The awards ceremony, hosted by Susan Henshaw Jones, took place May 4, 2011.

Award for Photography

Harlem: A Century in Images by Thelma Golden by Skira Rizzoli in association with the Studio Museum in Harlem

Award for Memoir

Two Cents Plain: My Brooklyn Boyhood by Martin Lemelman (Bloomsbury USA)

Award for History

Rochdale Village: Robert Moses, 6,000 Families, and New York City\'s Great Experiment in Integrated Housing by Peter Eisenstadt (Cornell University Press)