This page lists alumni of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (iSchool) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that served as Jury Members for the Coretta Scott King Book Awards. The italicized book titles represent the Coretta Scott King Author Award winner followed by the Illustrator Award winner in the specified year. An asterisk denotes service as the chair of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Jury in the specified year.
Established in 1970, the Coretta Scott King Book Awards are awarded by the American Library Association (ALA) 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.”1 To learn more about the Coretta Scott King Book Awards and past recipients, visit this page by the ALA’s Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT).
2022 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Jason Miles Driver, Sr.* (MS/LIS, 2011) and Lettycia Terrones (Current PhD student)
(Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre)
(Before the Ever After; R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul)
2020 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: LaKeshia NeShaun Darden, Irene L. Briggs, Jewel Davis, Jason Miles Driver, Sr. (MS/LIS, 2011), Susan H. Polos, Maegen Janine Rose, and Christina Vortia
(New Kid; The Undefeated)
2019 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Sam Bloom, Jessica Anne Bratt, Irene L. Briggs, Jason Miles Driver, Sr. (MS/LIS, 2011), Sujin Bernadette Huggins (PhD, 2012), Christina Vortia, and LaKeshia Darden
(A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919; The Stuff of Stars)
2018 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Sam Bloom, Kacie Armstrong, Jessica Anne Bratt, LaKeshia Darden, Sujin Bernadette Huggins (PhD, 2012), Erica Marks, and Martha V. Parravano
(Piecing Me Together; Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets)
2017 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Rudine Sims Bishop, Sam Bloom, Kacie Armstrong, Erica T. Marks, Martha V. Parravano, April Rachelle Roy, and Ida W. Thompson
(March: Book Three; Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat)
2016 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Rudine Sims Bishop, Sam Bloom, Christina H. Dorr, Ruth Newell, April Rachelle Roy, Barbara S. Spears, and Ida W. Thompson
(Gone Crazy in Alabama; Trombone Shorty)
2015 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Kimberly Anne Patton, Rose T. Dawson, Christina H. Dorr, Barbara S. Spears, Rudine Sims Bishop, Martha M. Walker, and Ruth Newell
(brown girl dreaming; Firebird)
2014 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Kimberly Patton, Lana Adlawan, Therese G. Bigelow, Rose T. Dawson, Sue Sherif, Rudine Sims Bishop, and Sujin Huggins (PhD, 2012)
(P.S. Be Eleven; Knock knock: my dad’s dream for me)
2013 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Dorothy L. Guthrie, Lana Adlawan, Therese G. Bigelow, Mary F. M. Cooper, Yolanda A. Hood, and Sue Sherif
(Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America; I, Too, Am America)
2012 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Jonda C. McNair, Lesley Colabucci, Cora Dunkley, Diane Foote (MS/LIS, 2006), Debra Gold, Eboni R. Njoku, and Mary Cooper
(Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans; Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom)
2011 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Jonda C. McNair, Lesley Colabucci, Eboni Curry, Cora Dunkley, Diane Foote (MS/LIS, 2006), Debra Gold, Karen Lemmons
(One Crazy Summer; Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave)
2010 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Carole McCollough, Eunice Anderson, Alan R. Bailey, Brenda M. Hunter, Jonda C. McNair, Martha Ruff, and Robin L. Smith
(Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal; My People)
2009 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Carole J. McCollough, Darwin Henderson, Brenda M. Hunter, Alan R. Bailey, Jonda C. McNair, Martha Ruff, Robin L. Smith, and Eunice Anderson
(We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball; The Blacker the Berry)
2008 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Carole J. McCollough, Denyvetta Davis, Brenda M. Hunter, Adelaide Poniatowski Phelps, Martha Ruff, Betty Loggins Smith, and Henrietta M. Smith
(Elijah of Buxton; Let it Shine)
2007 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Darwin L. Henderson, Denyetta Davis, Brenda M. Hunter, Kimberly A. Patton, Adelaide Poniatowski Phelps, Betty Loggins Smith, Henrietta M. Smith, and Lila B. Wisotzki
(Copper Sun; Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom)
2006 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Darwin L. Henderson, Yvonne Foster Bolden, Dorothy Guthrie, Brenda M. Hunter, Claudette S. McLinn, Kimberly A. Patton, and Lila B. Wisotzki
(Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue; Rosa)
2005 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Chrystal Carr Jeter, Yvonne Foster Bolden, Loretta Dowell, Darwin L. Henderson, Dorothy Guthrie, Claudette S. McLinn, and Idella Washington
(Remember: The Journey to School Integration; Ellington Was Not a Street)
2004 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Chrystal Carr Jeter, Deborah Burns, Patty Carleton, Loretta Dowell, Darwin L. Henderson, Veronica Stevenson-Moudamane, and Idella Washington
(The First Part Last; Beautiful Blackbird)
2003 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Fran Ware, Deborah Burns, Patty Carleton, ayo dayo, Darwin L. Henderson, Chrystal Carr Jeter, and Veronica Stevenson-Moudamane
(Bronx Masquerade; Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman)
2002 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Fran Ware, ayo dayo, Chrystal Jeter, Nancy Kraus, and Veronica Stevenson-Moudamane
(The Land; Goin’ Someplace Special)
2001 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Pauletta Brown Bracy, Mary F. M. Cooper, Teffeny Edmondson, Nancy Kraus, Susan Pine, Fran Ware, and Khafre Abif
(Miracle’s Boys; Uptown)
2000 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Deborah Taylor, Hilery Cash, Fran Ware, Mary F. Mosley Cooper, Khafre Abif, Susan Pine, and Pauletta Bracy
(Bud, Not Buddy; In the Time of the Drums)
1999 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Deborah Taylor, Rita Auerbach, Hilery Cash, Dorothy Evans, Carole McCollough, Henrietta Smith, and Pauletta Bracy
(Heaven; I See the Rhythm)
1997 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Dorothy Evans* (BS/LIS, 1929), Carolyn L. Garnes (MS/LIS, 1972)
(Slam; Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman)
1996 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Dorothy Evans* (BS/LIS, 1929), Heather Caines, Carolyn Garnes (MS/LIS, 1972), Faye Landers, Sandra Payne, Debra Taylor, and Nancy Woodson
(Her Stories; The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo)
1994 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Ann Miller (MS/LIS, 1969)
(Toning the Sweep; Soul Looks Back in Wonder)
1993 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Ann Miller (MS/LIS, 1969)
(The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural; The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth)
1991 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Barbara Jones, Rita Auerbach, Carolyn Garnes (MS/LIS, 1972), Lorelle Henry, Kathleen T. Homing, Florenz Maxwell, and Henrietta Smith
(The Road to Memphis; Aida)
1990 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Carolyn Garnes (MS/LIS, 1972)
(A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter; Nathaniel Talking)
1989 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Carole J. McCollough, Henrietta M. Smith, Rita Auerbach, Mary Biblo, Barbara Jones, Ginny Moore Kruse, and David L. Searcy
(Fallen Angels; Mirandy and Brother Wind)
1985 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Ethel N. Ambrose, Henrietta M. Smith, Mary Biblo, Violette Y. Brooks, Joyce White Mills, Carole J. McCollough, Margaret E. Poarch, and David L. Searcy
(Motown and Didi)
1984 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Barbara T. Rollock, Effie Lee Morris, Ethel N. Ambrose, Mary Biblo, Margaret E. Poarch, Henrietta M. Smith, and Joyce White Mills
(Everett Anderson’s Goodbye; My Mama Needs Me)
1983 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Barbara T. Rollock, Effie Lee Morris, Ethel N. Ambrose, Mary Biblo, Margaret E. Poarch, Henrietta M. Smith, and Joyce White Mills
(Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush; Black Child)
1982 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Barbara T. Rollock, Effie Lee Morris, Ethel N. Ambrose, Margaret E. Poarch, and Henrietta M. Smith
(Let the Circle Be Unbroken; Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Senegal)
1981 CSK Book Awards Jury Members: Barbara T. Rollock, Effie Lee Morris, Ethel N. Ambrose, Margaret E. Poarch, Henrietta M. Smith, Susie F. Shumey, and Gladys Lemon
(This Life; Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum)