Coretta Scott King Awards

The Coretta Scott King Awards honor authors of African descent whose books "promote an understanding and appreciation of the 'American Dream'." It honors historic civil-rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his widow, Coretta Scott King.

Click here for a list of winners from 1970 to the present. Past winners include books on historic African Americans like Jackie Robinson, Lena Horne and Sojourner Truth.

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