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| Year |
Winner/Honoree |
Title |
Author |
ISBN |
Publisher |
| 2009 |
Honor Book |
Becoming Billie Holiday |
Weatherford, Carole Boston |
159078507X |
Wordsong |
| 2009 |
Honor Book |
The Blacker the Berry |
Thomas, Joyce Carol |
60253754 |
Amistad Press |
| 2009 |
Honor Book |
Keeping the Night Watch |
Smith, Hope Anita |
805072020 |
Henry Holt & Company |
| 2009 |
Winner |
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball |
Nelson, Kadir |
786808322 |
Jump at the Sun |
| 2008 |
Winner |
Elijah of Buxton |
Curtis, Christopher Paul |
439023440 |
Scholastic Press |
| 2008 |
Honor Book |
November Blues |
Draper, Sharon M. |
1416906983 |
Atheneum Books |
| 2008 |
Honor Book |
Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali |
Smith, Charles R., Jr. |
763616923 |
Candlewick Press (MA) |
| 2007 |
Winner |
Copper Sun |
Draper, Sharon M. |
689821816 |
Atheneum Books |
| 2007 |
Honor Book |
The Road to Paris |
Grimes, Nikki |
399245375 |
Putnam Publishing Group |
| 2006 |
Honor Book |
Dark Sons |
Grimes, Nikki |
786818883 |
Jump at the Sun |
| 2006 |
Winner |
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue |
Lester, Julius |
786804904 |
Jump at the Sun |
| 2006 |
Honor Book |
Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl |
Bolden, Tonya |
810950456 |
ABRAMS |
| 2006 |
Honor Book |
A Wreath for Emmett Till |
Nelson, Marilyn |
618397523 |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) |
| 2005 |
Honor Book |
Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem |
Nelson, Marilyn |
1932425128 |
Handprint Books |
| 2005 |
Honor Book |
The Legend of Buddy Bush |
Moses, Shelia P. |
689858396 |
Margaret K. McElderry Books |
| 2005 |
Winner |
Remember: The Journey to School Integration |
Morrison, Toni |
061839740X |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) |
| 2005 |
Honor Book |
Who Am I Without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives |
Flake, Sharon G. |
786806931 |
Jump at the Sun |
| 2004 |
Honor Book |
The Battle of Jericho |
Draper, Sharon M. |
689842325 |
Atheneum Books |
| 2004 |
Honor Book |
Days of Jubilee |
McKissack, Patricia C. |
059010764X |
Scholastic Press |
| 2004 |
Winner |
The First Part Last |
Johnson, Angela |
689849222 |
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
| 2004 |
Honor Book |
Locomotion |
Woodson, Jacqueline |
399231153 |
Putnam Publishing Group |
| 2003 |
Winner |
Bronx Masquerade |
Grimes, Nikki |
803725698 |
Dial Books |
| 2003 |
Honor Book |
The Red Rose Box |
Woods, Brenda |
039923702X |
Putnam Publishing Group |
| 2003 |
Honor Book |
Talkin' 'Bout Bessie |
Grimes, Nikki |
439352436 |
Orchard |
| 2002 |
Honor Book |
Carver: A Life in Poems |
Nelson, Marilyn |
1886910537 |
Front Street |
| 2002 |
Winner |
The Land |
Taylor, Mildred D. |
803719507 |
Phyllis Fogelman Books |
| 2002 |
Honor Book |
Money Hungry |
Flake, Sharon G. |
078680548X |
Hyperion Books |
| 2001 |
Honor Book |
Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters |
Pinkney, Andrea Davis |
015201005X |
Harcourt Children's Books |
| 2001 |
Winner |
Miracle's Boys |
Woodson, Jacqueline |
399231137 |
Putnam Publishing Group |
| 2000 |
Honor Book |
Black Hands, White Sails |
McKissack, Patricia C. |
590483137 |
Scholastic Press |
| 2000 |
Winner |
Bud, Not Buddy |
Curtis, Christopher Paul |
385323069 |
Delacorte Press |
| 2000 |
Honor Book |
Francie |
English, Karen |
374324565 |
Farrar Straus Giroux |
| 2000 |
Honor Book |
Monster |
Myers, Walter Dean |
60280778 |
Amistad Press |
| 1999 |
Honor Book |
Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground |
Hansen, Joyce |
805050124 |
Henry Holt & Company |
| 1999 |
Winner |
Heaven |
Johnson, Angela |
689822294 |
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
| 1999 |
Honor Book |
Jazmin's Notebook |
Grimes, Nikki |
803722249 |
Dial Books |
| 1999 |
Honor Book |
The Other Side: Shorter Poems |
Johnson, Angela |
531301141 |
Orchard Books (NY) |
| 1998 |
Honor Book |
Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement |
Haskins, James |
786801689 |
Hyperion Books |
| 1998 |
Winner |
Forged by Fire |
Draper, Sharon M. |
689818513 |
Simon Pulse |
| 1998 |
Honor Book |
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 |
Hansen, Joyce |
590849131 |
Scholastic |
| 1997 |
Honor Book |
Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts |
McKissack, Patricia C. |
590457365 |
Scholastic |
| 1997 |
Winner |
Slam! |
Myers, Walter Dean |
590486683 |
Scholastic |
| 1996 |
Honor Book |
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun |
Woodson, Jacqueline |
590458817 |
Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 1996 |
Winner |
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales |
Hamilton, Virginia |
590473700 |
Blue Sky Press (AZ) |
| 1996 |
Honor Book |
Like Sisters on the Homefront |
Williams-Garcia, Rita |
140385614 |
Puffin Books |
| 1996 |
Honor Book |
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 |
Curtis, Christopher Paul |
440414121 |
Yearling Books |
| 1995 |
Honor Book |
Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues |
McKissack, Patricia C. |
059068213X |
Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 1995 |
Honor Book |
The Captive |
Hansen, Joyce |
785764097 |
San Val |
| 1995 |
Winner |
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters |
McKissack, Patricia C. |
590430270 |
Scholastic |
| 1995 |
Honor Book |
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This |
Woodson, Jacqueline |
440219604 |
Laurel Leaf Library |
| 1994 |
Honor Book |
Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea |
Thomas, Joyce Carol |
64434397 |
HarperTrophy |
| 1994 |
Honor Book |
Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary |
Myers, Walter Dean |
590481096 |
Scholastic |
| 1994 |
Winner |
Toning the Sweep |
Johnson, Angela |
531054764 |
Orchard Books (NY) |
| 1993 |
Winner |
The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural |
McKissack, Patricia C. |
679890068 |
Yearling Books |
| 1993 |
Honor Book |
Mississippi Challenge |
Walter, Mildred Pitts |
689803079 |
Aladdin Paperbacks |
| 1993 |
Honor Book |
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? |
McKissack, Patricia C. |
590446916 |
Scholastic |
| 1993 |
Honor Book |
Somewhere in the Darkness |
Myers, Walter Dean |
590341863 |
Scholastic Press |
| 1992 |
Honor Book |
Night on Neighborhood Street |
Greenfield, Eloise |
140556834 |
Puffin Books |
| 1992 |
Winner |
Now Is Your Time!: The African-American Struggle for Freedom |
Myers, Walter Dean |
64461203 |
HarperTrophy |
| 1991 |
Honor Book |
Black Dance in America: A History Through Its People |
Haskins, James |
069004657X |
T.Y. Crowell Junior Books |
| 1991 |
Winner |
The Road to Memphis |
Taylor, Mildred D. |
803703406 |
Dial Books |
| 1991 |
Honor Book |
When I Am Old with You |
Johnson, Angela |
531070352 |
Scholastic |
| 1990 |
Honor Book |
The Bells of Christmas |
Hamilton, Virginia |
152015507 |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) |
| 1990 |
Winner |
A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter |
McKissack, Patricia C. |
802768849 |
Walker & Company |
| 1990 |
Honor Book |
Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement |
Patterson, Lillie |
816016054 |
Facts on File |
| 1990 |
Honor Book |
Nathaniel Talking |
Greenfield, Eloise |
863162010 |
Writers & Readers Publishing |
| 1989 |
Honor Book |
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave |
Hamilton, Virginia |
679839976 |
Laurel Leaf Library |
| 1989 |
Winner |
Fallen Angels |
Myers, Walter Dean |
590409433 |
Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 1989 |
Honor Book |
A Thief in the Village: And Other Stories |
Berry, James |
140343571 |
Puffin Books |
| 1988 |
Honor Book |
An Enchanted Hair Tale |
de Veaux, Alexis |
60216239 |
HarperCollins Publishers |
| 1988 |
Winner |
The Friendship |
Taylor, Mildred D. |
140389644 |
Puffin Books |
| 1988 |
Honor Book |
The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit |
Lester, Julius |
141303476 |
Puffin Books |
| 1987 |
Honor Book |
Lion and the Ostrich Chicks: And Other African Folk Poems |
Bryan, Ashley |
689807139 |
Aladdin Paperbacks |
| 1987 |
Honor Book |
Which Way Freedom? |
Hansen, Joyce |
380714086 |
HarperCollins |
| 1986 |
Honor Book |
Junius Over Far |
Hamilton, Virginia |
006022195X |
HarperCollins Publishers |
| 1986 |
Winner |
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales |
Hamilton, Virginia |
679843361 |
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| 1986 |
Honor Book |
Trouble's Child |
Walter, Mildred Pitts |
688042147 |
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books |
| 1985 |
Honor Book |
Circle of Gold |
Boyd, Candy Dawson |
590432664 |
Scholastic |
| 1985 |
Winner |
Motown and Didi |
Myers, Walter Dean |
833509551 |
San Val |
| 1984 |
Honor Book |
Because We Are |
Walter, Mildred Pitts |
688022871 |
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books |
| 1984 |
Honor Book |
Bright Shadow |
Thomas, Joyce Carol |
380845091 |
HarperCollins |
| 1984 |
Winner |
Everett Anderson's Goodbye |
Clifton, Lucille |
805008004 |
Henry Holt & Company |
| 1984 |
Honor Book |
Lena: A Personal and Professional Biography of Lena Horne |
Haskins, James |
812885244 |
Scarborough House Publishers |
| 1984 |
Honor Book |
The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl |
Hamilton, Virginia |
64401782 |
HarperTrophy |
| 1983 |
Winner |
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush |
Hamilton, Virginia |
380651939 |
Amistad Press |
| 1983 |
Honor Book |
This Strange New Feeling |
Lester, Julius |
590440470 |
Scholastic |
| 1982 |
Winner |
Let the Circle Be Unbroken |
Taylor, Mildred D. |
140348921 |
Puffin Books |
| 1982 |
Honor Book |
Lou in the Limelight |
Lattany, Kristin Hunter |
684168804 |
Scribner Book Company |
| 1982 |
Honor Book |
Mary: An Autobiography |
Mebane, Mary E. |
807848212 |
University of North Carolina Press |
| 1982 |
Honor Book |
Rainbow Jordan |
Childress, Alice |
380589745 |
HarperTrophy |
| 1981 |
Honor Book |
Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday |
de Veaux, Alexis |
863161324 |
Writers & Readers Publishing |
| 1981 |
Winner |
This Life |
Poitier, Sidney |
345294076 |
Ballantine Books |
| 1980 |
Honor Book |
Andrew Young, Man with a Mission |
Haskins, James |
688418961 |
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books |
| 1980 |
Honor Book |
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir |
Greenfield, Eloise |
64461343 |
HarperCollins |
| 1980 |
Honor Book |
James Van Der Zee: The Picture-Takin' Man |
Haskins, James |
865432619 |
Africa World Press |
| 1980 |
Honor Book |
Let the Lion Eat Straw |
Southerland, Ellease |
451146751 |
Signet Book |
| 1980 |
Honor Book |
Movin' Up: Pop Gordy Tells His Story |
Gordy, Berry |
60220546 |
HarperCollins Publishers |
| 1980 |
Winner |
The Young Landlords |
Myers, Walter Dean |
140342443 |
Puffin Books |
| 1979 |
Winner |
Escape to Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick Douglass |
Davis, Ossie |
140343555 |
Puffin Books |
| 1979 |
Honor Book |
I Have a Sister--My Sister Is Deaf |
Peterson, Jeanne W. |
64430596 |
HarperCollins |
| 1979 |
Honor Book |
Justice and Her Brothers |
Hamilton, Virginia |
590362143 |
Point Signature |
| 1979 |
Honor Book |
The Skates of Uncle Richard |
Fenner, Carol |
394935535 |
Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 1978 |
Winner |
Africa Dream |
Greenfield, Eloise |
64432777 |
HarperCollins |
| 1978 |
Honor Book |
Barbara Jordan |
Haskins, James |
|
Dial Books |
| 1978 |
Honor Book |
Coretta Scott King |
Patterson, Lillie |
811645851 |
Garrard Pub. Co. |
| 1978 |
Honor Book |
The Days When the Animals Talked: Black American Folktales and How They Came to Be |
Faulkner, William J. |
865433747 |
Africa World Press |
| 1978 |
Honor Book |
Marvin and Tige |
Glass, Frankcina |
449237443 |
Fawcett Books |
| 1978 |
Honor Book |
Mary McLeod Bethune |
Greenfield, Eloise |
64461688 |
HarperCollins |
| 1978 |
Honor Book |
Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington |
Stewart, Ruth Ann |
385053290 |
Doubleday Books |
| 1977 |
Winner |
The Story of Stevie Wonder |
Haskins, James |
068841740X |
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books |
| 1977 |
Honor Book |
Everett Anderson's Friend |
Clifton, Lucille |
|
Holt |
| 1977 |
Honor Book |
Rolll of Thunder, Hear my Cry |
Taylor, Mildred D. |
|
Dial Books |
| 1977 |
Honor Book |
Quick Book on Black America |
Blake, Clarence N., and Donald F. Martin |
Houghton |
| 1976 |
Winner |
Duey's Tale |
Bailey, Pearl |
151265763 |
Harcourt Children's Books |
| 1976 |
Honor Book |
Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa |
Graham, Shirley |
|
Messner |
| 1976 |
Honor Book |
Paul Robeson |
Greenfield, Eloise |
|
Crowell |
| 1976 |
Honor Book |
Fast Sam, Cool Clyde and Stuff |
Myers, Walter Dean |
|
Viking |
| 1976 |
Honor Book |
Song of the Trees |
Taylor, Mildred D. |
|
Dial Books |
| 1975 |
Winner |
The Legend of Africania, |
Robinson, Dorothy |
874850371 |
Johnson Publishing Company (IL) |
| 1974 |
Winner |
Ray Charles |
Mathis, Sharon Bell |
1584300175 |
Lee & Low Books |
| 1974 |
Honor Book |
A Hero Ain't Nothing but a Sandwich |
Childress, Alice |
|
Coward-McCann |
| 1974 |
Honor Book |
Do You Remember? |
Clifton, Lucille |
|
Dutton |
| 1974 |
Honor Book |
Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women |
Crane, Louise |
|
Lippincott |
| 1974 |
Honor Book |
Guest in the Promised Land |
Hunter, Kristin |
|
Scribner Book Company |
| 1974 |
Honor Book |
Mukasa |
Nagenda, John |
|
McMillan |
| 1973 |
Winner |
I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson, as told to Alfred Duckett |
Duckett, Alfred |
|
Putnam Publishing Group |
| 1972 |
Winner |
17 Black Artists |
Fax, Elton |
|
Dodd |
| 1971 |
Winner |
Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes |
Rollins, Charlemae |
|
Rand McNally |
| 1971 |
Honor Book |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
Angelou, Maya |
|
Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 1971 |
Honor Book |
Unbought and Unbossed |
Chisholm, Shirley |
|
Houghton |
| 1971 |
Honor Book |
I Am a Black Woman |
Evans, Mary |
|
Morrow |
| 1971 |
Honor Book |
Every Man Heart Lay Down |
Graham, Lorenz |
|
Crowell |
| 1971 |
Honor Book |
The Voice of the Children |
Jordan, June and Terri Bush |
Holt |
| 1971 |
Honor Book |
Black Means |
Groom, Gladys and Bonnie Grossman |
Hill & Wang |
| 1971 |
Honor Book |
Ebony Book of Black Achievement |
Peters, Margaret W. |
|
Johnson Publishing Company (IL) |
| 1971 |
Honor Book |
Mary Jo's Grandmother |
Udry, Janice May |
|
Whitman |
| 1970 |
Winner |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace |
Patterson, Lillie |
|
Garrard Pub. Co. |
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