NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography
Biography author award from the NAACP
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This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Biography/Autobiography.
Winners and finalists
| Year | Author(s) | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Chris Gardner | The Pursuit of Happyness | Winner | [1] |
| Christopher John Farley | Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley | Nominee | [1][2] | |
| Mike Freeman | Jim Brown: The Fierce Life of an American Hero | Nominee | [1][2] | |
| Rain Pryor | Jokes My Father Never Taught Me | Nominee | [1][2] | |
| Wangarĩ Maathai | Unbowed | Nominee | [1][2] | |
| 2008 | David Mendell | Obama: From Promise to Power | Winner | [3] |
| Eddie Levert, Sr., Gerald Levert, and Lyah Leflore | I Got Your Back: A Father and Son Keep it Real About Love, Fatherhood, Family, and Friendship | Nominee | [4] | |
| Clarence Thomas | My Grandfather's Son | Nominee | [4] | |
| Tommie Smith and David Steele | Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith | Nominee | [4] | |
| Victoria Rowell | The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir | Nominee | [4] | |
| 2009 | Diahann Carroll | The Legs Are the Last to Go | Winner | [5][6] |
| 2010 | Deborah Willis and Emily Bernard | Michelle Obama: The First Lady In Photographs | Winner | [7] |
| Cornel West | Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud | Nominee | [8] | |
| Terry Teachout | POPS: A Life of Louis | Nominee | [8] | |
| LeBron James and Buzz Bissinger | Shooting Stars | Nominee | [8] | |
| James Gavin | Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne | Nominee | [8] | |
| 2011 | Ray Charles Robinson, Jr. | You Don’t Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles | Winner | [9] |
| 2012 | Harry Belafonte and Michael Shnayerson | My Song: A Memoir | Winner | [10] |
| Condoleezza Rice | No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington | Nominee | [10] | |
| Dave Zirin and John Wesley Carlos | The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World | Nominee | [10] | |
| Janny Scott | A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother | Nominee | [10] | |
| Manning Marable | Malcolm X: A Life Of Reinvention | Nominee | [10] | |
| 2013 | John Lewis | Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change | Winner | [11] |
| Kofi Annan | Interventions: A Life in War and Peace | Nominee | [11] | |
| RJ Smith | The One: The Life and Music of James Brown | Nominee | [11] | |
| Tom Reiss | The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo | Nominee | [11] | |
| Will Allen | The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities | Nominee | [11] | |
| 2014 | Jeanne Theoharis | The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks | Winner | [12] |
| Maya Angelou | Mom & Me & Mom | Nominee | [12] | |
| M. K. Asante | Buck: A Memoir | Nominee | [12] | |
| Stanley Crouch | Kansas City Lightning: The Rise And Times Of Charlie Parker | Nominee | [12] | |
| Terry Teachout | Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington | Nominee | [12] | |
| 2015 | David Chanoff and Louis Sullivan | Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine | Winner | [13] |
| Misty Copeland | Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina | Nominee | [13] | |
| Jessye Norman | Stand Up Straight and Sing! | Nominee | [13] | |
| Marion Barry Jr. and Omar Tyree | Mayor For Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry Jr. | Nominee | [13] | |
| Rosie Perez | Handbook For An Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata And My Crazy Mother, And Still Came Out Smiling (With Great Hair) | Nominee | [13] | |
| 2016 | Ta-Nehisi Coates | Between the World And Me | Winner | [14] |
| Arthur Browne | One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York | Nominee | [14] | |
| Jan Gaye and David Ritz | After the Dance: My Life With Marvin Gaye | Nominee | [14] | |
| Reggie Love | Power Forward: My Presidential Education | Nominee | [14] | |
| Shonda Rhimes | Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person | Nominee | [14] | |
| 2017 | Trevor Noah | Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood | Winner | |
| Taraji P. Henson | Around the Way Girl: A Memoir | Nominee | ||
| Nathaniel Jones | Answering the Call: An Autobiography of the Modern Struggle to End Racial Discrimination in America | Nominee | ||
| Mychal Denzel Smith | Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, A Young Black Man's Education | Nominee | ||
| Herb Powell and Maurice White | My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire | Nominee | ||
| 2018 | Susan Burton and Cari Lynn | Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women | Winner | [15] |
| Jonathan Eig | Ali: A Life | Nominee | [15] | |
| Lawrence P. Jackson | Chester B. Himes | Nominee | [15] | |
| Peter Baker | Obama: The Call of History | Nominee | [15] | |
| Gabrielle Union | We're Going to Need More Wine | Nominee | [15] | |
| 2019 | Michelle Obama | Becoming | Winner | [16] |
| Franchesca Ramsey | Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist | Nominee | [16] | |
| Jeffrey C. Stewart | The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke | Nominee | [16] | |
| Nelson Mandela | The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela | Nominee | [16] | |
| Zora Neale Hurston and Deborah G. Plant | Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" | Nominee | [16] | |
| 2020 | Elaine Welteroth | More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) | Winner | [17] |
| Cyntoia Brown-Long | Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System | Nominee | [17] | |
| Prince Rogers Nelson | The Beautiful Ones | Nominee | [17] | |
| Prince Rogers Nelson and Randee St. Nicholas | My Name Is Prince | Nominee | [17] | |
| Valerie Jarrett | Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward | Nominee | [17] | |
| 2021 | Les Payne and Tamara Payne | The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X | Winner | [18] |
| Arshay Cooper | A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America’s First All-Black High School Rowing Team | Nominee | [19] | |
| Barack Obama | A Promised Land | Nominee | [19] | |
| Deborah Draper | Olympic Pride, American Prejudice | Nominee | [19] | |
| Willie O’Ree | Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL’s First Black Player | Nominee | [19] | |
| 2022 | Will Smith | Will | Winner | [20][21] |
| Cicely Tyson | Just As I Am | Nominee | [21] | |
| Tarana Burke | Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement | Nominee | [21] | |
| Billy Porter | Unprotected: A Memoir | Nominee | [21] | |
| Keisha Blain | Until I Am Free | Nominee | [21] | |
| 2023 | Michael K. Williams | Scenes from My Life: A Memoir | Winner | [21] |
| Cynt Marshall | You’ve Been Chosen: Thriving Through the Unexpected | Nominee | [22] | |
| Jenifer Lewis | Walking in My Joy: In These Streets | Nominee | [22] | |
| Michelle Obama | The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times | Nominee | [22] | |
| Raphael G. Warnock | A Way Out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story | Nominee | [22] | |
| 2024 | Tanisha C. Ford | Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement | Winner | [23] |
| Maya Moore Irons | Love and Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts | Nominee | [24] | |
| Rich Paul | Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds | Nominee | [24] | |
| Nicole Walters | Nothing Is Missing | Nominee | [24] | |
| Stephen A. Smith | Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes | Nominee | [24] |