Darlene Clark Hine Award Explained

The Darlene Clark Hine Award is awarded annually by the Organization of American Historians for best book in African American women's and gender history. Darlene Clark Hine is an expert of African-American history and was President of the OAH in 2001–2002.[1]

The following table lists past recipients.[2]

YearWinnerAffiliationTitle
2010Margaret WashingtonCornell UniversitySojourner Truth's America[3]
2011Bettye Collier-ThomasTemple UniversityJesus, Jobs, and Justice: African American Women and Religion[4]
2012Serena MayeriUniversity of Pennsylvania Law SchoolReasoning from Race: Feminism, Law, and the Civil Rights Revolution[5]
2013Sydney NathansDuke UniversityTo Free a Family; The Journey of Mary Walker[6]
2014Estelle B. FreedmanStanford UniversityRedefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation[7]
2015 Karsonya Wise WhiteheadLoyola University MarylandNotes from a Colored Girl: The Civil War Pocket Diaries of Emilie Frances Davis[8]
2016 Talitha L. LeFlouriaChained in Silence: Black Women and Convict Labor in the New South[9]
2017LaShawn D. HarrisMichigan State UniversitySex Workers, Psychics, and Numbers Runners: Black Women in New York City's Underground Economy[10]
2018Deirdre Cooper OwensQueens College, CUNYMedical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology[11]
2019Keisha N. BlainUniversity of PittsburghSet the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom[12]
2020Shennette Garrett-ScottUniversity of MississippiBanking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal[13]
2021Thavolia GlymphDuke UniversityThe Women’s Fight: The Civil War’s Battles for Home, Freedom, and Nation[14]
2022Tiya MilesHarvard UniversityAll That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake[15]
2023Tomiko Brown-NaginHarvard UniversityCivil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Darlene Clark Hine Award. oah.org. November 11, 2020.
  2. Web site: Darlene Clark Hine Award Winners. oah.org. November 11, 2020.
  3. Web site: "Sojourner Truth's America" wins the Darlene Clark Hine Award. press.uillinois.edu. April 8, 2010. November 12, 2020.
  4. Web site: Bettye Collier-Thomas: March 18, 2011. news.temple.edu. March 18, 2011. November 11, 2020.
  5. Web site: Serena Mayeri's 'Reasoning from Race' Wins Organization of American Historians 2012 Hine Book Award. penntoday.upenn.edu. November 11, 2020.
  6. Web site: A Mind to Stay: A New Book on Black Landowners. Ibram X.. Kendi. Ibram X. Kendi. aaihs.org. February 18, 2017. October 17, 2021.
  7. Web site: Stanford historian Estelle Freedman wins national honor for book on rape, suffrage, segregation. April 24, 2014. shc.stanford.edu. April 1, 2023.
  8. Web site: Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Ph.D.. loyola.edu. November 11, 2020.
  9. Web site: Talitha L. LeFlouria. liberalarts.utexas.ed. October 14, 2021.
  10. Web site: Harris Wins Darlene Clark Hine Award. history.msu.edu. April 11, 2017. November 11, 2020.
  11. Web site: Deirdre Cooper Owens Wins the OAH's Darlene Clark Hine Award. blogs.cofc.edu. April 23, 2018. November 11, 2020.
  12. Web site: Keisha N. Blain Awarded Best Book in African American Women's and Gender History. pittwire.pitt.edu. April 30, 2019. November 11, 2020.
  13. Web site: Shennette Garrett-Scott wins the Darlene Clark Hine Award for Banking on Freedom. cupblog.edu. April 2, 2020. November 11, 2020.
  14. Web site: Thavolia Glymph wins multiple awards for her book, "The Women's Fight: The Civil War's Battles for Home, Freedom and Nation". history.duke.edu. April 21, 2021. May 8, 2021.
  15. Web site: Tiya Miles Receives 2022 Lawrence W. Levine Award and 2022 Darlene Clark Hine Award from the Organization of American Historians. history.fas.harvard.edu. April 11, 2022. April 25, 2022.
  16. Web site: Tomiko Brown-Nagin. radcliffe.harvard.edu. April 11, 2024.