Nominations 2014 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jeanne Theoharis |
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
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| Maya Angelou |
Mom & Me & Mom
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| Stanley Crouch |
Kansas City Lightning
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| M. K. Asante |
Buck: A Memoir
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| Terry Teachout |
Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington
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Nominations 2013 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John Lewis |
Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change
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| Kofi Annan |
Interventions: A Life in War and Peace
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| Tom Reiss |
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
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| Willie Allen |
The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities
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| RJ Smith |
The One: The Life and Music of James Brown
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Nominations 2012 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Harry Belafonte |
My Song: A Memoir
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| Janny Scott |
A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother
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| Manning Marable |
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
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| Condoleezza Rice |
No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington
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| John Carlos |
The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World
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| Dave Zirin |
The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World
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Nominations 2011 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ray Charles Robinson, Jr. |
You Don\u2019t Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles
Crown |
| Ruth Hobday |
Conversations with Myself
Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Nelson Mandela |
Conversations with Myself
Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Jay-Z |
Decoded
Spiegel & Gran, a division of Random House |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Extraordinary, Ordinary People
Crown Archetype |
| Shoshana Johnson |
I\u2019m Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen \u2013 My Journey Home
Touchstone, An Imprint of Simon & Schuster |
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Nominations 2010 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Deborah Willis |
Michelle Obama: The First Lady in Photographs
W. W. Norton |
| Cornel West |
Brother West
SmileyBooks |
| Terry Teachout |
Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| LeBron James |
Shooting Stars
The Penguin Press |
| H. G. Bissinger |
Shooting Stars
The Penguin Press |
| James Gavin |
Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne
Atria Books |
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Nominations 2009 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Diahann Carroll |
The Legs are the Last to Go
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| Eddie Levert |
I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep it Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship
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| Gerald Levert |
I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep it Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship
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| Lyah Leflore |
I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep it Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship
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| Clarence Thomas |
My Grandfather\u2019s Son
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| David Mendell |
Obama: From Promise to Power
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| Tommie Smith |
Silent gesture : the autobiography of Tommie Smith
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| Robert David Steele |
Silent gesture : the autobiography of Tommie Smith
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| Victoria Rowell |
The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir
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Nominations 2008 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Mendell |
Obama: From Promise to Power
Harper Collins/Amistad |
| Eddie Levert |
I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep it Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship
Broadway Books |
| Gerald Levert |
I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep it Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship
Broadway Books |
| Lyah Leflore |
I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep it Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship
Broadway Books |
| Clarence Thomas |
My Grandfather\u2019s Son
Harper Collins |
| Tommie Smith |
Silent gesture : the autobiography of Tommie Smith
Temple University Press |
| Robert David Steele |
Silent gesture : the autobiography of Tommie Smith
Temple University Press |
| Victoria Rowell |
The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir
Harper Collins/William Morrow |
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Nominations 2007 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Christopher John Farley |
Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley
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| Mike Freeman |
Jim Brown: The Fierce Life of an American Hero
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| Rain Pryor |
Jokes My Father Never Taught Me
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| Chris Gardner |
The Pursuit of Happyness
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| Wangari Maathai |
Unbowed: A Memoir
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