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<p><strong>Mr. Robert Sandler</strong> shares that he took 40 of his <strong>AP U.S. History</strong> students to the Yale Club to attend the <strong>Frederick Douglass Book Prize Award</strong>. It was the first time in the history of the award (over twenty years) that a black female won this great honor! In fact, this year, both semi-finalists and the two co-finalists were all black women. Erica Dumbar’s talk on her book, <em>Never Caught: The Washington’s’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave Ona Judge</em> was incredibly powerful! Tiya Miles, whose great grandfather was a slave, shared her research from her book, <em>The Dawn of Detroit</em> which chronicles the untold history of Detroit’s Slavery. Both historians also discussed the challenges of being a black female historian and writing about black female slaves. Senior, <strong>Kenny Wong</strong>, was the moderator during the student Q & A!</p>
<p>Mr. Sandler shared it was a moving experience. <em>(photos courtesy of Mr. Sandler)</em></p>
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