- Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon
2. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable
3. Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Doreen Rappaport, Bryan Collier
4. Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
5. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
