Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards

Featuring artwork from over 100 award/honor-winning book titles, Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards is the largest and most comprehensive presentation of Coretta Scott King Illustrator Medal and Honor-winning art ever assembled since the award was first established in 1974. This touring exhibition is part of a national celebration of the Coretta Scott King Awards, celebrating 50 years as a champion of books about the African American experience. Awarded annually 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, the CSK Awards commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honor his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood.

Participating artists in chronological order include George Ford (recipient of the first CSK Illustrator Award conferred in 1974), Tom Feelings, Ashley Bryan, Jerry Pinkney, John Steptoe, Leo & Diane Dillon, Peter Magubane, Pat Cummings, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Brian Pinkney, Kathleen Atkins Wilson, Faith Ringgold, Floyd Cooper, R. Gregory Christie, Christopher Myers, Bryan Collier, E. B. Lewis, Javaka Steptoe, Shane Evans, Colin Bootman, Benny Andrews, James E. Ransome, Joe Sam, Synthia St. James, Michelle Wood, Charles R. Smith, Daniel Minter, Frank Morrison, Nancy Devard, Sean Qualls, Baba Diakité, and Reynold Ruffins.

Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards was organized by the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature (NCCIL), Abilene, Texas.