For African-American authors and illustrators whose books promote the contributions to
the American dream; given by the American Library Association. A separate
award for illustrator was added in 1979.
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2012
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Author: Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans, written by Kadir Nelson |
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Illustrator: Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom, illustrated by Shane W. Evans |
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2011
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Author: One Crazy Summer, written by Rita Williams-Garcia |
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Illustrator: Dave the Potter, illustrated by Bryan Collier |
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2010
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Author: Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal, written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson |
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Illustrator: My People, illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr. |
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2009
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Author: We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, by Kadir Nelson |
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Illustrator: The Blacker the Berry, by Floyd Cooper (published by Amistad) |
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2008
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Author: Elijah of Buxton, Christopher Paul Curtis
(Scholastic) |
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Illustrator: Let it Shine, illustrated and written by
Ashley Bryan (Atheneum Books for Young Readers) |
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2007
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Author: Copper Sun, by Sharon Draper |
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Illustrator: Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to
Freedom, by Kadir Nelson (Text: Carole Boston Weatherford) |
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2006
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Author: Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue, by Julius
Lester |
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Illustrator: Rosa, by Bryan Collier |
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2005
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Author: Remember: The Journey to School Integration, by
Toni Morrison |
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Illustrator: Ellington Was Not a Street, by Kadir A.
Nelson |
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2004
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Author: The First Past Last, by Angela Johnson |
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Illustrator: Beautiful Blackbird, by Ashley Bryan |
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2003
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Author: Bronx Masquerade, by Nikki Grimes |
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Illustrator: Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator
Elizabeth Coleman, by E.B. Lewis |
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2002
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Author: The Land, by Mildred Taylor |
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Illustrator: Goin' Someplace Special, by Jerry Pinkney;
(Text: Patricia McKissack) |
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2001
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Author: Miracle Boys, by Jacqueline Woodson |
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Illustrator: Uptown, by Brian Collier |
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2000
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Author: Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis |
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Illustrator: In the Time of the Drums, by Brian Pinkney
(Text: Kim Siegelson) |
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1999
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Author: Heaven, by Angela Johnson |
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Illustrator: I See the Rhythm, by Michelle Wood (Text:
Toyomi Igus) |
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1998
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Author: Forged by Fire, by Sharon M. Draper |
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Illustrator: In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans
Celebrating Fathers, by Javaka Steptoe |
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1997
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Author: Slam!, by Walter Dean Myers |
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Illustrator: Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman, by
Jerry Pinkney (Text: Alan Schroeder) |
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1996
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Author: Her Stories, by Virginia Hamilton |
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Illustrator: The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo,
by Tom Feelings |
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1995
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Author: Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the
Quarters, by Patricia and Frederick McKissack |
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Illustrator: The Creation, by James Ransome (Text: James
Weldon Johnson) |
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1994
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Author: Toning the Sweep, by Angela Johnson |
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Illustrator: Soul Looks Back in Wonder, by Tom
Feelings |
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1993
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Author: The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the
Supernatural, by Patricia McKissack |
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Illustrator: The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation
Myth, by Kathleen Atkins Wilson (Text: David A. Anderson) |
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1992
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Author: Now Is Your Time! The African-American Struggle for
Freedom, by Walter Dean Myers |
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Illustrator: Tar Beach, by Faith Ringgold |
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1991
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Author: The Road to Memphis, by Mildred D. Taylor |
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Illustrator: Aida, by Leo and Diane Dillon (Text: Leontyne
Price) |
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1990
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Author: A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman
Porter, by Patricia and Frederick McKissack |
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Illustrator: Nathaniel Talking, by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
(Text: Eloise Greenfield) |
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1989
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Author: Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers |
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Illustrator: Mirandy and Brother Wind, by Jerry Pinkney
(Text: Patricia McKissack) |
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1988
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Author: The Friendship, by Mildred D. Taylor |
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Illustrator: Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale,
by John Steptoe |
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1987
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Author: Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, by
Mildred Pitts Walter |
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Illustrator: Half a Moon and One Whole Star, by Jerry
Pinkney (Text: Crecent Dragonwagon) |
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1986
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Author: The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales, by
Virginia Hamilton |
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Illustrator: The Patchwork Quilt, by Jerry Pinkney (Text:
Valerie Flournoy) |
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1985
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Author: Motown Didi, by Walter Dean Myers |
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Illustrator: No award given |
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1984
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Author: Everett Anderson's Goodbye, by Lucille Clifton |
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Illustrator: My Mama Needs Me, by Pat Cummings (Text:
Mildred Pitts Walter) |
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1983
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Author: Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush, by Virginia
Hamilton |
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Illustrator: Black Child, by Peter Magubane |
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1982
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Author: Let the Circle Be Unbroken, by Mildred D.
Taylor |
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Illustrator: Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale From
Senegal, by John Steptoe (Text adapted by Rosa Guy) |
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1981
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Author: This Life, by Sidney Poitier |
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Illustrator: Beat The Story-Drum, Pum-Pum, by Ashley
Bryan |
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1980
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Author: The Young Landlords, by Walter Dean Myers |
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Illustrator: Cornrows, by Carole Byard (Text: Camille
Yarbrough) |
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1979
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Author: Escape to Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick
Douglass, by Ossie Davis |
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Illustrator: Something on My Mind, by Tom Feelings (Text:
Nikki Grimes) |
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1978
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Author: Africa Dream, by Eloise Greenfield |
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1977
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Author: The Story of Stevie Wonder, by James Haskins |
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1976
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Author: Duey's Tale, by Pearl Bailey |
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1975
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Author: The Legend of Africania, by Dorothy Robinson |
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1974
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Author: Ray Charles, by Sharon Bell Mathis |
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1973
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Author: I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie
Robinson, by Jackie Robinson, as told to Alfred Duckett |
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1972
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Author: Seventeen Black Artists, by Elton C. Fax |
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1971
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Author: Black Troubador, by Langston Hughes |
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1970
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Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace, by Lillie
Patterson |
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