2020 International
AAHGS Book Award Winners

Children: Educational

Forced American Heroes: Coloring and Activity Book Volume 3

Janelle McDowell
(CreateSpace Independent Publisher)

Children: General

I Know I Can!

Veronica N. Chapman
(Boxxout Enterprises Publisher)

Young Adult: Coming of Age

My Soul Told on Me

Chantelle Agbro
(iUniverse)

Historical-Fiction: Event/Era

Tituba: The Intentional Witch of Salem

Dave Tamanini
(David F. Tamanini Publisher)

Historical Fiction: Romance/History Focus

The Secrets of the Harvest

Toretha Wright
(WrightStufCo Publisher)  

Non-Fiction: Autobiography

The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family

Bettye Kearse
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Non-Fiction: Current Events/Social Change

Arrival of the First Africans in Virginia

Ric Murphy
(Heritage Press)

Non-Fiction: Education/ Academic

Culture Focused Teaching:
The Simple System to Escape Classroom Management Disaster and Fall in Love with Teaching Again 

Dr. Dee Bell Williams
(Dr. Dee Unlimited Publishing)

Non-Fiction: Genealogy

Finding Daisy:
From the Deep South to the Promised Land 

Kathy Lynne Marshall
(Kanika Marshall Art and Books Publishing)

Non-Fiction: Government/Politics

Black Heroes of Fire
Fire Engine Company 21: The History of the First African American Fire Company in Chicago

Dekalb Walcott, Jr.
(Dekalb Walcott, Jr. Publishing)

Non-Fiction: Historical

African Americans & Africa: A New History

Dr. Nemata Blyden
(Yale University Press)

Non-Fiction: Military

Section 27 and Freedman's Village in Arlington National Cemetery
The African American History of America's Most Hallowed Ground

Ric Murphy
(McFarland Publishers)

 

Non-Fiction: Multicultural

Understanding the Far-Reaching Global Impact of the World Racial Order

Sterlin D. Williams
(New Book Authors Publishing)

Non-Fiction: Reference

Practical Genealogy
50 Simple Steps to Research Your Diverse Family History

Brian Sheffey
(Rutledge Press)

 

 

Non-Fiction: Regional History

Whaling Captains of Colors: America's First Meritocracy

Skip Finley
(Naval Institute Press)

 

 

Non-Fiction: Religion/Philosophy

A Balm in Gilead: Eulogies of Comfort

Randall C. Webber
(BK Royston Publishing)

 

Non-Fiction: Romance/History Focus

Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters

Jill Marie Snyder
(Authorhouse)

 

Non-Fiction: Short Story

Tracing Their Steps: A Memoir

Bernice Alexander Bennett
(Shortwood Press)

 

Non-Fiction: Social Justice

The Lorton Prison Higher Education Project: A Time for Action

Dr. Ernesta P, Williams
(Westbow Press)