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CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD WINNERS
(Call numbers given are for items currently held in the Curriculum Center in Foley Library.)
Established 1969. Designed to commemorate the life and work of the late Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr., and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination in continuing to work for peace and world brotherhood. Presented annually to an African American author and an African American illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution published during the previous year. The separate award for illustrator was added in 1979.
| 2006 | Author | Lester, Julius | Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue | Not available in Foley |
| 2006 | Illustrator | Collier, Bryan | Rosa | F334.M753 P38427 2005 |
| 2005 | Author | Morrison, Toni | Remember: The Journey to School Integration | No call number available |
| 2005 | Illustrator | Nelson, Kadir | Ellington Was Not a Street | PS3569.H3324 E45 2004 |
| 2004 | Author | Johnson, Angela | First Part Last | PZ4.J64F57 2003 |
| 2004 | Illustrator | Bryan, Ashley | Beautiful Blackbird | PZ8.1.B838 B43 2003 |
| 2003 | Author | Grimes, Nikki | Bronx Masquerade | PZ4.G75B76 2002 |
| 2003 | Illustrator | Lewis, E.B. | Talkin' About Bessie: the Story of Aviator Elizabeth Colem | TL540.C65G75 2002 |
| 2002 | Author | Taylor, Mildred | The Land | PZ4.T395L36 2001 |
| 2002 | Illustrator | Pinkney, Jerry | Goin' Someplace Special | PZ3.M4238G65 2001 |
| 2001 | Author | Woodson, Jacqueline | Miracle's Boys | PZ4.W66M57 2000 |
| 2001 | Illustrator | Collier, Bryan | Uptown | PZ3.C6474U68 2000 |
| 2000 | Author | Curtis, Christopher Paul | Bud, Not Buddy | PZ4.C87B83 1999 |
| 2000 | Illustrator | Pinkney, Brian | In the Time of the Drums | not available in Foley |
| 1999 | Author | Johnson, Angela | Heaven | PZ4.J64H34 1998 |
| 1999 | Illustrator | Wood, Michele | I See the Rhythm | ML3556.I48 1998 |
| 1998 | Author | Draper, Sharon | Forged by Fire | PZ4.D72F6 1997 |
| 1998 | Illustrator | Steptoe, Javaka | In Daddy's Arms I am Tall | PS591.N4B46 1997 |
| 1997 | Author | Myers, Walter Dean | Slam | PZ4.M93S58 1996 |
| 1997 | Illustrator | Pinkey, Jerry | Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman | E444.T82S37 1996 |
| 1996 | Author | Hamilton, Virginia | Her Stories | GV111.A47 1995 |
| 1996 | Illustrator | Feeling, Tom | The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo | ND237.P32A4 1995 (Foley Stacks not CURRIC) |
| 1995 | Author | McKissack, Patricia C. & Frederick L. | Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters | F213.M36 |
| 1995 | Illustrator | Ransome, James E. | The Creation | PS3519.O2625C73 |
| 1994 | Author | Johnson, Angela | Toning the Sweep | PZ4.J664T6 |
| 1994 | Illustrator | Feelings, Tom | Soul Looks Back in Wonder | PS591.N4S58 |
| 1993 | Author | McKissack, Patricia | The Dark Thirty | PZ3.M4238D3 |
| 1993 | Illustrator | Sankofa & Wilson, Kathleen | The Origin of Life on Earth | PZ8.1.A54307 |
| 1992 | Author | Myers, Walter Dean | Now Is Your Time! The African American Struggle For Freedom | E185.M96 |
| 1992 | Illustrator | Ringgold, Faith | Tar Beach | PZ3.R562T3 |
| 1991 | Author | Taylor Mildred D. | Road to Memphis | PZ4.T395R62 |
| 1991 | Illustrator | Dillon, Leo & Diane Dillon | Aida, As told by Leontyne Price | ML3930.V4P7 |
| 1990 | Author | McKissack, Patricia & Frederick | A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter | HD 8039.R37U46 |
| 1990 | Illustrator | Greenfield, Eloise & Jan S. Gilchrist (illust.) | Nathaniel Talking | PZ3.G73N37 1988 |
| 1989 | Author | Myers, Walter Dean | Fallen Angels | PZ4.M93F3 |
| 1989 | Illustrator | Pinkney, Jerry | Mirandy and Brother Wind | PZ3.M4238M5 |
| 1988 | Author | Taylor, Mildred D. | The Friendship | PZ3.T395F |
| 1988 | Illustrator | Steptoe, John | Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale | PZ8.S585M8 |
| 1987 | Author | Walter, Mildred Pitts | Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World | PZ3.W34J8 |
| 1987 | Illustrator | Pinkney, Jerry | Half a Moon and One Whole Star | PZ3.D72H3 |
| 1986 | Author | Hamilton, Virginia | The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | PZ8.1.H154P4 |
| 1986 | Illustrator | Pinkney, Jerry | The Patchwork Quilt | PZ3.F596P3 |
| 1985 | Author | Myers, Walter Dean | Motown and Didi: A Love Story | PZ4.M93M6 |
| 1985 | Illustrator | None | not available in Foley | |
| 1984 | Author | Clifton, Lucille | Everett Anderson's Goodbye | PZ3.C548E9 |
| 1984 | Illustrator | Cummings, Pat | My Mama Needs Me | PZ3.W34M9 |
| 1983 | Author | Hamilton, Virginia | Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush | PZ4.H35S9 |
| 1983 | Illustrator | Magubane, Peter | Black Child | not available in Foley |
| 1982 | Author | Taylor, Mildred D. | Let the Circle be Unbroken | PZ3.T395L47 |
| 1982 | Illustrator | Steptoe, John | Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Senegal | not available in Foley |
| 1981 | Author | Poitier, Sidney | This Life | not available in Foley |
| 1981 | Illustrator | Bryan, Ashley | Beat the Story Drum Pum-Pum | PZ8.1.B838B4 |
| 1980 | Author | Myers, Walter Dean | The Young Landlords | PZ4.M93Y6 |
| 1980 | Illustrator | Byard, Carole | Cornrows | PZ3.Y37C6 |
| 1979 | Author | Davis, Ossie | Escape to Freedom: A Play About Young Frederick Douglass | PS3507.A7444E84 |
| 1979 | Illustrator | Feelings, Tom | Something on My Mind | not available in Foley |
| *1978 | Author | Greenfield, Eloise | Africa Dream | PZ3.G73A3 |
| 1977 | Author | Haskins, James | The Story of Stevie Wonder | not available in Foley |
| 1976 | Author | Bailey, Pearl | Duey's Tale | not available in Foley |
| 1975 | Author | Robinson, Dorothy | The Legend of Africania | not available in Foley |
| 1974 | Author | Mathis, Sharon Bell (au) Ford, George (ill) | Ray Charles | not available in Foley |
| 1973 | Author | Duckett, Alfred | I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson | GV865.R6A29 (FOLEY STACKS, NOT CURRIC) |
| 1972 | Author | Fax, Elton C. | 17 Black Artists | not available in Foley |
| 1971 | Author | Rollins, Charlemane | Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes | not available in Foley |
| 1970 | Author | Patterson, Lillie | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Man of Peace | not available in Foley |