My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter

Illustrator: Let it Shine, illustrated and written by Ashley Bryan (Atheneum Books for Young Readers) Illustrator: The Blacker the Berry, by Floyd Cooper (published by Amistad)Īuthor: Elijah of Buxton, Christopher Paul Curtis (Scholastic) Smith Jr.Īuthor: We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, by Kadir Nelson Illustrator: My People, illustrated by Charles R.

Marshal, written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Illustrator: Dave the Potter, illustrated by Bryan CollierĪuthor: Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. EvansĪuthor: One Crazy Summer, written by Rita Williams-Garcia Illustrator: Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom, illustrated by Shane W. Illustrator: I, Too, Am American, illustrated by Bryan CollierĪuthor: Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans, written by Kadir Nelson Illustrator: Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me, illustrated by Bryan CollierĪuthor: Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America, written by Andrea Davis Pinkney Be Eleven, written by Rita Williams-Garcia Illustrator: Firebird, illustrated by Christopher MyersĪuthor: P.S. Illustrator: Trombone Shorty, illustrated by Bryan CollierĪuthor: brown girl dreaming, written by Jacqueline Woodson 2016Īuthor: Gone Crazy in Alabama, written by Rita Williams-Garcia A separate award for illustrator was added in 1979.Ĭoretta Scott King was an African-American civil-rights leader. For African-American authors and illustrators whose books promote the contributions to the American dream given by the American Library Association.

My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter