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Award year

2021 Coretta Scott King Book Awards

Source: official announcement

Author Award

Winner
Before the Ever After
Jacqueline Woodson
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All the Days Past, All the Days to Come
Mildred D. Taylor
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King and the Dragonflies
Kacen Callender
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Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box
Evette Dionne
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Illustrator Award

Winner
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
Carole Boston Weatherford
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Magnificent Homespun Brown
Samara Cole Doyon
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Me & Mama
Cozbi A. Cabrera
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Also recognized

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks by Suzanne SladeHonor

John Steptoe Award for New Talent

Winner
Legendborn
Tracy Deonn
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