The Coretta Scott King Award is an annual award presented by the Coretta Scott King Book Award Round Table, part of the American Library Association (ALA). Named for Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King Jr., this award recognizes outstanding books for young adults and children by African Americans that reflect the African American experience. Awards are given both to authors and to illustrators.
Scott King in 1993
Sharon Draper won the Steptoe Award before going on to win two Coretta Scott King Awards
Ashley Bryan has won the award as both an author and illustrator and has been recognized 12 total times
Christopher Paul Curtis became the first author to win the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award in the same year for Bud, Not Buddy.
American Library Association
The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world.
American Library Association conference at New Monterey Hotel in Asbury Park, New Jersey, June 25, 1919
Panelist Dr.Cora Dunkley speaking at Association for Library Service to Children 2022 President's Program, Lucia Gonzalez, President
ALA Youth Media Awards in January 2014; Pura Belpré Committee with Henrietta M. Smith
The American Library Association Conference in June 2011