2008 GUSTAVUS MYERS BOOK AWARDS
HONORABLE MENTION

CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE AUTHORS AND BOOKS RECEIVING HONORABLE MENTION
IN CONSIDERATION FOR THE 2008 MYERS OUTSTANDING BOOK AWARDS



     

BEARDSLEE, LOIS

The Women's Warrior Society

The Women's Warrior Society, University of Arizona Press

Native Americans: Indigenous: Social Conditions


BLIGHT, DAVID W.

A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom

A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Harcourt

Slave Narratives: African Americans: Social Conditions


BOYKOFF, JULES

Beyond Bullets: The Suppression of Dissent in the US

Beyond Bullets: The Suppression of Dissent in the US, AK Press

Dissent; Activism


CAZENAVE, NOEL A.

Impossible Democracy: The Unlikely Success of the War on Poverty Community Action Programs

Impossible Democracy: The Unlikely Success of the War on Poverty Community Action Programs, SUNY Press

Welfare; Organizing; Community Action


GALLAND, CHINA

Love Cemetery: Unburying the Secret History of Slaves

Love Cemetery: Unburying the Secret History of Slaves, HarperOne

Race Relations; Activism


GILMORE, GLENDA ELIZABETH

Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights; 1919-1950

Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights; 1919-1950, W.W. Norton & Co.

Race Relations; Radicalism: Activism: South


GOLDSTEIN, NANCY

Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist

Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist, University of Michigan Press

Cartoons: African American


GOSSETT, HATTIE

The Immigrant Suite: Hey Xenophobe! Who You Calling a Foreigner

The Immigrant Suite: Hey Xenophobe! Who You Calling a Foreigner, Seven Stories Press

Immigrants: Social Conditions: Prose Poetry


LIPSITZ, GEORGE

Footsteps in the Dark: The Hidden Histories of Popular Music

Footsteps in the Dark: The Hidden Histories of Popular Music, University of Minnesota Press

Popular Culture: Music


MOEZZI, MELODY

War on Error: Real Stories of American Muslims

War on Error: Real Stories of American Muslims, University of Arkansas Press

Muslims: US; Islam; Ethnicity: Muslims


NELSON, MARILYN, and DANCY, DEBORAH

The Freedom Business Including A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, A Native of Africa

The Freedom Business Including A Narrative of the Life & Adventures of Venture, A Native of Africa, WordSong

Poetry: Slavery


NEVINS, JOSEPH and AIZEKIA, MIZUE

Dying to Live: A Story of U.S. Immigration in an Age of Global Apartheid

Dying to Live: A Story of U.S. Immigration in an Age of Global Apartheid, City Lights Publishers

Immigration: Undocumented


SELIG, DIANA

Americans All: The Cultural Gifts Movement

Americans All: The Cultural Gifts Movement, Harvard University Press

Diversity; Ethnicity; Pluralism; Multiculturalism; Prejudice


SPELLMAN, A.B.

Things I Must Have Known: Poems

Things I Must Have Known: Poems, Coffee House Press

African Americans: Social Conditions: Poetry: Arts


WEATHERFORD, CAROLE BOSTON and COOPER, FLOYD

Becoming Billie Holiday

Becoming Billie Holiday,

African American Women: Biography: Music: Poetry: Youth


WHITAKER, ROBERT

On The Laps Of Gods: The Red Summer of 1919 and The Struggle For Justice That Remade A Nation

On The Laps Of Gods: The Red Summer of 1919 and The Struggle For Justice That Remade A Nation, Crown Publishers

Race Relations: Violence


YANCY, GEORGE

Black Bodies, Whites Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race

Black Bodies, Whites Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race, Rowman & Littlefield

Racism, White Privilege


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