Recipients
| Year | Work | Recipient | Title | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | author | Nelson, Kadir !Kadir Nelson | Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans | Winner |
| 2012 | author | Greenfield, Eloise !Eloise Greenfield | The Great Migration: Journey to the North | Honor |
| 2012 | author | McKissack, Patricia C. !Patricia C. McKissack | Never Forgotten | Honor |
| 2012 | illustrator | Evans, Shane W. !Shane W. Evans | Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom | Winner |
| 2012 | illustrator | Nelson, Kadir !Kadir Nelson | Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans | Honor |
| 2011 | author | Williams-Garcia, Rita !Rita Williams-Garcia | One Crazy Summer | Winner |
| 2011 | author | Myers, Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers | Lockdown | Honor |
| 2011 | author | Rhodes, Jewell Parker !Jewell Parker Rhodes | Ninth Ward | Honor |
| 2011 | author | Neri, G. !G. Neri | Yummy | Honor |
| 2011 | illustrator | Collier, Bryan !Bryan Collier | Dave the Potter | Winner |
| 2011 | illustrator | Steptoe, Javaka !Javaka Steptoe | Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix | Honor |
| 2010 | author | Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux !Vaunda Micheaux Nelson | Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal | Winner |
| 2010 | author | Davis, Tanita S. !Tanita S. Davis | Mare's War | Honor |
| 2010 | illustrator | Smith, Jr., Charles S. !Charles S. Smith, Jr. | My People | Winner |
| 2010 | illustrator | Lewis, E.B. !E. B. Lewis (illustrator) | The Negro Speaks of Rivers | Honor |
| 2009 | author | Nelson,Kadir !Kadir Nelson | We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball | Winner |
| 2009 | author | Smith,Hope Anita !Hope Anita Smith | Keeping the Night Watch | Honor |
| 2009 | author | Thomas,Joyce Carol !Joyce Carol Thomas | Blacker the Berry,The !The Blacker the Berry | Honor |
| 2009 | author | Weatherford,Carole Boston !Carole Boston Weatherford | Becoming Billie Holiday | Honor |
| 2009 | illustrator | Cooper,Floyd !Floyd Cooper | Blacker the Berry,The !The Blacker the Berry | Winner |
| 2009 | illustrator | Nelson,Kadir !Kadir Nelson | We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro Baseball League | Honor |
| 2009 | illustrator | Pinkney,Jerry !Jerry Pinkney | Moon Over Star,The !The Moon Over Star | Honor |
| 2009 | illustrator | Qualls,Sean !Sean Qualls | Before John Was a Jazz Giant | Honor |
| 2008 | author | Curtis,Christopher Paul !Christopher Paul Curtis | Elijah of Buxton | Winner |
| 2008 | author | Draper,Sharon !Sharon Draper | November Blues | Honor |
| 2008 | author | Smith,Charles R. !Charles R. Smith Jr. | Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali | Honor |
| 2008 | illustrator | Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan | Let it Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals | Winner |
| 2008 | illustrator | Devard,Nancy !Nancy Devard | Secret Olivia Told Me,The !The Secret Olivia Told Me | Honor |
| 2008 | illustrator | last,first !Leo and Diane Dillon | Jazz On A Saturday Night | Honor |
| 2007 | author | Draper,Sharon !Sharon Draper | Copper Sun | Winner |
| 2007 | author | Grimes,Nikki !Nikki Grimes | Road to Paris,The !The Road to Paris | Honor |
| 2007 | illustrator | Nelson,Kadir !Kadir Nelson | Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | Winner |
| 2007 | illustrator | Myers,Christopher !Christopher Myers | Jazz | Honor |
| 2007 | illustrator | Andrews,Benny !Benny Andrews | Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes | Honor |
| 2006 | author | Lester,Julius !Julius Lester | Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue | Winner |
| 2006 | author | Bolden,Tonya !Tonya Bolden | Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl | Honor |
| 2006 | author | Grimes,Nikki !Nikki Grimes | Dark Sons | Honor |
| 2006 | author | Nelson,Marilyn !Marilyn Nelson | Wreath for Emmett Till,A !A Wreath for Emmett Till | Honor |
| 2006 | illustrator | Collier,Bryan !Bryan Collier | Rosa | Winner |
| 2006 | illustrator | Christie,R Gregory !R. Gregory Christie | Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan | Honor |
| 2005 | author | Morrison,Toni !Toni Morrison | Remember: The Journey to School Integration | Winner |
| 2005 | author | Moses,Shelia P. !Shelia P. Moses | Legend of Buddy Bush,The !The Legend of Buddy Bush | Honor |
| 2005 | author | Flake,Sharon C. !Sharon G. Flake | Who Am I without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives | Honor |
| 2005 | author | Nelson,Marilyn !Marilyn Nelson | Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem | Honor |
| 2005 | illustrator | Nelson,Kadir !Kadir Nelson | Ellington Was Not a Street | Winner |
| 2005 | illustrator | last,first !Jerry Pinkney | God Bless the Child | Honor |
| 2005 | illustrator | Dillon,Leo and Diane !Leo and Diane Dillon | People Could Fly: The Picture Book,The !The People Could Fly: The Picture Book | Honor |
| 2004 | author | Johnson,Angela !Angela Johnson | First Part Last,The !The First Part Last | Winner |
| 2004 | author | McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick !Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack | Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States | Honor |
| 2004 | author | Draper, Sharon !Sharon Draper | Battle of Jericho,The !The Battle of Jericho | Honor |
| 2004 | illustrator | Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan | Beautiful Blackbird | Winner |
| 2004 | illustrator | Bootman,Colin !Colin Bootman | Almost to Freedom | Honor |
| 2004 | illustrator | Nelson,Kadir !Kadir Nelson | Thunder Rose | Honor |
| 2003 | illustrator | Dillon,Leo and Diane !Leo and Diane Dillon | Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles | Honor |
| 2003 | author | Grimes,Nikki !Nikki Grimes | Bronx Masquerade | Winner |
| 2003 | author | Woods,Brenda !Brenda Woods | Red Rose Box,The !The Red Rose Box | Honor |
| 2003 | author | Grimes,Nikki !Nikki Grimes | Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman | Honor |
| 2003 | illustrator | Lewis,E B !E. B. Lewis | Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman | Winner |
| 2003 | illustrator | Collier,Bryan !Bryan Collier | Visiting Langston | Honor |
| 2002 | author | Taylor,Mildred !Mildred Taylor | Land,The !The Land | Winner |
| 2002 | author | Flake,Sharon !Sharon G. Flake | Money-Hungry | Honor |
| 2002 | author | Nelson,Marilyn !Marilyn Nelson | Carver: A Life in Poems | Honor |
| 2002 | illustrator | Pinkney,Jerry !Jerry Pinkney | Goin' Someplace Special | Winner |
| 2002 | illustrator | Collier,Bryan !Bryan Collier | Martin's Big Words | Honor |
| 2001 | author | Woodson,Jacqueline !Jacqueline Woodson | Miracle's Boys | Winner |
| 2001 | author | Pinkney,Andrea Davis !Andrea Davis Pinkney | Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters | Honor |
| 2001 | illustrator | Collier,Bryan !Bryan Collier | Uptown | Winner |
| 2001 | illustrator | Collier,Bryan !Bryan Collier | Freedom River | Honor |
| 2001 | illustrator | Christie,R Gregory !R. Gregory Christie | Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth | Honor |
| 2001 | illustrator | Lewis,E B !E. B. Lewis | Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys | Honor |
| 2000 | author | Curtis,Christopher Paul !Christopher Paul Curtis | Bud, Not Buddy | Winner |
| 2000 | author | English,Karen !Karen English | Francie | Honor |
| 2000 | author | McKissack,Patricia and Frederick !Patrica C. and Fredrick L. McKissack | Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers | Honor |
| 2000 | author | Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers | Monster | Honor |
| 2000 | illustrator | Pinkney,Brian !Brian Pinkney | In the Time of the Drums | Winner |
| 2000 | illustrator | Lewis,E B !E. B. Lewis | My Rows and Piles of Coins | Honor |
| 2000 | illustrator | Myers,Christopher !Christopher Myers | Black Cat | Honor |
| 1999 | author | Johnson,Angela !Angela Johnson | Heaven | Winner |
| 1999 | author | Grimes,Nikki !Nikki Grimes | Jazmin’s Notebook | Honor |
| 1999 | author | Hansen,Joyce and McGowan,Gary !Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan | Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York’s African Burial Ground | Honor |
| 1999 | author | Johnson,Angela !Angela Johnson | Other Side: Shorter Poems,The !The Other Side: Shorter Poems | Honor |
| 1999 | illustrator | Wood,Michele !Michele Wood | i see the rhythm | Winner |
| 1999 | illustrator | Cooper,Floyd !Floyd Cooper | I Have Heard of a Land | Honor |
| 1999 | illustrator | Lewis,E B !E. B. Lewis | Bat Boy and His Violin,The !The Bat Boy and His Violin | Honor |
| 1999 | illustrator | Pinkey,Brian !Brian Pinkney | Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra | Honor |
| 1998 | author | Draper,Sharon !Sharon Draper | Forged By Fire | Winner |
| 1998 | author | Haskins,James !James Haskins | Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement | Honor |
| 1998 | author | Hansen,Joyce !Joyce Hansen | I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl | Honor |
| 1998 | illustrator | Steptoe,Javaka !Javaka Steptoe | In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers | Winner |
| 1998 | illustrator | Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan | Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry | Honor |
| 1998 | illustrator | Myers,Christopher !Christopher Myers | Harlem | Honor |
| 1998 | illustrator | Diakite,Baba Wague !Baba Wagué Diakité | Hunterman and the Crocodile,The !The Hunterman and the Crocodile | Honor |
| 1997 | author | Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers | Slam | Winner |
| 1997 | author | McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick !Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack | Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts | Honor |
| 1997 | illustrator | Pinkey,Jerrry !Jerry Pinkney | Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman | Winner |
| 1997 | illustrator | Christie,Gregorie !Gregorie Christie | The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children | Honor |
| 1997 | illustrator | Ruffins,Reynold !Reynold Ruffins | Running the Road to ABC | Honor |
| 1997 | illustrator | James,Synthia Saint !Synthia Saint James | Neeny Coming, Neeny Going | Honor |
| 1996 | author | Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton | Her Stories: African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales | Winner |
| 1996 | author | Curtis,Christopher Paul !Christopher Paul Curtis | Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963,The !The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 | Honor |
| 1996 | author | Williams-Garcia,Rita !Rita Williams-Garcia | Like Sisters on the Homefront | Honor |
| 1996 | author | Woodson,Jacqueline !Jacqueline Woodson | From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun | Honor |
| 1996 | illustrator | Feelings,Tom !Tom Feelings | Middle Passage,The !The Middle Passage | Winner |
| 1996 | illustrator | Dillon,Leo and Diane !Leo and Diane Dillon | Her Stories | Honor |
| 1996 | illustrator | Pinkney,Brian !Brian Pinkney | The Faithful Friend | Honor |
| 1995 | author | McKissack,Patricia and Fred !Patricia C. and Fred L. McKissack | Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters | Winner |
| 1995 | author | Hansen,Joyce !Joyce Hansen | Captive,The !The Captive | Honor |
| 1995 | author | Woodson,Jacqueline !Jacqueline Woodson | I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This | Honor |
| 1995 | author | McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick !Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack | Black Diamond: Story of the Negro Baseball League | Honor |
| 1995 | illustrator | Ransome,James !James Ransome | Creation,The !The Creation | Winner |
| 1995 | illustrator | Shaffer,Teresa !Teresa Shaffer | The Singing Man | Honor |
| 1995 | illustrator | Cooper,Floyd !Floyd Cooper | Meet Danitra Brown | Honor |
| 1994 | author | Johnson,Angela !Angela Johnson | Toning the Sweep | Winner |
| 1994 | author | Thomas,Joyce Carol !Joyce Carol Thomas | Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea | Honor |
| 1994 | author | Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers | Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary | Honor |
| 1994 | illustrator | Feelings,Tom !Tom Feelings | Soul Looks Back in Wonder | Winner |
| 1994 | illustrator | Cooper,Floyd !Floyd Cooper | Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea | Honor |
| 1994 | illustrator | Ransome,James !James Ransome | Uncle Jed's Barbershop | Honor |
| 1993 | author | McKissack,Patricia !Patricia C. McKissack | Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural | Winner |
| 1993 | author | McKissack,Patricia and Fedrick !Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack | Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman? | Honor |
| 1993 | author | Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers | Somewhere in the Darkness | Honor |
| 1993 | author | Walter,Mildred Pitts !Mildred Pitts Walter | Mississippi Challenge | Honor |
| 1993 | illustrator | Wilson,Kathleen Atkins !Kathleen Atkins Wilson | Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth,The !The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth | Winner |
| 1993 | illustrator | Clay,Wil !Wil Clay | Little Eight John | Honor |
| 1993 | illustrator | Pinkney,Brian !Brian Pinkney | Sukey and the Mermaid | Honor |
| 1993 | illustrator | Byard,Carole !Carole Byard | Working Cotton | Honor |
| 1992 | author | Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers | Now is Your Time: the African American Struggle for Freedom | Winner |
| 1992 | author | Greenfield,Eloise !Eloise Greenfield | Night on Neighborhood Street | Honor |
| 1992 | illustrator | Ringgold,Faith !Faith Ringgold | Tar Beach | Winner |
| 1992 | illustrator | Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan | All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African American Spirituals | Honor |
| 1992 | illustrator | Gilchrist,Jan Spivey !Jan Spivey Gilchrist | Night on Neighborhood Street | Honor |
| 1991 | author | Taylor,Mildred !Mildred Taylor | Road to Memphis,The !The Road to Memphis | Winner |
| 1991 | author | Haskins,James !James Haskins | Black Dance in America | Honor |
| 1991 | author | Johnson,Angela !Angela Johnson | When I Am Old with You | Honor |
| 1991 | illustrator | Dillon,Leo and Diane !Leo and Diane Dillon | Aida | Winner |
| 1990 | author | McKissack,Patricia and Fred !Patricia C. and Fred L. McKissack | Long Hard Journey: the Story of the Pullman Porter,The !A Long Hard Journey: the Story of the Pullman Porter | Winner |
| 1990 | author | Greenfield,Eloise !Eloise Greenfield | Nathaniel Talking | Honor |
| 1990 | author | Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton | Bells of Christmas,The !The Bells of Christmas | Honor |
| 1990 | author | Patterson,Lillie !Lillie Patterson | Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement | Honor |
| 1990 | illustrator | Gilchrist,Jan Spivey !Jan Spivey Gilchrist | Nathaniel Talking | Winner |
| 1990 | illustrator | Pinkney,Jerry !Jerry Pinkney | The Talking Eggs | Honor |
| 1989 | author | Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers | Fallen Angels | Winner |
| 1989 | author | Berry,James !James Berry | Thief in the Village and Other Stories,A !A Thief in the Village and Other Stories | Honor |
| 1989 | author | Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton | Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave | Honor |
| 1989 | illustrator | Pinkney,Jerry !Jerry Pinkney | Mirandy and Brother Wind | Winner |
| 1989 | illustrator | Ferguson,Amos !Amos Ferguson | Under the Sunday Tree | Honor |
| 1989 | illustrator | Cummings,Pat !Pat Cummings | Storm in the Night | Honor |
| 1988 | author | Talyor,Mildred !Mildred Taylor | Friendship,The !The Friendship | Winner |
| 1988 | author | Veaux,Alexis De !Alexis De Veaux | Enchanted Hair Tale,A !An Enchanted Hair Tale | Honor |
| 1988 | author | Lester,Julius !Julius Lester | Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit,The !The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit | Honor |
| 1988 | illustrator | Steptoe,John !John Steptoe | Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale | Winner |
| 1988 | illustrator | Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan | What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals | Honor |
| 1988 | illustrator | last,first !JoeSam | Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua,The !The Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua | Honor |
| 1987 | author | Walter,Mildred Pitts !Mildred Pitts Walter | Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World | Winner |
| 1987 | author | Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan | Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales | Honor |
| 1987 | author | Hansen,Joyce !Joyce Hansen | Which Way Freedom | Honor |
| 1987 | illustrator | Pinkney,Jerry !Jerry Pinkney | Half a Moon and One Whole Star | Winner |
| 1987 | illustrator | Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan | Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales | Honor |
| 1987 | illustrator | Cummings,Pat !Pat Cummings | C.L.O.U.D.S. | Honor |
| 1986 | author | Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton | People Could Fly: American Black Folktales,The !The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | Winner |
| 1986 | author | Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton | Junius Over Far | Honor |
| 1986 | author | Walter,Mildred Pitts !Mildred Pitts Walter | Trouble’s Child | Honor |
| 1986 | illustrator | Pinkney,Jerry !Jerry Pinkney | Patchwork Quilt,The !The Patchwork Quilt | Winner |
| 1986 | illustrator | Dillon,Leo and Diane !Leo and Diane Dillon | People Could Fly: American Black Folktales,The !The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | Honor |
| 1985 | author | Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers | Motown and Didi: a love story | Winner |
| 1985 | author | Boyd,Candy Dawdon !Candy Dawson Boyd | Circle of Gold | Honor |
| 1985 | author | Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton | Little Love,A !A Little Love | Honor |
| 1985 | illustrator | None | ||
| 1984 | author | Clifton,Lucille !Lucille Clifton | Everett Anderson’s Good-bye | Winner |
| 1984 | author | Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton | Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl,The !The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl | Honor |
| 1984 | author | Haskins,James !James Haskins | Lena Horne | Honor |
| 1984 | author | Thomas,Joyce Carol !Joyce Carol Thomas | Bright Shadow | Honor |
| 1984 | author | Walter,Mildred Pitts !Mildred Pitts Walter | Because We Are | Honor |
| 1984 | author | King,Coretta Scott !Coretta Scott King (editor) | Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.,The !The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr | Special |
| 1984 | illustrator | Cummings,Pat !Pat Cummings | My Mama Needs Me | Winner |
| 1983 | author | Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton | Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush | Winner |
| 1983 | author | Lester,Julius !Julius Lester | This Strange New Feeling | Honor |
| 1983 | illustrator | Magubane,Peter !Peter Magubane | Black Child | Winner |
| 1983 | illustrator | Steptoe,John !John Steptoe | All the Colors of the Race | Honor |
| 1983 | illustrator | Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan | I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals | Honor |
| 1983 | illustrator | Cummings,Pat !Pat Cummings | Just Us Women | Honor |
| 1982 | author | Taylor,Mildred !Mildred Taylor | Let the Circle Be Unbroken | Winner |
| 1982 | author | Childress,Alice !Alice Childress | Rainbow Jordan | Honor |
| 1982 | author | Hunter,Kristin !Kristin Hunter | Lou In the Limelight | Honor |
| 1982 | author | Mebane,Mary E. !Mary E. Mebane | Mary: An Autobiography | Honor |
| 1982 | illustrator | Steptoe,John !John Steptoe | Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Senegal | Winner |
| 1982 | illustrator | last,first !Tom Feelings | Daydreamers | Honor |
| 1981 | author | Poitier,Sidney !Sidney Poitier | This Life | Winner |
| 1981 | author | Veaux,Alexis De !Alexis De Veaux | Don’t Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday | Honor |
| 1981 | illustrator | Bryan,Ashley !Ashley Bryan | Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum | Winner |
| 1981 | illustrator | Byard,Carole !Carole Byard | Grandmama's Joy | Honor |
| 1981 | illustrator | Pinkney,Jerry !Jerry Pinkney | Count on Your Fingers African Style | Honor |
| 1980 | author | Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers | Young Landlords,The !The Young Landlords | Winner |
| 1980 | author | Gordy,Berry !Berry Gordy | Movin’ Up | Honor |
| 1980 | author | Greenfield,Eloise and Little,Leslie Jones !Eloise Greenfield and Lessie Jones Little | Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir | Honor |
| 1980 | author | Haskins,James !James Haskins | Andrew Young: Young Man with a Mission | Honor |
| 1980 | author | Haskins,James !James Haskins | James Van Der Zee: The Picture Takin’ Man | Honor |
| 1980 | author | Southerland,Ellease !Ellease Southerland | Let the Lion Eat Straw | Honor |
| 1980 | illustrator | Byard,Carole !Carole Byard | Cornrows | Winner |
| 1979 | author | Davis,Ossie !Ossie Davis | Escape to Freedom | Winner |
| 1979 | author | Patterson,Lillie !Lillie Patterson | Benjamin Banneker | Honor |
| 1979 | author | Peterson,Jeanne W. !Jeanne W. Peterson | I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf | Honor |
| 1979 | author | Hamilton,Virginia !Virginia Hamilton | Justice and Her Brothers | Honor |
| 1979 | author | Fenner,Carol !Carol Fenner | Skates of Uncle Richard | Honor |
| 1979 | illustrator | Feelings,Tom !Tom Feelings | Something on My Mind | Winner |
| 1978 | author | Greenfield,Eloise !Eloise Greenfield | Africa Dream | Winner |
| 1978 | author | Faulkner,William J. !William J. Faulkner | Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be,The !The Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be | Honor |
| 1978 | author | Glass,Francina !Francina Glass | Marvin and Tige | Honor |
| 1978 | author | Greenfield,Eloise !Eloise Greenfield | Mary McCleod Bethune | Honor |
| 1978 | author | Haskins,James !James Haskins | Barbara Jordan | Honor |
| 1978 | author | Patterson,Lillie !Lillie Patterson | Coretta Scott King | Honor |
| 1978 | author | Stewart,Ruth Ann !Ruth Ann Stewart | Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington | Honor |
| 1978 | illustrator | Bayard,Carole !Carole Bayard | Africa Dream | Winner |
| 1977 | author | Haskins,James !James Haskins | Story of Stevie Wonder,The !The Story of Stevie Wonder | Winner |
| 1977 | author | Clifton,Lucille !Lucille Clifton | Everett Anderson's Friend | Honor |
| 1977 | author | Taylor,Mildred D. !Mildred D. Taylor | Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry | Honor |
| 1977 | author | Blake,Clarence N. and Donald F. Martin !Clarence N. Blake and Donald F. Martin | Quick Book on Black America | Honor |
| 1977 | illustrator | None | ||
| 1976 | author | Bailey,Pearl !Pearl Bailey | Duey's Tale | Winner |
| 1976 | author | Graham,Shirley !Shirley Graham | Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa | Honor |
| 1976 | author | Greenfield,Eloise !Eloise Greenfield | Paul Robeson | Honor |
| 1976 | author | Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers | Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff | Honor |
| 1976 | author | Taylor,Mildred !Mildred Taylor | Song of the Trees | Honor |
| 1976 | illustrator | None | ||
| 1975 | author | Robinson,Dorothy !Dorothy Robinson | Legend of Africania,The !The Legend of Africania | Winner |
| 1975 | illustrator | None | ||
| 1974 | author | Mathis,Sharon Bell !Sharon Bell Mathis | Ray Charles | Winner |
| 1974 | author | Childress,Alice !Alice Childress | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | Honor |
| 1974 | author | Clifton,Lucile !Lucile Clifton | Do You Remember? | Honor |
| 1974 | author | Crane,Louise !Louise Crane | Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women | Honor |
| 1974 | author | Hunter,Kristin !Kristin Hunter | Guest in the Promise Land | Honor |
| 1974 | author | Nagenda,John !John Nagenda | Mukasa | Honor |
| 1974 | illustrator | Ford,George !George Ford | Ray Charles | Winner |
| 1973 | author | Duckett,Alfred !Alfred Duckett | I Never Had It Made: the Autobiography of Jackie Robinson, as told to Alfred Duckett | Winner |
| 1972 | author | Fax,Eton C. !Eton C. Fax | 17 Black Artists | Winner |
| 1971 | author | Rollins,Charlemae !Charlemae Rollins | Black Troubador: Langston Hughes | Winner |
| 1971 | author | Angelou,Maya !Maya Angelou | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Honor |
| 1971 | author | Chisholm,Shirley !Shirley Chisholm | Unbought and Unbossed | Honor |
| 1971 | author | Evans,Mari !Mari Evans | I Am a Black Woman | Honor |
| 1971 | author | Graham,Lorenz !Lorenz Graham | Every Man Heart Lay Down | Honor |
| 1971 | author | Jordan,June and Terri Bush !June Jordan and Terri Bush | The Voice of the Children | Honor |
| 1971 | author | Groom,Gladys and Barney Grossman !Gladys Groom and Barney Grossman | Black Means | Honor |
| 1971 | author | Peters,Margaret W. !Margaret W. Peters | Ebony Book of Black Achievement | Honor |
| 1971 | author | Udry,Janice May !Janice May Udry | Mary Jo's Grandmother | Honor |
| 1970 | author | Patterson,Lillie !Lillie Patterson | Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace | Winner |
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