Author record · 2018 to 2025

Keisha N. Blain: Awards and Best-of Lists

Keisha N. Blain has 2 shortlist or finalist places and 6 year-end list picks in our archive.

Also credited with Ibram X. Kendi

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human RightsLibrary Journal Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Social Sciences
2022Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Nonfiction
2021Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to AmericaNational Book Critics Circle Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Biography
2021Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African Americans, 1619–2019Booklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Adult Books: History
2021Until I Am FreeSmithsonian Magazine Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · History
2021Four Hundred Souls editedBookPage Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2021Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019Washington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Nonfiction
2018Set the World on FireSmithsonian Magazine Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · History

Books

  1. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–20193 sources · 2021 to 2022
  2. Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America2 sources · 2021
  3. Four Hundred Souls edited1 source · 2021
  4. Set the World on Fire1 source · 2018
  5. Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights1 source · 2025