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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[edit]

Award winners and nominees
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]

References[edit]

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