Book Awards & Distinctions
for Floyd Cooper

1 Lifetime Achievement Award 95 Total Book Awards

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre is on 19 State Lists

These Hands
These Hands is on 9 State Lists

The Blacker the Berry: Poems
The Blacker the Berry: Poems is on 1 State List

Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea
Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea is on 1 State List

A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream
A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream is on 3 State Lists

A Day for Rememberin': Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day
A Day for Rememberin': Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day is on 2 State Lists

Ruth and the Green Book
Ruth and the Green Book is on 6 State Lists

Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States
Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States is on 2 State Lists

Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History
Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History is on 4 State Lists

Ma Dear's Aprons

Meet Danitra Brown

Where's Rodney?
Where's Rodney? is on 2 State Lists

A Beach Tail
A Beach Tail is on 7 State Lists

Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes

I Have Heard of a Land

Max and the Tag-Along Moon
Max and the Tag-Along Moon is on 2 State Lists

Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color: Poems
Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color: Poems is on 1 State List

Queen of the Track: Alice Coachman, Olympic High-Jump Champion
Queen of the Track: Alice Coachman, Olympic High-Jump Champion is on 1 State List

African Beginnings

The Back of the Bus
The Back of the Bus is on 5 State Lists

Becoming Billie Holiday
Becoming Billie Holiday is on 4 State Lists

Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation
Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation is on 1 State List

Bound for America: The Forced Migration of Africans to the New World

Danitra Brown Leaves Town

Freedom School, Yes!

The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars

Grandpa's Face

Ira's Shakespeare Dream
Ira's Shakespeare Dream is on 3 State Lists

Juneteenth for Mazie

Pass It on: African American Poetry

The Ring Bearer
The Ring Bearer is on 2 State Lists

Ruth y el Libro Verde

Sisters & Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams
Sisters & Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams is on 4 State Lists

Something to Prove: The Great Satchel Paige vs. Rookie Joe Dimaggio

A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent
A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent is on 1 State List

The Story of Trailblazing Actor Ira Aldridge