"The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. The award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood."
- from the Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT), A Round Table of the American Library Association (ALA)
Awards: Author Winner, Illustrator Winner, Author Honor, Illustrator Honor, John Steptoe Award for New Talent (Author), John Steptoe Award for New Talent (Illustrator), The Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement (Author and/or Illustrator)
The following is a selection of Coretta Scott King Award book titles available at the Reedley College Library.
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by 
In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall by 
Freedom Summer by 
The Patchwork Quilt by 
Ellington Was Not a Street by 
In the Time of the Drums by 
The First Part Last by For a full list of recipients since 1970, visit the EMIERT website.
"Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) was the wife of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. She gained an international reputation as an advocate of civil rights, nonviolence, international peace, full employment, and equal rights for women....
Coretta Scott King chaired and co-chaired several national committees and continued to serve on the board of directors of the SCLC [Southern Christian Leadership Conference]. She also was president of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change, located in Atlanta, Georgia, and continued to lobby for world peace, full employment, and social justice. (The Kings' youngest son, Dexter Scott King, took over as chairman and CEO of the King Center in 1995.) King was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Dag Hammarskjold Award, 1969; the UAW Social Justice Award, 1980; and the Eugene V. Debs award, 1982. She received more than 40 honorary degrees by academic institutions. She was the author of three books, and wrote a nationally syndicated column. She also served as the head of the delegation of the "Women for a Meaningful Summit" in Athens, Greece, and the "Soviet-American Women's Summit" in Washington, D.C., in anticipation of the Reagan-Gorbachov talks. Among the dozens of committees she founded or served on are Black Leadership Forum, the National Black Coalition for Voter Participation, and the Black Leadership Roundtable. In her honor, the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table each year recognizes distinguished contributions to children's literature by awarding its Coretta Scott King Award to deserving African-Americans."
- "Coretta Scott King." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, Gale, 1998. Gale In Context: Biography
