Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2025
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 1974 -- honoring sensitive and accurate depictions of ethnicity and race relations in the United States
- 2,482 Resources including
- 193 Videos
- 106 Book Readings
- 161 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 235 book results
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Winner, 2022)
65 Resources22 Awards
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Winner, 2015)
46 Resources16 Awards
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
by Kathleen Krull and Yuyi Morales
(Honor, 2004)
38 Resources9 Awards
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Eric Velasquez
(Honor, 2018)
37 Resources12 Awards
I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story
by Martha Brockenbrough, Grace Lin, and Julia Kuo
(Winner, 2022)
32 Resources8 Awards
How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison
(Honor, 2024)
31 Resources14 Awards
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
(Winner, 2015)
30 Resources13 Awards
William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad
by Don Tate
(Winner, 2021)
29 Resources5 Awards
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
by Laban Carrick Hill and Bryan Collier
(Honor, 2011)
28 Resources7 Awards
Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series
by Traci Sorell and Arigon Starr
(Winner, 2024)
28 Resources7 Awards
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
(Winner, 2011)
27 Resources4 Awards
Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills
by Renée Watson and Christian Robinson
(Honor, 2013)
25 Resources2 Awards
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace
by Ashley Bryan
(Winner, 2020)
25 Resources12 Awards
Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon
by Kelly Starling Lyons and Laura Freeman
(Honor, 2021)
25 Resources5 Awards
Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
by Thien Pham
(Winner, 2024)
25 Resources12 Awards
A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis
by Matt de la Peña and Kadir Nelson
(Honor, 2012)
23 Resources5 Awards
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
by Cynthia Y. Levinson and Vanessa Brantley-Newton
(Winner, 2018)
23 Resources4 Awards
This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality
by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
(Honor, 2020)
23 Resources9 Awards
Because of You, John Lewis
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Keith Henry Brown
(Honor, 2023)
23 Resources6 Awards
The Doll Test: Choosing Equality
by Carole Boston Weatherford and David Elmo Cooper
(Middle Winner, 2025)
22 Resources4 Awards
The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just
by Mélina Mangal and Luisa Uribe
(Winner, 2019)
21 Resources4 Awards
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and R. Gregory Christie
(Honor, 2010)
20 Resources7 Awards
Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools
(Secondary Winner, 2025)
20 Resources10 Awards
Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
by Jabari Asim and Bryan Collier
(Winner, 2013)
19 Resources3 Awards
Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness
by Donna Janell Bowman and Daniel Minter
(Honor, 2017)
19 Resources4 Awards
So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom
by Gary D. Schmidt and Daniel Minter
(Honor, 2019)
19 Resources4 Awards
Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist Mavynee Betsch
by Heidi Tyline King and Ekua Holmes
(Honor, 2022)
19 Resources4 Awards
Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty
by Tonya Bolden
(Winner, 2014)
18 Resources7 Awards
Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City
(Honor, 2019)
18 Resources5 Awards
The Rock in My Throat
by Kao Kalia Yang and Jiemei Lin
(Elementary Winner, 2025)
18 Resources5 Awards
Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Stephen Alcorn
(Winner, 2001)
17 Resources4 Awards
The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial
by Susan E. Goodman and E.B. Lewis
(Honor, 2017)
17 Resources7 Awards
Race Against Time: The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to Save Twelve Innocent Men
by Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace
(Winner, 2022)
17 Resources6 Awards
