Coretta Scott King and the story behind the Coretta Scott King Award

By John Bankston

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Biography, Women, African American women civil rights workers, African Americans, Civil rights movements, Coretta Scott King Award, Civil rights workers, Civil rights, History

Description: Profiles Coretta Scott King, whose efforts in carrying on her husband's civil rights work led her to establish the Coretta Scott King Award, which celebrates African-American writers and illustrators.