Carter G. Woodson Book Award, 1974-2023
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
Sponsored by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

- 2,494 Resources including
- 186 Videos
- 92 Book Readings
- 153 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
(Winner, 2022)
69 Resources23 Awards




Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
(Winner, 2015)
47 Resources16 Awards

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
by Kathleen Krull and Yuyi Morales
(Honor, 2004)
42 Resources9 Awards

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Eric Velasquez
(Honor, 2018)
40 Resources12 Awards

I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story
by Martha Brockenbrough, Grace Lin, and Julia Kuo
(Winner, 2022)
40 Resources8 Awards


The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
(Winner, 2015)
33 Resources13 Awards


Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
by Laban Carrick Hill and Bryan Collier
(Honor, 2011)
31 Resources7 Awards

William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad
by Don Tate
(Winner, 2021)
31 Resources5 Awards

Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace
by Ashley Bryan
(Winner, 2020)
30 Resources12 Awards


Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills
by Renée Watson and Christian Robinson
(Honor, 2013)
28 Resources2 Awards

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
(Winner, 2011)
27 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)
27 Resources9 Awards

Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon
by Kelly Starling Lyons and Laura Freeman
(Honor, 2021)
27 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)
26 Resources4 Awards

Because of You, John Lewis
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Keith Henry Brown
(Honor, 2023)
25 Resources7 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 Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just
by Mélina Mangal and Luisa Uribe
(Winner, 2019)
22 Resources4 Awards

Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist Mavynee Betsch
by Heidi Tyline King and Ekua Holmes
(Honor, 2022)
22 Resources4 Awards


Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness
by Donna Janell Bowman and Daniel Minter
(Honor, 2017)
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



So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom
by Gary D. Schmidt and Daniel Minter
(Honor, 2019)
20 Resources4 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)
20 Resources6 Awards


Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
by Jabari Asim and Bryan Collier
(Winner, 2013)
19 Resources3 Awards

The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial
by Susan E. Goodman and E.B. Lewis
(Honor, 2017)
19 Resources7 Awards

Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City
(Honor, 2019)
19 Resources5 Awards

Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Stephen Alcorn
(Winner, 2001)
18 Resources4 Awards

Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom
by Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, and Diane Dillon
(Honor, 1994)
18 Resources2 Awards

The Sound That Jazz Makes
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Eric Velasquez
(Winner, 2001)
18 Resources1 Awards

Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty
by Tonya Bolden
(Winner, 2014)
18 Resources7 Awards

Todos Iguales / All Equal: Un Corrido de Lemon Grove/A Ballad of Lemon Grove
by Christy Hale
(Honor, 2020)
18 Resources6 Awards


Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship
by Nikki Giovanni and Bryan Collier
(Winner, 2009)
17 Resources1 Awards

The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and John Parra
(Honor, 2021)
17 Resources4 Awards