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| Author Award | |||
| Title | Section | Author | Year |
| Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace | JB | Patterson, Lillie | 1970 |
| Blact Troubador: Langston Hughes | Rollins, Charlemae | 1971 | |
| 17 Black Artists | Fax, Elton C. | 1972 | |
| I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie Robinson, as told by Alfred Duckett | Biography | Robinson, Jackie | 1973 |
| Ray Charles | JB | Mathis, Sharon Bell | 1974 |
| The Legend of Africana | Robinson, Dorothy | 1975 | |
| Duey's Tale | Bailey, Pearl | 1976 | |
| The Story of Stevie Wonder | Biography | Haskins, James | 1977 |
| Africa Dream | JP | Greenfield, Eloise | 1978 |
| Escape to Freedom | Davis, Ossie | 1979 | |
| The Young Landlords | JPB | Myers, Walter Dean | 1980 |
| This Life | Vauxhall | Poitier, Sidney | 1981 |
| Let the Circle Be Unbroken | JF | Taylor, Mildred D. | 1982 |
| Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush | Vauxhall | Hamilton, Virginia | 1983 |
| Everett Anderson's Good-bye | JP | Clifton, Lucille | 1984 |
| Motown and Didi | YAPB | Myers, Walter Dean | 1985 |
| The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | J 398.2 | Hamilton Virginia | 1986 |
| Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World | JF | Walter, Mildred Pitts | 1987 |
| The Friendship | JF | Taylor, Mildred L. | 1988 |
| Fallen Angels | YAPB | Myers, Walter Dean | 1989 |
| A Long Hard Journey: the Story of Pullman Porter | McKissack, Patricia C. and Frederick L. | 1990 | |
| The Road to Memphis | YA Fiction | Taylor, Mildred D. | 1991 |
| Now is Your Time: the African American Struggle for Freedom | J 305. 896073 |
Myers, Walter Dean | 1992 |
| Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural | JSC | McKissack, Patricia A. | 1993 |
| Toning the Sweep | YA Fiction | Johnson, Angela | 1994 |
| The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo | Feelings, Tom | 1995 | |
| Her Stories | Hamilton, Virginia | 1996 | |
| Slam | YAPB | Myers, Walter Dean | 1997 |
| Forged by Fire | YA Fiction | Draper, Sharon M. | 1998 |
| Heaven | JF | Johnson, Angela | 1999 |
| Bud, Not Buddy | J Newbery | Curtis, Christopher Paul | 2000 |
| Miracle's Boys | JF | Woodson, Jacqueline | 2001 |
| The Land | YAPB | Taylor, Mildred | 2002 |
| Bronx Masquerade | YAPB | Grimes, Nikki | 2003 |
| The Fist Part Last | YA Fiction | Johnson, Angela | 2004 |
| Remember: the Journey to School Integration | JP+ | Morrison, Toni | 2005 |
| Day of Tears: a Novel in Dialogue | JF | Lester, Julius | 2006 |
| Copper Sun | JF/YA | Draper, Sharon | 2007 |
| Elijah of Buxton | J Newbery |
Curtis, Christopher Paul |
2008 |
| We Are The Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball | J796.357 | Nelson, Kadir | 2009 |
| Bad News For Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves | JB Reeves | Nelson, Vaunda | 2010 |
| One Crazy Summer | JF/YA | Williams-Garcia, Rita | 2011 |
| Illustrator Award | ||||
| Title | Section | Author | Illustrator | Year |
| Ray Charles | JB | Mathis | George Ford | 1974 |
| Africa Dream | Greenfield | Carole Bayard | 1978 | |
| Something on My Mind | Grimes | Tom Feelings | 1979 | |
| Cornrown | JP | Yarborough | Carole Byard | 1980 |
| Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum | Bryan | Ashley Bryan | 1981 | |
| Mother Crocodile: And Uncle Amadou Tale from Sengal | Guy | John Steptoe | 1982 | |
| Black Child | Mugabane | Peter Mugabane | 1983 | |
| My Mama Needs Me | JP | Pitts | Pat cummings | 1984 |
| The Patchwork Quilt | JP | Flournoy | Jerry Pinkney | 1986 |
| Half a Moon and One Whole Star | JP | Dragonwagon | Jerry Pinkney | 1987 |
| Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: an African Tale | JP | Steptoe | John Steptoe | 1988 |
| Mirandy and Brother Wind | JP | McKissack | Jerry Pinkney | 1989 |
| Nathaniel Talking | J 811.54 | Greenfield | Jan Spivy | 1990 |
| Aida | J 782.1 | Price | Leo and Diane Dillon | 1991 |
| Tar Beach | JP+ | Ringgold | Faith Ringgold | 1992 |
| The Origin of Life on Earth | Anderson | Kathleen Atkins | 1993 | |
| Soul Looks Back in Wonder | J 811 | Fogelman | Tom Feelings | 1994 |
| The Creation | J 811.52 | Johnson | James Ransome | 1995 |
| The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Carto | Feelings | Tom Feelings | 1996 | |
| Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman | JP | Schroeder | Jerry Pinkney | 1997 |
| In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers | J 811.008 | Schroeder | Javaka Steptoe | 1998 |
| Heaven | JF | Johnson | Angela Johnson | 1999 |
| In the Time of the Drums | JP+ | Siegelson | Brian Pinkney | 2000 |
| Uptown | JP | Collier | Bryan Collier | 2001 |
| Goin' Someplace Special | JP+ | McKissack | Jerry Pinkney | 2002 |
| Talkin' About Bessie: the Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman | Grimes | E. B. Lewis | 2003 | |
| Beautiful Blackbird | J398.2 | Bryan | Ashley Bryan | 2004 |
| Ellington Was Not a Street | JP+ | Shange | Kadir A. Nelson | 2005 |
| Rosa | JB | Giovanni | Bryan Collier | 2006 |
| Moses: when Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom | JP/JP+ | Weatherford | Kadir Nelson | 2007 |
| Let It Shine | JP | Bryan | Ashley Bryan | 2008 |
| The Blacker The Berry | J 811.54 | Thomas | Floyd Cooper | 2009 |
| My People | J 811.54 | Hughes | Charles R. Smith | 2010 |
| Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave | J 738.092 | Hill | Bryan Collier | 2011 |