simone](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1524737283.jpg)
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone
by Traci N. Todd and Christian Robinson
(Illustrator Honor, 2022)
38 Resources13 Awards
![Legendborn](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1534441603.jpg)
![Before the Ever After](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0399545433.jpg)
![Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1452103143.jpg)
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker
by Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson
(Illustrator Honor, 2015)
36 Resources11 Awards
![Boy in the Black Suit, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1442459514.jpg)
![Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/076368094X.jpg)
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets
by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, Marjory Wentworth, and Ekua Holmes
(Illustrator Winner, 2018)
36 Resources10 Awards
![Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0061730742.jpg)
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
by Kadir Nelson
(Author Winner, 2012)
(Illustrator Honor, 2012)
35 Resources14 Awards
![Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1481456903.jpg)
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
by Ashley Bryan
(Author Honor, 2017)
(Illustrator Honor, 2017)
35 Resources15 Awards
![Season of Styx Malone, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1524715956.jpg)
![Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/83962_hi.jpg)
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile
(Author Honor, 2023)
(Illustrator Honor, 2023)
35 Resources12 Awards
![Locomotion](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0399231153.jpg)
![Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1606869396.jpg)
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke
(Author Honor, 2011)
34 Resources8 Awards
![When I Was the Greatest](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1442459476.jpg)
![As Brave as You](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1481415905.jpg)
![Big](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0316353221.jpg)
![Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0439352436.jpg)
Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
by Nikki Grimes and E.B. Lewis
(Author Honor, 2003)
(Illustrator Winner, 2003)
33 Resources7 Awards
![We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0786808322.jpg)
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
by Kadir Nelson
(Author Winner, 2009)
(Illustrator Honor, 2009)
33 Resources11 Awards