Call for Books: Frederick Douglass Book Prize

Michelle Zacks Discussion

The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History are pleased to announce the twentieth annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize, an annual award for the most outstanding non-fiction book in English copyrighted in the year 2017 on the subject of slavery, resistance, and/or abolition. Beginning on January 2, 2018, we invite you to submit books that meet these criteria. Please do not begin sending books prior to this date. The submission deadline is March 31, 2018.

Please note that works related to the Civil War are acceptable only if their primary focus relates to slavery or emancipation. Only books copyrighted in 2017 will be considered. To submit books for consideration, please contact the Gilder Lehrman Center at gilder.lehrman.center@yale.edu

Sincerely,

Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition

MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University

PO Box 208206New Haven, CT  06520-8206203-432-3339gilder.lehrman.center@yale.edu