The Frederick Douglass Book Prize is awarded annually by the
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History was founded in New York City by businessmen-philanthropists Richard Gilder and Lewis E. Lehrman in 1994 to promote the study and interest in American history.
The Institute serves teachers, studen ...
and the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
.
It is a $25,000 award for the most outstanding non-fiction book in English on the subject of slavery, abolition or antislavery movements.
List of recipients
Source
The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
See also
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List of history awards
This list of history awards covers notable awards given to persons, a group of persons, or institutions, for their contribution to the study of history. It is organized by region. The entries name the prize and sponsoring organization, give notes ...
References
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External links
"Frederick Douglass Book Prize Award Dinner" ''CSPAN'', February 28, 2002
"The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History"
Awards established in 1999
American history awards
American non-fiction literary awards
Slavery in the United States
Books about race and ethnicity
1999 establishments in New York (state)