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The King award has been given since 1970. "The Award is given to an African American author and illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions."

Corretta Scott King Biography CNU ONLY

ALA Corretta Scott King Award

King Award & Honor Books, 1970-Present

King Author Award Winners

King Award winners.
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All books are located in the Juvenile Collection, unless otherwise noted.

Martin Luther King Jr.: Man of Peace by Lillie Patterson
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0440454484

Year: 1970
Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes by Charlemae Rollins
Call Number: Not Available

Year 1971
17 Black Artists by Elton C. Fax
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0396063918

Year: 1972
I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson by Jackie Robinson
Call Number: General Collection GV865.R662 A3
ISBN: 0060555971

Year: 1973
As Told to Alfred Duckett.
Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 1584300183

Year: 1974
The Legend of Africania by Dorothy Robinson
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0874850371

Year: 1975
Duey’s Tale by Pearl Bailey
Call Number: PZ7.B1528 D8 1975
ISBN: 0151265763

Year: 1976
The Story of Stevie Wonder by James Haskins
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0440982596

Year: 1977
Africa Dream by Eloise Greenfield
Call Number: PZ7.G845 A37 1977
ISBN: 0064432777

Year: 1978
Escape to Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick Douglass by Ossie Davis
Call Number: PS3507.A7444 E84 1990
ISBN: 0140343555

Year: 1979
The Young Landlords by Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: PZ7.M992 Y68 1989
ISBN: 0140342443

Year: 1980
This Life by Sidney Poitier
Call Number: General Collection PN2287.P57 A37 T4
ISBN: 0394505492

Year: 1981
Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor
Call Number: PZ7.T21723 L48 1981
ISBN: 0803747489

Year: 1982
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton
Call Number: PZ7.H222 S9
ISBN: 0399208941

Year: 1983
Everett Anderson’s Good-bye by Lucille Clifton
Call Number: PZ8.3.C573 E94 1988
ISBN: 0805008004

Year: 1984
Motown and Didi: A Love Story by Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: PS3563.Y48 M6 1987
ISBN: 0440957621

Year: 1985
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton
Call Number: PZ8.1.H154 P46 1985
ISBN: 0394869257

Year: 1986
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter
Call Number: PZ7.W17125 J87 1986
ISBN: 0688066453

Year: 1987
The Friendship by Mildred D. Taylor
Call Number: PZ7.T21723 F74 1987
ISBN: 0803704178

Year: 1988
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: PZ7.M992 F34 1988
ISBN: 0590409425

Year: 1989
A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter by Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0802768849

Year: 1990
The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor
Call Number: PZ7.T21723 R62 1990
ISBN: 0803703406

Year: 1991
Now is Your Time! by Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: E185 .M994 1991
ISBN: 0064461203

Year: 1992
Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia C. McKissack
Call Number: PZ7.M478693 D37 1992
ISBN: 0679818634

Year: 1993
Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson
Call Number: PZ7.J629 T63 1993
ISBN: 0531054764

Year: 1994
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack
Call Number: F213 .M36 1994
ISBN: 0590430270

Year: 1995
Her Stories by Virginia Hamilton
Call Number: GR111.A47 H35 1995
ISBN: 0590473700

Year: 1996
Slam! by Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: PZ7.M992 S52 1996
ISBN: 0590486675

Year: 1997
Forged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper
Call Number: PZ7.D78325 F67 1997
ISBN: 068980699X

Year: 1998
Heaven by Angela Johnson
Call Number: PZ7.J629 H42 2002
ISBN: 0689822901

Year: 1999
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Number: PZ7.C94137 B83 1999
ISBN: 0385323069

Year 2000
Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: PZ7.W868 M57 2000
ISBN: 0698119169

Year: 2001
The Land by Mildred Taylor
Call Number: PZ7.T21723 2003
ISBN: 0142501468

Year: 2002
Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
Call Number: PZ7.G88429 B7 2002
ISBN: 0142501891

Year: 2003
(in General Collection)
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
Call Number: PZ7.J629 F5 2003
ISBN: 0689849230

Year: 2004
Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison
Call Number: LC214.2 .M67 2004
ISBN: 061839740X

Year: 2005
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0786804904

Year: 2006
Copper Sun by Sharon Draper
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0689821816

Year: 2007
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Number: PZ7.C94137 E4 2007
ISBN: 0439023440

Year: 2008
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
Call Number: GV875.A1 N45 2008
ISBN: 0786808322

Year: 2009
Bad News for Outlaws by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Call Number: F697.R44 N45 2009
ISBN: 0822567644

Year: 2010
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Call Number: PZ7.W6713 O5 2010
ISBN: 0060760885

Year: 2011
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
Call Number: E185 .N427 2011
ISBN: 9780061730740

Year: 2012
Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Call Number: E185.86 .P56 2012
ISBN: 1423142578

Year: 2013
P. S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia
Call Number: PZ7.W6713 P3 2013
ISBN: 0061938629

Year: 2014
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: PS3573.O64524 Z46 2014
ISBN: 0399252517

Year: 2015
Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia
Call Number: PZ7.W6713 G66 2015
ISBN: 0062215876

Year: 2016
March - Book Three by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell
Call Number: E840.8.L43 A3 2016
ISBN: 1603094024

Year: 2017
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
Call Number: PZ7.W32868 P54 2017
ISBN: 1681191059

Year: 2018
A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 by Claire Hartfield
Call Number: On Order
ISBN: 0544785134

Year: 2019

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