Frederic G. Melcher
Melcher proposed the Caldecott Medal in 1937 to honor children's picture books. Named for British illustrator Randolph Caldecott, the medal is presented annually for the "most distinguished picture book for children".
Kadir Nelson
Nelson is a two-time Caldecott Honor Award winner. He received an NAACP Image Award for the book "Just the Two of Us". For his book, "We Are The Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball", he received the 2008 CASEY Award for best baseball book, the 2009 Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the 2009 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award. His book, "Nelson Mandela", was a Coretta Scott King Honor book in 2014.