• Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison
• Illustrated Winner: Ellington Was Not a Street illustrated by Kadir A. Nelson, written by Ntozake Shange

• The Legend of Buddy Bush by Sheila P. Moses
• Who Am I Without Him? Short Stories about Girls and Boys in their Lives by Sharon G. Flake
• Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requim by Marilyn Nelson
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• God Bless the Child illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, words by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr.
• The People Could Fly: The Picture Book illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, written by Virginia Hamilton

• The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
• Illustrated Winner: Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan

• Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States by Patricia C. and Frederick L. McKissack

• Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
• Illustrated Winner: Talkin' About Bessie: the Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes

• The Red Rose Box by Brenda Woods
• Talkin' About Bessie: the Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• Rap a Tap: Here's Bojangles - Think of That illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
• Visiting Langston illustrated by Bryan Collier

• The Land by Mildred Taylor
• Illustrated Winner:
• Goin' Someplace Special illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; text by Patricia McKissack

• Money-Hungry by Sharon G. Flake
• Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson
• Illustrated Honor Book:
• Martin's Big Words illustrated by Bryan Collier, text by Doreen Rappoport

• Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson
• Illustrated Winner:
• Uptown by Bryan Collier

• Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Stephen Alcorn
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• Freedom River by Bryan Collier
• Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth illustrated by R. Gregory Christie; text by Anne Rockwell
• Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys illustrated by E.B. Lewis; text by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard

• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Illustrated Winner:
• In the Time of the Drums illustrated by Brian Pinkney, text by Kim L. Siegelson

• Francie by Karen English
• Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers by Patricia C. and Frederick L. McKissack
• Monster by Walter Dean Myers
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• My Rows and Piles of Coins illustrated by E.B. Lewis, text by Tololwa M. Mollel
• Black Cat by Christopher Myers

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The 1990s

• Heaven by Angela Johnson
• Illustrated Winner:
• i see the rhythm illustrated by Michele Wood, text by Toyomi Igus

• Jazmin's Notebook by Nikki Grimes
• Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York's African Burial Ground by Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan
• The Other Side: Shorter Poems by Angela Johnson
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• I Have Heard of a Land illustrated by Floyd Cooper, text by Joyce Carol Thomas
• The Bat Boy and His Violin illustrated by E.B. Lewis, text by Gavin Curtis
• Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra illustrated by Brian Pinkney, text by Andrea Davis Pinkney

• Forged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper
• Illustrated Winner:
• In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers illustrated by Javaka Steptoe, text by Alan Schroeder

• Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement by James Haskins
• I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: the Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl by Joyce Hansen
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• ABC of African Poetry by Ashley Bryan
• Harlem illustrated by Christopher Myers, text by Walter Dean Myers
• Hunterman and the Crocodile by Baba Wague Diakite

• Slam by Walter Dean Myers
• Illustrated Winner:
• Minty: A story of Young Harriet Tubman illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, text by Alan Schroeder

• Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts by Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children illustrated by Gregorie Christie, edited by Davida Adedjouma
• Running the Road to ABC illustrated by Reynold Ruffins, text by Denize Lauture
• Neeny Coming, Neeny Going illustrated by Synthia Saint James, text by Karen English

• Her Stories by Virginia Hamilton
• Illustrated Winner:
• The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo by Tom Feelings

• The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Like Sisters on the Homefront by Rita Williams-Garcia
• From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• Her Stories illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, text by Virginia Hamilton

• Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack
• Illustrated Winner:
• The Creation illustrated by James Ransome, text by James Weldon Johnson

• The Captive by Joyce Hansen
• I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This by Jacqueline Woodson
• Black Diamond: Story of the Negro Baseball League by Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• The Singing Man illustrated by Terea Shaffer, text by Angela Shelf Medearis
• Meet Danitra Brown illustrated by Floyd Cooper, text by Nikki Grimes

• Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson
• Illustrated Winner:
• Soul Looks Back in Wonder illustrated by Tom Feelings, text ed. by Phyllis Fogelman

• Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
• Malcom X: By Any Means Necessary by Walter Dean Myers
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
• Uncle Jed's Barbershop illustrated by James Ransome, text by Margaree King Mitchell

• Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia A. McKissack
• Illustrated Winner:
• The Origin of Life on Earth: an African Creation Myth illustrated by Kathleen Atkins Wilson, retold by David A. Anderson

• Mississippi Challenge by Mildred Pitts Walter
• Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? by Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack
• Somewhere in the Darkness by Walter Dean Myers
• Night on Neighborhood Street by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• Little Eight John, illustrated by Wil Clay, text by Jan Wahl
• Sukey and the Mermaid illustrated by Brian Pinkney, text by Robert San Souci
• Working Cotton illustrated by Carole Byard, text by Sherley Anne Williams

• Now is Your Time: the African American Struggle for Freedom by Walter Dean Myers

• Night on Neighborhood Street by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African American Spirituals, illustrated and selected by Ashley Bryan
• Night on Neighborhood Street, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist, text by Eloise Greenfield

• The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor
• Illustrated Winner:
• Aida, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, text by Leontyne Price

• Black Dance in America by James Haskins
• When I Am Old With You by Angela Johnson

• A Long Hard Journey: the Story of the Pullman Porter by Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack
• Night on Neighborhood Street by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
• Illustrated Winner:
• Nathaniel Talking illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist, text by Eloise Greenfield

• Nathaniel Talking by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
• The Bells of Christmas by Virginia Hamilton
• Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement by Lillie Patterson
• Night on Neighborhood Street by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• The Talking Eggs illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, text by Robert San Souci

• Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
• Illustrated Winner:
• Mirandy and Brother Wind, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, text by Patricia McKissack

• A Thief in the Village and Other Stories by James Berry
• AnthonyBurns: the Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave by Virginia Hamilton
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• Under the Sunday Tree, illustrated by Amos Ferguson, text by Eloisie Greenfield
• Storm in the Night illustrated by Pat Cummings, text by Mary Stolz

1988 Winner

• The Friendship by Mildred L. Taylor
• Illustrated Winner:
• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: an African Tale by John Steptoe

• An Enchanted Hair Tale by Alexis De Veaux
• The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit by Julius Lester
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals illustrated by Ashley Bryan, selected by John Langstaff

• Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter
• Illustrated Winner:
• Half a Moon and One Whole Star illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, text by Crescent Dragonwagon

• Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales by Ashley Bryan
• Which Way Freedom by Joyce Hansen
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• Lion and the Osrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales by Ashley Bryan
• C.L.O.U.D.S. by Pat Cummings

• The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
• Illustrated Winner:
• The Patchwork Quilt illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, text by Valerie Flournoy

• Junius Over Far by Virginia Hamilton
• Trouble's Child by Mildred Pitts Walter
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, text by Virginia Hamilton

• Motown and Didi by Walter Dean Myers
• Illustrated Winner:
• No Award

• Circle of God by Candy Dawson
• A Little Love by Virginia Hamilton

• Everett Anderson's Good-bye by Lucille Clifton
• Special Citation:
• The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, compiler
• Illustrated Winner:
• My Mama Needs Me illustrated by Pat Cummings, text by Mildren Pitts Walter

• The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl by Virginia Hamilton
• Lena Horne by James Haskins
• Bright Shadow by Joyce Carol Thomas
• Because We Are by Mildred Pitts Walter

• Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton
• Illustrated Winner:
• Black Child by Peter Mugabane

• This Strange New Feeling by Julius Lester
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• All the Colors of the Race illustrated by John Steptoe, text by Arnold Adoff
• I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals illustrated by Ashley Bryan
• Just Us Women illustrated by Pat Cummings, text by Jeanette Caines

• Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor
• Illustrated Winner:
• Mother Crocodile; an Uncle Amadou Tale from Sengal illustrated by John Steptoe; text by Rosa Guy

• Rainbow Jordan by Alice Childress
• Lou in the Limelight by Kristin Hunter
• Mary: An Autobiography by Mary E. Mebane
• Illustrated Honor Book:
• Daydreamers illustrated by Tom Feelings, text by Eloise Greenfield

• The Life of Sidney Poitier
• Illustrated Winner:
• Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum by Ashley De Veaux

• Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday by Alexis de Veaux
• Illustrated Honor Books:
• Grandma's Joy illustrated by Carole Byard, text by Eloise Greenfield
• Count on Your Fingers African Style, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, text by Claudia Zaslavsky

• The Young Landlords by Walter Dean Myers
• Illustrated Winner:
• Cornrows illustrated by Carole Byard, text by Camille Yarborough

• Movin' Up by Berry Gordy
• Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir by Eloise Greenfield and Lessie Jones Little
• Andrew Young: Young Man With a Mission by James Haskins
• James Van Der Zee: The Picture Takin' Man by James Haskins
• Let the Lion Eat Straw by Ellease Southerland

• Escape to Freedom by Ossie Davis
• Illustrated Winner:
• Something on My Mind, illustrated by Tom Feelings; text by Nikki Grimes

• Benjamin Banneker by Lilly Patterson
• I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf by Jeanne W. Peterson
• Justice and Her Brothers by Virginia Hamilton
• Skates of Uncle Richard by Carol Fenner

• Africa Dream by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Carole Bayard
• Illustrated Winner:
• Africa Dream, illustrated by Carole Bayard, text by Eloise Greenfield

• The Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be by William J. Faulkner
• Marvin and Tige by Frankcina Glass
• Mary McCleod Bethune by Eloise Greenfield
• Barbara Jordan by James Haskins
• Coretta Scott King by Lillie Patterson
• Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington by Ruth Ann Stewart

• The Story of Stevie Wonder by James Haskins
• Illustrated Winner:
• No Award

1977 Honor
Books

• No Honor Books

• Duey's Tale by Pearl Bailey
• Illustrated Winner:
• No Award

• No Honor Books

• The Legend of Africana by Dorothy Robinson
• Illustrated Winner:
• No Award

• No Honor Books

• Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis, illustrated by George Ford
• Illustrated Winner:
• Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis, illustrated by George Ford

• No Honor Books

• I Never Had it Made: the Autobiography of Jackie Robinson, as told to Alfred Duckett

• 17 Black Artists by Elton C. Fax

• Black Troubador: Langston Hughes by Charlemae Rollins

• Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace by Lillie Patterson