NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction

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This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction. Maya Angelou, Michael Eric Dyson, and Barack Obama hold the record for most wins in this category, with two each.

Winners and nominees[]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1990s[]

Year Book Author Ref
1994
By Any Means Necessary: The Trials and Tribulations of the Making of 'Malcolm X' Spike Lee and Ralph Wiley [1]
1996
When We Were Colored Clifton Taulbert [2]
1999
With Ossie & Ruby: In This Life Together Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee [3]

2000s[]

Year Book Author Ref
2002
Sally Hemmings, An American Scandal Tina Andrews [4]
2003
Keeping the Faith Tavis Smiley [5]
A Song Flung Up to Heaven Maya Angelou
Bill Clinton and Black America DeWayne Wickham
Growing Up X Ilyasah Shabazz
Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters Carla Kaplan
2004
Why I Love Black Women Michael Eric Dyson [6]
2005
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table Maya Angelou [7]
2006
Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? Michael Eric Dyson [8]
Blue Rage, Black Redemption: A Memoir Stanley Williams
The Autobiography of Medgar Evers: A Hero's Life and Legacy Revealed Through His Writings, Letters and Speeches Manning Marable and Myrlie Evers-Williams
50 Years After Brown: The State of Black Equality in America Anthony Asadullah Samad
Winning the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America John McWhorter
2007
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Barack Obama [9]
Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster Michael Eric Dyson
The Covenant with Black America Tavis Smiley
Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete William C. Rhoden
Not in My Family: AIDS in the African American Community Gil L. Robertson
2008
Not on Our Watch Don Cheadle and John Prendergast [10]
An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President Randall Robinson
Brother, I'm Dying Edwidge Danticat
Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip-Hop Michael Eric Dyson
Race and Racism in the Chinas: Chinese Racial Attitudes Toward Africans and African-Americans M. Dujon Johnson
2009
Letter to My Daughter Maya Angelou [11]

2010s[]

Year Book Author Ref
2010
In Search of Our Roots Henry Louis Gates Jr. [12]
Freedom in My Heart: Voices From the United States National Slavery Museum Cynthia Carter
Our Choice Al Gore
Brain Surgeon: A Doctor's Inspiring Encounters With Mortality and Miracles Arnold Mann and Keith Black
Family Affair: What It Means to Be African American Today Gil L. Robertson
2011
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Michelle Alexander [13]
Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority Tom Burrell
Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts of Women in SNCC Faith S. Holsaert
Surviving and Thriving 365 Days in Black Economic History Julianne Malveaux
The History of White People Nell Irvin Painter
2012
The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place Hill Harper [14]
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America Melissa Harris-Perry
Super Rich Russell Simmons
The Cosmopolitan Canopy Elijah Anderson
Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness?: What It Means to Be Black Now Touré
2013
The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court Jeffrey Toobin [15]
Fraternity Diane Brady
Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation Deborah Davis
Power Concedes Nothing: One Woman's Quest for Social Justice in America, from the Courtroom to the Kill Zones Connie Rice
The Courage to Hope Shirley Sherrod
2014
Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery Deborah Willis and Barbara Krauthamer [16]
Bartlett's Familiar Black Quotations: 5,000 Years of Literature, Lyrics, Poems, Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs from Voices Around the World Retha Powers
High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society Carl Hart
Letters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones Hill Harper
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Donald Yacovone
2015
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Bryan Stevenson [17]
Bad Feminist Roxane Gay
Place Not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America Sheryll Cashin
Who We Be: The Colorization of America Jeff Chang
2016
Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga Pamela Newkirk [18]
50 Billion Dollar Boss: African American Women Sharing Stories of Success in Entrepreneurship and Leadership Kathey Porter and Andrea Hoffman
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America Jill Leovy
Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America Wil Haygood
The Light of the World Elizabeth Alexander
2017
Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly [19]
Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul Eddie S. Glaude
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Ibram X. Kendi
Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
2018
Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies Dick Gregory (posthumous) [20]
Black Detroit – A People’s History of Self-Determination Herb Boyd
Chokehold: Policing Black Men Paul Butler
The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas Adrian Miller
We Were Eight Years In Power: An American Tragedy Ta-Nehisi Coates
2019
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics Donna Brazile (Author), Yolanda Caraway (Author), Leah D. Daughtry (Author), Minyon Moore (Author), Veronica Chambers [21]
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" Zora Neale Hurston
Black Girls Rock! Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth Beverly Bond
May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem Imani Perry
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row Anthony Ray Hinton (Author), Lara Love Hardin

2020s[]

Year Book Author Ref
2020
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations Toni Morrison [22]
Breathe: A Letter to My Sons Imani Perry
STONY THE ROAD: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow Henry Louis Gates Jr.
The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essay Damon Young
2021
A Promised Land Barack Obama [23]
A Black Women's History of the United States Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross
Driving While Black Gretchen Sorin
Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America Michael Eric Dyson
We're Better Than This Elijah Cummings


Multiple wins and nominations[]

Wins[]

2 wins

Nominations[]

References[]

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  17. ^ Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). "2015 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
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  19. ^ Lewis, Hilary; Washington, Arlene (February 10, 2017). "2017 Image Award Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  20. ^ "NAACP Image Awards: Full List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter (published 2018). 14 January 2018. Retrieved 2020-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ Nakamura, Reid (2019-03-31). "NAACP Image Awards 2019: The Complete Winners List". TheWrap. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  22. ^ "NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners". 22 February 2020.
  23. ^ "2021 Nominees". NAACP Image Awards. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
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