Coretta Scott King Award Winners, 1970-1989
| Year | Book Title | Lesson Ideas |
| 1989 | Author Award Winner | |
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers | ||
| Walter Dean Myers Collection | ||
| Illustrator Award Winner | ||
Mirandy and Brother Wind, ill. by Jerry Pinkney; text by Patricia McKissack | ||
| 1988 | Author Award Winner | |
The Friendship by Mildred L. Taylor | ||
| Mildred Taylor Collection | ||
| Illustrator Award Winner | ||
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe | ||
| 1987 | Author Award Winner | |
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter | ||
| Illustrator Award Winner | ||
| Half a Moon and One Whole Star, ill. by Jerry Pinkney; text by Crescent Dragonwagon | ||
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| 1986 | Author Award Winner | |
| The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton; ill. by Leo and Diane Dillon |
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| Illustrator Award Winner | ||
The Patchwork Quilt, ill. by Jerry Pinkney; text by Valerie Flournoy | ||
| 1985 | Author Award Winner | |
Motown and Didi by Walter Dean Myers | ||
| Illustrator Award Winner | ||
No award | ||
| 1984 | Author Award Winner | |
Everett Anderson's Good-bye by Lucille Clifton | ||
Special Citation: | ||
| The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, compiler | ||
| Illustrator Award Winner | ||
My Mama Needs Me, ill. by Pat Cummings; text by Mildred Pitts Walter | ||
| 1983 | Author Award Winner | |
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton |
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| Illustrator Award Winner | ||
Black Child by Peter Mugabane | ||
| 1982 | Author Award Winner | |
Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor | ||
| Illustrator Award Winner | ||
Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Sengal, ill. by John Steptoe; text by Rosa Guy | ||
| 1981 | Author Award Winner | |
This Life by Sidney Poitier | ||
| Illustrator Award Winner | ||
Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum by Ashley Bryan | ||
| 1980 | Author Award Winner | |
The Young Landlords by Walter Dean Myers | ||
| Illustrator Award Winner | ||
Cornrows, ill. by Carole Byard; text by Camille Yarborough | ||
| 1979 | Author Award Winner | |
Escape to Freedom by Ossie Davis | ||
| Illustrator Award Winner | ||
Something on My Mind, ill. by Tom Feelings; text by Nikki Grimes | ||
| 1978 | Author Award Winner | |
Africa Dream by Eloise Greenfield; ill. by Carole Bayard | ||
| Illustrator Award Winner | ||
Africa Dream, ill. by Carole Bayard; text by Eloise Greenfield | ||
| 1977 | Author Award Winner | |
| The Story of Stevie Wonder by James Haskins | ||
| 1976 | Author Award Winner | |
| Duey's Tale by Pearl Bailey | ||
| 1975 | Author Award Winner | |
| The Legend of Africana by Dorothy Robinson | ||
| 1974 | Author Award Winner | |
| Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis; ill. by George Ford | ||
| Illustrator Award Winner | ||
| Ray Charles, ill. by George Ford; text by Sharon Bell Mathis | ||
(Note: Prior to 1974, the CSK Award was given to authors only) | ||
| 1973 | Author Award Winner | |
| I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson, as told to Alfred Duckett |
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| 1972 | Author Award Winner | |
17 Black Artists by Elton C. Fax | ||
| 1971 | Author Award Winner | |
Black Troubador: Langston Hughes by Charlemae Rollins | ||
| 1970 | Author Award Winner | |
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace by Lillie Patterson |
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